Gaming the Old-Fashioned Way – Currents Magazine Winter 2015
There are at least four decades worth of people who were practically raised on video games, since video games were popularized in the 1970s. For me, I remember a time when video games were just something that I talked about with friends on the playground. Video games in general were considered more of a childish past time than a serious medium. My parents did at … [Read more...] about Gaming the Old-Fashioned Way – Currents Magazine Winter 2015
It’s OK not to be OK – Currents Magazine Winter 2015
Photos by: Alexander Hayes We are consumers of stability caught in a rabid evasion of dissonance. We blast party pop on full volume — hands lifted into the air we think we own and the darkness we refuse to fear. We smile and chirp about the shiniest celebrity amid the sunlit orb of our perfect lives, unable to recognize this vital and necessary reality: It is OK to not be … [Read more...] about It’s OK not to be OK – Currents Magazine Winter 2015
Meet Miriam – Currents Magazine Winter 2015
It was about five minutes past mid- night in the HAWC when Miriam rushed over to me. This was her lunch break. I tried my best to wipe the sleep from my eyes and appear just as perky and lively as the Sodexo employee was. I was about to inter- view the most enthusiastic, popular and beloved employee at Pepperdine and didn’t want to miss a beat. Miriam is stationed at the HAWC … [Read more...] about Meet Miriam – Currents Magazine Winter 2015
Pepperdine Football: Still Undefeated – Currents Magazine Winter 2015
No One Believed in Them Among the already established powerhouse foot- ball schools (USC, Loyola University, UCLA, Whittier), Pepperdine was nothing but a blip on the radar. The team started in March of 1946 with about 15 guys, according to George Pepperdine College (GPC) alumnus Harry Nelson (’50). By August, the roster nearly tripled in size. Nelson said the increase in … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Football: Still Undefeated – Currents Magazine Winter 2015
