JANE LEEAssistant Sports Editor Backed by a strong final effort by senior All-American Carolina Llano, the No.-5 Pepperdine women’s golf team finished 7-over par 295, good for fifth place, at the PING/ASU Invitational that concluded Sunday at Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz. Llano, who entered the final round tied 46th, fired a final-round 4-under par 68 to finish play at … [Read more...] about Vargas leads team in Tempe
Plot thickens with AKAs
JULIE ONIStaff Writer Nicknamed characters always signify an original story. Only well-rounded individuals can be crafted in such a way as to reduce their persona to one single word. If you look up the character cast listing for Rian Johnson’s new film “Brick,” you will find a plethora of epithets that can’t help but inspire interest in the story: The Pin, Tug, The Brian, Dode … [Read more...] about Plot thickens with AKAs
‘Old School’ band rocks old crowd
BJ FLEMINGStaff Writer At the Avalon Club in Hollywood March 31, I was the fourth youngest person at 22 years-old. The three people my junior were fellow Pepperdine students. It was supremely depressing. I had never seen so many shaved heads (symptom of thinning hair) and leather jackets (symptom of longing for youth) in my life. My friends and I have no jobs, no money, no … [Read more...] about ‘Old School’ band rocks old crowd
Festival arrives at the ‘Bu
JESSICA ONIStaff Writer Although the idea came somewhat on a whim, the response has come as a whirlwind. From the combined creative minds of filmmakers Jon Schroder and Randall K. Rubin comes “Jimmy and Judy,” a film that seeks to expose the not-so-hidden hypocrisy of present day suburbia. The film, which recently won the award for Best Feature at the San Francisco Independent … [Read more...] about Festival arrives at the ‘Bu
Students create reality
HANNA CHUA&E Editor Freshman Justin Brown was walking around in Westwood when a MTV representative approached him about auditioning for “Next.” He gave Brown a card and told him he’d call the next day. Brown went in to the MTV offices in Santa Monica a couple weeks laters. Although Brown was not on the show because of scheduling conflicts, he went through the auditioning … [Read more...] about Students create reality