ANNA WEBBERStaff Writer Pepperdine is now accepting nominations for the 2006 Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence. With this award, students are able to give something back to teachers who have stood out as a true inspiration and mentor. This award honors faculty members who demonstrate a lifelong love of learning and motivate students while challenging their ability … [Read more...] about Nomination process starts
Exercise classes added
LISA BROOKSStaff Writer Pepperdine students are dancing, punching, and spinning their way into shape this semester with Campus Recreation’s group exercise classes. From indoor cycling to hip-hop dancing, cardio-kickboxing to tae kwon do, students are finding new ways to get their heart rates up and to slim down this spring. Three new classes have been added to the group … [Read more...] about Exercise classes added
Bush urges bipartisan spirit
SHANNON KELLY Perspectives Editor President Bush began his State of the Union address by commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s wife, Coretta Scott King, who died Tuesday. This statement was not political. It was simply human compassion. After hearing his words, there was no room for a single partisanship thought but only for respect from everyone who heard the president … [Read more...] about Bush urges bipartisan spirit
Eastern spirituality meets West Coast
GINNA NGUYENStaff Writer “Chk chk chk chk chk crack pop pop pop!” Firecrackers filled the night sky as the clock struck midnight, ushering in Sunday, Jan. 29. “Gung Hay Fat Choy!” Happy New Year! These words filled the air Sunday as the Lunar New Year, celebrated by most Asian heritages, began.Not far away in Little Saigon in Orange County the Vietnamese community held … [Read more...] about Eastern spirituality meets West Coast
Hailed films cater to left
BRIAN CHATWINStaff Writer After seeing George Clooney’s new sophist film “Good Night, and Good Luck,” I decided to take a page out of the Hollywood playbook and use my own media forum to describe the problems with the Hollywood left. Clooney repeatedly hit me over the head with his pro-liberal media – anti conservative government mallet, so now I’m irritated. It doesn’t … [Read more...] about Hailed films cater to left