JANE LEESports Assistant Anna Picarelli said every game in the NCAA tournament requires a “give it everything you have” mentality. The senior goalkeeper and the rest of the Pepperdine women’s soccer team will need all that and more when they face 17-time national champion and second-ranked North Carolina (22-1-0) in the “Sweet 16” Saturday. With wins over Mississippi and … [Read more...] about Waves dominate Music City
Advertising class pitches to Habitat
KRISTEN ROBERTSONStaff Writer It’s a room filled with secrets. Four clusters of students sit huddled around the tables, voices pitched just loud enough for those around them to hear. “It’s not just a class project,” senior Steve Smith said, explaining the secrecy clouding the room, “This is real.” In Dr. Ginger Rosenkrans’ advertising class, each group is creating its own … [Read more...] about Advertising class pitches to Habitat
Higher education falters
TROY SENIKStaff Writer Former president of the University of Notre Dame, the Rev. Edward Malloy, once wrote, “A college degree is not a sign that one is a finished product but an indication a person is prepared for life.” Would that such grace-filled words not so often fall upon the deaf ears of so many American colleges, many of which now seem intent upon extracting every last … [Read more...] about Higher education falters
Crusing down the open road
KERIANN BOONEStaff Writer They can be seen on Pacific Coast Highway, cruising in tandem down the road. They’re not frat boys but a different kind of sibling: motorcycle club members. Sightings can be had at the Malibu Inn and Neptune’s Net. It’s because Malibu is a common hangout for motorcycle clubs in the Los Angeles area. Motorcycle clubs have had a tarnished reputation … [Read more...] about Crusing down the open road
Abortions must seek parental notification
KELLY DAVIESStaff Writer A lot of things could be said about the rejection of all four of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s propositions during the Nov. 8 special election. Success in the election theoretically would have given the governor the tools he should have been using when he began his term in office, the tools necessary to fulfill the promises that made Californians vote … [Read more...] about Abortions must seek parental notification