GABE DURHAM Staff Writer Everybody is getting excited just because scientists photographed wild gorillas using rudimentary tools. Apparently this is a big deal because they were the only species of great apes so dumb they didn’t even know you could use a rock to smash things. Welcome to the club, you dirty, stinking apes. I smash things with rocks all the time. It’s just like … [Read more...] about Judging good art requires sharp eye
Chasing white rainbows
KARIN SABINStaff Writer Few have seen a rainbow completely devoid of color, but Pepperdine alumni Dharan and Linda Mandrayar are bringing the image from Indian culture to movie screens with their film “White Rainbow.” Written, directed and produced by the Mandrayars, “White Rainbow” chronicles the story of women in India who literally become white rainbows, widows blamed for … [Read more...] about Chasing white rainbows
Lindhurst welcomes ‘All My Sons’
SHANNON URTNOWSKIStaff Writer Anela Holck/Ass. Photo Editor Famed playwright Arthur Miller’s first major drama, “All My Sons,” is coming to Pepperdine’s Helen E. Lindhurst Theatre next week. “All My Sons” premiered in 1947 at Broadway’s Coronet Theatre under the direction of Elia Kazan. It ran for 328 performances and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for best play … [Read more...] about Lindhurst welcomes ‘All My Sons’
Embrase teachers who live to teach
GLORIA SHELLERStaff Writer Until recently, I didn’t know much about Proposition 74, which was good because it prevented me from having any bias before I started researching this issue. Had I heard about it, I might have been swayed by a T.V. add with “The Governator” giving the big thumbs up and “Prop 74” flashing on the bottom of the screen. Not this time, however. Thanks to … [Read more...] about Embrase teachers who live to teach
Waves sweep Philly tourney
GARRETT WAITSports Editor Momentum is often a fickle idea in sports, but if any team has momentum, it’s the Pepperdine women’s volleyball team, which ran off four-straight victories in Philadelphia on Friday and Saturday at the Sheraton Invitational. Pepperdine was never really challenged, dropping just one game in four matches. The Waves opened with a sweep of Towson … [Read more...] about Waves sweep Philly tourney