Distinguished Visiting Scholar program features London-based theater professor Andrew Jarvis.By Michael TravisEditor in Chief In the ongoing quest to become a world-class university, Pepperdine recently began a new University Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program designed to bring notable figures in academics and fine arts to teach its students. Designed by the Office of … [Read more...] about A ‘king’ in our midst
Listening vital in time of war
By Jovita McCleodStaff Writer In “The Shadows,” Henry Miller wrote, “We do not talk —we bludgeon one another with the facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.” This “bludgeoning with facts” is what people are doing to each other lately. As the United States continues war in Iraq, people around campus and the world are all putting … [Read more...] about Listening vital in time of war
West Coast Conference Briefs
Santa Clara proves it’s no April Fool April Fool’s Day was a busy day for WCC baseballers, as six squads took the diamonds to see if they could get up their early season win totals. In the day’s most exciting match-up, the Santa Clara baseball team went up big early but had to hold on to defeat St. Mary's College by a 10-7 score Tuesday afternoon at Louis Guisto Field in … [Read more...] about West Coast Conference Briefs
National&International
Crime lab botches up DNA analyses HOUSTON — The poor state of the Houston Police Department’s DNA crime lab has led the district attorney’s office to begin a massive review of cases involving work by police lab analysts. So far, prosecutors have ordered retesting in the cases of 68 prisoners, 17 of whom are on Texas’ death row. According to the assistant district attorney, … [Read more...] about National&International
Random Thoughts: Pick one—driving or drinking
By James RiswickStaff Writer An idiot is defined as someone with an IQ below 25. I find this strange, because you would think it would take a higher score to get into Pepperdine. Yet somehow, 41 percent of the student body qualifies as complete and certifiable idiots. According to a Harvard study done from 1993 to 2001, that same number of students admitted to drinking and … [Read more...] about Random Thoughts: Pick one—driving or drinking