FIVE ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS KILLED IN CAR CRASH The purple Abilene Chrisitan University flag is flying at half-staff following the deaths of five international students who died in a one-car crash Sunday morning. Olutomi Aruwajoye, Kolawole Sami, Iyadunni Bakare, Toluwalope Olorunsola and Abimbola Orija, all from Lagos, Nigeria, were traveling westbound on … [Read more...] about News Briefs
Intramurals: The other basketball program
By Lauren GustusSports Editor Odds are you didn’t have Pork Tornado, $50 of Applesauce, Blatz Attack, the Stinky’s or I Must Break You in your NCAA bracket this March. You’ve probably never even heard of them. But that doesn’t mean these teams aren’t bigtime. They are. In the Pepperdine Intramurals Basketball program. The IMR basketball scene, a nightly affair at Firestone … [Read more...] about Intramurals: The other basketball program
Overseas adventures expand to France
By Sarah CarrilloStaff Writer Pepperdine’s horizons will once again be broadened when a new international program is launched for the 2002-2003 academic year in Lyon, France. Lyon will join the Florence, London, Heidelberg and the Buenos Aires programs in educating Pepperdine students year round. Previously, Lyon has been part of a French language summer program, but now it … [Read more...] about Overseas adventures expand to France
Going Pro: Golf after graduation
By Joann GroffStaff Writer Although we can never really be sure what Tom Petty was thinking when he wrote the words, “into the great wide open,” one thing is certain. He sang of new beginnings where “the sky was the limit.” A remarkable number of golfers from Pepperdine have already taken, or are preparing to take, a step into the great wide open that they hope will culminate … [Read more...] about Going Pro: Golf after graduation
Phonegate strikes SGA
By Kimiko L. Martinez Assistant News Editor It could have slipped right by. In fact, it may have been slipping by for a few years now. But thanks to a little detective work by outgoing Student Government Assoc- iation Treasurer Ben Veenendaal, some unusually large SGA phone bills are currently under review. According to Veenendaal, several students allegedly misused SGA phone … [Read more...] about Phonegate strikes SGA