Pepperdine senior Matthew Miller will be taking a 16-hour flight to Dubai this weekend as part of the World Student Organizing Committee for the sixth biennial Education Without Borders 2011 Conference taking place March 28 to 31. As a student organizer Miller met with other students in Abu Dhabi last June to pick the conference theme "Innovative Solutions to Global Challenges: … [Read more...] about Student to represent Pepperdine at Dubai conference
Songfest finale win for Pi Phi DTD friends
Tension ran high Saturday night as audience members sat on the edge of their seats expectantly waiting for the announcement of 2011's Songfest champion. The theme for this year's competition was "All Nature Sings." The annual performance was put on by a host of groups around campus with routines all revolving around good ol' Mother Nature. Practices were long and … [Read more...] about Songfest finale win for Pi Phi DTD friends
Excessive -ing -es prose to bits
Excessive dashing is wretched — the unholy destruction of modern English. In fact employing too many dashes transforms — modern English — into — postmodern English. Sentences that once flowed logically and succinctly suddenly break — for no reason. Language becomes an indecipherable pastiche of random phrases — separated by dashes. … [Read more...] about Excessive -ing -es prose to bits
Students awarded prestigious Rotary Scholarships
Seniors Luci Prosapio and Zachary DeLap have both been awarded Rotarian Ambassador scholarships of $26000 to study abroad in South Africa and New Zealand respectively following graduation from Pepperdine this spring. After both students attended a presentation about the Fulbright scholarship during Pepperdine's Career Week last year the seniors were intrigued by the Rotary … [Read more...] about Students awarded prestigious Rotary Scholarships
Students value relationships over politics
As students we have a limited perspective of Pepperdine. We are on a train passing through this institution and so we understand that we are nearsighted our grasp on deeper University issues fleeting. As future alumni though our perspective matters because we are the future donors whose potential contributions will help our alma mater thrive. From this perspective we … [Read more...] about Students value relationships over politics