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  From "Big Brother" to "Survivor to shows like The Bachelor Jersey Shore" and "The Real Housewives of (insert your city here) the quality of our television shows has greatly diminished. Ironically, what these reality" shows present to us does not seem to correspond with reality at all. For me it begs the question "What happened to the sitcom?"   There used to be a … [Read more...] about Reality TV: Lowering moral standards

  For the past 22 years the new fall semester has been ushered in with Pepperdine's traditional Step Forward Day. As a day to serve others and consider what has been given freely to oneself Step Forward Day is meant to serve as a reminder to Pepperdine students and faculty to give back to the community. Student-founded in 1988 the Pepperdine Volunteer Center (PVC) has … [Read more...] about Pep steps forward into service tradition

    Steve Moore says he knows how to read evidence and he should. After all he spent 25 years as an FBI agent analyzing evidence to put bad guys behind bars.   Moore now retired from law enforcement and one of Pepperdine's deputy directors of Public Safety drew upon his experience as a federal investigator to call media attention to his recent findings: that … [Read more...] about Moore Questions Italian Conviction

This summer a young woman from Ukraine stopped by Pepperdine to drop off her résumé with the Pepperdine cross country team.  That same woman Iryna Vashchuk is now both the men's and women's cross country assistant coach and is already making a noticeable difference in the cross country program.   Described by members of the team as kind dedicated and … [Read more...] about Ukrainian runner comes to Pepp

  It's time for 2977 ten-foot high American flags to be flown in Alumni Park. Two years after devoting countless hours of his college career to planning the original "Wave of Flags" Sept.11 tribute in Alumni Park 2009 Pepperdine alumnus Ryan Sawtelle cannot stand to see people begin to forget.   In 2008 Pepperdine saw the first of what would soon become a widely … [Read more...] about Bikers flags honor victims of 9/11 attacks