Voting for SGA positions concluded at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. However no candidate in the race for SGA president received a majority of the votes so the top two finishers will compete in a run-off from Wednesday March 31 at 8 a.m. until 8 a.m. the following day. A web link to the virtual ballot will be e-mailed to all Pepperdine student accounts March 31.SGA Executive … [Read more...] about Students elect representatves while one run-off remains
Former victim seeks brighter future for sex traffic victims
Anne Bissell spoke at a Convocation event in Elkins Auditorium on Monday about the unknown horrors of child sex trafficking as part of the International Justice Mission's "Abolition Week."Bissell who had been sexually exploited in Africa as a youth by her step-father is now the director and founder of the Silver Braid a charity organization dedicated to helping victims of the … [Read more...] about Former victim seeks brighter future for sex traffic victims
'AMEN' project aids refugees
When junior Chris Grotz went to Thailand last year his plan was to shoot a toothpaste commercial not create a nonprofit organization. Spending time with a group of Burmese children in a village on the border of Thailand and Burma however prompted him to start the organization AMEN Missionary a Christian nonprofit.While spending four days at a migrant school in the village of … [Read more...] about 'AMEN' project aids refugees
Texas textbooks rewrite U.S. history
Last week the Texas Board of Education debated the statewide curricula most notably the social studies curriculum. These board members are elected officials— not experts or professional historians— though according to the March 12 issue of The New York Times "some members of the conservative bloc held themselves out as experts on certain topics."What upset people … [Read more...] about Texas textbooks rewrite U.S. history
Waves end up winless in two-day Texas trip
Freshman Sebastian Fanselow and senior Bassam Beidas gave some of their best performances of the season this weekend in the Lone Star State but the 24th-ranked Waves were unable to scrape up a win. The team beared a 6-1 defeat against No. 18 Texas A&M on Friday and presented a tough challenge against No. 5 Texas on Sunday in a 4-3 loss."It was a major downer losing as a … [Read more...] about Waves end up winless in two-day Texas trip