Growing up I wanted to be great.Academics sports the arts it didn't really matter. I just had a passion to excel.Turns out baseball was my fate.I spent many a sleepless night dreaming of winning championships hoisting trophies and spraying $800 champagne around the clubhouse like it was going out of style. I was lucky to be in baseball.A fourteen-year career three tattered … [Read more...] about The Legend of Marv Dunphy
Chile earthquake rattles Pep students around the world
Pepperdine students around the world are reeling in the effects of the massive earthquake that struck Chile early Saturday morning killing an estimated 147 people in the port city of Concepcion.The magnitude 8.8 quake which hit 60 miles offshore of Concepcion was felt in South American cities including Buenos Aires where students in Pepperdine's international program were … [Read more...] about Chile earthquake rattles Pep students around the world
Solar power holds promise
As Pepperdine students living in sunny Malibu I feel we need to embrace the saying "When life gives you lemons make lemonade"— but in a more contemporary context. Back in 2008 my family decided to install solar panels to try to reduce our carbon footprint by generating our own electricity. Since then we haven't paid more than $2 for our electricity bill and as the price … [Read more...] about Solar power holds promise
Students choose purpose not partying
It's spring break time. And while college students across the nation are clicking the "submit" button on their all-inclusive vacation packages to Cancún Cabo and the Caribbean certain groups of Pepperdine students are preparing to take a different route of traveling around the world pursuing missions of service purpose and leadership.Some exotic locations are on the … [Read more...] about Students choose purpose not partying
Congressman Waxman relays news from the Hill
The Malibu Rotary Club welcomed Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D. Calif.) to the Graziadio Executive Center on Friday morning. Waxman has represented California's 30th district— which includes Malibu— in the U.S. Congress since 1974."Congressman Waxman is probably one of the three most important House members Dean of Seaver College David Baird said, before … [Read more...] about Congressman Waxman relays news from the Hill