The release of the new iPad (the 9.7-inch touch screen Web-surfing app-running movie-playing and oh-so-much-more Apple apparatus retailing for $499) has left many of us feeling technologically insufficient especially if you like me are still sporting a first generation video iPod. My poor little scratched but loyal iPod already felt inadequate next to iTouches and iPhones. Now … [Read more...] about Technology craze calls for Luddist revival
Alumni spend grad years in London
Answering her "mobile" in an almost-British accent Pepperdine alumna Anna McDermott apologized for the background noise as she bustled through noisy traffic to the Tube station. This is not a typical day in the life of a Pepperdine graduate and McDermott does not have an ordinary story. McDermott a Ventura Calif. native who majored in political science spent the 2007-2008 … [Read more...] about Alumni spend grad years in London
Campus radio station struggles to survive
Nearly every major college and university has a functioning and relatively well-known radio station on campus. However since I started working at the Pepperdine radio station my freshman year in 2006 it has practically slipped into obscurity. Where we used to have 14 working microphones in the broadcast studio and interview room there are now only seven frayed and half-working … [Read more...] about Campus radio station struggles to survive
Lectures will address black history
In celebration of Black History Month Payson Library will be hosting a lecture series that traces the history of black culture from slavery to freedom. The lectures will take place every Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. during the month of February.Topics will move chronologically through black history beginning with the bleak foundations of racial prejudice and abuse and ending … [Read more...] about Lectures will address black history
Lady Waves beat USD gear up for PCH Cup
The Lady Waves finished their first round of West Coast Conference play with a victory over University of San Diego last Saturday 61-49.Pepperdine (13-8 4-3) currently sits in a three-way tie with fellow WCC opponents San Diego and University of Portland— all with 4-3 conference records.Saturday's game began with a six-point head start for the Waves but the Toreros were … [Read more...] about Lady Waves beat USD gear up for PCH Cup