Whether as freshmen or returning students Pepperdine Waves arrive on campus at the start of each academic year greeted with an enthusiastic new-semester buzz. New Student Orientation leaders shower freshmen with exuberance resident advisors coordinate dorm-wide activities and students flock to the bookstore to buy the season's latest blue and orange apparel.However the fervor … [Read more...] about Waves passionate need coalescence
Faith Love Coco Puffs: United States of division
Whether you are reading or watching The Secret Life of Bees you are in for a spiritual experience. Maybe I'm biased toward anything southern, but I read the book and had to see the movie as soon as it came out - if you haven't already, I would definitely recommend that you do the same. The story movingly depicts the deep issues of equality and civil rights, set within the … [Read more...] about Faith Love Coco Puffs: United States of division
Yes on 8 stirs hate misunderstanding
Proposition 8 will eventually be trampled underneath the rule of the courts the feet of homosexuals and those who believe in uniting them in marriage. That does not signify however that citizens who have different beliefs are or will ever be obligated to vote against their own morals.Today that society expects everybody to simply "go with the flow" and nonchalantly accept … [Read more...] about Yes on 8 stirs hate misunderstanding
Waves Café offers vegetarian options
John Lennon said if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. Thanks to The New York Times best sellers such as Kim Barnouin and Rory Freedman's Skinny Bitch more people are assessing what they put on their dinner plates. This holds true even at Pepperdine. Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to survive, even to thrive, as a vegetarian in the Waves … [Read more...] about Waves Café offers vegetarian options
Men's golf prepares for postseason
The men's golf team finished its second tournament in two weeks with a 7th place finish at the windy Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin Texas. The Waves struggled in the final round posting a 26-over par 310 to fall two places and 43 strokes behind tournament winner Oklahoma State University who won by 25 shots. Once again sophomore Andrew Putnam paced the Waves with … [Read more...] about Men's golf prepares for postseason