Walking out of practice Tuesday Keion Bell was all smiles. The freshman guard and the rest of the men's basketball team were walking to the sound of a different tune despite their 8-18 record and even after a grueling four hour practice.After all they did have the best weekend of any team in the West Coast Conference. They continued a good streak and ended a horrible skid. Not … [Read more...] about Surging Waves win third straight
Waves win season opener in walk-off fashion
The Pepperdine baseball team could not have asked for a more exciting finish to its 2009 season opener against Cal State Northridge on Friday.With Pepperdine trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the 9th senior outfielder Nate Simon stepped to the plate and rocketed a pitch over the centerfield wall for a 3-3 tie and his second home run of the game. After a pitching change by the … [Read more...] about Waves win season opener in walk-off fashion
Staff Editorial: Pep makes light of Black History Month
Few would have noticed the error had the cleanup efforts not been such a shoddy job. Pepperdine's efforts to commemorate Black History Month seem forced as if the institution was scrambling to clean up its act.It began with the school-wide e-mail stating there was a new student life February calendar from Student Affairs at the end of January. Apparently the pink calendar … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Pep makes light of Black History Month
Student fights for justice
Working alongside President Obama's campaign staff and lobbyists in Washington D.C. is not what most students characterize as a normal summer. However Pepperdine students are afforded some amazing opportunities - even some as lofty as Capital Hill. Senior Sara Ward from Mercer Island Wash. has taken full advantage of such opportunities walking the road from Obama "helper" to … [Read more...] about Student fights for justice
Resurrecting the ailing print media
They say print is dead. They say we are a generation of illiterates by choice who cannot find it in ourselves to pick up a book - well unless it's "Twilight" - or read something more than the news ticker on CNN. In a world with the Internet words on a peice of paper are useless.Tell that to Carla Kostoff a Washington D.C. newsstand owner who sold thousands of copies of the … [Read more...] about Resurrecting the ailing print media