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School spirit for convo credit?

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The plight of Pepperdine when it comes to sports involvement has been an issue on campus for quite some time. Even with incentives such as free T-shirts and food does not seem to pep the Pep students enough to get their heads into the game. Many methods have been implemented - including the current frequent fan program that gives the opportunity to win a trip to Las Vegas - but … [Read more...] about School spirit for convo credit?

'Animal' sounds collect eclectic fans

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Occasionally a band's moniker is a clean and precise description of its music like a Polaroid insight to the band's cumulative sound - think Guns-N-Roses' quick-fire guitar riffs and Led Zeppelin's heavy yet ascending sound.Animal Collective to the telling-tag camp. The band's music sounds like an orchestra of insolent safari animals run amok in a futuristic music lab … [Read more...] about 'Animal' sounds collect eclectic fans

Behind the scenes preview with MAE

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The sweet melodies of pop-punk band MAE will soon be resounding throughout Smothers Theatre and the minds and hearts of Pepperdine students. Graphic Online Content Editor Derek Sedam took some time with drummer Jacob Marshall to answer some questions before the concert on Saturday night. Tickets can be bought from the Student Programming Board table in the Waves café.Q: … [Read more...] about Behind the scenes preview with MAE

Publishing houses relocate to 'poor' house

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The New York Times staff writer David Streitfeld recently wrote an article lamenting the faltering state of the publishing industry. Some large publishing houses like Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that they will not be taking any new manuscripts. Similarly top bookstores are closing left and right. For example Olssons Books and Records an independent bookstore in … [Read more...] about Publishing houses relocate to 'poor' house