STEVEN SIWEKStaff Writer The Pepperdine women’s volleyball team started off its season with a smash. During the Labor Day weekend, the Waves went 3-0, defeating UNC Greensboro (25-15, 25-21, 25-15), Delaware (25-15, 25-12, 25-20) and Cal State Fullerton (25-21, 25-13, 25-18) to win the Titan Volleyball Classic in Fullerton, Calif. This is the first time the Waves have started … [Read more...] about Rubenstein leads Waves to perfect opening weekend
Radiohead lights up L.A.
Jaimie FranklinAssistant News Editor The band has amazing performances in San Francisco festival, Hollywood and Santa Barbara Bowls. After the long-awaited release of “In Rainbows” last year by the eccentric and legendary English rock band Radiohead, their summer tour of the United States, which concluded in Santa Barbara on Aug. 28, had been buzzing in the media for months. … [Read more...] about Radiohead lights up L.A.
Benton backs drinking age
SHANNON URTNOWSKIEditor in Chief A group of administrators at some of the nation’s leading universities has organized to reconsider the drinking age, a flawed law they say has pushed alcohol consumption on college campuses toward dangerous extremes. Pepperdine University President Andrew K. Benton has twice declined to join the initative. The campaign, known as the Amethyst … [Read more...] about Benton backs drinking age
Birthday bash honors former Pepperdine first lady
Kaitlyn BakerStaff Writer A woman who has been a part of Pepperdine for as long as it has existed just celebrated her 90th birthday. Still a part of the Pepperdine community today, Helen Young often reflects on how she first came to the University. “[My mother] wrote me and said, ‘There’s going to be a new school in Los Angeles, and I know the man who is going to do it,” Young … [Read more...] about Birthday bash honors former Pepperdine first lady
Hurricane hits close to home
Jazmyne SuttonStaff Writer Although school began normally for most students on the Pepperdine campus, students and alumni in Louisiana this week found themselves preparing for the worst as Hurricane Gustav headed for the coast. Pepperdine alum Audrey Reed, who studying at the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, experienced her first hurricane evacuation. “I decided … [Read more...] about Hurricane hits close to home