On a cold, gray afternoon in Malibu, Duwayne Dunham exudes nothing but warmth and happiness as he recounts his humble beginnings as an editor in the Bay area. But Dunham’s experience is far from ordinary, as you might expect when your career in media begins with “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” and quickly jumps […]
Face Off: New mascot?
Should Pepperdine change its mascot from a wave to a deer? Alonso Guerrero-Lopez Freshman Yes: There are definitely plenty of deer on campus, and we kind of are on the territory of deer. There should be deer-crossing signs everywhere. I wouldn’t be surprised if our mascot were a deer. Matthew Myatt Freshman […]
Staff Editorial: Deer deserve more
For those of you who have failed to notice, Pepperdine is no typical college campus. It is actually an idyllic paradise built into the side of a hill and overlooking the Pacific Ocean. With this inevitably comes the burdens unique to living in a Disney-esque wonderland, burdens that students of more urban universities will never […]
Fan Central: Chris Hostetler
How do you show your spirit? To show my Wave spirit, I just show up. That’s 95 per- cent of the equation — filling the stands. Then when I’m there, I try to stand for the whole game — just to show support for the athletes. I also love yelling and making noise. What can […]
Crossword- Stately state that state
Across 5. Aloha! 7. 30 Rock 9. The Bluegrass State 10. Boston, Seafood & Lighthouses 13. The Sunshine State 14. 8 Mile 15. Viva Las Vegas 17. Mark Twain 20. Little Rock 21. The ___ Turnpike 23. Peaches 25. Annapolis, Seafood & Sailing 27. The Grand Canyon 29. Mardi Gras 32. Carrie Underwood 33. […]
Living Abroad (Florence): 15 things you might realize you forgot upon returning to Italy
1. Italian. The whole language. I think there was a time last semester when I could have a fairly coherent conversation with an Italian citizen, but it turns out you can’t just jump back into that. Not that it kept me from trying… and making a complete fool of myself. 2. How to walk on cobblestones. Seriously?! […]
Plastic problems
You may have heard in the headlines a couple years back that a man from China has “sued his wife for being ugly.” Upon discovering that his baby was, in his words, “hideous,” he assumed infidelity on part of his wife, only to realize that she had in fact, been completely honest with him—minus the […]
Gun culture and the Second Amendment
Since the devastating mass murder in Newtown, Conn., which took the lives of 26 people including 20 children, an estimated 1,502 more have died as a result of gun violence. This is the human cost of a weak national policy on gun control, policy that has been crippled by decades of lobbying by special interest […]
Whisper your criticisms
Something happened to me this weekend that nearly crossed the threshold of human experience into another transcendent plane of reality. I’m fairly certain that no one moment in the days and years to follow will ever eclipse the range of emotions I felt in this singular thread of time. I was sitting in the front […]
Seven classes everyone must take
Every major, in my humble opinion, has tremendous value and can offer something worthwhile and unique to the professional world. Hopefully, many of us have elected an academic path that rouses our inner passions, provokes intellectual inquiry and draws us closer to our career aspirations. Although it has taken a few trials and errors, the […]
