TAYLOR BIRDSports Assistant A season-best 55.9 shooting percentage was not enough to keep the Pepperdine women’s basketball team from falling 92-85 to conference rival Gonzaga on Saturday afternoon. The Waves (6-17, 1-8 WCC) have dropped six games in a row and 14 of their last 15. Head Coach Julie Rousseau said she is tired of losing but is still optimistic the team can bounce … [Read more...] about Pep’s troubles continue with feisty Zags
‘4 Months’ worth of controversy
NICOLE ALBERTSONLife Editor “4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days” successfully tackles a sensitive subject with its realistic portrayal of a late-term abortion in communist Romania in 1987. This disturbing and insightful film is a vision of depression and desperation when the people of Romania were forced into communism under the Ceausescu regime. Already taking home 14 awards and … [Read more...] about ‘4 Months’ worth of controversy
Books taking a backseat to technology
STEPHANIE TANIZARAssistant Perspectives Editor Books have held the monopoly on information for centuries. From scholarly works to one-liner gags, every facet of human history and culture has been consigned to the written page. That is, until the rise of the Internet and its information highway. Faster and more adept at recording information, the Internet — like books — is not … [Read more...] about Books taking a backseat to technology
What Democrats and Republicans Are Saying About…Social Issues
TODD BOULDINDirector, the Pepperdine Voyage, and Asst. Visiting of Social Science 1. What are the social issues at the forefront of campaign 2008? Social issues, or what some would call “moral” issues, again are playing a significant role in the consideration of voters as they choose candidates for the presidency in 2008. However, polls of likely voters and exit polls reflect … [Read more...] about What Democrats and Republicans Are Saying About…Social Issues
Only His opinion matters
AMY LARSONStaff Writer There’s a pretty serious sickness going around. It’s an addiction, really. What’s tricky is that you might not even recognize you have it until it has progressed greatly and taken over many parts of your daily life. It doesn’t require antibiotics or therapy; we are the only ones who can choose to heal ourselves. Me, you, your roommate – we all have it, … [Read more...] about Only His opinion matters