RACHEL JOHNSON Staff Writer Normally January signifies the beginning of awards season. It is a time for actors and musicians to pick out the most fantastic outfits, attend the most extravagant parties and hopefully win a few prestigious accolades in the meantime. Not this year — thanks to a strike by the Writer’s Guild of America, a collaboration or labor union that represents … [Read more...] about Award show flop exposes strike woes
LANDON PHILLIPS/Cartoonist
Class rules need more consistency STAFF EDITORIAL Spring has sprung and it is time for us to gather our things, reminisce about winter break and return to class. Break is always too short and three short weeks quickly sneak away. But with our new year comes the new semester, new teachers and syllabi. Each class syllabus serves as the rulebook for the upcoming semester. But each … [Read more...] about LANDON PHILLIPS/Cartoonist
TOP 5 STORIES (December 10, 2007)
U.S. — Possible link in series of Colorado shootings Arvada police said Sunday they have "reason to believe" that deadly attacks at two religious institutions 70 miles apart that left five dead and six injured are probably linked. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_7678737 Politics — Oprah and Obama draw record crowds Even before Oprah Winfrey had left the building … [Read more...] about TOP 5 STORIES (December 10, 2007)
Students volunteer at Kirkpatrick
KATIE WILFONGStaff Writer The Pepperdine students linger while the rest of their group starts to arrive. In front of Special Programs, the Volunteer Center van remains still, waiting to be driven 30 minutes north on Pacific Coast Highway. The caring volunteers, dressed in baggy clothes, carry nothing with them. As the group is finally together, they pile into the vehicle on a … [Read more...] about Students volunteer at Kirkpatrick
First year seminar for “Pre-Med” students
FLORA THEDENStaff Writer The stench of stale flesh wafts through the air in a small room in the basement of Pepperdine’s Appleby Center. Hesitant footsteps creep across the tiles, slowly stepping over the puddle of formaldehyde leaking from body bags. As Dr. Laurie Nelson unzips the bags, the bones and organs of the skinless dead bodies are revealed. Resembling a scene in CSI, … [Read more...] about First year seminar for “Pre-Med” students
