SHUHEI MATSUOSports Editor Let’s say you read the most recent ‘Us Weekly’ and found out your favorite celebrity has fake breasts, noses, lips or calves. Would you be disappointed that she or he is a cop-out? Or would you think cosmetic surgery is necessary to succeed in the business? Plastic surgeries in Hollywood can be compared to performance-enhancing drugs in the sports … [Read more...] about Plastic surgery and drugs: All the same
Colleges doing the dirty work
CURRY CHANDLERStaff Writer The Recording Industry Association of America has included some Pepperdine students as part of a new wave of threatening “early settlement” letters to campuses nationwide accusing them of illegally downloading music. It represents only the latest efforts in the organization’s continuing campaign of addressing the unauthorized distribution of music … [Read more...] about Colleges doing the dirty work
Women drop season finale against Zags
TAYLOR BIRDSports Assistant The season came to a close for the Pepperdine women’s soccer team Saturday in Spokane, Wash., with a 1-0 double-overtime loss at Gonzaga. The Waves finished the season 5-8-6 overall and 2-4-1 in conference play to place sixth in the WCC, while Gonzaga’s record improved to 12-7-1, 3-4-0. Saturday’s match was an evenly played battle, as each team … [Read more...] about Women drop season finale against Zags
Interracial dating still not accepted
SARAH SCHERFF & SEAN ROBERTSPhoto Editor & Contributing Writer A couple pulls into the parking lot of a nice restaurant popular with young couples. The guy, who is white, gets out and opens the door for his date, a young black woman, fashionably dressed yet modest. The two hold hands and walk inside. As they are being seated, a couple of people waiting for takeout give … [Read more...] about Interracial dating still not accepted
Web site influences class choices
GREG BARNETTSports Assistant Registration started this week, and will continue until Nov. 19, and students are frantically searching for what classes to take, hoping to get good class times and, most importantly, popular professors who fit their schedule. A professor can make or break a student’s semester and students go to great lengths to make sure they get a good professor … [Read more...] about Web site influences class choices