Brittany WagnerPerspectives Assistant YouTube, an Internet site dedicated to video sharing has grown in popularity since its founding in February of 2005. It is estimated that more than 70 million videos are viewed daily. The Web site’s search engine allows visitors to find video clips on certain topics and or portions of professional/ amateur films. Recently, students at … [Read more...] about YouTube invades academia
Confessions of a distraction addict
ASHLYEE HICKMANLiving Editor Today I decided that I am focused. I was supposed to decide this last week but I kept getting distracted but not anymore. No siree, Bob, from now on I have the focus of a precision laser. Just call me Ashlyee “über-focused” Hickman… I figure this is the right step to a full recovery from the scatter-brain syndrome that I seem to suffer from time … [Read more...] about Confessions of a distraction addict
FCC ruins TV with prudish rules, fines
SCOTT MILLERNews Assistant Many things greet one upon entering my dorm room — namely the two shelves almost completely full of DVDs next to my desk. On that shelf there are several television show seasons, including the quintessential “The Office.” However, there are two different versions of “The Office.” The American version, and the original version, which aired on the BBC … [Read more...] about FCC ruins TV with prudish rules, fines
Wave hello to a new season
JANE LEESports Editor The theme of the 2007 Pepperdine baseball season is probably one fans have heard once or twice in the sports world. It’s that highly overused but all-important cliché — the one that makes you think coaches and athletes should go back to school to learn new, insightful phrases. You hear it over and over again, but you’re going to hear it once more. We just … [Read more...] about Wave hello to a new season
How to survive without an iPod
LINDSEY BOERMALiving Assistant The world, as you know it, has come to an end. The scenario? You are being forced to endure a period of time without the piece of technology that has become seemingly indispensable to many a college student— the iPod. Maybe the battery has gone dead. Perhaps you’ve misplaced it. Or, maybe you’re just petrified to touch it after the girl who … [Read more...] about How to survive without an iPod