SHUHEI MATSUOAssistant Sports Editor Winning a national championship two years in a row is never easy, especially when a team opens its new season with a loss. However, Adam Steinberg said he is satisfied the way his players fought during Friday’s season opener against Illinois. “I thought the guys were amazing this weekend,” said the head coach of the Pepperdine men’s tennis … [Read more...] about Weekend action mixed, men find winning stride
‘Hitcher’ fails to scare
JESSIE REIMERStaff Writer “The Hitcher” joins an array of classic horror movie remakes that fail horribly in a sad attempt to rekindle the magic of something that just is not that scary anymore. Following recent horror movie re-make protocol, “The Hitcher” strips away the mystery of the original, much like its fellow protégé films “The Fog” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”The … [Read more...] about ‘Hitcher’ fails to scare
Irish ‘Playboy’ gets intimate
SAMANTHA BLONSAssistant A&E Editor It is not often that the term “playboy” graces the cover of a playbill at Pepperdine. But this semester brings an exception with Tuesday’s opening of the spring play, “The Playboy of the Western World.”In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the original show’s opening in Dublin, Ireland, in January 1907, the Pepperdine theater … [Read more...] about Irish ‘Playboy’ gets intimate
The Shins mix odd new sounds into CD, lose old acoustic vibes
LAURA JOHNSONA&E Assistant The only way to understand the latest effort from the four-piece band, The Shins, is to listen to the record, “Wincing the Night Away,” over and over again. Otherwise, the only thing listeners hear is noise. The tunes of The Shins were thrust into the limelight when Natalie Portman looked at Zach Braff in the film “Garden State” and said, The … [Read more...] about The Shins mix odd new sounds into CD, lose old acoustic vibes
Discover uncharted fun spots
OLESYA SALNIKOVAStaff Writer When people think of entertainment, some things that instinctively come to mind are movie theaters with buttery popcorn, concerts with screaming fans, or just the comfy cushions of our couches with a television softly flickering in the background. Usually, movies, TV shows, music and gossip magazines easily entertain us. We do not stop to think that … [Read more...] about Discover uncharted fun spots