SHUHEI MATSUOAssistant Sports Editor Before the spring season begins in January, the Pepperdine women’s tennis team kicked off its fall action Friday when players traveled different places for non-team tournaments. Junior Vanessa Dunlap and sophomore Alicia Poladian represented the Waves at the San Diego State Fall Tennis Classic in San Diego on Friday. Although the Pepperdine … [Read more...] about Waves battle in preseason play
Resident opposition to drilling fueled by pollution concerns
RICHARD NAVANews Assistant Malibu residents have banned together to oppose a new Liquid Natural Gas station being built 14 miles off the coast of Ventura County, eight miles north of campus on Pacific Coast Highway. BHP Billiton Petroleum Inc., is currently trying to gain approval to build a LNG station, Cabrillo Port, to be used to receive imported LNG and store the natural … [Read more...] about Resident opposition to drilling fueled by pollution concerns
Border fence ignores broader immigration issues
Jim CohenStaff Writer The United States Senate successfully passed immigration legislation only hours before Congress left Washington D.C. for a six-week recess in the run-up to the mid-term elections held on Nov. 7. The legislation funds a 700-mile fence on the border between the United States and Mexico to stymie the flow of illegal immigrants crossing the border into the … [Read more...] about Border fence ignores broader immigration issues
Student finds faith goes past church
AMY LARSONStaff Writer If your church youth group was anything like mine, you remember the nights when some of the kids got up and did skits. I always felt bad for them because the skit never really flowed, and there was always that one student that had no idea when it was his turn to speak — it seemed like anything that could go wrong did. Because of all the improvisation … [Read more...] about Student finds faith goes past church
Dem majority could save Republicans
Ashton EllisStaff Writer With barely a month to go before Election Day, conservative Republicans should consider the benefits of becoming the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives. Sure, a number of ineffectual congressmen would be out of a job, and the presumptive Democratic Speaker would be San Francisco’s own Nancy Pelosi, but sometimes things must get worse … [Read more...] about Dem majority could save Republicans