Letter From EditorPoem: The Little MomentsProfile Katy Flinn Summits Mount Kilimanjaro‘Is This a Picture or a Video?’ How Moments Create the Movie of RelationshipsProfile Morena Gonzales -Yap is Motivated by Matcha‘It’s a Human Right’ Education Transforms LivesCompetition and Connection Moments in SportsProfile Ethan Suh Runs on to the Pepperdine Baseball TeamFill in the Blank … [Read more...] about Currents Magazine Spring 2022: Moments
Spring 2022: Moments
Letter From the Editor
Photo by Caroline Conder A presentation that Sonya Singh gave to Pepperdine Graphic Media in Fall 2021 inspired the theme of this edition of Currents. Singh, a professional photographer and professor at California Baptist University, showed her images to the group and spoke about each moment. From there, the idea of moments has captivated my attention. I find that moments … [Read more...] about Letter From the Editor
The Little Moments
Photo by Caroline Conder | Currents staff asked students on campus to anonymously share their most important little moments on sticky notes. The students’ experiences vary from moments of loss to lucky Tinder swipes. A streak of lightning flashes across black sky, a moment already passed, so fleeting, like dying stars blinking back to sleep when the sun yawns awake. As brief as … [Read more...] about The Little Moments
Katy Flinn Summits Mount Kilimanjaro
Photo by Caroline Conder For Resident Director Katy Flinn, summiting Mount Kilimanjaro was not the pinnacle moment she expected. “You see everybody’s mountaintop experiences, you see their summit picture and you’re like, ‘Wow, that’s so cool, it’ll be so exciting and so fulfilling and so fun,’” Flinn said. “And in a way it was those things, but nobody prepared me for how … [Read more...] about Katy Flinn Summits Mount Kilimanjaro
‘Is This a Picture or a Video?’: How Moments Create the Movie of Relationships
Photo courtesy of Josh Leow | Sophomore Annie and senior Josh Leow, siblings from Memphis, Tennessee, joyfully engaged in conversation during Humanities Professor Michael Gose’s Great Books class. They said the class is their favorite because it allows for open discussion. From the beginning of life to death and every moment in between, people’s lives are a string of … [Read more...] about ‘Is This a Picture or a Video?’: How Moments Create the Movie of Relationships
