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Bridging the Gap Between Climate Migration and Christianity

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Photo by Lindsey Sullivan | Photo illustration by Isabella Teague Growing up on the Tennessee River, senior Scottie Sandlin would watch birds migrate each year. She saw their journey as something beautiful because God created them to find all the resources they need by moving from one location to another. It wasn’t until Sandlin, Green Team president and Sustainability … [Read more...] about Bridging the Gap Between Climate Migration and Christianity

“Marry the Man Behind the Vacuum Cleaner”: A Generational Love Story

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Photo courtesy of Andy and Carrie Wall Carrie and Andy Wall’s relationship may have formed 36 years ago, but their story begins long before the two attended Pepperdine together and even before the two were born. Both second-generation Waves and children of couples who married while studying at Pepperdine, Carrie Giboney and Andy Wall grew up as family friends. Once the … [Read more...] about “Marry the Man Behind the Vacuum Cleaner”: A Generational Love Story

Life After Death, Whatever That Means

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Art by Samantha Miller Embrace death to truly start living. That's the counterintuitive take-away Sociology Professor Charles Hall leaves students with in his upper-division sociology course on death and dying. Death isn't the cheeriest subject, but Hall didn't mince his words and isn't one to shy away from difficult conversations. Hall's class strives to break down … [Read more...] about Life After Death, Whatever That Means

Fields of Frost

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You ruined it all In your white sparkly dress Running through the forest Letting it become a mess I thought our friendship would survive Instead, it withered and it died I tried my best to replant the seeds Texting you over and over enduring the breeze I stayed out too long in the freezing cold Waiting on flowers that would not … [Read more...] about Fields of Frost