Pumpkin carving, candy comas and spooktastic joy fill the entire month of October. Creepy decor gets dusted off and avid scare-enthusiasts go crazy in making their homes the most awesomely haunted locales on the block. But Halloween wasn’t always the time of ghouls and pumpkins we are familiar with now. Its origins span thousands of years, which means that the States were not … [Read more...] about The Origins of Halloween
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Dinner and a Suit comes by KWVS
The band Dinner and a Suit interviewed with Pepperdine’s KWVS Radio. The self-proclaimed pop rock band was on a West Coast tour opening for the band Imagine Dragons and was gracious enough to allow Pepperdine press to sneak a quick interview. The band is made up of Jonathan Capeci, Joey Beretta and Anthony Genca, all cousins, who grew up just outside of Philadelphia. Although … [Read more...] about Dinner and a Suit comes by KWVS
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Wells Project raises awareness and cash
Pepperdine students took the pledge to drink nothing but water for 10 days starting on Oct 10. They gave up all the chai lattes, coke drinks and morning OJ that they normally consumed and drank only water. The money that they would have spent on buying those drinks was donated to the 10 Days movement. This money goes toward building wells in Rowanda for clean water. It is an … [Read more...] about Wells Project raises awareness and cash
What happens in the stacks
On Tuesday, Oct. 16 the Pepperdine Libraries presented “Poetry in the Stacks.” The poetry reading featured Pepperdine professors John Struloeff and Jeffrey Schultz, as well as award-winning poets Mary Jane Roberts and Sherman Pearl. Event Coordinator and Director for Library Advancement and Public Affairs Ken LaZebnik declared that he was “thrilled with the turnout and … [Read more...] about What happens in the stacks
