Life & Arts

Standup comedy venues are not difficult to find in Los Angeles. From the Laugh Factory to the Comedy Store, it’s almost too easy to find a place for some good (although not necessarily politically correct) laughs nearly any night of the week. The downside to these venues is that they, like everything else in this economy, have become inconveniently expensive for some. … [Read more...] about Comedy club offers laughs for less

Not too long ago, our university’s very own women’s soccer team upset the No. 5 team in the country Boston College Eagles. They are a great group of girls doing a great service for our school by representing us so well both on and off the field. But there’s something I need to get off my chest. It’s been bothering me for the past year, to be honest, and I’ve just now worked up … [Read more...] about Rogue Wave: Voicing my soccer complaint

The four-time Grammy-nominated ensemble band Plena Libre graced Smothers Theatre Sunday for their first performance at Pepperdine University. The event was unlike any other musical performance, filled with educational tidbits, audience involvement and, of course, the beautiful music of Puerto Rico. The band’s frontman Gary Nunez formed Plena Libre in 1994 with the intention to … [Read more...] about Puerto Rican band Plena Libre celebrates culture

"All right class, pack your bags, because we are going to France! As if study abroad couldn't get any cooler, we, the IP students of Lausanne, recently got to take a week off from classes to take an adventurous field trip to Normandy, France. To be honest, as a teenage girl, history lessons about WWII are not exactly my forte (though I could tell you all about the 2005 war … [Read more...] about Living Abroad: Bonjour France

The smell of gasoline, the sound of chainsaws and screaming and the sight of towering clowns greeted me and my friends as we entered Universal’s Halloween Horror Night. When it came to the attendees, the girls shrieked — that’s expected and really kind of dull. Watching the boys proved more entertaining as they tried to keep the terror clenched inside or overcompensated with … [Read more...] about When zombies attack