On Thursday night, Oct. 27, the Malibu Inn hosted live performers Petty Cash and Pepperdine senior Izzy Loya’s band Jonny Come Lately at a benefit for the Boys and Girls Club of Malibu Teen Center. The promoters, Sicky Dicky and Debbie Frank, said the event kick-starts a string of Thursday nights dedicated to donating the cover charges to different charities. Petty Cash … [Read more...] about Student band, Jonny Come Lately, steals spotlight at Malibu Inn
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Pepperdine alumnae 'Kind Campaign' reaches millions of girls internationally
Girls are caddy. Girls are mean. Girls are vicious. Girls are competitive. Girls have the potential to ruin one another's lives. It is tough to be a girl. But two young women and Pepperdine alumnae, Lauren Parsekian and Molly Thompson, have dedicated their lives to take a stand against what they call girl-on-girl “crime.” The Kind Campaign, an internationally recognized … [Read more...] about Pepperdine alumnae 'Kind Campaign' reaches millions of girls internationally
Second Waves Weekend expected to be 'bigger and better'
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE – The upcoming Waves Weekend will be bigger and better than ever before. As the official launch of the University's 75th Anniversary Celebration, the University hopes that current students, alumni, faculty, staff, relatives, friends and donors join together to celebrate the University’s unique and special community. The celebration will take place Oct. 14 … [Read more...] about Second Waves Weekend expected to be 'bigger and better'
Comedy troupe performs in honor of Great Books anniversary
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE — Three men condensing 86 of the Great Books from “1984” to “The Wizard of Oz” into a 90-minute comedy segment seems unlikely. However, The Reduced Shakespeare Company comedy troupe plans to do just that as it performs in Smothers Theatre at 8 p.m. on Oct. 14 during Waves Weekend. Great Books professor Michael Gose and some staff Pepperdine alumni chose the … [Read more...] about Comedy troupe performs in honor of Great Books anniversary
This Day in History: Oct. 6
1892, Alfred, Lord Tennyson died. Not just the guy a street in my subdivision is named for, Tennyson was the poet laureate of the United Kingdom for much of the Victorian era. He was the fourth of 12 children and had a sort of competition with his two older brothers. They all wrote poetry in their youth and were even published. One of Alfred’s brothers married the younger … [Read more...] about This Day in History: Oct. 6