Life & Arts

Along with the familiar and well-loved tryptophan-induced food comas and deathly cheek pinches from Great-Aunt Lucie for which Thanksgiving break is famed comes the potential for the dreaded holiday break-up when college students dump their significant other over Thanksgiving and winter breaks.If you're the dropper:Do make it happen early before the turkey even goes in the … [Read more...] about How to: Handle a holiday break-up

 The Pepperdine Fall Musical begins Thursday Nov. 12 and reporter Kristin Schultz got a sneak peak at what "Sweeney Todd" has been baking up.  Tickets can still be purchased at Smothers Theater or  through the Pepperdine Web site. … [Read more...] about VIDEO: 'Sweeney Todd' hits Pepperdine

Highlighter-pink frosted cupcakes and a treat-interested audience floated about the Kresge Reading Room in Payson Library Thursday Nov. 4 as people gathered to meet and hear from Pepperdine alumna Leslie Landis. She is the author of newly published "The Art of Overeating: A Bellyful of Laughs About Our Food-Phobic Culture." Landis calls her creation an "old-fashioned how-to … [Read more...] about Alum shares thoughts about eating

The spirit of Cannes Toronto and Sundance will descend upon Pepperdine's campus next January as passionate students have rallied to create a film festival that celebrates the power of storytelling as a means to create reality and shape society.The ReelStories FilmFest set for Jan. 222010 will be composed of two feature-length documentaries and a variety of Pepperdine student … [Read more...] about Film for a cause

We are all aware of the virus sweeping through universities and high schools all over our country— H1N1 also known as the "swine flu" before the pork industry oinked up about the moniker. Now I personally grew sick and tired of all the attention and media hype that this so-called "epidemic" was receiving. I mean I'd like to hear a little less "swine scare" and a little … [Read more...] about Learn to be sick like me