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Movie Review: "2012"

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With "2012 Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow Independence Day") once again directs a big-budget visually spectacular disaster flick. When the solar activity of our sun threatens geological and environmental changes so severe they shift the south pole to Wisconsin you know the world is going to hell. "2012" can only be described as epic; it is an epic failure in many … [Read more...] about Movie Review: "2012"

How to: Handle a holiday break-up

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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

Alum shares thoughts about eating

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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

Film for a cause

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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