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Weeks of professors’ work ruined after space shuttle crashes on reentry.By Michael TravisEditor in Chief  Wreckage was not the only thing strewn across the country when the Columbia space shuttle disintegrated. In addition to the lives of seven astronauts, more than 16 days of round-the-clock scientific experiments were ruined. The mission was the first space launch almost … [Read more...] about Shuttle disaster hits Pepperdine

By JJ BowmanNews Editor  For some it came just too late. For others it came just in time. And for one person it just finally came. Pepperdine now has an art history major, which comes 12 years after Fine Arts Division Chair Sonia Sorrell began pushing for its inclusion in the Seaver College curriculum. Ceyda Keyman, a sophomore and the first person to sign up as an art history … [Read more...] about Art history major joins curriculum

By JJ BowmanNews Editor  Everyone always has at least one complaint about Public Safety. They range from the mild (“Why do they need so many vehicles?”) to the very serious (“I was racially profiled”), but there is one that I’m sick of hearing. I keep having to put up with someone’s agonizing tale about how they were caught blowing a stop sign. Public Safety officers as well … [Read more...] about Big Deal: Pepperdine brakes for no one

Seven hours and 50 speakers later, little progress is made.By Jordan MorrisAssistant News Editor  $13 million. Suffering from repercussions of the statewide budget deficit, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District must eliminate this amount from its budget for the next fiscal year. It is an understatement that the imminent budget crisis and the failure of Proposition … [Read more...] about Budget cuts decimate local public schools