Don Ringe, an Emmy award winning media strategist, will deliver a lecture on voter identification laws this evening at 4 p.m. in Payson Library. His presentation will examine voter ID laws and their potential impact on the 2012 presidential election. The debate between Republicans and Democrats over the law requiring voters to show a photo ID has received national … [Read more...] about Media strategist speaks on voter ID laws
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Guido's, Point Pizza to close down
Malibu has welcomed a few new stores to the neighborhood lately, but it's also about to say goodbye to some -- Guido's and Point Pizza are closing its doors to Malibu residents permanently. According to The Malibu Times, the owner of Guido's Italian Restaurant Antonio Castanos and the owner of the Malibu Village Matt Khoury were unable to come to a new lease agreement. Exact … [Read more...] about Guido's, Point Pizza to close down
Project (x) now open
Fort Lauderdale or Fortune 500? For spring break, Pepperdine students can travel, volunteer and now “extern.” The Career Center restructured its spring “externship” program and is now taking sophomore, junior and senior resumes. The deadline to apply is Oct. 8, and Career Center Office Manager Stephanie Farley says spots are limited. Farley describes the Pepperdine externship … [Read more...] about Project (x) now open
Entitlement mentality and Caf food
At the risk of sounding like Michael Scott’s rendition of Rodney Dangerfield (“You know what don’t get no respect? Airplane food.”), I will not be commenting on the state of Pepperdine’s cafeteria cuisine. What I will be commenting on, however, is the fact that such a great percentage of the student body is harder to please than Gordon Ramsey when it comes to burgers and … [Read more...] about Entitlement mentality and Caf food
IP moves forward
The International Programs priority deadline passed about a week ago, which according to IP Director Jeff Hamilton means that most participants have already applied. “I would say that what we experience generally is that 90 percent of the students who end up going overseas have applied by the priority deadline,” Hamilton said. “The numbers that we saw were enough to fill up … [Read more...] about IP moves forward