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Alumni-founded nonprofit Project Exodus has announced it will be ending operations effective April 1. The organization, founded in 2009 by alumnus Mike Masten (’08) and then-student Blake McAllister (’11), has worked in and around the Los Angeles metro area fighting human trafficking. In an email to supporters and volunteers, Masten revealed that the organization would not be … [Read more...] about Project Exodus folds due to sustainability challenges

Since well-known professor and classical guitarist Christopher Parkening first arrived on Pepperdine campus back in 2002, he has held guitar master classes for Pepperdine and the local California community. This semester’s master class was held in Raitt Recital Hall last Saturday. The hall’s seats were practically full of auditors for the duration of the four-hour class, which … [Read more...] about Guitar guru helps hone students’ string skills

[youtube ccowNPTaPAI] Bond, James Bond, graced the halls of the Center for Communication and Business (CCB) yesterday morning to lend his support to the third Cinemagic Los Angeles Film and Television Festival for Young People, taking place Feb. 20-25 in various locations around Los Angeles. Yesterday, the place was Pepperdine University and the man of the hour was Pierce … [Read more...] about Pierce Brosnan steals the show at Cinemagic

For the Pepperdine Theatre department, the show must go on, even when issues concerning what is appropriate for a student production cast doubt onto what that show might be. Senior Theatre major Jillian Dobbins recently experienced a hindrance on the way to completing her senior project when the play she had initially selected to produce, and received approval for, was … [Read more...] about Sexual content leads to senior show rejection