When the Communication Division posted scholarships to the accounts of their top-achieving students involved in media production, they never imagined any policy could prevent the students from receiving the funds they wished to award. This fall, that is exactly what happened. Students awarded scholarships by academic divisions such as Communication and Fine Arts received … [Read more...] about Financial aid policy perplexes
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Wells Project kicks off challenge with concert
The Wells Project is putting on a free concert tonight at 6 on Alumni Park to raise awareness for the 10 Days campaign starting Oct. 10. The college-wide campaign encourages college students to give up drinking anything but water for 10 days and donate the money they would have spent on other beverages to help build wells for fresh water access in Rwanda. Headliner Phil … [Read more...] about Wells Project kicks off challenge with concert
FBI finds higher Malibu crime
Crime has risen in Malibu, according to statistics recently published by the FBI. The most significant increase has been in reported cases of non-violent property crime. According to the Malibu Patch, there were 350 reported property crimes in 2010, a considerable increase from the 279 in 2009. These statistics come from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. The FBI publishes this … [Read more...] about FBI finds higher Malibu crime
Waves of Service plan new project
For the holidays, tens of thousands of U.S. military members fly home before their upcoming deployments, many with very little money to spend on food and long hours left to be spent in airports and airplanes. As a pilot program for Pepperdine’s service organization Waves of Service, the San Diego Waves are working to make this trip better for the United States servicemen and … [Read more...] about Waves of Service plan new project
Social experiment goes awry in class
On the morning of Friday, Sept. 23, close to 150 students were part of Dr. Robin Perrin’s social experiment. The bystander effect theory of social psychology suggests that the more people in a group, the less likely it is that any individual in the group will feel compelled to take action should the group witness an accident, crime, or other emergency. Halfway through his … [Read more...] about Social experiment goes awry in class