Pepperdine's sororities faced off in a dance competition last Thursday Feb. 10 when Psi Upsilon hosted its annual philanthropy "Psi U Think You Can Dance." The fraternity raised $3600 all of which will go to the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation. Schmidt is a founding member of Pepperdine's Lambda Omega Sigma chapter. In 2000 Schmidt sustained a spinal injury during a practice … [Read more...] about Philanthropy raises money through dance-off
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Waves in second place after day one of Regional Challenge
Pepperdine women's golf showed a strong presence at Monday's opening round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes with four players finishing in the top 10. The sparrows weren't the only birdies in play as senior Taylore Karle tapped in her third birdie on hole number nine of the tough par-71 course at Palos Verdes Golf club for the Northrop Grumman Regional … [Read more...] about Waves in second place after day one of Regional Challenge
Men's tennis redeems themselves against Boise State
Pepperdine's men's tennis team ranked 20th in the nation earned a stellar 6-1 victory over No. 35 ranked Boise State on Saturday Feb. 12th at the Ralph Strauss Pavilion in Malibu The win improves the Waves record to 6-2 this season and reinstates the team's momentum after a brutal loss to the University of Southern California on Friday. Pepperdine earned the opening doubles … [Read more...] about Men's tennis redeems themselves against Boise State
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Watson
IBM — the company of nerds who got rich long before Microsoft — scheduled the beginning of this week to completely demoralize the human race. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday IBM's newest supercomputer Watson will square off against the two winningest players in "Jeopardy!" history: Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. In practice rounds Watson has already won. Jennings won … [Read more...] about How I learned to stop worrying and love the Watson
Waves upset undefeated USC
In a five set thriller the No. 11 Men's Volleyball team upset the undefeated No. 1 ranked USC Trojans at home to improve its overall season record to 4-5. This marks the fifth 5-set match the Waves have played this season. The upset also marked the first loss for USC this season bringing their conference record to 6-1. Pepperdine defeated No. 1 ranked USC last season on Jan. 29 … [Read more...] about Waves upset undefeated USC