Director Zack Snyder ("300") once again delivers a big-budget action blockbuster. However this time around there is much more brain to go along with the brawn in his adaptation of the widely-acclaimed graphic novel "Watchmen." Set in an alternate reality circa 1985 "Watchmen" features a world on the brink of nuclear annihilation with only five minutes on the doomsday clock - … [Read more...] about 'Watchmen' film dips into life
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Men's athletics oils up sings in manly pageant
Running around in short shorts singing Backstreet Boys and spoofing 1980s music videos Pepperdine's male athletes did whatever it took for a chance to be crowned "Mr. All American." Wednesday evening's annual Mr. All American pageant featured members of the men's basketball baseball tennis track and volleyball teams singing dancing and posing for an audience of more than 100 … [Read more...] about Men's athletics oils up sings in manly pageant
The view from 17000 feet
Every time I fly somewhere it messes with my head. It is difficult to avoid feeling completely and utterly microscopic and in turn inconsequential when you really take in the view from 17000 feet in the air. The stars don't seem any closer but everything else looks like a glorified ant farm. To put the significant things and places in our lives that seem so huge urgent and … [Read more...] about The view from 17000 feet
Decadence destroys GOP core
There once was a time when the principles of the Grand Old Party were pure. If not pure in the strictest sense of the word they were pure in a political sense - relatively. The republicans espoused a political platform consistent with conservative ideology: economic policy rooted in prudent and sparing government interference; social policy rooted in Judeo Christian morality. … [Read more...] about Decadence destroys GOP core
Students fight poverty through microlending
Three Pepperdine seniors are tackling insolvency abroad by helping impoverished entrepreneurs in Argentina start their own businesses and better their quality of life. David Tari Dillon Desai and Rob Stone created One for One International LLC to promote sustainable poverty reduction programs through microfinance loans. One for One uses the proceeds it raises from selling … [Read more...] about Students fight poverty through microlending