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Few meals are as dismal as Saturday night dinner at the Pepperdine Waves Café. Presumably because most students flee campus on the weekends the food distributor Sodexo has the prerogative to slop down a smorgasbord of unappetizing items and call it a buffet. Technically a burger cooked six hours before its served is still a burger; however without a serious case of the … [Read more...] about Sodexo serves stale menu

I walked into Firestone Fieldhouse Monday for work. I referee intramural basketball games Monday and Tuesday nights to pay for ridiculous off-campus electricity bills and the occasional night on the town. (Mom and Dad I know you get this paper sent home so let me reassure you: said "night" is lights out by midnight and always early to rise.)To be honest work was tough to get … [Read more...] about Vegas hoops and Pokemon

Lady Luck in not on the side of Sin City...In a town once thought to be recession proof Vegas is feeling a failing economy. The statistics show the economy in Vegas is just like the rest of the country...in a recession. But this Valentine's weekend Vegas did not show signs of people scrimping and saving. Restaurants were packed popular clubs had lines of hundreds and big shows … [Read more...] about Vegas and the Recession

The World Series championship ring is one of the single most coveted awards in the world of baseball. It symbolizes a culmination of dedication and backbreaking hard work and its owners can boast in the fact that they are indeed some of the world's greatest.But what happens once your major league career comes to an end? The spotlight often dims on retired players instead … [Read more...] about Life after the Major Leagues

39 year old Marshall Ford puts rhymes and rhythms together. His stage name is massive and at 649 pounds this father of 3 and full time caregiver had no where else to turn.Massive decided he needed to make a life change that would live up to his big name and big size. Dr. Naim performed Massive's laporscopic sleeve mastectomy. It is a two hour operation where surgeons make a few … [Read more...] about Marshall Ford Part II