While most 12-year-old boys were outside riding bikes teasing girls and throwing punches Tom Gordon tried cocaine for the first time. With the help of a so-called sponsor and role model at the prestigious Harvard-esque Kent School a boarding school in Connecticut. Dying to fit in Gordon enjoyed long lazy weekends filled with a variety of substances: a line or two of coke in the … [Read more...] about Flying High: A student's trail from drugs to sobriety
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Waves upset Pilots Zags
In early February the Pepperdine women's basketball team was hovering around .500. In the course of four games the team has turned it around. The Waves made a big statement in their final home matches of the season upsetting both second-place Portland 64-55 on Thursday and first-place Gonzaga 72-62 on Saturday. With the victory the Waves improved to 8-4 in conference play … [Read more...] about Waves upset Pilots Zags
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Fragile and flimsy the trance frail danceWeary and weepy a drone subtle moanStylishly spinning advanced seraph trancePirouettes plies once sewn hers aloneDistending joints on her own sickled bonesPain kills her sour the acid showerBlisters? A whisp'ring dome better than homeMarley floor rush hour superpowerThe shattered flower lasts through the hourDeclines to leave love for … [Read more...] about The Studio
Project Serve gives break time to needy
From Oakland, Calif. to the peaks of the Andes Mountains, 268 Pepperdine students will depart this weekend to help the needy in cities and villages across the United States, Central and South America.These teams aren't out to save the world said Project Serve Co-Coordinator Harris Kenny, a junior. If you look at it objectively [Project Serve] is just a Band-Aid. Keep in mind … [Read more...] about Project Serve gives break time to needy
'Sexting' epidemic corrupts
Nascent sexuality and technological advancement have given birth to an epidemic known as "sexting" - sending nude pictures via text message.In January three 14- and 15-year-old girls from Pennsylvania sent nude pictures of themselves to several male classmates. When the pictures were discovered on the boys' phones the girls were summarily charged with manufacturing … [Read more...] about 'Sexting' epidemic corrupts