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Despite an extraordinary effort in its singles matches the No.-55 women's tennis team suffered a 4-3 loss Wednesday to No.-8 UCLA. The Waves had a rough start in the doubles matches with the tandem of senior Alex Liles and sophomore Anamika Bhargava pulling in the Waves' only win 7-6 (5). "I think our whole team had confidence from our last meeting with UCLA Bhargava said. … [Read more...] about Singles push not enough to take down No.-8 Bruins

I always find it entertaining when my editor gives me a word count. It varies from week to week: 600750 800. Eighty percent of the time I have no idea what to write about. The other chunk - 20 percent - I legitimately have something to get off my chest. However that 80 percent ... well those are late nights with lots of chewed up coffee cups and plenty of man tears to boot. My … [Read more...] about Senior year anxiety

As Pepperdine School of Law Dean Ken Starr prepares to defend Proposition 8 before the California Supreme Court next week two gay students presented a human face on the highly politicized issue of homosexuality.Nearly 50 students gathered at the law school Wednesday to hear the pair discuss how they have reconciled their Christian faith with their homosexuality at "Growing up … [Read more...] about Pep ACLU hosts forum on gays faith

The Los Angeles underground-punk scene came to the forefront of music in the summer of 2008 as Los Angeles veterans No Age took the stage with Pete Wentz on MTV. The two forces joined and debuted one of the best music videos in 2008 "Eraser."So it's no surprise that the opener for No Age Abe Vigoda - yes the band is named after that old buffoon who wandered around the Conan … [Read more...] about Vigoda revives punk scene

The film "Confessions of a Shopaholic" is a cheesy predictable cookie cutter chick-flick. However even with those qualities or perhaps because of them it surpassed expectations. Although nothing exceptional the film kept a steady pace of humor sweetness and even a thematic message for a culture obsessed with consumerism and materialism.The film follows the insanely ditsy … [Read more...] about 'Confessing' silliness