Occasionally a band's moniker is a clean and precise description of its music like a Polaroid insight to the band's cumulative sound - think Guns-N-Roses' quick-fire guitar riffs and Led Zeppelin's heavy yet ascending sound.Animal Collective to the telling-tag camp. The band's music sounds like an orchestra of insolent safari animals run amok in a futuristic music lab … [Read more...] about 'Animal' sounds collect eclectic fans
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The cost of consciousness
President Barack Obama deflected light from himself and shed it toward the "green" way of life. Monday Obama gave the green light to the Environmental Protection Agency to allow California as well as other states to regulate its greenhouse gas emissions from cars. This will allow progress in earth conservation as well as inspire innovation to effectively carry out this task. … [Read more...] about The cost of consciousness
Tenure under review nationwide
As the national economy continues to struggle Pepperdine has begun to cut back on expenses leaving administrators discussing the possibility of staff cuts. According to Chief of Staff Marnie Mitzie no decisions on the issue of staff cuts have been made but are possible including cuts to tenured faculty members."The university is in a good condition; however what we don't know … [Read more...] about Tenure under review nationwide
Behind the Scenes with Jay Zemliak
The fact that a private Christian university with only 3398 undergraduates can compete in Division 1 athletics is quite remarkable. Yet even more impressive is that many of Pepperdine's athletic teams are in contention for the national title each year.There are many reasons why so many Pepperdine teams are able to sustain such a high level of success without much letup some of … [Read more...] about Behind the Scenes with Jay Zemliak
SGA passes three new spending resolutions
Student Government Association (SGA) passed three resolutions on Wednesday all of which involved reducing unnecessary spending in light of the current economic crisis. In addition to suggesting a strategy to reduce the cost of textbooks SGA approved funding for two upcoming class events: the senior town hall meeting and ball.Preceding the resolutions former actor comedian and … [Read more...] about SGA passes three new spending resolutions