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President Andrew K. Benton fielded questions about Pepperdine's budget situation and its effects on the university at a series of town hall meetings Thursday Jan. 22.At the first question-and-answer session which nearly filled Smothers Theater with faculty staff and other members of the Pepperdine community Benton began with a 20-minute overview of the financial problems facing … [Read more...] about Benton briefs University community on budget at town hall meeting

Nothing can or sometimes even should stay the same forever. Take a raisin for example. Though it starts as a grape patience and ample time to dehydrate create this dried fruit. Victor Davis Hanson born in 1953 and raised in the small town of Selma Calif. grew grapes on his family farm and learned a valuable lesson from this process. He has since spent much of his life studying … [Read more...] about Professor brings history alive

Millions from across the nation descended on the National Mall to watch history unfold Tuesday and with students and faculty flying out to join those already there for the Washington D.C. Internship Program Pepperdine was certainly not without its representation in the crowd of two million.Pepperdine School of Law's Douglas Kmiec professor of constitutional law and advisor to … [Read more...] about Waves witness history

Statistics about teen sexual behavior are easily quantifiable and the number of students who have had sex has been counted in numerous surveys. But in order to pursue accuracy and clarity society may need to investigate what really defines sex because a simple question of the ambiguity of the term "sex" has caused problems for people from the college campus to the White House. … [Read more...] about Sex not so easy to define

Neither sub-zero temperatures nor opening-match jitters fazed the No. 14 men's tennis team on Friday and Saturday as it kicked off its season with a strong showing in the Midwest. Despite the minus 19 degree temperature outdoors the Waves took to the indoor courts and knocked off Notre Dame 4-3 for their first team win of the year. In singles senior Omar Altmann defeated … [Read more...] about Altmann solid as Waves start season strong