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The men's club soccer team had no reason not to be optimistic about the upcoming season. It had talent it had depth and it worked hard leading up to every game. In some cases the Waves (1-6-2) couldn't catch a break. In others the defense had lapses that the offense couldn't recover and vice versa. However one looks at it if a few bounces here or there were different the Waves … [Read more...] about Waves drop season finale at Northridge

As junior Becky Clark walked away from London's Heathrow Airport last spring with only £40 to show for the $80 she had exchanged Becky was faced with the same truth as many other international program students traveling to Europe: the dollar just isn't what it used to be.For much of the later half of this decade the value of the dollar has fallen against European … [Read more...] about IP makes the best of weak dollar

The idea began more than 100 years ago in the halls of Cornell University. In 1905 7 of the 16 black male students attending the school sought to unite their ideas by creating what would later develop into the first historically black Greek organization Alpha Phi Alpha. Twenty-five years later eight more black fraternities and sororities known as the Divine Nine joined together … [Read more...] about Divine Nine: a Pepperdine possibility?

This weekend brought testing times for Waves women's volleyball as the team dropped both their games. The Waves were facing adversity going against strong competition and playing both games away from Firestone Fieldhouse. They first matched up against San Diego the No. 17-ranked team in the nation 2-3 (25-20 20-25 22-25 25-19 12-15). The Waves held their own throughout most of … [Read more...] about Slumping squad struggles as road woes continue

When Isaac Amol was seven years old northern Sudanese gunmen separated him from his family and marched him more than 500 miles on foot. Without food water or shoes Amol dodged bullets lions and crocodiles on a sporadic nine-year journey that dragged him through southern Sudan Ethiopia and Kenya. After years of suffering Amol arrived at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. He then … [Read more...] about Life Mission benefit seeks to end slavery