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Derek SedamAssistant Online Editor Three years ago, on the first day of school, Pepperdine alumnus Ben Young’s sports column welcomed me to Malibu. His column on the left side of the sport’s sections front page, where you read this now, peaked my full-of-wonder freshman interest. At the time, Pepperdine was fresh off an exciting sports year, clinching a national volleyball … [Read more...] about From the Fieldhouse: Pep sports worth our support

Laura JohnsonLife & Arts Editor Gas is currently $4.15 at Shell, and I think I might shoot someone (not to be taken as an actual threat).  It’s ironic that in a period of time when gas was even higher than it is now, I felt it necessary to take an American adventure via the highway. But, that’s the way it happened. President Benton went on a road trip this summer, and so … [Read more...] about Life is a Journey, Get on the Road

Kristen EnglertLife & Arts Assistant To bunk, or not to bunk? This is one of the many questions to plague new students as they enter the world of college dorm living. Most are left to argue with roommates about decorations, color schemes and furniture, but this year incoming freshmen Cory Howard and Andrew Murray were given a little help from the experts.  His senior year … [Read more...] about A little ‘TLC’ goes ‘Beyond’ dorm expectations

Derek SedamAssistant Online Editor Malibu beats and rhymes may work for L.C. and MTV, but ultimately fails to impress the rest. It takes a quick crash-course lesson in the new ways of the music industry to describe Malibu “chill-hop” artist Shwayze’s self-titled debut. It’s all about the hype and not much else. Bloggers have hyped bands with only demos and made them headliners … [Read more...] about Shwayze’s first studio album a real ‘buzz’ kill

Victoria HawkinsStaff Writer It has become one of the political arena’s most contested topics of the summer — Caruso Family Chair and Professor of Constitutional Law Douglas Kmiec denounced and denied Communion for possessing and professing the very idea that a man who doesn’t have “pro-life” branded on his forehead could do this country a service. The issue was sparked by … [Read more...] about Communion Wrongly Withheld