JAIMIE FRANKLINNews Assistant The 32nd annual Pepperdine Associates Dinner was held April 2 to honor the life and service of Chancellor Emeritus Charles “Charlie” Runnels. During the 40th year of his service at Pepperdine, Runnels and his wife of 55 years Amy Jo have given $1.6 million to the Pepperdine scholarship fund. The black-tie dinner titled “Celebrating Charlie” was … [Read more...] about Chancellor honored for 40 years of service
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Malibu council decided
BRITTANY YEAROUTAssistant News Editor The winners of this year’s Malibu City Council election race were announced Wednesday. Pamela Conley Ulich, Jefferson Wagner and John Sibert will take their seats on the Malibu City Council on Monday, when they will also decide who will be the city’s next mayor. Voting began Tuesday night with the final count showing Conley Ulich with 2,115 … [Read more...] about Malibu council decided
History program cancelled
JAIMIE FRANKLINNews Assistant A department meeting Tuesday determined that Pepperdine’s history graduate program will not continue in the fall due to low student enrollment, according to Maire Mullins, Humanities division chair. However, students currently enrolled in the program will be able to complete their degrees. The program offered graduate students a Master of Arts in … [Read more...] about History program cancelled
Students lean to liberalism
LINDSEY BOERMAStaff Writer I can’t deny it. Every time I don my John McCain apparel, I feel like a political pariah. Items of McCain memorabilia are few and far between at Pepperdine, because let’s face it — being on a college campus, we’re in the center of Obama country. Pardon the generalization. I am in no way claiming to be the sole college student in America who supports … [Read more...] about Students lean to liberalism
Web: arena for meanness
SABRINA JONESStaff Writer Bullying is not what it used to be. Back in the days of schoolyard taunting, there was the occasional rock-throwing extravaganza, and maybe a couple of cootie shots here and there for good measure. But, on the whole, elementary school bullying was harmless. It was only a decade ago when sandlot tyrants wrote nasty notes on construction paper and … [Read more...] about Web: arena for meanness