BRITTANY YEAROUT Assistant News Editor Baylor University announced Wednesday that Pepperdine biology professor Stephen Davis has received its distinguished 2008 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. The Cherry Award is the only national teaching award for college professors and has the single largest monetary reward of $200,000. Along with the stipend, the … [Read more...] about Pepperdine biology professor wins Robert Foster Cherry Award
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Pep libraries to expand beyond bookshelves
BRITTANY YEAROUTAssistant News Editor As Pepperdine students use online resources like Google, Amazon and Barnes & Noble to obtain the latest information, the university’s library system is racing to keep up by focusing on digital improvements, adding an additional 10,000 books and making plans to renovate the interior of Payson Library. The traditional library, with its … [Read more...] about Pep libraries to expand beyond bookshelves
Expensive cameras stolen from telecomm
BRITTANY YEAROUT Assistant News Editor Secured behind locked doors in Pepperdine’s Center for Communication and Business during winter break, the telecommunication department’s camera equipment was thought to be safe. However, $15,000 worth of mini-DV cameras is missing from a locked room within the department, which is only accessible to permitted students, faculty and … [Read more...] about Expensive cameras stolen from telecomm
Media distracts voters from real issues
MARC CHOQUETTEOnline Content Manager There is a strange, unexpected twist in the news media that comes with candidates announcing that they’re running for president two years before Election Day, and we are just now beginning to learn of it. The optimists would have predicted this drawn-out process to be beneficiary, in that reporters have more time to carefully hash out where … [Read more...] about Media distracts voters from real issues
Professor studies Pep’s eco impact
SAMANTHA BLONSAssistant News Editor With environmental issues topping the national and global agenda, college campuses across the country have committed recently to cutting their ecological impacts. Dr. Christopher Doran, a first-year Pepperdine professor of religion and 1998 alumnus, says he thinks it’s time the university put ecological concerns at the forefront of the … [Read more...] about Professor studies Pep’s eco impact