SAMANTHA BLONSAssistant News Editor SGA will host Pepperdine’s first Iraq War Week this month, set to include a campus panel discussion as well as several events to honor veterans and soldiers serving overseas. During the week of Nov. 27 to Nov. 30, students can join SGA in their efforts to raise political awareness on campus about the war. Though the dates of individual … [Read more...] about SGA to host Iraq War week
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Remember the Waves: 1947 football team reunites
SHANNON URTNOWSKI The Current Editor In recent years, Pepperdine’s athletic program has been characterized by the phrase, “Small school, big tradition.” However, the program has been making history since George Pepperdine College first opened in Los Angeles in 1937, when the school was even smaller and the tradition was just beginning to blossom. One of the athletic program’s … [Read more...] about Remember the Waves: 1947 football team reunites
Strike hits Pep community hard
BRITTANY YEAROUTPerspectives Editor On his way to work Taylor Williams squeezes through determined demonstrators as writers, actors and supporters swarm the entrance into the building. The crowd chants and Williams glances at his former co-workers who walk the picket line with posters that read: “Writers Guild of America on strike.” He steps into the building, hoping it won’t … [Read more...] about Strike hits Pep community hard
Basketball tournament to support AIDS cause
NICOLE ALBERTSONNews Assistant The women’s basketball team will be hosting its second annual “Time Out for HIV” tournament over Thanksgiving vacation at Firestone Fieldhouse. Started by Head Coach Julie Rousseau, the tournament aims to raise awareness and educate the community about HIV/AIDS. “We want people to rally around us in this effort to make the community aware,” … [Read more...] about Basketball tournament to support AIDS cause
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