RACHEL JOHNSONNews Assistant Pepperdine graduates Mark Wilkins and Joel Christensen were unsure of which career path to pursue after college. Wilkins, a history major, and Christensen, an international business major, opted out of traditional jobs for their respective majors and decided to chase down a different ambition: to go on a filmmaking journey that would undoubtedly … [Read more...] about Pep graduates create documentary film
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Campus Rec to provide beach gear
KATE SCHWARTZNews Assistant Beach equipment for student use will be purchased by SGA, according to a resolution passed Wednesday. The resolution will allocate funds to Campus Recreation to purchase the equipment. Surfboards, body boards, fins and snorkel gear are among some of the equipment that will be available to students. They will be loaned out for free along with the … [Read more...] about Campus Rec to provide beach gear
Gay and lesbian rights group plans campus visit
RYAN HAGENNews Assistant Soulforce will add Pepperdine to its Equality Ride next week, bringing the message that Christianity can co-exist with homosexuality on Christian campuses. The group is visiting 32 campuses that it says discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender students. “We want to get dialogue started about LGBT issues,” said Brian Murphy, one of two … [Read more...] about Gay and lesbian rights group plans campus visit
Speaker encourages use of faith to help solve social, political problems
RACHEL JOHNSONNews Assistant Steve Chalke and other staff members of a London church decided to create a radio program that would help get kids off the streets and involved in an extracurricular activity in August a few years ago. Crime rates dropped dramatically that month, he said, most likely because the kids were devoting all of their free time to the radio show. The … [Read more...] about Speaker encourages use of faith to help solve social, political problems
Two Supreme Court justices to teach courses
MELISSA GIAIMOAssistant Perspectives Editor Two sitting U.S. Supreme Court justices will teach intensive courses at the School of Law this summer. Justice Samuel Alito will teach a two-week course on advanced constitutional law and Justice Antonin Scalia will teach a two-day course on separation of powers and federalism in London. Although it is common for Supreme Court … [Read more...] about Two Supreme Court justices to teach courses