Casa Escobar opened quietly last month with a remodeled interior, but a menu familiar to students. SAMANTHA BLONSNews Assistant A year and a half after a fire in the Cross Creek shopping complex destroyed Casa Escobar’s roof and entrance, the Malibu restaurant reopened its doors Sept. 27. Before the fire in April 2005, Pepperdine students often frequented the restaurant for its … [Read more...] about Cross Creek gets back in business
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The best medicine
Nurses on campus answer questions and provide care for students in need. RACHEL SACHERStaff Writer On location in the RHO parking lot at the corner of Huntsinger Circle and Towers Road is the Pepperdine Student Health Center or the “SHO.” At the health center, there are men and women from highly qualified medical backgrounds. Each brings a different skill set of medical … [Read more...] about The best medicine
Dume Room set to close
RYAN HAGENNews Assistant The Dume Room is doomed, according to owner Mario Vitale. He said the bar, a popular hangout for Pepperdine students, will be forced to close Nov. 30. Transwestern Commercial Services, the nationwide real estate company that acquired the properties at Point Dume Plaza in April 2005, had originally said it would not allow the Dume Room to renew its lease … [Read more...] about Dume Room set to close
Earthquake threat looming for Malibu, experts project; emergency plans in place
DAVID KOBStaff Writer In 1994, an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Northridge, destroying three highway overpasses and left thousands homeless. Malibu and Los Angeles fault lines have quietly murmured, yielding mostly inaudible tremors, barely affecting the upstairs world. However, historical patterns between fault lines have developed the unsettling … [Read more...] about Earthquake threat looming for Malibu, experts project; emergency plans in place
Grad school test revamped, doubles in length
In an effort to increase test validity, the GRE will be lengthened to four hours and ask questions differently. RYAN HAGENNews Assistant Many students hoping to attend graduate school will soon have a higher hurdle to jump, as the revamped Graduate Record Examination goes into effect in 2007. The GRE, a standardized test required by many graduate schools for admission, will … [Read more...] about Grad school test revamped, doubles in length