KATE SCHWARTZStaff Writer This week, the Pepperdine Volunteer Center supports the National Hunger and Homelessness week by providing Pepperdine students with numerous opportunities to get involved. National Hunger and Homelessness week will includes of more than 500 other participants outside the Pepperdine community. The week started last Sunday and will until this Sunday, … [Read more...] about Volunteers help needy for national aid drive
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Son of African president buys Malibu mansion
MELISSA GIAIMONews Assistant The son of the president of Equatorial Guinea is suspected of corrupt handling of government funds, after recently making Malibu home. Non-governmental human rights watchdog groups question the source of funds for Teodoro Nguema Obiang’s purchase of a $35 million oceanfront mansion in February, because the house seems beyond what Obiang can afford … [Read more...] about Son of African president buys Malibu mansion
Starr pushes case to national venue
MELISSA GIAIMONews Assistant Dean Ken Starr of the Pepperdine University School of Law is representing Blackwater USA, a private military firm (PMF), in a suit filed by families of four Blackwater employees massacred in Iraq. Blackwater is a PMF contracted by the the government to aid the “war on terror” in Iraq. In March 2004 in Fallujah, four Blackwater employees were … [Read more...] about Starr pushes case to national venue
True friends give lifts to airport
DAVID KOBStaff Writer Thanksgiving is less than three weeks away, but it is never too early to start harassing people for rides to the airport. Each holiday season, countless people ask me for a ride to the airport while wearing clothes that cost 10 times more than a cab ride. I will never understand it. Giving someone a ride to the airport is about as appealing as getting a … [Read more...] about True friends give lifts to airport
Caf offers healthy choices with trans-fat reductions
JULIS NAVARROStaff Writer Pepperdine Dining Services will continue to serve double cheeseburgers with hefty portions of french fries, but a move toward healthier food options is under way. To provide students healthier food choices, the Waves Café menu is continuously being updated and changes have also been made to reduce trans fats, according to Gene Perkins, general manager … [Read more...] about Caf offers healthy choices with trans-fat reductions