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JESSICA MERTURIStaff Writer For this year’s graduation, Seaver college will welcome Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairperson and CEO of General Electric Co., as there speaker and honorary degree recipient. GE, with its headquarters located in Fairfield, Conn., has become one of the world’s most flourishing corporations. With advances in business divisions such as finance, health care, … [Read more...] about GE executive  slated to give keynote speech at graduation

LAUREN MORTON-FARMERStaff Writer If nothing else, students are all guilty of one thing: multi-tasking. Few students sit down at their computer to write a paper without listening to music, talking to friends online, e-mailing or forwarding to the next song on their iPod. As college students, it has become almost necessary to master the art of multi-tasking. But there are newly … [Read more...] about Study shows multi-tasking frazzles brain

AIRAN SCRUBYNews Editor Pepperdine’s School of Law fell 10 places in U.S. News and World Report’s rankings for accredited law schools nationwide, but School of Law officials are attributing losing ground to a change in the report’s methods for evaluation. Pepperdine School of Law is now ranked 87th overall, down from 77th last year. The school was ranked against 180 other … [Read more...] about MBA, law suffer loss in ranking

CHRIS SEGALNews Editor Students with more than three parking violations since Fall 2004 were served with a letter from Public Safety to call attention to the university’s parking policies. The auto-generated letter warns students that parking violations can lead to further disciplinary actions. The letter was part of the university’s expectations regarding student conduct that … [Read more...] about Repeat parking offenders get warning letters

JEN ISOStaff Writer In order to bring the world of film to Pepperdine’s campus, The City of Angels Film Festival, the Reel Spirituality Conference and the Malibu Celebration of Film festival are on the marquee for next year. Dr. Michael Gose, professor of humanities, will be orchestrating the GSGS 111 or 311 film class come in Fall 2006 and believes the program will add to the … [Read more...] about Freshmen gain  option to enroll in film course during NSO