ANNA WEBBERStaff Writer Surfers on Malibu’s shore may find it more difficult to buy the boards they love at a reasonable price. The largest supplier of polyurethane foam surfboard blanks in the world swung its gates closed in early December as a 7-page statement was sent out to surfboard shapers and manufacturers across the globe. Blanks fill the hard shell of the surfboard to … [Read more...] about Surf monopoly sinks
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Ten new classes offered to students this semester
LISA BROOKSStaff Writer Every semester, the University Academic Council meets twice to discuss possibilities for the new course catalogue. This semester, 10 new classes are being offered at Seaver College. New classes this Spring range in subject from behavior genetics, C.S. Lewis and leadership theory. The variety of these new classes shows the grand spectrum of interests … [Read more...] about Ten new classes offered to students this semester
Prop will reorganize senators
BRITNEY MALONEYNews Assistant The SGA senate will soon be voting on the type of senator that will make up its council. The new resolution proposes having housing representatives broken down by living area, four class senators and a class president, rather than each class having a president and eight senators. The resolution suggests that one senator represent about every 200 … [Read more...] about Prop will reorganize senators
Amnesty observes weeklong celebration
JESSICA VAUGHNStaff Writer Pepperdine celebrates its sixth-annual observance of the Week of Peace, Hope and Justice, a creation of the student-led Amnesty International, this week. The theme of WPHJ 2006 is “Children and Social Justice,” a theme that Deborah Whang, current president of Amnesty International, said she is personally zealous about. “I am passionate about human … [Read more...] about Amnesty observes weeklong celebration
Beloved French teacher dies
Debbie (Bridges) Franklin, former director of Pepperdine’s London campus and a beloved international programs French teacher, died Dec. 6 at her centuries-old farmhouse, Les Meurs, in the French countryside. Franklin’s battle against cancer mobilized an international group of friends who prayed and assisted Franklin, her husband Dewey and seven-year-old daughter … [Read more...] about Beloved French teacher dies