AUDREY REEDNews Editor Even though students dominate Facebook, faculty and staff are also in the online mix. Whether it’s to get to know students, keep in touch or assign class work, professors have utilized the online networking site. By searching for faculty and staff on the Facebook, more than 65 user names come up. Staff members from Seaver Dean David Baird to Associate … [Read more...] about Faculty and Facebook
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French riot near school
AUDREY REEDNews Editor A riot involving 50 youths throwing rocks that was stopped by police using tear gas occurred Saturday near the university used by Pepperdine students studying in Lyon, France, Saturday. The riot is part of a three-week long spree of riots that has spread across France. Students studying with the Pepperdine International Program in Lyon are safe, but are … [Read more...] about French riot near school
Advertising class pitches to Habitat
KRISTEN ROBERTSONStaff Writer It’s a room filled with secrets. Four clusters of students sit huddled around the tables, voices pitched just loud enough for those around them to hear. “It’s not just a class project,” senior Steve Smith said, explaining the secrecy clouding the room, “This is real.” In Dr. Ginger Rosenkrans’ advertising class, each group is creating its own … [Read more...] about Advertising class pitches to Habitat
How to get tested
CRYSTAL LUONGEditor in Chief I went beyond the confines of Malibu, beyond the commercial comforts of Third Street Promenade and beyond the self-indulgence of college life this week. I ventured into newfound anxiety to learn more about the human condition. I was the subject of HIV testing, first at an Out of the Closet thrift store in West Hollywood. Then I did it again, at … [Read more...] about How to get tested
Students live like homeless
MEREDITH RODRIGUEZAssistant News Editor National Week of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness fell on a disastrously windy week. The Santa Anas blew over four makeshift Shanty Town shacks set up in Joslyn Plaza Tuesday night, forcing a couple of groups to take shelter inside. “Last night it was three of us and three Tri-Delts next to us,” Pi Phi junior Evyan Jarvis, a Shanty Town … [Read more...] about Students live like homeless