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Perspectives

Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat

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It’s like a drug. When completely immersed, nothing else matters; you are in an alternate universe, a state of nirvana, a utopic wonderland. I like to call it “the music high.” You feel the beat building up. It feels like being at the bottom of the most magnificent rollercoaster and feeling the little cart climbing up, inch by inch, each one bringing you closer to a perfect … [Read more...] about Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat

Dissonance Matters

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It is perhaps the most famous chord in history. Composed of the dissonant brew of F, B, D♯ and G# and dubbed the “Tristan” chord after Richard Wagner's opera “Tristan und Isolde,” this single chord helped begin the modernist breakdown of tonality. It edged 19th century music into the 20th century — a time of tension, insecurity and anxiety. It’s the chord that refuses to … [Read more...] about Dissonance Matters

Is it Me or Malibu?

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Coming from the concrete jungle of the world, New York City’s East Village — where wacky and normal are synonymous — abnormal was the only normal I knew. I thought I had seen it all by the time I started my freshman year at Pepperdine, but boy, was I wrong. Pepperdine sits atop a beautiful hillside overlooking Malibu, and it’s your choice if you want to take a ride down to … [Read more...] about Is it Me or Malibu?

Staff Editorial: It’s a Great Big World and You Might Be Missing Out

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Art by Sacha Irick Think of our world as a giant body of water and every event that occurs is a stone cast upon its surface. Some events are merely grains of sand while others are boulders, but each sends out ripples that cover the entire world in varying degrees of distortion. Think of yourself and the rest of humanity as buoys resting on the surface of this … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: It’s a Great Big World and You Might Be Missing Out