About a year ago last November, my friend and I were stranded in the middle of Poway, Calif. Earlier that afternoon, our parents had dropped us off at the library in the middle of town so we could work on a group project for school. Finishing early, we found ourselves without entertainment or transportation, so we decided to spend the rest of the afternoon wandering around the … [Read more...] about Disarming Honesty
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Live from London: The program routine
By now I’ve got the routine down to a point. I’ve spent quite a long time in London compared to other students, considering that the actual college I attend is in Malibu, and that I’m barely starting the second semester of my sophomore year. I’ve come to realize that there is an overall routine to each term spent abroad in London. The plane lands, you stumble off, you’re … [Read more...] about Live from London: The program routine
Red Pill: The virtual world as meaningful reality
Imagine you want to go out to dinner with some friends after classes, maybe some cozy seafood place you heard about on a lifestyle blog, down PCH where you can admire the sunset together. You send out a flurry of texts and agree on a time, and meanwhile you’re checking what homework assignments you have due this week on Courses (or is it Sakai? You’ve never been entirely … [Read more...] about Red Pill: The virtual world as meaningful reality
Live from London: Fall 2012 ends appropriately with a dance and a rap
[vimeo 55682245] Recently the London Fall 2012 semester — actually every Pepperdine fall international program — came to a sad end. About a quarter of our London group will not be returning for the spring semester, which is definitely the saddest part of the conclusion of 2012. But while it lasted, I know I can speak on behalf of the London program when I say we had the time … [Read more...] about Live from London: Fall 2012 ends appropriately with a dance and a rap
Curiosity killed the ignorance, not the cat
It is so important to ask questions, to be curious; curiosity leads to discovery. As little children, our curiosity led us on great adventures and helped us to develop into the folks we are today. Why, then, do we shut our curiosity down? In the face of things that may be considered controversial, we shut curiosity down, but are we not the ones who deem these issues … [Read more...] about Curiosity killed the ignorance, not the cat