Perspectives

I'm going to let you into the inner sanctum of my soul for a moment.  I will let you peer into the vulnerable part of me that I do not often let others see.  Pay close attention as I reveal an experience to you that causes me a little embarrassment frustration and plays into my insecurities. While at the gym recently a fellow Pepperdine student made the comment that … [Read more...] about Men contribute to beauty battle

In addition to Humanities 111 with Sonia Sorrell the convocation requirement is the great equalizer among Seaver students. Few can petition their way out of the half-credit addition to each semester's schedule and many see it as nothing more than a chore or a box to check each week. Convocation has noticeably improved this year as the Convocation office seems to be focused on … [Read more...] about Professors pave the way for Convocation

­Excessive dashing is wretched — the unholy destruction of modern English. In fact employing too many dashes transforms — modern English — into — postmodern English. Sentences that once flowed logically and succinctly suddenly break — for no reason. Language becomes an indecipherable pastiche of random phrases — separated by dashes. … [Read more...] about Excessive -ing -es prose to bits

As I brush my teeth in the morning I often look in the mirror and ask myself "Brittany P. Tomlinson what do you want to be known for?" Some days I want my legacy to involve talking to teenage girls about their true self-worth and beauty in Christ. Other days I fancy being remembered as a dancing queen in Songfest. Not once to be honest has the thought "I want part of my legacy … [Read more...] about Leaving a Legacy