Perspectives

Mia SullivanStaff Writer Pepperdine hosted Reel Sessions last weekend, a surf film festival documenting the history of surf cinema over the past 60 years. The festival featured an eclectic mix of surfing films such as the modern hit “Riding Giants” (2004), the classic film “The Endless Summer” (1966) and “Gidget” (1959): the mainstream Hollywood phenomenon. The festival also … [Read more...] about Reel Sessions strengthn ties wih Malibu

Staff Editorial It is getting to be that time where we look back on what has changed since our arrival in late August, now that spring break has passed and we have entered the home stretch of another semester and year at Pepperdine. While some changes, like the yearly tuition increase and the loss of a year of college life, are not about to make students smile about the passing … [Read more...] about Pep makes changes for the better

Melissa GiaimoAssistant Perspectives Editor As sunny skies beckon Pepperdine students to the sprawling greens of Alumni Park, the crashing of waves lull beachgoers from all over California’s coast to Malibu, clogging the already congested Pacific Coast Highway. The PCH crawl from Los Angeles to campus on warm-weathered weekends is only a taste of the host of traffic problems … [Read more...] about Traffic way of life, little hope for improvement

Jim CohenStaff Writer An investigative report by the Washington Post reveals America’s top military medical facility, Washington D.C.’s Walter Reed Army Hospital, has failed to live up to its promise of offering the best care to our nation’s wounded servicemen and women.The report details the anguish of hundreds of soldiers receiving medical rehabilitation treatment from the … [Read more...] about Bush responsible for decrepit hospital conditions

Mia SullivanStaff Writer Widening the 405 Freeway to add carpool lanes through Sepulveda Pass has been discussed since 2003. Although the project is scheduled to begin in 2009, because it has taken the California Transportation Commission (CTC) until now to find the funds. Who knows how long it will take the government to put this plan into action, let alone finish it. It could … [Read more...] about Carpool won’t solve West Side traffic issues