Perspectives

SGA President-elect Carl Kasalek ran an excellent campaign that played into the fact the Pepperdine students value superficial, ridiculous issues. By James Riswick Editor in Chief Congratulations Pepperdine, you dropped the ball. Last week, a majority of students chose not to take their student government seriously and voted for beach buses and staircases over serious issues. … [Read more...] about Climbing aboard Kasalek’s beach bus

After being closed for more than 10 years, Malibu’s pier is finally scheduled to reopen in September. By Rosy Banks Staff Writer Tobin Lankford can remember when he was 6 years old and his dad would take him fishing off the edge of the Malibu pier. When it closed, those father-son excursions to the pier ended as well. Now the reopening will attempt to bring back some oceanside … [Read more...] about A view from the pier

By JJ Bowman Staff Writer DORM ROAD – Check around campus and watch seniors go sentimental. Watch them spend extra time eating lunch in the Caf. See them sitting by the fountain, staring at the ocean. Now stop staring, you freak. Senior sentimentality is almost as ubiquitous as senioritis. I hadn’t experienced the former until recently when I walked into the Howard A. White … [Read more...] about Senioritis triggers HAWC nostalgia

3.1415 By Sarah Pye Living Editor Here’s the thing about being employed: Sometimes, you actually have to do work. See, I work in a certain on-campus office that will remain nameless to protect the guilty. The general, unspoken workers’ motto in this office seems, through my careful observation, to be something along the lines of, “Do as little actual work as possible.” Anyone … [Read more...] about Unskilled workers: Now you have hope

By Josh Fleer Staff Writer American sports fans are still buzzed about the biggest trade of all-time. And, so is the rest of the world. But those outside the States aren’t talking about A-Rod to the Yankees. No, most parts of the world would be referring to the blockbuster deal that sent David Beckham from Manchester United to Real Madrid. I vaguely remember it. And I think … [Read more...] about Ready for Freddy?