Special Publications

KELLY NOLANDStaff Writer What makes a school like Pepperdine the kind of place where students go to their professors’ house for dinner, where the school’s mission is connected to what is taught in the classroom, and where benefactors from around the world want to participate in making the school an even better place? It is faculty members and administrators like John and … [Read more...] about Wilsons Retire

NICOLE KLIESTStaff Writer It’s a Wednesday night and all your friends are cooped up in the library.  Your crisis is finding someone to eat dinner with.  Now, thanks to the new program Dine With a Student, you will never have this problem again. Dine With a Student was launched this semester with the hopes of strengthening relationships between faculty and students. How the … [Read more...] about Dine with a student

STEPHANIE KLIMASZEWSKIStaff Writer April 29, 2006 is a date that will cure many Pepperdine students of the sub-motivational condition known as “Senioritis.” Seniors Jennifer Akamine and John Paul Lam will speak at the ceremony. Qualified by their unique and extensive history of accomplishments, Akamine and Lam will deliver messages of congratulations and inspiration to … [Read more...] about Senior Speakers for Graduation 2006

NATALIE BINCZAKStaff Writer Tensions are mounting as young women from the Malibu community prepare to compete for the title of Miss Malibu 2007.  The pageant, which is the preliminary for the Miss California USA pageant, is set to be held at Pepperdine’s own Smothers Theater on Sunday, April 23.  A little over ten women ages 18 to 24 will participate in the competition.  Most … [Read more...] about All set for Miss Malibu

ELISA ACKER & ANNA WEBBERStaff Writers Despite a large group of supporters for the incumbents’ party, the atmosphere was tense Tuesday night at Taverna Tony’s. Councilmember Sharon Barovsky was anxious that challenger John Mazza might win her seat on the Council. With libations flowing, Barovsky was restless after the arrival of the first count. The absentee ballots … [Read more...] about City Council Election Night