Special Publications

DEMI JONESStaff Writer How do you spend your Monday evenings?  Sitting on icy metal seats in a musty and freezing cafeteria?  Working with a convicted minor with an elementary-school reading level?  For 26 Pepperdine students the answer is yes. Every Monday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pepperdine students drive to Camp David Gonzales to tutor minors in reading.  This project … [Read more...] about Camp David Gonzales

LYNDSI STEPHENSStaff Writer In February, a challenge was issued on the popular website youtube.com: if people submitted videos in which they denied God, they would receive a free DVD. The Blasphemy Challenge, as it is called, has been answered by Challenge Blasphemy, a Christian group dedicated to creating videos that praise God. Youtube.com is an online community that was … [Read more...] about Youtube religious challenge

STEWART HOStaff Writer Freshmen golfer Misun Cho is glowing these days not only from her impressive season, but also from playing recently in the Florida sun for a week at the UCF Challenge where she helped the Pepperdine women’s golf team tie for third.  Still in the middle of a steller season for her, Cho has been making ripples with her playing this season starting most … [Read more...] about Impressive freshman season

ERIK HAYDENStaff Writer Is it a trend? Is a statement? “Maybe its an L.A. thing,” replies student Natalie Horne. Either way, Pepperdine has seen a dramatic rise in the ownership of a distinctive little car called the Mini Cooper. Although the Mini Cooper is one of the most highly demanded cars of the new millennium, its fortunes have changed vastly from its humble … [Read more...] about Mini Coopers on campus

JOSE TORRESStaff Writer If Calvin and Hobbs, H.G. Wells, runaway vehicles, and the Klingons and Romulans of Star Trek attend a Sunday worship service in Elkin’s Auditorium, don’t be alarmed. They are the invited guests of a Ken Durham sermon. Having served as the preaching minister for the University Church of Christ at Pepperdine since 1998, Durham uses stories during his … [Read more...] about University Church of Christ minister