Sports

TAYLOR BIRDSports Assistant The Pepperdine swimming and diving team made school history last week at the PCSC Championships, placing second with a score of 1166, the highest point total in team history.     Senior Ali McLeod’s performance earned her the honor of PCSC Swimmer of the Year, and she was also the only swimmer at the meet to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Loyola … [Read more...] about Women earn best finish in history

DEREK SEDAMSTAFF WRITER Heritage Hall was filled with people — people I had never seen before, but clearly old faces. Watching them shake hands and conversing with one another, this looked more like a Bingo game at the Elk’s Lodge than a press conference that was about to finally (and hopefully) stabilize our men’s basketball program. This was the third coaching press … [Read more...] about Bridgeland: Thanks, Coach

STEPHANIE TANIZARAssistant Perspectives Editor On Feb. 14, Denmark’s foreign ministry advised Danes to avoid travel to Pakistan. Why? On that day, Islamic students in southern Pakistan torched the Danish flag. But this was not the only instance of anti-Danish demonstration. In Kuwait, a call for a boycott on Danish goods was sounded. Three men were arrested for planning to … [Read more...] about Cartoon reprint reignites debate

GREG BARNETTSports Editor Two things are the same since the 1978 Pepperdine men’s volleyball team captured the university’s first national championship — Head Coach Marv Dunphy is still leading the Waves in his 24th season as coach and Firestone Fieldhouse is still hosting home games. During homecoming weekend, the championship team was invited back to commemorate the 30-year … [Read more...] about Champs return home

RYAN SAWTELLEContributor The feminist movement began as noble progression toward justice for women who were victims of unjust government practices and domestic violence. If that mission were all that it encompassed today, there would be little objection to the cause. Unfortunately, like many other social movements, the feminist movement has evolved to represent something much … [Read more...] about Feminists lose sense of objectivity