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JESSIE REIMERStaff Writer “The Hitcher” joins an array of classic horror movie remakes that fail horribly in a sad attempt to rekindle the magic of something that just is not that scary anymore. Following recent horror movie re-make protocol, “The Hitcher” strips away the mystery of the original, much like its fellow protégé films “The Fog” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”The … [Read more...] about ‘Hitcher’ fails to scare

SAMANTHA BLONSAssistant A&E Editor It is not often that the term “playboy” graces the cover of a playbill at Pepperdine. But this semester brings an exception with Tuesday’s opening of the spring play, “The Playboy of the Western World.”In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the original show’s opening in Dublin, Ireland, in January 1907, the Pepperdine theater … [Read more...] about Irish ‘Playboy’ gets intimate

LAURA JOHNSONA&E Assistant The only way to understand the latest effort from the four-piece band, The Shins, is to listen to the record, “Wincing the Night Away,” over and over again. Otherwise, the only thing listeners hear is noise. The tunes of The Shins were thrust into the limelight when Natalie Portman looked at Zach Braff in the film “Garden State” and said, The … [Read more...] about The Shins mix odd new sounds into CD, lose old acoustic vibes

ASHLYEE HICKMANLiving Editor  Savannah Overton wants to save the world, one drop of water at a time. No, not by a keen superhero power like Captain Planet would have, but instead, with a plan..In  her involvement with the Wishing Well Initiative, she works alongside her team to present the people of the African nations with a precious resource — water. It is their goal to … [Read more...] about Face in the Crowd: Savannah Overton

AMY LARSONStaff Writer Good old Abraham Maslow decided to tell people exactly what they needed long ago. In his Hierarchy of Needs, he starts with the obvious (water, air, and the like) and makes his way to “self-actualization,” his term for understanding ourselves and the world around us. Smack in the middle of his diagram, though, is a need that is deeply felt by each person … [Read more...] about Everyone belongs with Jesus as a friend