MARY WISNIEWSKIAssistant Living Editor It was a cool, Friday night in Bluff Park of Malibu, and actor Pierce Brosnan gathered with students, families and fellow celebrities to watch “An Inconvenient Truth,” a movie about the effects of global warming. This was not just a typical movie in the park, according to Brosnan’s official Web site. It was a kick-off event to raise … [Read more...] about Eco issues concern local community
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Student finds faith goes past church
AMY LARSONStaff Writer If your church youth group was anything like mine, you remember the nights when some of the kids got up and did skits. I always felt bad for them because the skit never really flowed, and there was always that one student that had no idea when it was his turn to speak — it seemed like anything that could go wrong did. Because of all the improvisation … [Read more...] about Student finds faith goes past church
Meet a Malibuite: Mario Vitale
MARY WISNIEWSKIAssistant Living Editor A miniature red truck sits on a shelf near a toy skeleton holding a guitar, surfboards are attached to the ceiling, a Pepperdine banner is posted above the door and a sign proclaiming, “Welcome to the house of perpetual commotion,” on the wooden wall. This is no bizarre antique shop. It is the Dume Room, owned by Mario Vitale. Vitale … [Read more...] about Meet a Malibuite: Mario Vitale
Excessive net use poses threat
SHANNON URTNOWSKILiving Editor Hannah Ehrig/Staff photographer College students drive the age of technology, an age filled with various gizmos, gadgets and other cutting-edge electronics that are constantly being updated and improved. Being the children of this “Net Generation,” which, according to wikepedia.com, includes those born from the late 1970s through the 1990s, it is … [Read more...] about Excessive net use poses threat
Campus serves as niche for students
SHANNON URTNOWSKILiving Editor Take a look around. As you scan the campus, I bet one of the first things to catch your eye is the infamous Malibu coast just down the hill. With an ocean so blue and a horizon so wide and visible, it would be hard for anyone to miss. But, let me bring your focus back to Pepperdine. There are numerous places on-campus that may not stick out to … [Read more...] about Campus serves as niche for students