“The Fence” delves into the issues of border control and immigration, but fails to live up to its comedic potential due to an amateur cast. DIANA ALVAREZStaff Writer When you mix an excellent idea with individuals who vary in talent, they produce a blunder, and that is exactly what happened with “The Fence,” a play that attempts to break the tension between the Tex-Mex … [Read more...] about Hot topic straddles ‘Fence,’ but performance lacks spice
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Traveler learns the ropes, sans guide
LAUREN JACKParis Columnist Ligne 4. Direction Porte D’Orleans. I step into a box where the temperature increases by 10 degrees. People are standing smashed together, but they manage to avoid making eye contact. Straight faces and tense bodies express a sense of urgency, and fluorescent lights accentuate the stoic expressions. An occasional “pardon” is the only time one will … [Read more...] about Traveler learns the ropes, sans guide
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