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CHRIS MAYERStaff Writer It’s 6 p.m. and she’ll be over in an hour. You’re running around your nasty dorm room trying to make it look presentable. As socks, shirts, shoes, papers and sheets fly through the air, you realize something horrible: You’re a broke college student living in a dirty dorm room who is about to make a fool out of himself. You have no food, nothing to drink, … [Read more...] about How to prep the dorm room in a hurry

NATHAN RIXBuenos Aires Columnist “This is delightfully surreal!” exclaimed sophomore Jennifer Galvis while wandering the streets of a cosmopolitan city south of the equator. As the school year commences, Buenos Aires, Argentina greets Pepperdine students in the B.A. program with chilly temperatures. There’s both surging excitement and unpredictable novelty: Buenos Aires is an … [Read more...] about The ‘other’ world awaits

SHANNON KELLYAssistant Perspectives Editor Shalini Trehan knew she would be a Malibu Presbyterian Church regular from the first time she attended. As an incoming freshman at Pepperdine, Trehan found herself hunting for churches. Tagging along with her dorm friends one Tuesday night in October 2002, Trehan attended University Ministries, Malibu Presbyterian’s college … [Read more...] about Malibu Presbyterian Church offers contemporary mix

KERIANNE BOONEStaff Writer Nearly 800 incoming freshmen spent their last day of New Student Orientation (NSO) at Zuma Beach on Aug. 26. Pepperdine had arranged a picnic lunch and surfing lessons provided by Malibu Makos Surf Club for the new students. The freshmen arrived via shuttles and shuffled out onto the beach. Once settled, the surf instructors asked for those who wanted … [Read more...] about Hit those waves before it’s too late