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
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Malibu Presbyterian Church offers contemporary mix
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
The sport truck tries again
KELSEY MAYSLiving Editor Toyota Tacoma (Photo courtesy Chris Segal/Perspectives Editor) The pickup truck is a king-size affair. Its history portrays a machine with which folks hauled plots of uprooted earth, building materials and other debris from farm house to shipping yard. Though today’s owners see more Home Depots than freight depots, the pickup remains a cornerstone icon: … [Read more...] about The sport truck tries again
Alternate endings benefit film, books
GABE DURHAMStaff Writer Recent research has shown that mad cow disease in the United Kingdom may have been caused by human remains used in cow feed. That means that people can eat cows, people can eat people (though it is not recommended by most clergy, police officers and dieticians) and cows can even eat cows, but cows cannot eat people, and people cannot eat cows that eat … [Read more...] about Alternate endings benefit film, books
‘Gardener’ sows suspense
SHANNON URTNOWSKIStaff Writer Great novels do not necessarily make great films. Unfortunately, this axiom holds true for “The Constant Gardener.” “Gardener,” based on a novel by John Le Carre, is brought to life on the big screen by Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles (2002’s “City of God”) and screenwritten by Jeffrey Caine. Meirelles relies on complex and sometimes … [Read more...] about ‘Gardener’ sows suspense