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Hanna ChuStaff Writer Time management is a key element of any college career. This could not be truer for freshman Amanda Gregory. Coming from Houston, she is taking advantage of every opportunity that Los Angeles has to offer. As soon as she got to Pepperdine, instead of learning how to surf, she decided to get a talent agent. Since then, her agent has gotten her jobs as an … [Read more...] about Freshman explores show-biz talents

James RiswickAssistant A&E Editor Imagine big band music without the big band. That’s a pretty good way to describe Jim Bianco’s music, along with words like innovative, refreshing, amusingly down to earth and sincerely emotional. Bianco’s sound is an eclectic mix — a great-sounding jumble of different genres and even time periods — that produces an almost throwback style … [Read more...] about Bianco spices up stage show

Gabe DurhamStaff Writer In accordance with the proposed Ohio “Academic Bill of Rights” that prohibits public and private college professors from presenting opinions as fact, I intend to show both sides of every issue I introduce in today’s column. This is a good idea, but, on the other hand, some say that it isn’t.Billboard announced this week it will be taking Internet … [Read more...] about Gabe’s Gab: Form an opinion and stick to it

DAVID TESICA&E Assistant While many people were glued to their television sets watching the biggest music event of the year, some Pepperdine students and faculty members were enjoying themselves in the front rows of the Staples Center with all the entertainers and celebrities. Junior broadcast journalism major Sarah Perkins, Seaver communication graduate students Alisa … [Read more...] about Pep students, faculty attend the Grammys

Diana HtooStaff Writer Raising philosophical questions about life hardly befits a comedy, especially when the attempt at satire winds up as a mess of philosophical nonsense and leaves moviegoers utterly confused and directionless. Apart from occasional witticism and comical vignettes, Director David O. Russell’s supposedly fresh and innovative film, “I Heart Huckabees,” lacks a … [Read more...] about Quest for truth in ‘Huckabees’ falls flat