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Hollywood’s  prelude to the Oscars comes to the Beverly Hilton and your TV on Sunday.   Jen ClayStaff Writer It doesn’t happen everyday. Still, one could argue that it does happen every year, and for that matter, every year in January. And so the start of the spring semester also signals an upcoming evening broadcast of Tinseltown’s second-most-important awards show. The … [Read more...] about Hollywood’s best of the silver screen and small screen

Carissa MarshStaff Writer For Henry Price, music is not just his job. It is his passion. As a professor of music at Pepperdine, as well as director of the university’s Flora Thorton Opera Program, Price has made a lasting impact on the music department and students. Before coming to Malibu in 1993, Price was an opera singer with a number of opera companies and symphony … [Read more...] about Prof recalls days as opera superstar

Elizabeth ReinkingStaff Writer Can you hear that? It’s the sound of Christmas approaching. It sounds like the jingle bells of massive consumerism. OK, it’s not approaching all that quickly. Actually, it’s still pretty far away. I feel like somehow it’s close, though. I can’t imagine why that is, except for maybe the absolutely staggering amount of advertising that began raining … [Read more...] about Christmas is coming. Are you ready?

Travis Weber & Nathanael BreedenStaff Writers A mother once asked her young son what he wanted for his birthday. Being a thoughtful child, he considered all the possibilities. He thought of that new bike he saw in a magazine and the video games he wanted, and the fact that he lost his football and needed another one. He thought of all the things he would like to have, … [Read more...] about Human desire and God’s will: could they be a false dichotomy?

Courtney HongLiving Assistant Doors opened last weekend for various students to get a taste of Hawaii, Marina del Rey and an evening with the president — of Pepperdine, that is. A Hawaiian tradition called Aloha Friday found its way to the Sandbar at 8 p.m., sponsored by the Hawaii Club. The night was filled with plenty of free food, leis, jewelry making and Hawaiian and … [Read more...] about Etc.