City of Angels Film Festival offers audience dialogues in film and theology. By Ma ya Minwary Assistant A&E Editor In an era where violence, sex and profanity are common in movies, it’s rare that people can still find a spiritual message underlying such films despite the crude surface. Last weekend, more than 1,000 students, faculty, nuns, theologians and movie lovers … [Read more...] about Revelations and Revolutions
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Taking lessons from the pros
Pepperdine’s resident guitar virtuoso to begin teaching a master class. By Jovita McLeod Staff Writer Too often, master classes are masterful in name only. True masters of an art are, by their very nature, quite rare. One who is gracious enough to share his knowledge with young learners is even harder to find. On Saturday, Pepperdine will break that trend; the university will … [Read more...] about Taking lessons from the pros
From the red pill to the revolution
Pepperdine sounds off on the final chapter of ‘The Matrix’ By Peter Celauro A&E Editor To some, the impending release of “The Matrix: Revolutions” is the most exciting thing to happen since … well, the release of “The Matrix: Reloaded.” Others are so fed up with Matrix commercials, posters and lunchboxes, all they want is for the saga to end. As is usually the case at … [Read more...] about From the red pill to the revolution
Face in the crowd: Teva Fourcade
By Rosy Banks Assistant Living Editor An islander since birth, senior Teva Fourcade’s passions revolve around the ocean. Surfing, relaxing, and kiteboarding, Fourcade takes the lessons he’s learned growing up in Tahiti and shares them here in Los Angeles. Fourcade spent much of his childhood on a remote, primitive island nearby Tahiti but regards those years as some of the … [Read more...] about Face in the crowd: Teva Fourcade
In the hot seat
Pepperdine firefighters use volunteer service safeguarding University residents around the clock as a stepping stone to future careers in fire protection. By: Rosy Banks Assistant Living Editor Rolling around in their infamous bright red trucks, Pepperdine’s firefighters are seen on all corners of Pepperdine’s campus. But their duties when fires aren’t blazing are a mystery to … [Read more...] about In the hot seat