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Andrea Banda Mi querida Argentina. It’s week one for the Buenos Aires program. We arrived Tuesday morning, a little tired and jet lagged, trying to manage lifting our luggage onto the X-ray machines of airport security, and then out to the bus that would bring us to our new surroundings. Casa Pepperdine is complete with a student library and computer center. Many of us have … [Read more...] about When in doubt, just say ‘Si’

By Maya MinwaryStaff Writer As Pepperdine students head back into another semester of school, it won’t be long until the homework piles up, and midterms come creeping up behind. For some, it can be the utmost stressful time, especially those days that are so noisy in the dorms, it’s enough to make them hit their heads on the desk in frustration. The only alternative place to … [Read more...] about Rejuvenate mind, body and spirit

 Julieanne Leupold I don’t think life has ever been simple. But it seems that the days of running around naked as a jaybird because you had sand in your diapers was easier. And toddling next door to hang out with your life long best friend – who was all of three at the time – to don the façade of He-Man and She-Ra was certainly more fun than the pressures of being a … [Read more...] about Back when sand filled my diaper

By Morgan FinkStaff Writer When Pepperdine professor Cathy Thomas-Grant took a group of students to see the musical “Ragtime” in 1997, she told one of the students, Jill Van Velzer, “It will not be very long until you are the lead in a musical somewhere in this country.” The prediction proved true. Just three years later, Van Velzer found herself as the lead role of Anna in … [Read more...] about Alum Van Velzer fulfills prophecies of success

By Christina LittlefieldA&E Editor Senior Katharine Alade wasn’t excited when she first came to Pepperdine. Adjusting to the ocean and the mountains from the plains of Dallas was one of many life lessons the natural-born dancer has learned in her four years at Pepperdine. “I appreciate the ocean now,” Alade said. “I didn’t like the ocean before I came to Pepperdine. I … [Read more...] about Alade finds her rhythm at Pep