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By Rosy BanksStaff Writer Sunlight shines off the subjects’ bodies, highlighting each and every muscle. The subjects stand still in the drama of recreation at the one place Southern California is most famous for — the beach. Paintings and drawings depicting beach life, multilayered with bright colors as well as emotion, currently grace the walls of Pepperdine’s Frederick R. … [Read more...] about Graham Nickson

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