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ASHLYEE HICKMANLiving Editor Sanjaya Malakar still hangs on the to the top of the “American Idol” dynasty while Simon Cowell reminds America that it is a singing competition. In a show where a form of  democracy reigns questions could arise as to the competence of the American people’s abilities to vote. This is a world where a hairdo and beaming smile can give a first class … [Read more...] about Virtual dance for vote heats up

MARY WISNIEWSKIAssistant Living Editor Like filmmaker and documentary photographer Mark Brecke, Pepperdine students have a knack for humanitarian causes. His current focus is on Darfur, a region where the Sudanese government and the government-sponsored Janjaweed militia is killing, raping, starving and displacing non-Arabs since February 2003, partially, to arm rebel groups … [Read more...] about People fight for dying Darfur

LINDSEY BOERMALiving Assistant Silence blankets the campus, sweat bullets pour down the faces of everyone from freshmen to seniors. Textbooks are opened, sometimes for the first time all semester. With finals just around the corner, so is the looming air of the most dreaded time in a college student’s life. It is Dead Week, when teachers of all subjects maniacally rub their … [Read more...] about How to make Dead Week come alive

LINDSEY BOERMALiving Editor For the average college student, money falls just below food and water on the pyramid of necessity. In light of Pepperdine’s recently announced tuition inflation, funding for college has become an even more prominent topic on campus. According to Janet Lockhart, director of Financial Assistance at Seaver College, some type of financial aid is … [Read more...] about Finding ways to get more funds

AMY LARSONStaff Writer What a year it has been. I am not certain I have any last words of wisdom. In fact, I am quite certain that all of those who know me possess far more wisdom than I have to share. This year, those around me, and often people I barely know, have taught me that God is present in many different things. Not in a relativistic way — not one of those, “I’m God, … [Read more...] about Spiritually growing with peers