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LINDSEY BOERMALiving Assistant You are caught in a whirlwind of varying emotions. Leaving Smothers Theatre after just having seen Dance in Flight, you are torn between feeling awestruck, jealous and humiliated for not being able to bust a move.  Luckily, here is a five-step guide to help you eliminate one of those confusing reactions by teaching you how to get your groove on … [Read more...] about How to get sweet moves

ASHLYEE HICKMANLiving Editor Imagine using a comb that would automatically straighten your hair. The catch: the temperature of the tool measures between 300 and 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Welcome to the world of black hair care. Freshman Alissa Hayden sometimes has her mother straighten her hair. “It’s an uphill battle, you never know who’s going to win: my mom or the hot comb,” … [Read more...] about Roots: Black Hairstory

POPPY GAROFALOStaff Writer  If a picture speaks a thousand words then what can be said of a collage of pictures consuming an entire wall. Images of countless Pepperdine students interacting, learning and sharing in a clearly stimulating academic environment overlap with one another. Each photograph represents an individual student in a specific moment in time. But, taken … [Read more...] about Prof helps develop students’ futures

MARY WISNIEWSKIAssistant Living Editor  Born in Zimbabwe, senior Moe Mutuma witnessed the need for clean water in Africa a long time ago. He said people in the suburbs with middle-class standing did not and do not have enough water, and in the villages, people are starving. “No one is doing well,” he said. Having seen such visions may have given Mutuma the vision to co-form the … [Read more...] about ‘Wishing’ provides water in Africa

LIDA MANUKYANStaff Writer Pepperdine Associate Professor of Music Dr. Lincoln Hanks has composed a number of musical works over the years, but his most recent composition, “Tegel Passion,” has a historical foundation unlike most: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The compelling oratorio — a musical term for composition that features a text that is dramatic in character and … [Read more...] about Professor’s music chronicles true drama of Nazi resistance