Successful applicants of President Andrew Benton’s Waves of Innovation will receive one-time planning grants up to $5,000 to prepare a proposal for consideration to be on Jan. 15, 2014. Benton has chosen the following eight initiatives: 1) Joe Fritsch (Seaver College, faculty): Biodegradable Plastics Prepared with Optimized, Environmentally-Friendly Catalyst– A proposal to … [Read more...] about The results are in: Benton announces phase 1 winners of Waves of Innovation
20 Years Later
Photo Courtesy of The Malibu Times In a time when most Seaver students had yet to walk, the Malibu campus burned. It was 20 years ago that the Old Topanga fire marred the November sky and scratched the Malibu campus. Fanned by the Santa Ana winds, the fire lasted from Nov. 3 to Nov. 11, 1993 and torched 359 homes across 18,000 acres. Students and staff were evacuated to … [Read more...] about 20 Years Later
Breaking down barriers
SGA representative tackles cultural differences in freshman dorms Housing and Residence Life addresses sex, drugs and alcohol head-on to freshmen in the first months of college. But one of the most important changes that happens in college — interacting and living with people of different cultures — is not discussed at all, according to Nancy Kannampuzha, Student … [Read more...] about Breaking down barriers
Police arrest armed trespasser
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man in Joslyn Plaza around 2 p.m. on Monday. Aaron Lewis “was not a student” and was carrying a knife, according to Officer Jesse Berg. Lewis was immediately taken to the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s station. Lewis was described as “in his late 20s or early 30s,” according to University Public Relations Officer Tiffany … [Read more...] about Police arrest armed trespasser
All that Jazz
There are some things that just don’t change. Time passes, and the unimaginative fall into algorithms of comfort and agenda. Rhythms drift into bland blobs of boring beats. Learning becomes a rubric of class schedules and multiple choice while chords pass from C to G to Am to F. I’d say we need some jazz. The Pepperdine persona is to find a structure and climb to the top … [Read more...] about All that Jazz
