Apple Podcasts | Via SoundCloud | Via Spotify https://soundcloud.com/pepp-graphic/omicron-sends-students-on-vacation Pepperdine expanded its quarantine and isolation program at the start of the Spring semester. The addition of four off-campus hotels helped the University handle the omicron surge, but not everything went smoothly for the students. One hotel had to close its … [Read more...] about Omicron Sends Students on Vacation
SGA Touts Lyft Partnership, Prepares for Spring Semester
Students drive along Seaver Drive, lined with parallel-parked cars. The SGA Lyft partnership helps those without cars get around Malibu. Photo by Ella Coates Pepperdine’s Student Government Association introduced a partnership with the rideshare app Lyft on Dec. 1. Another transportation-related resolution, establishing the Pepperdine Accessibility Service, passed the same … [Read more...] about SGA Touts Lyft Partnership, Prepares for Spring Semester
Fine Arts Students Return to Campus
Senior Theatre and Music major Sydney DeMaria performs "Valse Je t'aime" with accompanist David Fraley in Raitt Recital Hall on March 9. DeMaria was able to record her senior vocal recital after pushing it from the fall 2020 semester to spring 2021. Photo Courtesy of Sydney DeMaria When campus partially reopened in February, the University gave Fine Arts students access to … [Read more...] about Fine Arts Students Return to Campus
Students Manage Working During COVID-19
Art by Ally ArmstrongPepperdine students at home and in Malibu have found work in many forms. Some returned to their jobs in person this school year, while others transitioned to remote work or found entirely new jobs due the pandemic.Students seek work for different reasons — spending money, saving money, tuition money, etc. Sophomore Taylor Cunningham said her main … [Read more...] about Students Manage Working During COVID-19
Polar Vortex Impacts Pepperdine Students
Art by Ali LevensA polar vortex caused temperatures to drop below freezing in every U.S. state in February, but the resulting snowstorms in the South wreaked the most havoc. Low temperatures, power outages, unsafe driving conditions and more plagued Southerners, including Pepperdine students living at home.At-home students in the South saw conditions out of the ordinary for … [Read more...] about Polar Vortex Impacts Pepperdine Students
