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Midnight Mechanic

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Photo by Milan Loiacono For campus night owl Jeremiah Jones, late nights equal better concentration. The junior international business major finds himself more productive at night than during the day but not for the reasons one might think. “I have ADHD, and so when I'm tired, it's not as rampant, so I'm able to better focus,” Jones said. “I figured out that when I … [Read more...] about Midnight Mechanic

Currents Creative Writing Competition

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Calling all poets and writers! Do you want to see your work published in a magazine? Currents Magazine is seeking submissions for poems and short stories to be featured in this semester’s edition. The Theme: Flipping the tropes of light and darkness. We want to challenge people’s intrinsic associations of light = good and dark = bad, which means we are writing stories on … [Read more...] about Currents Creative Writing Competition

Editor’s Note

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Photo by Milan Loiacono Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" is my favorite orchestral piece ever written. The 45-minute suite is split into four movements, each based on a specific story told in "One Thousand and One Nights," the Middle Eastern collection of folk tales. Ships caught in a storm, princes saving princesses and the ever-present Scheherazade entering the … [Read more...] about Editor’s Note

Pepperdine Grapples with Censoring Art on Campus

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Photo by Channa Steinmetz Like many artists, alumna Angelica Ramos expresses her "innermost raw, visceral emotions" through her art. When Ramos prepared her final collegiate piece for the walls of the Weisman Museum, she didn’t anticipate covering it up. When administrators removed alumni David Limon’s LGBTQ+ dance from Dance in Flight, company member Michael Mossucco … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Grapples with Censoring Art on Campus