Sometimes a good song is all you need to get you up when life gets you down. We made a playlist to inspire you when you need a little push to take on the world. From Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" to the Moana soundtrack's "How Far I'll Go," this playlist spans a variety of genres but doesn't stray from the human experience of empowerment. Whether you're feeling low from a … [Read more...] about Play Me for Empowerment
Currents
Plastic Surgery: It’s Not Always Black and White
Photo by Zach Le (Editor's Note: Some names have been changed in this story.)Health, vanity, quality of life — the reasons people get plastic surgery seem endless. But at Pepperdine's Seaver campus, a climate of necessity grounds two students who chose plastic surgery for reasons that didn't necessarily speak to the stigma that such procedures have for being merely for … [Read more...] about Plastic Surgery: It’s Not Always Black and White
The Old College Try
Photo(s) by Zach Le “Not the student.” It was a bizarre name tag to wear at Pepperdine’s Admitted Student’s Day, but Amy Preston’s teenage son wanted to get his point across: His mom was the freshman on campus, not him. Preston, now 43 years old, is a mother of four boys. She’s in her seventh and final semester at Pepperdine, and … [Read more...] about The Old College Try
‘Was It Caused by God or Reagan?’
Photo Courtesy of Pepperdine University Archives Before Ronald Reagan became President of the United States in 1980, he provided the name recognition that launched what former president of Pepperdine William S. Banowsky terms the "Malibu miracle" in his 2010 autobiographical account, also titled "The Malibu Miracle," regarding Pepperdine University's move from West Los … [Read more...] about ‘Was It Caused by God or Reagan?’
Letter from the Editor
If you don’t know Rico, that’s our first problem. He used to man Pepperdine’s coffee cart, but now works at the ambiguous Starbucks/sushi station in the Caf. I’m a regular at nearly every caffeine distributor on campus — even when it exists within the vicinity of seafood — and Rico has yet to hand me a cup of coffee without a youthful grin … [Read more...] about Letter from the Editor
