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Shooting On Location: Revisit The Original Film Locations Of These Iconic Movies In Malibu – Currents Magazine Spring 2015

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Photos by Shawn Jones For Malibu natives, the beach is a sort of oasis, an escape from everyday life. It is home to the surfers, oceanside readers and loungers alike. However, Malibu’s sand ‘n’ surf landscape welcomes guests from time to time — one of them being the film industry. The beaches have set the scenes for motion pictures such as “The Notebook,” “The Karate Kid,” … [Read more...] about Shooting On Location: Revisit The Original Film Locations Of These Iconic Movies In Malibu – Currents Magazine Spring 2015

Gaming the Old-Fashioned Way – Currents Magazine Winter 2015

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There are at least four decades worth of people who were practically raised on video games, since video games were popularized in the 1970s. For me, I remember a time when video games were just something that I talked about with friends on the playground. Video games in general were considered more of a childish past time than a serious medium. My parents did at … [Read more...] about Gaming the Old-Fashioned Way – Currents Magazine Winter 2015

It’s OK not to be OK – Currents Magazine Winter 2015

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Photos by: Alexander Hayes We are consumers of stability caught in a rabid evasion of dissonance. We blast party pop on full volume — hands lifted into the air we think we own and the darkness we refuse to fear. We smile and chirp about the shiniest celebrity amid the sunlit orb of our perfect lives, unable to recognize this vital and necessary reality: It is OK to not be … [Read more...] about It’s OK not to be OK – Currents Magazine Winter 2015

Meet Miriam – Currents Magazine Winter 2015

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It was about five minutes past mid- night in the HAWC when Miriam rushed over to me. This was her lunch break. I tried my best to wipe the sleep from my eyes and appear just as perky and lively as the Sodexo employee was. I was about to inter- view the most enthusiastic, popular and beloved employee at Pepperdine and didn’t want to miss a beat. Miriam is stationed at the HAWC … [Read more...] about Meet Miriam – Currents Magazine Winter 2015