Special Publications

DANI LIMOSStaff Writer It’s Monday at 8 a.m., and the financial management class sits in the CCB watching a magnified presentation on private loans. All seems normal— another lecture, another chapter, another painfully early Monday— except one thing: there is Mission Impossible-esque music booming out the speakers. Dr. Vassilis Polimenis is not your typical professor. While … [Read more...] about In his class, music livens up finance

GREG LEEStaff Writer An introspective study of Carl Jung’s philosophy, and how it relates to narrative film, bears a sophisticated and intricate connotation. However, for 15 freshmen in Professor Susan Salas’ seminar class, that philosophy is the staple of their first year of college.   The first-year seminar class was designed as an adjustment tool for students to be paired … [Read more...] about New students ponder the Hero’s Journey

ASHLEY WELLINGStaff Writer Aug. 28, 2006, is a day that Deputy Jim Mulay and those who knew him won’t soon forget. For the Los Angeles Sheriff’s motorcycle deputy, it began as just another day on the job patrolling the Pacific Coast Highway. But the day soon took a turn for the worse. A few miles down the road at a Wells Fargo Bank in Malibu, an alleged bank robbery had just … [Read more...] about Injured motorcycle cop recovering

KAREE MAXSON Staff Writer From a small town to a different small town, Valerie Terry has been drawn to Malibu, like so many new faculty members, to shape some of the brightest young minds in the country. However, the path that she’s taken and the adventures she’s encountered along the way to Pepperdine are nothing short of extraordinary. Valerie Terry grew up in a charming … [Read more...] about Public Relations professor heads west to the big city

LINDSAY LOPEZStaff Writer Girls are going wild. Blurry patches veil their naked details but leave little to the imagination. They giggle and prance around— this is only a sample of “Girls Gone Wild.” This is Joe Francis’ racy enterprise flashing a commercial across the television screen. Is this eye-catching advertising, or a shocking testament of media devoid of ethics? Sex … [Read more...] about Sarah Stone Watt wants you to debate