GABE DURHAM Staff Writer Everybody is getting excited just because scientists photographed wild gorillas using rudimentary tools. Apparently this is a big deal because they were the only species of great apes so dumb they didn’t even know you could use a rock to smash things. Welcome to the club, you dirty, stinking apes. I smash things with rocks all the time. It’s just like … [Read more...] about Judging good art requires sharp eye
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Chasing white rainbows
KARIN SABINStaff Writer Few have seen a rainbow completely devoid of color, but Pepperdine alumni Dharan and Linda Mandrayar are bringing the image from Indian culture to movie screens with their film “White Rainbow.” Written, directed and produced by the Mandrayars, “White Rainbow” chronicles the story of women in India who literally become white rainbows, widows blamed for … [Read more...] about Chasing white rainbows
Lindhurst welcomes ‘All My Sons’
SHANNON URTNOWSKIStaff Writer Anela Holck/Ass. Photo Editor Famed playwright Arthur Miller’s first major drama, “All My Sons,” is coming to Pepperdine’s Helen E. Lindhurst Theatre next week. “All My Sons” premiered in 1947 at Broadway’s Coronet Theatre under the direction of Elia Kazan. It ran for 328 performances and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for best play … [Read more...] about Lindhurst welcomes ‘All My Sons’
Budgets are about the little things
KELSEY MAYSLiving Editor Unexpectedly large bills have a way of instantly derailing pursuits that were going on moments before. For those few seconds, a mounting sense of disbelief — perhaps it’s a defense mechanism — overtakes everything else. My episode came late last week, when one of my roommates walked in with the monthly electric bill for our six-person apartment. Having … [Read more...] about Budgets are about the little things
Ladies, it’s time to talk about the stick
CASSIA HAMILTONStaff Writer If the daily commute includes two hours of bumper-to-bumper traffic, or if you are missing a left leg or an opposable thumb, then you are exempt from the following discussion. But if not, then get ready to sit through the you-should-really-learn-how-to-drive-using-a-stick-shift lecture. Maybe it seems like a lot of work. Maybe it sounds like more … [Read more...] about Ladies, it’s time to talk about the stick