JAIMIE FRANKLINNews Assistant Pepperdine’s School of Law achieved the fifth highest passage rate on the California Bar Exam administered in July among American Bar Association-approved California schools, with 84 percent of first time takers passing the exam. Stanford, UCLA, University of Southern California and UC Berkeley rounded out the top five, with UC Hastings as the only … [Read more...] about Law school students excel on CA bar exam
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Young team tees off 2007 with high hopes for future
SHUHEI MATSUOAssistant Sports Editor After seeing their former teammate Michael Putnam shine at the last week’s PGA Tour event, Buick Invitational in San Diego, Pepperdine men golfers began their first tournament of the spring season action Monday in Tucson, Ariz. However, the Waves did not find themselves up on the leader board like the former All-American Wave did. Pepperdine … [Read more...] about Young team tees off 2007 with high hopes for future
Earthquake threat looming for Malibu, experts project; emergency plans in place
DAVID KOBStaff Writer In 1994, an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Northridge, destroying three highway overpasses and left thousands homeless. Malibu and Los Angeles fault lines have quietly murmured, yielding mostly inaudible tremors, barely affecting the upstairs world. However, historical patterns between fault lines have developed the unsettling … [Read more...] about Earthquake threat looming for Malibu, experts project; emergency plans in place
The Last Record Store
BLAINE CHIAPPETTAStaff Writer “When I get a little money I buy records, and if there is any left, I buy food and clothes.”Those words, spoken by “Captain Vinyl,” are written on a banner in a modest, two-story record store in Los Angeles. It hangs as a testament to the record lover’s way — a constant thirst for the music they crave. This is the creed of Record Surplus, which … [Read more...] about The Last Record Store
Empty rhetoric does not solve Iraq’s problems
Marc ChoquetteAssistant Perspectives Editor Silent for so long, the comparisons of the war in Iraq to the Vietnam War have returned. They have come out of context as usual, this time from the President’s interview with ABC reporter George Stephanopoulos aired on Oct. 18. The media jumped all over it, diverting us nicely from the issue at hand. The issue at hand should not be … [Read more...] about Empty rhetoric does not solve Iraq’s problems