Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week creates awareness and advocates for greater protections for our neighbors with housing insecurity. Pepperdine offered short-lived service and enduring conversation to inspire change.
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New Pepperdine Feminist Club Hopes to Start Important Conversations
Five juniors created Pepperdine’s first feminist club to establish a safe space for conversation to achieve both gender equality and an awareness of intersectionality on Pepperdine’s campus.
Color Esperanza: The Power of Diversity in Cultural Education
Photo courtesy of @HaycoxVikings Instagram Before Pepperdine University students can receive a grade from one Spanish professor’s advanced level course, they must first fully immerse themselves within the Spanish-speaking cultures to master fluency. This initiative is practiced through cultural projects like Color Esperanza, which means Color of Hope, and Professor Cristina Roggero’s implementation of the […]
Calabasas High Dance Team raises awareness for autism
The Calabasas High Dance Team is spreading awareness once dance at a time. NewsWaves reporter Camry Bishop shares how the group was inspired to move for a cause.
Kevin Cordasco Something Yellow Foundation
NewsWaves Anchor Jennevieve Fong visited the Kevin Cordasco Something Yellow Foundation at Calabasas High School to join their fight against childhood cancer.
Staff Editorial: Stay Safe, But Don’t Stay At Home
The threat of terrorist attacks should not keep students from enjoying their time abroad
Pepperdine Acknowledges Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Photos by Milan Loiacono Various groups across campus, such as SGA and the Counseling Center, will hold events to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month throughout April, including the Pepperdine Theater Department’s U.S. premiere of “The Interference.” The play, which opened Wednesday and will run through Saturday, discusses the reality of sexual assault. Freshman Buddy Kennedy, […]
Pepperdine Students Show Political Activism
Data Collection and Visualization by Hope Hesslen Freshman Jake Amble said he is doing whatever it takes to follow the upcoming presidential election, even if that means he has to watch presidential debates in the lobby of his dorm. “We may very well be witnessing the craziest election in modern American history,” Amble said. “We […]
Internet Convenience Leads to Slacktivism
Art by Christopher Chen In our social media-inundated age, activism in the form of physical action is far less prominent than it has been in times past. There are less marches and protests. It’s hard to imagine 200,000 people marching on Washington nowadays. It’s not that people have become less aware of injustice or issues […]
Psi Upsilon Raises a Record $20,000 for Conquer Paralysis Charity
Photos by Berkley Mason Psi Upsilon’s 10th annual Psi U Think You Can Dance philanthropic event sold out Friday night, raising a record $20,000 for Conquer Paralysis Now, a charitable organization that aids in raising awareness for Paralysis. The competition gives fraternities and sororities the opportunity to compose their own dance performances and compete in […]
