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Ben Holcomb

‘Rising Tide’ Documentary Follows the Daily Lives of Pepperdine Freshmen

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For any future college student, first impressions are important. The “Rising Tide” documentary series chronicles the first year of five new Pepperdine freshmen. The documentary series is the brainchild of Ben Holcomb, a Pepperdine graduate (and former Graphic staff member) and the university’s current marketing and social media manager. The next episode is … [Read more...] about ‘Rising Tide’ Documentary Follows the Daily Lives of Pepperdine Freshmen

Planned Parent Fun

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The following is a running thought time line from “Normal Pepperdine Dad” during Waves Weekend: (Friday Afternoon): Man, how beautiful is this place? Are you goofing me!? I hope you know how lucky you are, son. This is fun! (Friday Night): Let’s go surfing as a family tomorrow that would be so classic California! I mean, we have to do it once, right? Oh we’re going to the … [Read more...] about Planned Parent Fun

Get Him to the ‘Geed’

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Many of you spent the last week or so welcoming new members “home” into your extended Greek families. Many of you were on the other end, getting thrown into the open arms of your brothers and sisters, some of whom whispered in your ear “you’re home now,” which made you worry that you’d never see your real, biological family again. And still others of you were like me — … [Read more...] about Get Him to the ‘Geed’

I’m running out of words to say

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There are only so many things one can talk about at this school. I’ve been writing the Graphic humor column since the second semester of my freshman year. That was three years ago. Seven semesters puts it at about 80 columns that I’ve written. Each column is about 550 words. Do I have 40,000 words of wisdom to speak on about this university? No. I do not. That’s a short … [Read more...] about I’m running out of words to say

Couch potato in search of home

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I went home over winter break, to the gray sludge of Cincinnati, where I saw family and old friends, to whom I once divulged my secrets in “bro talks” on dirty couches on Friday nights. They were now just passing faces at the grocery store. A large portion of my break was spent on couches in my house, asking family members whether they’d “seen that video.” If they had, we’d … [Read more...] about Couch potato in search of home