What is anxiety, and how does it affect those around us?
Christopher Chen
Students Connect at Beach Campout
Photo courtesy of Tanya Garcia Sometimes, a night on the beach is all that is needed to connect a community. This past Tuesday, Pepperdine’s Campus Ministry held an overnight campout at Thornhill Broome Beach. The campout was intended to take the place of the previously-held weekend retreats. In addition to a barbecue and a worship […]
Emojis: Create Your Speech
Art by Christopher Chen Anyone with parents will realize that the meanings of words change. For instance, just the other day, my friend’s mother complained that “they came up with a new word: binge-drinking.” She hilariously ranted about it being unnecessary. “To us back then, it was just the weekend!” Since the meanings of words […]
Waze Gains Traction Through Word of Mouth
Photo by Sylvia Hartley On occasion, students will find the need to travel to specific locations by navigating through the crazy wild goose chase that is the Los Angeles area freeway system. Navigation applications are there to make that journey all the more convenient, and two, which seem similar and are even owned by the […]
Gym Packed for the New Year
Facilities loaded with New Year’s resolutions of fitness have students asking, ‘Bro– can we even lift?’
Kickstarter Games Lose Steam
Just two years ago, it seemed like the crowd-funding website Kickstarter would be the source for every video game that people could ever want. However, after the failures of several funded projects, the potential pool of donators has somewhat dried up. Regardless of the publicity and star power certain Kickstarter projects have been receiving from […]
Gamification: A New Tool for Education
Photo Courtesy of Rebecca Pollard//Creative Commons Turns out video games can be educational. Courtesy of Pepperdine’s Technology and Learning group, 14 teachers took part in the still ongoing gamification course across three Pepperdine campuses starting February 15. The course is part of the group’s Faculty Professional Development Program with the goal of offering professors new […]
Shout from the Rooftops
Extroverts have a bad name, but what’s their perspective?
A Blessing in Disguise
Being an introvert isn’t so bad after all
Gamergate: Ideas Revisited
Gender equality garners support in video game journalism