Photos by Shannon HansenWhat would you say your “big break” was? I was 14 years old and I got booked to do a billboard for the radio station at the time called Z100... I thought ‘this is so fun, this is so exciting’ but then when the pictures came out, it was nice, but it kind of put me on a downward spiral of being marketed as older than I was and the … [Read more...] about Nicole Weider: Project Inspired
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Nicole Weider: Project Inspired
Photos by Shannon HansenWhat would you say your “big break” was? I was 14 years old and I got booked to do a billboard for the radio station at the time called Z100... I thought ‘this is so fun, this is so exciting’ but then when the pictures came out, it was nice, but it kind of put me on a downward spiral of being marketed as older than I was and the … [Read more...] about Nicole Weider: Project Inspired
Play Me for Empowerment
Sometimes a good song is all you need to get you up when life gets you down. We made a playlist to inspire you when you need a little push to take on the world. From Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" to the Moana soundtrack's "How Far I'll Go," this playlist spans a variety of genres but doesn't stray from the human experience of empowerment. Whether you're feeling low from a … [Read more...] about Play Me for Empowerment
‘Was It Caused by God or Reagan?’
Photo Courtesy of Pepperdine University Archives Before Ronald Reagan became President of the United States in 1980, he provided the name recognition that launched what former president of Pepperdine William S. Banowsky terms the "Malibu miracle" in his 2010 autobiographical account, also titled "The Malibu Miracle," regarding Pepperdine University's move from West Los … [Read more...] about ‘Was It Caused by God or Reagan?’
Letter from the Editor
If you don’t know Rico, that’s our first problem. He used to man Pepperdine’s coffee cart, but now works at the ambiguous Starbucks/sushi station in the Caf. I’m a regular at nearly every caffeine distributor on campus — even when it exists within the vicinity of seafood — and Rico has yet to hand me a cup of coffee without a youthful grin … [Read more...] about Letter from the Editor
