“I feel asleep” - three words that are harmless unless a person is behind the wheel. It was only a few years ago that junior Sierra Perry fell asleep at the wheel and nearly lost her life. “I just remember sitting there, oh my gosh, I literally just fell asleep,” Perry said. Perry is not the only victim of drowsy driving as the National Sleep Foundation reports 100,000 … [Read more...] about Alert Drops Combats Drowsy Driving
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Scott Hutchins Explains His SGA Resignation
Photo courtesy of Scott Hutchins Editor's Note: When being interviewed for this article, Scott Hutchins stated he preferred the use of the male pronouns. After sitting tensely in front of his computer for two hours, junior Scott Hutchins submitted a Facebook post that he said he had been waiting to post since the beginning of the school year. With feelings of anxiousness … [Read more...] about Scott Hutchins Explains His SGA Resignation
Surviving Snowmageddon
Photos by Jennevieve Fong On Saturday morning, Pepperdine students woke up to almost two feet of snow from Winter Storm Jonas outside of Pepperdine's Washington, D.C. campus. The city of Washington, D.C. declared a state of emergency for the weekend in addition to a weekend blizzard warning, according to the National Weather Service. Since most local restaurants … [Read more...] about Surviving Snowmageddon
A Day in the Life of an Intern
Students of the Washington, D.C. Program learn how to balance both a full-time internship and academic courses. At the end of the fall semester, three of the program's students provided an inside look into their busy lives. Rachel Gordon, intern for Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas Year: Junior Major: Political Science What are Gordon's responsibilities in her … [Read more...] about A Day in the Life of an Intern
Pepperdine Welcomes New Washington D.C. Program Director
After ending a phone call with Pepperdine’s International Program Dean Charles Hall, Brian Swarts was left with a difficult decision to make. Swarts was conflicted with choosing between his previous employer, family ties to Japan and his alma mater. He had to decide to either work as the Program Director for The Salvation Army in Japan — where his wife is from — or as the … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Welcomes New Washington D.C. Program Director
