Photo courtesy of ImageMoversThe World Trade Center has come to represent the horror and tragedy of the 9/11 attacks and the day that forever changed the lives of Americans at home and abroad. But before all that, the Twin Towers meant something else. Something more positive — what humans are capable of if they utilize their creativity toward a singular goal. “The … [Read more...] about Zemeckis Scores Again: ‘The Walk’ Will Leave You Stunned
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Seaver Students Plan to Represent at Cannes International Film Festival
Photo Courtesy of Stock Snap//Pixabay Next month, four Pepperdine students, senior Matt Allen and juniors Deepak Adhikary, Jacqueline Cisneros and Jasmine Everett, will board a 14-hour flight to southern France to intern at the 68th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival, May 13 through May 24, is the biggest media event of the year. … [Read more...] about Seaver Students Plan to Represent at Cannes International Film Festival
Speak Freely, Speak Cautiously
I was horrified when I heard the news about the massacre that took place in Paris earlier this month at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, a popular French satirical magazine. As an amateur op-ed writer and media law enthusiast, events such as these always affect me deeply. Two weeks after the devastating day in which 12 people died, and a month after our country’s own … [Read more...] about Speak Freely, Speak Cautiously
Charlie Hebdo Shootings Revive Cultural Questions of Old
Art by Sacha Irick I am not Charlie. I don’t expect Muslims to be either. We rightly regard the massacre of 10 journalists as a monstrous tragedy, but our reaction to it betrays a disconnect from the worldview of about two billion people. If the offices of the Westboro Baptist Church were blown up by a lunatic, no one in this country would claim solidarity with them and … [Read more...] about Charlie Hebdo Shootings Revive Cultural Questions of Old
Football (soccer): Where the US isn’t No. 1
Last Tuesday, Latin American Viners living in the United States invaded my newsfeed with short, six second clips of their lonely soccer celebrations throughout the day. A fellow Costa Rican reached nearly 3,000 likes overnight with a Vine he titled, “I’m in the US,” in which he records himself for the first half of the video celebrating Costa Rica’s qualification for the World … [Read more...] about Football (soccer): Where the US isn’t No. 1
