(Pictured left to right) Sophomore setter Isabel Zelaya, junior runner and Sports Editor Karl Winter, senior center Coleman Carpenter, senior midfielder Joelle Anderson and sophomore runner Skyler Danley. Graphic by Ali Levens The Athletics Department's plan to bring student-athletes back to campus safely continues to move forward as on-campus student-athletes … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Athletics Continues Battle Against COVID-19
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Baby Waves: Some Freshmen Stuck at Home
Freshman Taisiya Pachkaleva hits a backhand at a tennis tournament in the summer of 2019. Pachkaleva joined a stellar Pepperdine Women's Tennis team with both American and international talent. Photo courtesy of Taisiya PachkalevaPepperdine’s decision to have online classes this fall has changed the college experience. In a normal setting, first-year students move to … [Read more...] about Baby Waves: Some Freshmen Stuck at Home
Baby Waves: Incoming Freshmen Prepare for Next Chapter
Freshman goalkeeper Ellie Sommers (center) makes a save during a club match in high school. Due to the pandemic postponing high school and college seasons, Sommers has not played in a match since December 2019. Photo courtesy of Ellie Sommers Each fall, new students descend into Malibu and prepare to begin their college experience. Among them are student-athletes, who have … [Read more...] about Baby Waves: Incoming Freshmen Prepare for Next Chapter
Become More Comfortable with Saying ‘No’
Art by Ally ArmstrongIt seems as though the word “no” does not exist in the vocabulary of Pepperdine students. From the moment freshmen step onto campus during NSO to the day seniors walk across the graduation stage, it feels as if there is no time to slow down and be alone.What seem like thousands of clubs and organizations ask students to give them their time … [Read more...] about Become More Comfortable with Saying ‘No’
Pepperdine Interfraternity Council Makes Changes to Greek Recruitment
Sigma Chi at a Interfraternity Council BBQ on Sept. 3, 2019. Photo courtesy of John Louis Chiappe. As fraternity recruitment begins this week, chapters are holding themselves to a new set of rules and regulations. The Pepperdine Interfraternity Council (IFC), the student leadership group in charge of fraternities, made sweeping changes to its Recruitment process this … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Interfraternity Council Makes Changes to Greek Recruitment