Art by Christine NelsonI remember starting at Pepperdine with a young mind that didn’t know anything about either people or the real world. It was a time of new friends, amazing fun and learning so much about life. It seemed to be a golden age for my life, and I felt I was exactly where I was supposed to be. Then I went abroad, and I traveled. I experienced rude Europeans … [Read more...] about Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
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Leap into Space: Mars Awaits Humanity
Art by Chris Chen I lived in Colorado as a kid, away from cities and shopping malls, in a rural town called Roxborough. We had an amazing view of the stars from our house; no city lights took away from the sky’s grandeur. As a kid, I was also a science fiction fanatic and often read books or played video games in which characters left Earth and traveled into space. Now … [Read more...] about Leap into Space: Mars Awaits Humanity
These are the Best Years of Your Life
As we approach the end of the school year, a panic starts to ensue. The most obvious is for seniors — in three or four short weeks, they truly enter the “real” world. For most, this means 9 to 5 jobs, cubicles, professional dress codes every day and withdrawal of their parents’ financial support. *Shudder.* Thank God I’m not a senior. But wait — I’m a junior. My own reality … [Read more...] about These are the Best Years of Your Life
The art of moving on moves everyone
Art by Sacha IrickIt’s that time of year again. The flowers are in bloom, the weather fluctuates between nicely tropical and subarctic in the span of a day and the beach is just inviting enough to tempt you to its shores but too cold for that bikini you’ve been saving since September. In other words, it’s spring time in Malibu, and for Pepperdine students, … [Read more...] about The art of moving on moves everyone
