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New Mailing System Makes Package Retrieval Easier for Students

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Tall, discreet lockers stand at the Drescher Graduate Campus and by Banowsky Hall. The lockers are shiny and beige, blending in with the wall behind them. These lockers are the new package retrieval system on campus which give students 24/7 access to their packages. The Package Concierge Smart Lockers opened to students Aug. 21, replacing the … [Read more...] about New Mailing System Makes Package Retrieval Easier for Students

Student Spaces: How Students Customize their Dorm Rooms

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Sunlight streams into Kristin Coady’s Lovernich bedroom with her pictures hanging above her bed Feb. 20. Coady said she likes to add pops of blue to the space. Photo courtesy of Kristin Coady Picking the color of a rug, thrifting art pieces for a dorm room wall or going to Target to choose a bed comforter can all make up the experience of college students decorating their new … [Read more...] about Student Spaces: How Students Customize their Dorm Rooms

Good News: Pepperdine Pianos Offer Music for the Soul

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I didn’t understand how much I relied on music until I moved away from home and couldn’t play my parents’ keyboard anymore.When I arrived in Malibu for the first time in August 2021, I realized I cope with stress by making music. I made it maybe two weeks without playing any instruments before I noticed an unfamiliar, restricting anxiety in my chest and … [Read more...] about Good News: Pepperdine Pianos Offer Music for the Soul

Good News: A Plant Survives

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One day I had the sudden inclination to spruce up my on-campus apartment. The living area and kitchen don’t receive much sunlight. The walls are a dark shade of blue, so the space was rather glum. “Plants,” I thought. “Plants will brighten the space.”So, I headed to Home Depot hopeful that I wouldn’t kill my new plants. In reality I was … [Read more...] about Good News: A Plant Survives

HRL Rehouses Students Following COVID-19 Outbreaks on Campus

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Mullin Town square stands empty of students April 7. Pepperdine's Malibu campus experienced three COVID-19 outbreaks, two of which administration linked to on-campus residence halls. Photo by Ali Levens Pepperdine moved 65 students receiving hardship housing in Drescher Campus Apartments on Sunday, April 11 following three COVID-19 outbreaks on campus. Drescher has housed … [Read more...] about HRL Rehouses Students Following COVID-19 Outbreaks on Campus