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Students Continue to Socialize During COVID-19

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Senior Sydney Griffith grabs a bite of ice cream with a friend at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in Calabasas after class Sept. 4. Griffith wore a mask and interacted with a small group of friends. Photo by Jaylene RamliOver 200 Pepperdine students live off campus in Malibu while taking online classes. A recent Graphic article found the most common reason for coming back to … [Read more...] about Students Continue to Socialize During COVID-19

Baby Waves: Some Freshmen Stuck at Home

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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

Pepperdine, Malibu Prepare for Fire Season

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Firefighters tend to the 2018 Woolsey Fire blaze peaking over the Santa Monica Mountains. Photos courtesy of Luis Quiroz As smoke from the 90-acre Rock Pool Fire rose over the hills of Malibu Canyon on Sunday, Aug. 16, residents of Malibu faced the chilling reality that wildfire season has yet again returned. The wildfire season, which generally takes place between … [Read more...] about Pepperdine, Malibu Prepare for Fire Season

Staff Editorial: Positivity Is Key Through Tough Times In An Online Semester

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Art by Leah Bae In the days between Pepperdine's May 20 announcement of plans for an in-person semester and its July 22 announcement of an entirely online semester, students received many conflicting messages from the administration. Even though the July 22 decision was made in anticipation of Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state of California’s guidelines for colleges and … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Positivity Is Key Through Tough Times In An Online Semester

Looking Back — A Year in Review with Gash

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Collage by Ali Levens On Aug. 1, 2019, President Jim Gash’s official first day of office, he and Chief of Staff Danny DeWalt began digging in Rho parking lot — the first symbolic dig of the future student recreation and event center, “The Mountain.” On Aug. 6, 2020, one year later, I asked Gash what he had learned throughout his first atypical year of presidency. Gash … [Read more...] about Looking Back — A Year in Review with Gash