Photo by Marisa Padilla Glass. Glass everywhere. Glass and gas. Pepperdine junior Jacob Norte woke up sitting in his car, upside down, that fateful September night. He crawled through the door, staggered and sat down on the pavement with pain shooting across his neck and head. His passenger, a female student, was screaming in fear. He still remembers her screaming, the … [Read more...] about Redemption: Featuring Jacob Norte – Currents Magazine Spring 2015
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In Defense of the Little Black Dress – Currents Magazine Spring 2015
Photo by Marisa Padilla The clothes you put on in the morning are not the markers of your character. They are pieces of cloth sewed together with thread. They say, “Hey, I want to be a citizen of society today.” What it doesn’t say is anything about your sexuality, your morals or who you are as a person. When I get dressed in the morning I put on what is going to make me … [Read more...] about In Defense of the Little Black Dress – Currents Magazine Spring 2015
No. 1 UCLA Shuts Pepperdine Soccer Out of Elite 8
Photos by Alysha Tsuji No. 11 Pepperdine soccer entered the Sweet 16 match versus UCLA coming off a 4-0 Round 2 rout of Iliinois State. The No. 1 Bruins entered the match coming off a 7-0 sweep of Harvard. When the Waves and Bruins pitted against each other Sunday, Nov. 23, the result was gridlock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHpAcKLbMCQ Ultimately, in the 88th … [Read more...] about No. 1 UCLA Shuts Pepperdine Soccer Out of Elite 8
Pepperdine Soccer Advances to Sweet 16
Photos by Alysha Tsuji Before we even got there, the score read 2-0. Friday afternoon LA traffic slightly delayed the arrival of the Graphic Online Daily sports staff. By the time we secured media passes and walked onto the field, seniors Amanda LeCave and Lynn Williams had already knocked a couple points on the board. No. 11 Pepperdine women's soccer showed no mercy to … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Soccer Advances to Sweet 16
Dr. Potts Roots Purpose in Athletics
Photos by Marisa Padilla Sitting quietly in a room, a young Steve Potts found himself holding his pen to a stack of papers, rich with ink, held the next stop for Potts: Vanderbilt Law School. Having just spent the past year as a student at Pepperdine’s law school, he felt convinced that returning to his Southern roots was exactly what he needed, and the short-lived time on … [Read more...] about Dr. Potts Roots Purpose in Athletics