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If Jewelry Could Talk

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For all of junior Carly-Shae Condon’s life, her dad signed every lunchbox note and birthday card with a drawing of a little palm tree. So, when he gifted her a Tiffany & Co. necklace with a personalized pendant of his palm tree drawing for Christmas, it was a lot more than a piece of jewelry to her. “It wasn't that it was just very personal, it was a very grown-up present … [Read more...] about If Jewelry Could Talk

The Malibu Campus Turns 50

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This is the view from Heroes Garden in August 2021. The Malibu campus has been the home of Pepperdine for 50 years. Photo by Anezka Liskova Pepperdine University is celebrating 50 years of operation on the Malibu campus this year. George Pepperdine founded the university in South Los Angeles" in 1937, before it expanded to Malibu in 1972. The move to Malibu has only expanded … [Read more...] about The Malibu Campus Turns 50

An Ode to Diet Coke: A Beverage that Changes Lives

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Photo by Rhema GabriellaWhenever people see me drinking a Diet Coke, they always say, “You know that’s not actually healthy for you, right?” Oh, dear person, you do not know the reason why we drink Diet Coke. We don't drink a soda to be healthy. We drink it because it’s delicious and, yes, we know it tastes like chemicals. Those chemicals are incredibly … [Read more...] about An Ode to Diet Coke: A Beverage that Changes Lives

Don’t Rewind

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Art by Peau Porotesano We remember the good stuff. But to be fair, why wouldn't we? It's far easier to look back on a situation, relationship or event and remember the positive elements over the negative. Unless something quite traumatic has happened, its incredibly easy to gloss over the less favorable days. In my developmental psychology class last semester, we learned … [Read more...] about Don’t Rewind