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Peau Porotesano

Re-evaluate Your Millennial Misconceptions

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Art by Peau Porotesano It's the most notorious buzzword of the past decade, the moniker of a generation that is simultaneously characterized as startlingly innovative and impossibly overindulged: Millennials. Maybe you've heard of them? As the generation born between the early 1980s and 2000s, Millennials make up an overwhelming majority of Pepperdine's student … [Read more...] about Re-evaluate Your Millennial Misconceptions

Waves Refuel with Campaign

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Art by Christine NelsonPepperdine Athletics’ Refuel the Waves campaign went above and beyond. In just seven days, the week-long crowd-funding initiative aimed at better meeting the nutritional needs of Pepperdine’s student-athletes raised $24,090, exceeding the goal of $20,000 that was initially set.Jimmy Gehrels, co-president of the Student-Athlete Advisory … [Read more...] about Waves Refuel with Campaign

2015 NBA preview: The West Coast is Still the Best Coast

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Art by Peau PorotesanoBelieve it or not, it's October, which can only mean one thing: the start of the NBA regular season. Just kidding. There's also playoff baseball, the NFL and college football (that's your cue to joke about Pepperdine's lack of a football team). For yet another year, the NBA's Western Conference will be the dominant half of the league. The level of talent … [Read more...] about 2015 NBA preview: The West Coast is Still the Best Coast

Conquer the Fear of the Freshman 15

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Art by Peau Porotesano Once again, the new school year is off and running. However, with all the big changes, many new students are left wondering if they should be the ones running. As late-night HAWC snacks, Caf food and Netflix binges become commonplace, the looming Freshman 15 is a serious concern. Even the infamous Web MD confirms that one in four students gains 10 … [Read more...] about Conquer the Fear of the Freshman 15

Don’t Worry, I wasn’t Thrilled About NSO Either

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Art by Peau PorotesanoThree years ago, overenthusiastic volunteers in neon orange screamed, “Welcome to Pepperdine!” as my polite father smiled awkwardly in the car rental that was 80 bucks cheaper but not nearly spacious enough for a family of five. The sea of orange is a shade so striking that lawmakers in the 1970s reserved it exclusively for prisoners. I … [Read more...] about Don’t Worry, I wasn’t Thrilled About NSO Either