Adjunct professor Alexander Park plays at Smothers Theatre with the Pepperdine Orchestra in 2016. Pepperdine Professor of Music Christopher Parkening offered Park a job after Park studied under him and taught his son guitar. Photo Courtesy of Alexander Park With a 13:1 student-faculty ratio and an average of 16 students per class, Seaver College prides itself in offering … [Read more...] about Adjunct Professors Remain Vital Part of Seaver College
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Tourists Replace Student Population in Malibu
Video by Miles Campbell. Package originally aired on the March. 12 in the NewsWaves 32 Special Edition: The Class of COVID. With COVID-19 keeping Pepperdine students at home, many local businesses and restaurants in Malibu felt the effects of the lack of students in the area. As a college town for around 3,500 undergraduate college students as of 2020, Malibu typically … [Read more...] about Tourists Replace Student Population in Malibu
Career Chat: Jessica Campbell
Senior IMC major Jessica Campbell teamed up with her boss to co-host the Sports 4 Positivity podcast, giving prominent athletes a platform to share how they cultivate positivity and give back to their communities. "Sports had stopped and we just we wanted to do something about it, we wanted to make a difference, we wanted to bring that element of positivity back into … [Read more...] about Career Chat: Jessica Campbell
Staff Editorial: Women Should Not Have To Walk Alone
Art by Madeline Duvall Editor's Note: This article contains triggers for sexual violence, domestic violence and harassment. In a follow-up meeting, Director of Public Safety Dawn Emrich expressed concern about the accuracy of the staff editorial’s statement that “an officer is not always available.” Although this statement is true based on several of our staff members' … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Women Should Not Have To Walk Alone
Opinion: Pepperdine First-Years Deserve the Right to Cook
Art by Madeline Duvall Before moving into the dorms, Pepperdine requires all first-year students to purchase a meal plan, which currently ranges from $1,865 to $4,075 per semester. With the three percent increase in housing rates, the meal plan for this academic year adds up to $3,730 to $8,150. Meanwhile, cooking meals could instead cost half those amounts or even less … [Read more...] about Opinion: Pepperdine First-Years Deserve the Right to Cook