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Roland to Willie: Waves Through the Years

February 19, 2025 by Nick Charkhedian

When faced with the task of making a mascot for a school who calls themselves the Waves, one could only think of so many options.Pepperdine's current edition is Willie the Wave. Since the beginning of Pepperdine Athletics, the school was known as the Waves, but the mascot who represented the Waves has a long history of switching between characters.Sam Perrin, a Pepperdine … [Read more...] about Roland to Willie: Waves Through the Years

Dolores: A Part of History or the Ghost of Pepperdine’s Past?

August 27, 2015 by Tara Jenkins

Photos by Marisa Padilla When Pepperdine began its move to Malibu in 1972, and the Los Angeles campus slowly began to diminish in size, it was only natural that some vestiges of the original Pepperdine traditions followed the trek to the ocean. One of these beloved memories from the original campus is Dolores, the cherub statue that currently resides outside of the Caf. Dolores … [Read more...] about Dolores: A Part of History or the Ghost of Pepperdine’s Past?

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