Students are often told that college will change their lives. This year Pepperdine University is offering students the opportunity to change their college. One hundred and sixty students, faculty, staff and alumni, both independently and collaboratively, have submitted proposals to “re-think Pepperdine” and “help shape its future.” Waves of Innovation is beginning Phase II … [Read more...] about Waves of Innovation Phase II begins
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Law prof. creates bar passage calculator
Associate Professor of Law Robert Anderson IV has created a calculator that can predict aspiring lawyers’ chances of passing the bar examination in hopes of raising awareness regarding the difficulty of different states’ bars. In order to predict someone’s chance of passing the bar, the calculator considers LSAT score, law school class rank, law school ranking and bar … [Read more...] about Law prof. creates bar passage calculator
Football (soccer): Where the US isn’t No. 1
Last Tuesday, Latin American Viners living in the United States invaded my newsfeed with short, six second clips of their lonely soccer celebrations throughout the day. A fellow Costa Rican reached nearly 3,000 likes overnight with a Vine he titled, “I’m in the US,” in which he records himself for the first half of the video celebrating Costa Rica’s qualification for the World … [Read more...] about Football (soccer): Where the US isn’t No. 1
Putin pushes US on Syria
Dealings behind the scenes of international politics are often shrouded within private meetings and top-secret documents. The crisis in Syria has opened a tiny window through which we, the citizens of the world, can peer. Most of the clarity at the moment doesn’t come from our own government, but from other countries. President Barack Obama has held his cards close to his … [Read more...] about Putin pushes US on Syria
Follow your dreams at home and abroad
You never know who you are meant to be until you have to figure it out. This moment of clarity is an instant that no one could ever forget. When this process unwound, until the brevity of clarity finally hit me, I was running. I was running through London’s enormously historic Hyde Park, just steps away from Pepperdine’s home at 56 Prince’s Gate. Fall was rapidly approaching … [Read more...] about Follow your dreams at home and abroad