Photos by Kaelin MendezPepperdine students helped the Volunteer Center celebrate the 30th anniversary of both the office and Step Forward Day with old and new service projects Saturday, Sept. 8. Step Forward Day is an annual event where Pepperdine students volunteer with organizations in Malibu, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Step Forward Day was the first event out of the … [Read more...] about Step Forward Day Celebrates 30 Years of Service
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Shuttle System Offers New Hours, New Stops and New Library Escort Service
Photo by Shuyue LuoStudents will no longer have to wonder when the next shuttle is coming to Main Campus or worry about how to get back up to Drescher after a long night of studying in Payson.Transit Services is extending the hours of both the Blue and Orange shuttle routes and is launching a new shuttle service that will take students home at night from the library, Lauren … [Read more...] about Shuttle System Offers New Hours, New Stops and New Library Escort Service
NSO Helps Build Community
Most Pepperdine students can remember arriving on campus for orientation: being surrounded by cheering students in orange, receiving a welcome from the President of the university, gathering as a resident hall to meet the Residential Advisors and Spiritual Life Advisors and many other exciting activities. Undoubtedly, a new Wave’s first time on campus is filled with many … [Read more...] about NSO Helps Build Community
After the Investigation: A Look at Sexual Assault and Title IX
Written by Cassandra Stephenson Jane Doe is a student who said she feels like she fell through the cracks in the system. An older student who was supposed to be acting as her mentor sexually assaulted her at a Pepperdine orientation event for a graduate campus program. She was part of a group of incoming students mingling with second-year mentors at a bar when he pulled … [Read more...] about After the Investigation: A Look at Sexual Assault and Title IX
Ben Shapiro Talks Acceptable Political Discourse, Racism and Calls Out Pepperdine ‘Bitch Fest’
Photos by Cassandra Stephenson Conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro shared his views on acceptable discourse, White privilege and institutionalized racism with members of the Pepperdine community Tuesday night in a lecture and Q&A. In what he dubbed one of the “best” lectures he has attended on college campuses around the U.S., Shapiro said his overall goal … [Read more...] about Ben Shapiro Talks Acceptable Political Discourse, Racism and Calls Out Pepperdine ‘Bitch Fest’
