Graphic by Haley Laningham To the average visitor, the front yard of a freshman dorm is completely typical. Grass, sidewalk, rocking bench. However, as students quickly realize, those benches come with strings attached. Somewhere in the history and tradition of Pepperdine, some irritating soul decided that these benches were to be specifically and exclusively designated … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Probz: When You Just Want to Sit On the DTR Bench
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Career Week Kicks Off Next Week
Photo courtesy of Pepperdine Career Center Career Week begins Monday and will continue through the end of the week. The week includes events at all five of the Pepperdine campuses across Southern California and online to help students make the transition from the classroom to career. Sessions are taking place at Seaver College, the School of Law, School of Public Policy, … [Read more...] about Career Week Kicks Off Next Week
We Need a (Super)hero
Art by Christine Nelson With the recent box office success of movies like "The Dark Knight" trilogy and "Avengers: Age of Ultron," it has become clear that superhero stories carry clout in the entertainment world. And yet despite their remarkable success, most people still write off superhero films and comic books as lacking depth of story. While I will be the first to … [Read more...] about We Need a (Super)hero
Lights. Camera. Reelstories.
Photos by Zach Le In the seventh year of the Reelstories Film Festival, for the first time, the films were exclusively student-made. Students were ushered into Elkins and Smothers to view an impressive montage of the skills of their peers. The Board promised the classiest event of the year and they delivered. Students listened to live jazz, posed on the red carpet and … [Read more...] about Lights. Camera. Reelstories.
Stop Worrying about Your Calling
Art by Chris Chen As incoming Pepperdine freshmen, we were all tasked with our first assignment of higher education: the "First-Year Seminar Reading Assignment," as the Pepperdine website calls it. We were to sit down, reflect on the idea of "vocation," and ask ourselves, "Who and what has God called you to become? How can you discern that calling? What would you identify as … [Read more...] about Stop Worrying about Your Calling