The President’s Briefing will begin at 8:45 a.m. PDT, May 5, 2021. See live updates below. 9:39: President Gash ended the Briefing. The next Briefing will take place June 2, at 8:45 a.m. PDT. 9:38: Beverly Wright, executive assistant for the vice president for Student Affairs, closed the Briefing in prayer. Question and Answer Why will the vaccine be required for … [Read more...] about LIVE UPDATES: President’s Briefing Discusses COVID-19 Vaccine Policy and Commencement
spring 2021
Pepperdine Launches New Spiritual Life Programming — The Hub for Spiritual Life
Pepperdine's Stauffer Chapel sits empty April 7, 2021 after three semesters without events due to COVID-19. The Spiritual Life Office will undergo a reimagining Aug. 1 in preparation for the start of fall 2021. Photo Courtesy of Peyton LeeGoodbye Spiritual Life Office, hello Hub for Spiritual Life.After months of reimagining, President Jim Gash announced changes to the … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Launches New Spiritual Life Programming — The Hub for Spiritual Life
Chalk by D’Artagnon Fulton
We watched Eyes of wanderlust and longing As he scratched blue fairytales onto the pavement. He is dead now So today’s turn along those halls Unveiled layers of whitewash, Ashes, soot. The transience of the past Has never failed to leave us short of breath Its push and pull Hash and re-hash as meaning rots away, And the magic That settled low … [Read more...] about Chalk by D’Artagnon Fulton
Only in a Memory by Sam Nolan
How do you rebuild a relationship To someone who has forgotten its entirety Where mental illness has shoved and forced And replaced your memory with its pain Should I start with my name That crumbles like broken clay When it crosses my mind Because it was yours, too Do I begin with November When it felt like bone cracking in my … [Read more...] about Only in a Memory by Sam Nolan
Life After Death, Whatever That Means
Art by Samantha Miller Embrace death to truly start living. That's the counterintuitive take-away Sociology Professor Charles Hall leaves students with in his upper-division sociology course on death and dying. Death isn't the cheeriest subject, but Hall didn't mince his words and isn't one to shy away from difficult conversations. Hall's class strives to break down … [Read more...] about Life After Death, Whatever That Means
