Austin Cadman is a Screen Arts major who transferred to Pepperdine in January 2019 and has now spent approximately half of his time studying at Pepperdine online. However, he continues to look forward to graduating this semester and finding a career within the entertainment industry.
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Episode 6: Arthur Puu
SportsWaves’s original host, Arthur Puu, returns to the show to talk shop with the new hosts. Now at ESPN, Puu talks about where he’s been, where he’s at today, and the state of L.A. sports.
Written in the Stars: How Cultures View the Cosmos
Since ancient times, people have turned to the sky to explain natural phenomena, navigate and tell time, relaying stories to illustrate what they found.
Holocaust Survivors Share Their Stories Over Bread
Stories from the Holocaust live on from generation to generation through the stories of the survivors.
Appreciate Fiction
Graphic by Nate Barton A few professors in the Creative Writing department start their first class meetings with a very important question: “Why does fiction matter?” People might understand that fiction is important, but it is harder to pinpoint exactly why it is so significant. Fiction strengthens people’s worlds by distributing information, common understanding and […]
From Uniform to University
International student veterans share their stories
Stop The Movie Verses Book Debate
Graphic by Nate Barton Movie adaptations of books are hardly ever good enough for the readers who discovered the story when it existed only in paper and ink. A pop-culture debate is parsing out which was better: the book or the movie. However, the debate over which is better misrepresents the largely different experience each […]
Pepp Introduces First Spotlight Storytelling Festival
Photos by Berkley Mason The Womack Speech Competition, an annual competition that occurs during the fall semester, will be storytelling themed for the first time for this December’s competition. The Spotlight Storytelling Festival kicked off on March 30, the first of many storytelling events that are anticipated for next year. Senior Emily Hirsch, Head of […]
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 […]
