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Opinion: Junior Transfers Are Losing the True Pepperdine Experience in Zoom University

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Art By Brian Zhou What’s Firestone? How do I get to the HAWC? Where can I find the CCB? What’s convocation? Why does everyone say the first-year dorms are so bad? Questions like these often linger in the minds of the 119 transfers within the 754-student class of 2022 — a number according to Stacey Montgomery, associate dean for transfers and commuter students. With many … [Read more...] about Opinion: Junior Transfers Are Losing the True Pepperdine Experience in Zoom University

Fresh Faces: Sports Fan Works Toward His MBA and Athletic Career Goals

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Junior transfer Jacob Piccuito poses in Venice, Italy, while on vacation in 2019. Piccuito said while he once thought he would never be a student at Pepperdine — he now loves being a Wave.Photos courtesy of Jacob PiccuitoTransfer student Jacob Piccuito tore his ACL during a rugby match in the spring of 2019 at Pepperdine. At the time, he was a student at Occidental … [Read more...] about Fresh Faces: Sports Fan Works Toward His MBA and Athletic Career Goals

Fresh Faces: Transfer Student Hopes to Direct Happiness into People’s Lives

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Photos courtesy of Alejandra HurtadoPeople lover Alejandra Hurtado beams with joy during a photoshoot at her house in Lake Elsinore, California. After completing her first year of college at Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU), she decided to transfer to Pepperdine.Sophomore transfer student Alejandra Hurtado said she found comfort in watching TV shows and movies when she was … [Read more...] about Fresh Faces: Transfer Student Hopes to Direct Happiness into People’s Lives

God Knows Best

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By the grace of God, I've successfully completed two weeks of classes at Pepperdine University and also coped pretty well with being away from home. Coming from a community college, this has been a huge transition for me, which I am loving nonetheless. But it has taken a great deal of soul searching to reach this point since I was initially filled with the feeling that I … [Read more...] about God Knows Best

Welcome to Transfermania: College Basketball’s Hectic Offseason

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Images by Kyle Cajero What is "Transfermania?" Transfermania is college basketball's off-season, which officially starts April 12 and lasts until early October: the first time Division I college basketball teams can hold official practices. More than 700 college basketball players pack their bags and leave for one of the other 350 Division I schools, Division II schools … [Read more...] about Welcome to Transfermania: College Basketball’s Hectic Offseason