Campus Life

Becoming a Wave

Walking into Waves Cafe, anxiety runs through the veins of a transfer student. “Will there be anyone I know?” the student asks herself, turning the corner and searching for a friendly face. New Student Orientation […]

Campus Life

Malibu location sets Pepperdine apart from other Church of Christ universities

Church of Christ schools abound in the South — Abilene Christian University and Lubbock Christian University in Texas, Freed-Hardeman and Lipscomb University in Tennessee, Harding University in Arkansas, Oklahoma Christian University in, well, Oklahoma. Then […]

Sports

A track team without a track?

The Pepperdine track and cross-country team is saying goodbye to four lanes of the track in order to clear more room for the soccer field. The controversial decision, bemoaned by track and cross-country team members […]

Sports

Balancing the court and the classroom

A peaceful, almost solemn atmosphere hangs over the second floor of the Payson Library. As 6 p.m. rolls around, students arrive in clusters, lifting the heavy mood. A once silent area fills with the laughter […]

Campus Life

Homelessness in Malibu

Carl sat at a brown table inside the Webster Elementary School Auditorium, legs on either side of the attached bench, with a hot plate of lasagna steaming in front of him. Every once in a […]

Campus Life

‘Pepperdine Syndrome’ hits students hard

One may spot the average overcommitted Pepperdine student as he or she strolls through campus with baggy eyes, wearing sweatpants and downing an extensive amount of coffee. Pepperdine fosters students prone to serious cases of […]