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The International Programs priority deadline passed about a week ago, which according to IP Director Jeff Hamilton means that most participants have already applied.
“I would say that what we experience generally is that 90 percent of the students who end up going overseas have ap-plied by the priority deadline,” Hamilton said. “The numbers that we saw were enough to fill up all the houses.”
Hamilton wouldn’t com-ment on the specific numbers.
“We don’t release those numbers because it fluctuates after students get in, and peo-ple go to different programs,” Hamilton said. “We don’t want
people to draw incorrect con-clusions based on those num-bers.”
There were some themes on which Hamilton could com-ment, however.
“We had a higher percent-age of the student body apply than the past five or six years — which is great that everybody understands the importance of Study Abroad.”
Furthermore, according to Hamilton, the London pro-gram is once again one of the more popular destinations.
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TUNNEL VISIONStudent injures himself during a trip down the tunnels
The Department of Pub-lic Safety caught students and R.A.s from Fifield and Miller dorms after a student injured himself in Pepperdine’s tunnels on Sept. 18.
The university confirmed the event in an email to the Graph-ic: “Public Safety responded to the incident, arranged medi-cal attention and coordinated transport for the injured stu-dent. The incident is currently being reviewed by the Office of Judicial Affairs to determine whether or not the participants committed any rules violations, and as the matter is currently under investigation, no further comment is available at this time.”
R.A.s from both Fifield and Miller declined to comment.
Campus combats mental health stigma
For junior William Cohen and thousands of other college students on campuses across the country, depression is as prevalent as it is debilitating.
“I felt like I was drowning,” Cohen said. “I felt lost. I didn’t know where I was. I was tired. I didn’t want to engage with the world. I became an isolationist. I wouldn’t leave my room for long periods of time.”
The very nature of going off to college poses a risk to nor-mal behavior or mood changes. In 1990, this problem led the U.S. Congress to establish the first week of October as Men-tal Health Awareness Week. Since then, advocates have come together to sponsor many activities every October.
Next week, Pepperdine will
be following in this tradition and participating in the na-tional Mental Health Aware-ness Week to promote the knowledge of mental illnesses across campus.
The Counseling Center hopes to have a positive impact on students in the following week for a better support sys-tem for students experiencing depression throughout the rest of the year.
“We know that depression is one of the most common mental health concerns expe-rienced by college students,” said Robert Scholz, assistant director and staff therapist in the Pepperdine Counseling Center. “Depression’s most se-vere forms can lead to suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Sui-cide is the number one leading cause of death on college cam-
IP moves forwardMost who go overseas apply by priority deadline
WASC completes review of 5 schoolsAdministration and faculty
let out a collective sigh of relief as the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) visiting team left campus Fri-day afternoon. Though the re-
view process is over, faculty and administrators remain wonder-ing if the university can contin-ue the progress it’s made in the past two years.
WASC, one of six agencies responsible for the accredita-tion of Pepperdine, just com-pleted its three-part review
that spanned over the last four years.
The tone of Friday’s clos-ing address put the changing debate on higher education in context for Pepperdine and its future.
“There are some forces loose, it seems to be, in our
American culture that are dif-ficult to predict and manage . . . I worry for you and other universities,” said Team Chair Curtis L. McCray at the Exit Interview. “At my age and ex-perience I have an apocalyptic feeling about higher education, and if apocalyptic is the wrong
word then I have a feeling of crisis — a more neutral term for change. And I have a hunch that getting ready for that change is what we’re going to have to do.”
On Friday, President An-drew K. Benton closed the visit by acknowledging, “we
know we’re not done.” He then brought the focus back onto the students:
“It’s not abut the visiting team or WASC or about ad-ministrators; this is about [the students], and making teaching
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LIGHT AT THE END — Junior Thomas Johnson poses in front of the elusive “Pepperdine Tunnels.” Last month, students and R.A.s from freshman dorms were caught by DPS for making the trip, but Johnson was not among them.
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Entitlement mentality and Caf food
At the risk of sounding like Michael Scott’s rendition of Rodney Dangerfield (“You know what don’t get no respect? Airplane food.”), I will not be commenting on the state of Pepperdine’s cafeteria cuisine.
What I will be commenting on, however, is the fact that such a great percentage of the student body is harder to please than Gordon Ramsey when it comes to burgers and fries.
But I do agree they have a real reason to be upset.
Survey the facts: there are really only five sources of limitless and edible food within walking distance of main campus, only one of which is open late at night.
Furthermore, it is not like there are entire staffs of people whose sole responsibility is to cater to our every culinary need. Otherwise, there would not be so many people complaining.
Here at Pepperdine, we struggle. There might be times where we have to wait a full twelve minutes for a meal. There is sometimes a rip in the tortilla, rendering one’s burrito tarnished beyond repair.
“Why can’t they get it right?” one person asks. “I should whine like a child and act like I’ve been somehow mistreated.”
Right you are, you master of the culinary arts. With everything that you have accomplished in this world, surely you deserve the food that somebody else made and your parents paid for.
Disregard the fact that the food found in La Brea is more diverse and of a higher quality than what Alexander the Great was served. Disregard the fact that it is better than 90 percent of colleges and Universities. You deserve better.
You are young, you are restless and you are hard to please. Surely you can find something to complain about while attending one of the most beautiful, most prestigious, and most student-focused schools in the country.
Materialism is key. Discontentment is a way of life.
Because according to Coca-Cola and Abercrombie, “happiness” and “contentment” are just clichés. There is a world of disappointment out there just waiting to be discovered: you just have to invent it.
Always remember the words of Gandhi, “Be the self-entitled 20-something that you want to see in the world.’”
9/25/12 5:58 p.m.Crimes – Larceny/TheftLocation: Tyler Campus Center Summary: A student reported their unat-tended wallet was stolen from the Sandbar. The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department responded to investigate.
9/26/12 12:10 a.m.Incidents Disturbance – Loud Noise Location: Hall 12 – Walter Knott House Summary: Public Safety Officers responded to a noise complaint in a dorm room. A res-ident was warned for being loud after quiet hours.
9/26/12 2:54 p.m.Incidents – Property DamageLocation: Tyler Campus Center Summary: A staff member discovered dam-age to a wall. Facilities Management & Plan-ning was contacted for immediate repairs.
9/26/12 5 p.m.Crimes – Assault/Battery Criminal Threats Location: Thornton Administration CenterSummary: A staff member reported receiving a verbal threat over the phone from a former employee. The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department was notified to investigate.
9/27/12 12:40 a.m.Drugs & Alcohol Related Incidents – Driving Under the InfluenceLocation: Off Campus Location Summary: Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department reported an off-campus traffic collision involving a Pepperdine University student. The student was arrested for DUI, hit and run and possession of marijuana for the use of sale.
9/28/12 2:09 a.m.Drugs & Alcohol Related Incidents – Drunk in PublicLocation: Graziadio Executive Center Summary: Public Safety Officers respond-ed to investigate a report of a student that checked into a room at the executive center, possibly under the influence of alcohol.
9/28/12 5:29 a.m.Incidents – Welfare Check Location: Hall 12 – Walter Knott House Summary: A parent requested a welfare check on their daughter, whose wallet and cell phone were found on the side of the road at an off-campus location. The student was contacted in their dorm room and the father was notified.
9/28/12 10:47 a.m.Crimes – Trespassing Location: Seaver Drive Summary: Public Safety Officers respond-ed to investigate a report of a suspicious person. The person had no affiliation with the university or official business on campus. Public Safety Officers warned the person for trespassing on private property and escorted them off campus.
9/29/12 1:02 a.m.Incidents – Suspicious Circumstances Location: Hall 13 – Hubert Eaton House Summary: A public safety officer respond-ed to a report of a student complaining of a laser pointer being used in a neighboring dorm.
9/30/12 4:19 p.m.Incidents – Verbal Altercation/Disturbing the Peace Location: Hall 10 – Roy P. Crocker Summary: Public Safety Officers responded to a noise complaint. The resident student responsible for the noise was located and advised not to throw a ball against the ad-joining wall.
9/30/12 9:59 p.m.Crimes – Larceny/Theft Grand Theft.Location: Sigma Hall Summary: A student reported a computer was stolen from their dorm room.
Rial loses valueIran’s currency, the rial, has de-creased in value over the past year and Iranian leaders are pointing fingers at the “speculators” and “enemies” of Iran. United States officials believe the reason for the rial’s decrease in value is due to “the success of US economic sanctions targeted at Iran’s con-troversial nuclear programme.” President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said an economic war was the result of the United States’ trade sanctions on Iran’s nuclear projects. Despite the 80 percent decrease in value of the rial, “we are not people to retreat on the nuclear issue,” Ahmadine-jad said.
US agent diesNicholas Ivie, border patrol agent, was killed while patrolling on foot near Naco, Ariz. on Tues-day. The 30-year-old was the first border patrol agent to be killed since 2010. Accompanied by an unidentified second agent, Ivie reported to the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department that he was “taking gunfire” while patrolling the trail. The suspects in the shooting remain unknown.
Reef disintegratesWithin the past 27 years, the Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its original coral coverage. Re-searchers attribute this decrease to “storms, a coral-feeding starfish and bleaching linked to climate change,” according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc-es journal. Recovery for the Great Barrier Reef is estimated to take 10 to 20 years.Reports compiled from BBC
Malibu loses powerThe Point Dume area of Mal-ibu lost power Tuesday. More than 2,200 customers in the Point Dume Village were af-fected by the power outage between 1:15 and 2:45 p.m. ac-cording to the Southern Cali-fornia Edison Power Company. By 5 p.m. power had been re-stored to more than 1,500 SCE customers. Power was restored to the remaining powerless customers by 6:30 p.m.
Market receives permitAlcohol will now be sold in the new organic market, Erewhon Natural Foods. The market will open next year at the Trancas Country Market in Malibu. The store was recently given permission to sell beer, wine and distilled spirits at the last Malibu Town Hall meeting. The permit, issued by the De-partment of Alcoholic Bever-age Control, allows only for in-store tasting at the designated beer and wine tasting area.
Lagoon restoredThe Malibu Lagoon is under-going restoration and will be in development until Oct. 31 this year. The lagoon initially had a restoration end date of Oct. 15, but the California Coast-al Commission has requested an additional 16 days for the lagoon project. The extension was requested in order to rein-troduce more than 80,000 na-tive plants to the area.
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SOARIN’ OVER CALIFORNIA — Hannah Samson, sophomore R.A. of the Adventure House, soars 300 feet above the forest on a Navitat Canopy Zipline Tour on Sept. 29. This was one of six trips organized for the sophomore Year2Malibu experience.
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Breaking away from the typical college fare of bland burgers and ho-hum hot dogs, Pepperdine has cooked up a whole new gourmet array of savory and nutritious choices for hungry — and health con-scious — diners.
Opened in Aug. 2012, the Artisan Grill and ‘Za Bar is a collaborative effort between Pepperdine Food Services and Sodexo Dining Services to re-spond to feedback and extend the list of healthy food options on campus.
“We wanted to really listen to the students’ suggestions and bring more healthy food options that are also gourmet quality, upscale and reasonably priced,” said Gerald Richard-son, retail manager and Na-ture’s Edge manager.
After a month of operation, the new healthy food options have received positive reactions from diners.
“I was very impressed when I saw the new menu,” junior Monique Batac said. “After trying some of the burgers, it seemed like they used fresher ingredients and I eat at the caf-eteria more often now.”
New to the Caf, the Artisan Grill provides an entirely new selection of “gourmet” burgers with house-made buns and add-ons never offered before.
“From my freshman year until now, I’ve noticed that the food quality and options have improved with each year that I’ve been here,” senior Lindsey Chu said. “Even though the
lines are long, the food is so much better, and I’m glad that there are more options for stu-dents.”
The ‘Za Bar now offers pizza with whole-wheat crust, as well as new flavor combinations that range anywhere from Ital-ian to Thai. The pizza dough is house-made and hand-tossed. The ‘Za is topped with house-made sauces.
By offering more creative and interesting food choices, Pepperdine and Sodexo hope to encourage students to enjoy on-campus dining more often and, in the process, improve the Waves’ college experience.
Upgrading students’ dining
choices may very well upgrade Pepperdine’s overall standing in the eyes (and stomachs) of not only current students, but also prospective students who, courtesy of the internet, have a wide range of information available to them about all as-pects of potential colleges and universities.
Pepperdine took a major leap towards healthier dining back in the fall of 2010 with the opening of Nature’s Edge, the small market on main cam-pus that offers fresh and organ-ic quick bites for students.
Pepperdine Dining Services works with United National Food Incorporated (UNFI)
to choose organic, natural and healthy items at Nature’s Edge.
“I look at the leading ven-dors of healthy organic foods, such as Whole Foods, Sprouts and Trader Joe’s,” Richardson said. “I base our selection off organic stores and what they sell.”
With the new contribu-tions to campus dining and an extensive list of healthier al-ternatives, Pepperdine Dining Services seems to have made an effort to satisfy student re-quests and improve the dining experience.
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500? For spring break, Pepper-dine students can travel, vol-unteer and now “extern.” The Career Center restructured its spring “externship” program and is now taking sophomore, junior and senior resumes.
The deadline to apply is Oct. 8, and Career Center Of-fice Manager Stephanie Farley says spots are limited.
Farley describes the Pep-perdine externship as a short-term, unpaid internship. For one to three days, a student can meet and work with an alum-nus from their field of interest.
“It’s more like a job shad-ow, as opposed to an intern given tasks or getting paid or academic credit,” Farley said. “It can help you choose your major, your minor, where you want to intern in the future or provide an opportunity to network, which is one of the biggest factors in securing a job in the future. The chance to see what a full-time job is like is very valuable.”
Farley handles the student side of the externship program,
and Lindsay Coburn, alum-ni career services coordinator, manages the alumni part. With this division, the Career Center is now trying a different meth-od to recruit participants this year.
“Last year, students would apply with five industries of interest, and Lindsay would re-cruit alumni based on those five industries,” Farley said. “This went well, but what we decided to try was recruiting all alum-ni first. Then we started in the summer, recruiting alumni and what we like to call ‘Friends of Pepperdine,’ which are parents or people with close affiliations to the university.”
With this, the two were able to sign up hosts first and plan to have students apply for specific positions. This is also more on track with how other schools with externship programs are functioning. While researching in the summer, Farley and Co-burn used Princeton University as a model for the program.
Sophomores, juniors and seniors can apply from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8 online on Career Space. A student can apply for up to five externships but must be willing to commit to any of
those if selected.There are spots available
throughout the country, with most in the Los Angeles area.
Students are responsible for their travel costs, so the spring break externship would depend on individual resources and priorities.
Last year, the Career Cen-ter noticed that most students in the externship program were applying in their hometowns. Farley said this gave them the chance to see family, job shad-ow for one to three days and hang out with friends the rest of the time.
The Career Center believes the best time to perform an externship is as a sophomore. For anyone feeling pressured to choose his or her major, an externship offers more insight into the job market than a committed internship or spe-cific class would.
This year, sophomores can also apply for a scholarship to cover their travel costs, simi-lar to the Randall Internship Scholarship, which reimburses commuter interns with up to $500.
There were some themes on which Hamilton could com-ment, however.
“We had a higher percent-age of the student body apply than the past five or six years — which is great that every-body understands the impor-tance of Study Abroad.”
Furthermore, according to Hamilton, the London pro-gram is once again one of the most popular destinations.
“This year, the highest percentage of applicants to available spots was in Lon-don,” Hamilton said. “What happened there was that we opened up the Organic Chemistry opportunities with Professor James White, who is an incredible professor who is really well known here and really well known in the field.”
According to Hamilton, the Lausanne and London programs have been favorites historically, but there are many variables.
According to Hamilton, there is no correlation between the record number of students in the class of 2016 and the number of students who will be cut from the program. In fact, he said that nobody is denied the opportunity to go abroad in a literal sense.
“We don’t cut anybody, and that might be a hard ter-minology,” Hamilton said. “We wait- list people, which for some people may feel like
they got cut, but what it real-ly means is that there is space for them in the International Programs (or that there might be space for them eventually). Some people might not be able to get their first choice program, and I think that’s going to be the hardest part.”
Hamilton said that there are scholarships in place for students who cannot afford the experience.
“Scholarships are available online on the International Programs website,” Hamilton said. “Under the ‘for current participants,’ there is a section called ‘scholarships,’ and the application deadline is Oct. 23.”
Hamilton said in his own life, the process of breaking away from the norm was a growing experience.
“Our motto this year is ‘Sail away from the safe harbor.’ It’s a Mark Twain quote that we go on, and I think that is the truth of overseas, that when you sail away from the safe harbor, when you make your-self vulnerable, that’s when you’re open to change. That’s when you have the opportuni-ty to grow and become some-thing that you weren’t before.”
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LET’S DO LUNCH — Caf worker Aldo Lopez serves freshman Jordan Scandlyn at the pasta bar. Recently, the Waves Cafe has offered new and varied eating options.
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“The Beacon,” making its return on Oct. 13 in Elkins, is a mockumentary based on a school newspaper struggling to keep its head above water. The administration threatens to cut funding for the upcom-ing year if they don’t get their act together quickly. The first season ends with the firing of editor-in-chief, Henry Taggart. Season two, which will pre-miere this semester, commences right where season one end-ed, with the firing of Taggart. Jaime Olaez has come back from abroad and has made the choice to take over as the edi-tor-in-chief and rescue the pa-per from its demise.
“The Beacon” was a sim-ple idea turned into reality by creator, junior Ben Holcomb. It began in March 2011 when Holcomb and a few friends began discussing the possibil-ity of starting and producing a running narrative show on cam-pus. After pitching the idea to adviser Susan Salas, the hopeful Holcomb was granted permis-sion to create a pilot within the course of the semester. Three episodes were done by the end of fall 2011.
The upcoming season of “The Beacon” is different from the last. The first season was written by Holcomb alone, but the second season was written with the joint effort of Hol-comb and juniors Jamie Olaez
and Isabella Comerford.During the summer, they
wrote all 6 episodes that will make up season two. Each ep-isode usually runs around 30 pages, meaning that the three writers had to create 180 pag-es of material in a matter of months.
Comerford explained the arduous writing process of this summer. “We have a fairly col-laborative writing process but maybe not as much as we would like,” she said. The three writers wrote the episodes all at once,
and since they live in three dif-ferent states, it was a challenge. They decided the best way to discuss their ideas was to con-ference call for one to two hours and figure out the plotlines for the season.
Once the school year began, casting took first priority. Hol-comb, along with his produc-ers, Olaez, Taylor Heinrich and Josh Alexander, began looking for students to fill the new roles. Olaez explained that the turn-out for auditions was very high this year. They were specifically
looking for six to seven roles this semester, and they had close to 35 attend casting. They ended up keeping seven and using the rest of the individuals for fea-tured extras.
“The Beacon” is always in search of extras and tech posi-tions, according to Comerford. It is a great opportunity to get involved with sound, produc-tion assistance or even makeup and hair.
“We’re adamant that ‘The Beacon’ is the best place on campus to learn about the busi-
ness of filmmaking, as we’ve made it our goal to show every-one on our staff how to operate the cameras (Canon 5D Mark II), manipulate footage in pro-fessional NLE and compositing programs and understand the little things that go into making a show,” Holcomb said.
The three writers agree that the show has been a wonderful opportunity. It has helped them to appreciate and fully compre-hend the work that goes into filming and producing televi-sion shows.
“Working on the Beacon, helping with shoots and writing the season with Ben and Isabel-la has really broadened my view on what it is like to work in the industry,” Olaez said.
It allows them to dip their toes into their future career choice, and let them gauge whether or not this could be something they pursue after graduation.
Filming and editing for the second season of “The Beacon” is currently in progress and the first episode is expected to make its debut during Waves Week-end.
The premiere is in Elkins on Oct. 13 and tentatively sched-uled for 12:30 p.m. All who are involved with “The Beacon” suggest that students bring their parents along so they are able to support the Pepperdine com-munity.
The cast and crew see this event as a rewarding experience. “It’s a huge collaborative effort just to make one episode, and it’ll be nice to reward every-one’s hard work with a polished finished product on the 13th ,” Holcomb said.
If you are interested in get-ting involved with the show or watching the previous season, you can visit their newly con-structed website at www.bea-consitcom.com. You can also view the show at night on TV32 or at their monthly premieres in Elkins Auditorium.
With International Pro-grams applications and Re-cruitment bids going out, judi-cial review can affect a student’s chances for admission. But discovering the tunnels has be-come a rite of passage for new students through the years.
With the entrance located near the lacrosse field, the tun-nels are storm drains that travel under the campus. Students often travel to the tunnels in
secret; however, this activity is not condoned by the adminis-tration because of safety con-cerns.
At least one student was in-jured and bloody.
“He was bleeding all over and it was pretty dramatic,” said a student who asked to re-main anonymous. “He did have shock and that’s when they had to support him to get out of the tunnel. He came [back to the dorm], and DPS was all over him and was all over his suite.”
The injured male student then went to a nearby hospital. The extent of his injuries is not known. Other students caught in the accident, including an R.A., sustained minor injuries. The injured student reportedly felt fine after leaving the hos-pital.
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Campus fire drills test communication system By Mardie aGnewNews Assistant
BEACON OF LIGHT — Juniors Ben Holcomb and Jaime Olaez film an epsiode of “The Beacon” outside the CCB. The show will return for its second season on Oct. 13.
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SLIP: Dorms caught
Scheduled fire drills will be taking place this week between Oct. 3 and 4 throughout various locations on Pepperdine’s cam-pus.
Over 50 buildings will be evacuated including all resi-dential living areas, athletic and recreational buildings and aca-demic facilities on the Malibu campus.
These drills are being ad-ministered to test the multiple technology outlets Pepperdine’s alarm system utilizes. The Ev-erbridge Aware System is the notification service that allows Pepperdine’s Emergency Ser-vices to contact all students, fac-ulty and staff members through all – modes of communication when there is an emergency on campus.
Students, faculty and staff members are notified via home phone, cell phone, work phone, email and text message during emergencies thanks to this communication system.
Pepperdine Emergency Ser-vices and the Department of Public Safety (DPS) want to “allow the community to be-
come familiar with the univer-sity evacuation procedures and become familiar with the audi-ble and visual devices of the fire alarm,” Robert McKelvy, deputy director of Emergency Services, wrote in an email.
Students, faculty and staff members can only be contact-ed by the numbers and email addresses they individually provide on WaveNet under the “personal information: phone numbers” setting.
DPS asks that the Pepper-dine community update all con-tact information on WaveNet as soon as possible.
Emergency Services sched-uled these fire drills in order for the Pepperdine community to become “accustomed to the evacuation routes, understand the location of the evacua-tion staging areas and to prac-tice speed and efficiency in a safe manner,” McKelvy wrote. “Some staging at Seaver Col-lege will require additional at-tention because of the size of the venues, the number of exits and number people evacuating the area.”
In addition to the effort DPS is putting toward the proper ex-ecution of these fire drills, the
members of the Emergency Re-sponse Team and the members of the Residential Emergency Response Team have volun-teered to assist DPS in coor-dinating the emergency evac-uations taking place this week across campus.
“Each year, the fire alarm drills always offer valuable in-formation to make improve-ments, which have resulted in changes in our staging plans, enhancements with the fire alarm systems and recommen-dations in our emergency pro-cedures,” McKelvy wrote.
Emergency Services advis-es all students, faculty and staff members to be prepared in the event of an emergency.
“During an emergency is not the time to ask if you are prepared. Emergency prepared-ness is everyone’s responsibility. Those that are familiar with emergency plans and proce-dures quickly become empow-ered during a crisis. Those who are asking, ‘what should I do?’ quickly fall into the category of victim or needing rescue.”
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Media strategist speaks on voter ID lawsDon Ringe, an Emmy
award winning media strate-gist, will deliver a lecture on voter identification laws this evening at Payson Library.
The debate between Re-publicans and Democrats over the law requiring voters to show a photo ID has received national attention.
The Democratic Party has vehemently opposed the law, which was written by state Republicans. While Republi-cans claim the law is needed to prevent voter fraud, Dem-ocrats claim the measure is “discriminatory.” Since 2008,
31 states have passed voter ID measures. In order to vote in a state or federal election, citizens of these states are re-quired to present state-sanc-tioned photo identification.
Ringe, who opposes the voter ID laws, has worked as a political media consultant for nearly 45 years. Up until 2007, Ringe worked exclusively for Republican candidates. He left the party in 2008 to vote for Barack Obama.
“It’s a Lee Atwater ap-proach to governing. It’s un-fair. And, I think that most people, regardless of their reg-istration party, will see it that way,” Ringe said.
Shane Tayloe, a senior and
political science major in the Honors Program at Pepper-dine, supports the ID laws. Tayloe is a member of the Pep-perdine College Republicans and a staff member at both Tony Strickland for Congress and the National Republican Congressional Committee.
“Frankly, it’s puzzling to me why requiring voters to prove that they are who they say they are is a contentious issue. Cur-rently, citizens are required by law to show ID when they fly, enter a courthouse, get pulled over or try to gain access to a federal building,” Tayloe said. He argues that the ultimate manifestation of “back door amnesty” is “in the current sys-
tem that cedes the most fun-damental right of U.S. citizens to anyone who stumbles into a polling station.”
In the last 11 months, this “major civil rights” issue has come to the forefront of pol-itics. Ringe believes the laws currently in place are too ex-treme. “The key issue here is getting everybody what they want and need which is uni-versal national registration photo ID that allows everyone to have a real right to vote,” Ringe said.
Some see the effort to cre-ate highly restrictive voter ID laws as a discriminatory tac-tic. The laws could potential-ly disenfranchise around 11
percent of American voters. Students, minorities, the poor and the elderly may not have the funds or access to apply for state-sanctioned voter IDs. Critics say the laws discour-ages the marginalized from voting.
Ringe is currently the me-dia consultant to VoteRiders, a non-partisan, non-profit orga-nization that has made it their goal “to ensure that all citizens are able to exercise their right to vote.”
Katheen Unger, the found-er of VoteRiders, will also be speaking. Unger urges stu-dents to take action and sign the pledge on the website. By signing the pledge, students
can help others “exercise their right to vote.” According to Unger, students can reach out to friends or family in one of the affected states and form a group to ensure that the indi-vidual obtains proper identifi-cation.
On Oct. 2 in Pennsylvania, Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson temporarily halted the voter ID law for the Nov. 6 election. This means that voters will not be required to show ID in the upcoming election. A Dec. 13 hearing was set to discuss the case fur-ther.
By Whitney irickAssistant News Editor
Project Serve locations releasedStudents crowded into the
HAWC as the new Project Serve locations, both domes-tic and international, were re-vealed last week.
The annual service proj-ect, taking place during Pep-perdine’s spring break, sends Pepperdine students to various locations, both in the United States and internationally, to complete one week of service through partner organizations.
This is the first year that Project Serve has been under the leadership of as many as four students.
“With a larger team, we are particularly focused on maxi-mizing our training and prepa-ration process and on fund-
raising. We’ll be coordinating more centralized fundraising options than ever before this year,” Pepperdine Volunteer Center Assistant Director Meredith Miller said.
Locations for Project Serve this year include Nicaragua, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, New Jersey, Ar-izona, Guatemala, Florida, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Costa Rica and a mystery lo-cation.
A unique experience Project Serve is offering this year is the mystery location option. Stu-dents are able to apply for the mystery location option and will not be notified where they are traveling until the “Site Revelation” event in November.
“The mystery project is for those who welcome a little am-
biguity and lots of adventure in their life,”Lewis said.
Lewis hopes to convey to the Pepperdine student body that those who participate in Project Serve are not only being given unparalleled opportuni-ties to serve others but will be “building a new community of friends and reframing the way we see the world as privileged American college students.”
“It’s the kind of week that can change your life. You’ll see and experience things through [Project Serve] that you wouldn’t otherwise,” Miller said.
Team member applications for Project Serve are available in the HAWC and are due on Oct. 5 by 5 p.m.
By Mardie agneWNews Assistant
PHOTO COURTESY OF Natalie Lewis
SERVANT’S HEART — Justin Kundrak (2012) works with Fiji Kinde Project,an education non-profit, during last year’s Project Serve.This year’s locations were released, and team member applications are in the HAWC until Oct. 5.g [email protected]
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Dear Grace,Would you say there is
a hotness requirement at Pepperdine? That is, do you think there is some sort of unspoken beauty threshold one must cross in order to go here?
Sincerely,Seeking Words of
AffirmationDear Pride Before the Fall,You clearly hold yourself in
high esteem if indeed you tend to agree that what your ques-tion insinuates is true about Pepperdine’s student body. Surely you would not submit such a question if you had not observed an unnaturally elevated beauty mean around campus. Your unreasonable arrogance aside, I will attempt to approach your question objectively, without prompting skeptical glances toward my own rather homely head shot printed above this very article.
It’s no secret that the wom-en of Pepperdine represent a particularly well groomed, generally aesthetically pleasing demographic of our nation’s female young adult popula-tion. At risk of heavy protest, however, I must submit that the men here at Pepperdine are slightly less appealing to the senses. While of course there are particular gentlemen whose physical appearances are vastly more breathtaking than a large majority of males, ladies at Pepperdine have additional tools at their disposal with which to cultivate distinct out-ward beauty, tools not available to young men.
Those tools available to females are inextricably linked to the lofty median income common among Pepperdine attendees. Indeed, women are more capable of altering their appearance through the careful allocation of funds, whereas men are offered fewer avenues through which they might buy themselves a prettier face.
With enough money at their disposal, the girls of Pepperdine might purchase a new hair color, an air-brush foundation applicator, whiter teeth, a deeper tan, prescription acne treatment, astronomically expensive hair cuts, $50 lip gloss, hair extensions, person-al trainers, and of course, an extensive, outrageous wardrobe comprised of just the right clothes. Men, regardless of how much money they might have, are limited in their purchased beauty potential by the much smaller pool of aesthetic prod-ucts available to them.
Thus, we have identified the source of Pepperdine’s gender aesthetic beauty discrepancy. This truth I hold to be self-ev-ident: beauty is available for purchase.
Finally, the men at Pep-perdine have less motivation to look good. The women on campus are constantly battling the worsening male/female ratio. With approximately 10 girls vying for the attention of two boys, one of whom is typically gay, what reason do boys have to work out, shower, or brush their teeth? None.
Pepperdine has been oper-ating under the watchful eye of the Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC) in recent weeks — and WASC has been hard at work critiqu-ing the university from every angle, ranging from academics to campus life. And with their presence, hopes are high for smaller majors to see a dramat-ic change in faculty.
Majors, especially those from the humanities and teacher education, international studies and languages and fine arts departments that are more spe-cialized, such as creative writ-ing, art history and journalism, consist of a very small group of students. Within these majors, the faculty is comprised of a choice few, or in some cases, a single professor.
With Pepperdine’s push for students to gather experience during their academic time here, having only one professor, especially in upper-division, about highly specific courses, does not foster this goal. In order to grow as students, it is necessary to have more than one or two professors teach every class in a major, because students are receiving limited exposure to many elements within their fields of study otherwise. A professor should be able to offer introductory knowledge on many subjects within a given major, but it is impossible for him or her to
be an expert in every aspect; therefore, a student’s learning can only suffer from having limited exposure to diverse teaching staff.
The sudden focus on our university’s academics stems from WASC’s return to cam-pus. WASC is responsible for awarding schools accreditation for complying with standards of quality based on a set of criteria that the accreditation committee has put together. Pepperdine is currently facing its final run-through with the accreditation committee. At the end of their visit, WASC will present the university with a meticulous accrual of their ob-servations and research, while also suggesting how to change certain aspects of our university that they find lacking. They’ll also be awarding the university with its accreditation; let’s hope for our sake that Pepperdine doesn’t have too much to worry on that end.
Pepperdine prides itself on being an academic commu-nity in which a predominant focus is placed on students’ personal academic experience. Class sizes are relatively small in comparison with other universities, which means that student-faculty interaction is higher because Pepper-dine students do not have to compete with hundreds of other students or be taught by a teaching assistant instead. With
a 13:1 student-faculty ratio, our university places great emphasis in designing an academic pro-gram in which students have the ability to build relationships with their professors rather than remain faceless names on a roster.
But even though we enjoy this opportunity, faculty variety in our majors is very import-ant. Pepperdine seems to be expanding its borders and its student population, which should also lead to growth in numbers in the smaller majors. As it stands, these majors that have a very small teaching staff cannot support growth, and if the population of these majors stagnates, it will become in-creasingly difficult to advertise the major as something worth-while to incoming students.
Professors of smaller, less popular majors will also enjoy having more faculty members in their field because they will not have to stress over teaching courses that are not within their strengths and worry about giving students a shallow understanding of a topic. Their load will lessen and their focus will improve because they can afford to spend more time with students.
Diversity is a key component of creating a well-rounded educational experience, and making sure all majors are privy to faculty variety is a very welcome and necessary
change. Students who take courses from a diverse teaching staff will be able to put that knowledge into practice more readily because they will be compiling fresh perspectives on course material, teaching styles and opinions into their own method of practice. This is especially important in majors that emphasize interpretation, theory and creativity, since stu-dents must be allowed to apply their knowledge outside of the classroom effectively. Creating a more diverse teaching staff will inevitably make students more prepared for their futures in graduate school or in the workforce, especially because it will increase their ability to think critically in a diverse environment.
Seaver College would bene-fit greatly from adding faculty to areas of departments that are neglected in comparison to our university’s most populat-ed majors (the business and natural science departments). We cannot let the humanities students fall into the (consid-erable) shadow of the business department. It is imperative that students from all majors have the opportunity to receive the same attention, quality education and diversified experience to prepare them for their futures.
Beauty is available for purchase
Aaron Schott / CARTOONIST
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Public education facilitates failure
America: ruled by the leaders, for the leaders
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ALLIE MCGUIRE
Sacha Irick/ STAFF ARTIST
America can be defined in many different ways. For me, America is the land of opportunity that helped lift my grandfather out of poverty, allowing him to raise five children and eventually pro-vide for both myself and his eleven other grandchildren.
America is the jet my father flies, helping to ensure safety and prosperity on the home front. America is the opportunity to practice my religion freely.
So how exactly does this vision of America play in the current political arena?
Today’s political arena has been swamped with over-zealous politicians lusting for power. Politicians should be held accountable for their actions.
They are a representation of the people; therefore, they must keep the interest of their constituents in mind over special interest groups with campaign dollars.
Levels of corruption have risen through the accep-tance of campaign dollars and through voter fraud that occurs during election cycles. The role of our elected offi-cials who serve in Congress or ultimately as Commander in Chief should be to garner the respect of the people not to take control of every aspect of their lives.
It is difficult to listen to a politician ramble off talking points about helping Ameri-cans when the unemployment rate is stagnant at around eight percent and taxes are set to skyrocket come 2013.
Are we, as Americans, will-ing to give up our freedoms to these government officials with faith that they have our best interests in mind?
They attempt to garner as much power as possible in order to create a bureaucratic state of unelected officials who will make decisions for the “good” of the people who are not smart enough to figure it out on their own.
This can be seen through the selection of the Presiden-tial Cabinet members — all are unelected bureaucrats and all are very powerful. This very premise of the progres-sive party grows out of the idea that Americans need a force of officials making the decisions for them because they are not wise enough to make these decisions on their own.
America has always been a land of opportunity, but a system in which the upper echelon of society is the driv-ing factor for all decisions is where true inequality lies.
The American system of government that was estab-lished many years ago can be summed up in few words, a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Thomas Jefferson stated it well when he said, “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore, are its only safe depositories.” So today we must ask ourselves, is the government really working to serve the people?
Every child should be able to receive an education that opens the door to success later in life; to achieve this, there needs to be reform and increased accountability in early, elemen-tary and high school public education.
In communities where the education gap is most apparent, teachers should be graded on how well their students are succeeding.
If employees fail to produce successful outcomes for a company, they are fired for the good of the company. Similarly, if these teachers are failing to produce successful students, then they should be removed from their positions.
Teachers should be in the business of producing success-ful students, equipped with the tools to succeed in their adult lives.
Teachers’ unions are pro-tecting those teachers who are failing to perform. It is extremely difficult and costly to fire a tenured teacher. Instead of these teachers being fired, they are simply moved around, continuously enabled to poison the already failing system further.
Think of these failing teach-ers as the AIDS virus. This virus constantly mutates and
this is what makes the disease so hard to cure.
The system cannot be cured of these teachers because they are so difficult to fire. Because the system cannot be flushed of their presence, they are simply moved around and contin-uously allowed to infect the education system.
Teachers’ unions are not all bad; they provide protection to those good teachers, those “antibodies” — but where they appear to be so inherently dan-gerous is that they also protect bad teachers, the “viruses,” as we might call them.
The Hechinger Report ran an article, on Quitman Street Renew School, in New Jersey, which fired all of its teachers and hired a whole new staff. According to the article, for a school to be “staffed to succeed” it must first remove the inef-fective teachers and then “put a highly effective teacher in every classroom.”
This school should be an example to every other failing school in the country, because what it’s doing is working. What’s broken needs to be fixed, and that’s what this school did in a very dramatic and poignant manner.
Our country has the highest percentage of the population incarcerated in comparison to every other nation in the world. Out of the individuals incarcerated in this country, the highest percentage are black and Latino.
Susan L. Taylor, in the documentary, “The Lottery,” revealed the staggering fact that companies who build prisons look at the failure rates of black boys in the fourth and fifth grades to determine how many prison cells they need in the future. The documentary also revealed that only 51 percent of African-American students and 55 percent of Latino students graduate high school, compared to 76 percent of white students.
This suggests there is a direct correlation between the education system failing these students and the percentage of incarcerated individuals.
If this is supposed to be the home of the free, then why is a solution not being found in this area so every person has the opportunity for a life of freedom? In essence, the failure of the public education system
is stripping children of their freedom early in life. If they are not bound in prison, they will likely be bound in poverty.
The failure of the public education system ensures that the wealthy stay wealthy and the poor stay poor. According to “The Lottery,” 90 percent of incoming freshmen come from families in the top half of U.S. annual income statistics and attend the top 150 colleges in the nation.
Pepperdine is one of those top 150 colleges, and just by asking around, you’ll discov-er that a large portion of the student body attended a private school at some point in their educational journey before embarking on this one.
Whether or not some would agree that going to college will guarantee success in life, it at least gives you the opportunity
to reach success.Out of 30 developed coun-
tries, the United States ranks 25th in math and 21st in sci-ence. So not only is the public education system failing the children it serves, but it is also failing the nation as a whole.
We have the tools to cure the ailing public educational system in this country. Those tools need to be used to their fullest potential so children are given the opportunities they deserve.
Every child should have the opportunity to be something and do something great in life. The current system, however, is stripping them of their inherent right to these opportunities and instead providing them with the opportunity to fail, just like the system that has produced them.
Perspectives Assistant
ALLEGRAHOBBS
In the painfully long and awkward tunnel leading from adolescence into adulthood, there are several obligatory rites of passage that shatter one’s childish illusions and leave a jaded shell of a person where there once was star-ry-eyed wonderment.
We all remember with vivid intensity the day we discovered our parents were Santa Claus or that Barney was really a man in an unconvincing costume running a bizarre day care for parents who will drop their kids off just about anywhere.
As if this isn’t traumatic enough, we go on to find that BFF necklaces are a cruel joke invented by people who enjoy capitalizing on naivety and broken dreams,.
Then, there’s the final blow: discovering the existence of the Electoral College. How are you supposed to respond to a revelation of this magnitude?
When you’re raised in a country this high on patriotism and the power of popular vote, you have a long way to fall. What about all that propa-ganda urging you to “rock the vote”? Was it just another hollow gesture of reassurance designed to make you feel better about life?
In short: yes, it was. But does it necessarily follow that
Weighing the future of America
Alexandra Rangel / ASSISTANT ART EDITOR
you should abandon voting altogether?
In order to make this deci-sion less daunting, I have com-prised a straightforward pro/con list so you can avoid the uncomfortable task of thinking too much:
Pros of voting:1. You may experience
an overwhelming surge of patriotism as you exercise your democratic right.
2. There is a potential feeling of satisfaction that comes with participating in something that resembles direct democ-racy. Don’t feel guilty if your thoughts happen to drift to all
of the less-awesome countries that simply appoint dictators.
3. You will automatical-ly be granted the license to proclaim your political ideals loudly without accusations of hypocrisy.
4. If you come to hate the decisions made by the pres-ident over the course of the next four years (and let’s be honest, you probably will), you will have the license to air those grievances regardless of whether you voted for him. If you did, you can go on about what a disappointment he is. If you didn’t vote for him, you can take it one step further and
slam those who did.Cons of voting:1. You will have to stand in
line for a prolonged period of time, when you could be committing that time to more worthwhile pursuits, like watching television or buying things you don’t need.
2. If you’re not already registered, you’ll have to go out of your way to complete the necessary paperwork. More time that was once pregnant with potential, gone forever.
3. If you choose to vote for the candidate who the majority of your family detests, your holidays might be less pleasant
as you attempt to defend your decision to an angry mob of either religious nuts or crazy lefties (fill in the blank accord-ingly).
And finally, the impact of your vote (and the popular vote as a whole) is questionable considering the Electoral Col-lege ultimately determines the outcome of the election.
Whether you take pride in participating in the democratic process, or are simply too dis-illusioned to go on believing in America, this list will hopefully allow you to justify your posi-tion. Happy Election Season!
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puses. We hope our efforts lead stu-dents to get help if they are strug-gling and to make friends aware of what to do if they have a friend showing signs of depression.”
The Counseling Center will be holding several events next week, including the National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness Recovery and Understanding on Tuesday.
Scholz said Pepperdine will also sponsor the National Depression Screening Day on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the Ty-ler Campus Center for students to have a mental check-up. The Coun-seling Center staff will also be pro-viding information about depres-sion and some giveaways.
There will also be a Convocation called Depression and the Dark Night of the Soul on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Active Minds is a student or-ganization that will also be par-ticipating in the week’s events. “In order to reduce the stigma, we will be tabling and hosting events re-lated to depression, suicide, eating disorders, etc.,” said Mia Longo, co-founder and president of Active Minds. “My motivation for sup-porting this cause around campus is that so many students are affected by these issues … and [they] need to know that help is available.”
Scholz agreed. “We want you to know that
you’re not alone,” he said. “Many students struggle with symptoms of depression and, with profession-
al help and the support of loving friends, the illness is treatable and things can get better. Some stu-dents still have the perception that ‘if I go to counseling then it must mean I’m crazy.’ This just isn’t the case. Students go to a medical doc-tor to deal with physical health concerns, the dentist for a tooth-ache, why wouldn’t you see a pro-fessional if you’re dealing with a mental health concern?”
Cohen was diagnosed with de-pression in April though he expe-rienced symptoms of depression throughout the year. He went to the Counseling Center at one point during the fall semester but said he found his sessions with a graduate student unhelpful.
A few months later, Cohen re-turned to the Counseling Center with his father where he discovered his depression was severe, and he was given medication.
“I was worried to start taking medication,” Cohen said, “but Dr. [Connie] Horton told me medica-tion isn’t going to swim the distance for me. It’s just a ‘floaty’ to keep my head above water. I felt buoyed and medication gave me the ability to work on lifestyle changes and rela-tionship changes to make that per-manent. It’s still not permanent. I fight a day-to-day battle. It hasn’t gone away yet.”
Even after receiving helpful counseling at Pepperdine, Cohen continued to experience symptoms and ultimately took a medical leave at the end of last school year, which he said helped him a lot.
“I’ve always been somebody who doesn’t give up,” Cohen said. “I felt like going home was giving up and I got really mad the first week or so. Then I felt really at peace about it. God really worked with me and told me that’s where he wanted me.”
Cohen, like Scholz and Longo, said that he strongly believes in
seeking help, as it is the only reason he is still even attending Pepper-dine.
“God is bringing people to me and he’s telling me to talk to them about what’s happened to me and that’s helped resolve issues in oth-er people’s life,” Cohen said. “Seek help. Not because only you need help but because everyone needs
that same kind of compassion and support. You can’t do it alone, and I think that’s true for everybody’s lives not just for people with de-pression. We all need support at all times of our lives.”
HEALTH: Coping on campus
WASC: Assessing the reportand learning as effective as it can be throughout the univer-sity and all five of the schools. They’re first and foremost in the details of this report and in the hopes and dreams of this institution.”
Preparing for the Educa-tional Effectiveness Review (EER) report meant that Pep-perdine’s five schools had to collaborate on a single univer-sity plan.
The three-part process be-gan in 2008 with an Institu-tional Proposal and followed by the 2010 Capacity and Pre-paratory Review and the 2012 EER. The closing preparations have submitted to educational outcomes as recommended by WASC.
“I would observe, in general, that the schools have learned a lot more about each other during this time than we knew in the past,” said Professor Bob McQuaid of the Graziadio School of Business and Man-agement. McQuaid is also the chair of the University Facul-ty Council (UFC) and said he wasn’t surprised by the closing session. Instead, he’ll be more interested the final report.
“So, while they observed that we’ve made progress, there remains much work to be done. I think faculty believe that pur-suing shared governance will be a long and challenging pro-cess requiring some critical in-trospection by the schools, the faculty and the administration. The question seems to be if we are capable to successfully nav-igate that process.”
Soon, the commission will discuss what the visiting com-mittee has recommended for the number of years until the next WASC visit is required.
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COMMENDATIONS•The rapid development in two years or less of struc-tures for the assessment of student learning. •The creation of an OIE office: “It has become, and I’m sure will remain, an extraordinary resource.”•The creation of the Advancement of the Student Learn-ing Council.•Developing a strategic plan that represents the Univer-sity as a whole: “There is a fine dialectic in this institu-tion between matters of faith and some of the issues of diversity. We believe you’ve begun to deal with it, and we encourage you to go further.”•The sense of seriousness, candor and honesty the vis-iting team encountered.•Evidence of deeper organizational learning.•An improved program review handbook with univer-
sity wide implementation with consistency across the schools: “Not done, but a good first move.”•A sense of improved trust: “We sense a growing sense of trust in the organization.” •Evidence that students are pleased with the faculty, Disability Services, small class sizes and the Counseling Center. •There is enthusiasm for the staff.•There is faculty ownership of assessment. •It is obvious that the administration has supported changes recommended by WASC in the 2010 Capacity and Preparatory Review.
RECOMMENDATIONS•“We urge you to continue to develop the assessment efforts that you’ve undertaken … Refine and define the expected outcomes from the learning that’s undertak-en.”•Develop yet a deeper understanding of student learn-ing at Pepperdine; there is more to be done.•Still work to be done in clarifying faculty roles and improving the sense of trust: “We found evidence from some faculty that they don’t trust the administration. We find evidence that some administrators don’t trust facul-ty. We think you’ve got to get through that.”•Explore ways to get the various faculty to work together.•“To move with haste to a vision and a plan for shared governance as appropriate to the culture of Pepperdine
University. We recognize that you are a particular kind of institution and that you have to operate within certain rules and strictures as provided by your church.”•Use strength and credibility to the Pepperdine goal of communication and global understanding. •Continue progress for a fully integrated and imple-mented strategic plan: “We like what you’ve done, but it needs to start to become an organic piece of the institu-tion. Then it needs to be implemented.”•Assure student involvement in the varieties of assess-ment.
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LIFE & ARTSOctober 4, 2012
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Puerto Rican band Plena Libre celebrates culture
The four-time Grammy-nominated ensemble band Plena Li-bre graced Smothers Theatre Sunday for their first performance at Pepperdine University. The event was unlike any other musical performance, filled with educational tidbits, audience involvement and, of course, the beautiful music of Puerto Rico.
The band’s frontman Gary Nunez formed Plena Libre in 1994 with the intention to expand the world’s knowledge of Puerto Ri-can music.
“I had been Studying Puerto Rican folklore [for] 40 years, [when] I realized that there are many Puerto Rican people known around the world … people knew about Puerto Rico but they didn’t know where Puerto Rico was, they didn’t know about the culture … they didn’t know about our music … the easiest rhythm to open a gateway was going to be plena … I started the group with that purpose … it was a way to open doors for people to know Puerto Rican music,” Nunez said.
Nunez is a graduate from the University of Puerto Rico and a graduate (magna cum laude) from the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico. He is also a self-taught bass player and is knowl-edgeable of other instruments including the drums, guitar, and vibraphone. Nunez serves as the band’s music director, composer
and bassist, playing the latter role on the four-string double bass. While many people think Puerto Rican music consists only of salsa, the small Caribbean island has also been at the forefront of a variety of other styles. The plena style was created in the slums (barrios) of Puerto Rico during the early 20th century. It is a fu-sion of African, Spanish and Caribbean sounds that is very easy to dance to.
Plena Libre infuses the plena and bomba styles as well as in-corporating jazz, merengue, cumbia and mambo beats. The band consists of 12 members with “five vocalists singing in lush three- and four-part harmonies.”
In between some of their hits, Nunez educated the audience Sunday night about the plena music and the mission of plena Li-bre. The band has broken cultural barriers around the world with their rhythms and judgment-free dance environment. Nunez ex-pressed his aim to welcome people from all walks of life to learn more about the music and traditional culture of Puerto Rico.
“I was mindful of the English-speaking people (in the audi-ence) as well as Latinos. I’m glad they are there because they are my people, but the other audiences that are from different cultures, that makes me happy because they are people who are willing to be open to a new experience,” Nunez said.
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Malibu: the community en-veloping our beautiful bubble, known for celebrity sightings, budget-breaking prices and a 10 p.m. closing time. Under-neath Malibu’s pricey facade is a thriving community of affordable outings, and here I present to you options for a weekend out on the town that won’t break the bank and won’t strain Malibu’s wildlife to boot.
Come Friday, pick up a new fall jacket or some apartment art with a gas-friendly trip down the road to Artifac Tree, Malibu’s local thrift store that has been open since 1973. All their wares are recycled goods, so the environment benefits from the store’s set up, there-fore reducing the amount of waste sent to our landfills. Tear yourself out of bed somewhere between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to get yourself sifting through this giving tree, which sits be-hind the Malibu movie theater on Cross Creek Road.
Consider rounding out the day with a good hike as evening sweeps through the Santa Monica Mountains. Make your own art as you lug a friend and your camera up Baxter Drive and hike the trail that snakes up the top of the road. Scale the rocks like a mountain goat to find some inspiring vistas with some of the best views in Malibu. Let loose and pretend you’re one hot Malibu photographer — it’s unlikely you’ll run into anyone to shame you into embarrassment up there. What you will run into, however, is an avocado orchard, some cat-tle, a few goats and a horse or three near the end of the trail.
Refuel at Malibu Seafood for a fairly sustainable fare and go fried to save a buck or seven. You may even find a new friend in a well connected and inspiring Malibu resident while you’re there.
Take Saturday morning to check out the Malibu Farmer’s Market for something differ-ent — Vital Zuman Organic farm, a sustainable plot of fig trees founded in 1955. Sitting about half a mile beyond Kanan’s junction with PCH, this farm is the place to get balsamic lemonade, raw honey and your fill of greens, fruits, nuts and berries right from the source. They take credit cards during business hours (12 p.m. to 5 p.m). Wednesday through Sunday. The sustainable farming methods may inspire you to get your own plot in the Green Team garden. Find your inner child and have fun in the dirt.
After showering to scrub off said dirt, remember you’re a student and find solace as you wind down into study time. Start with a free movie at Malibu Library, showing at 2 p.m. every Saturday. Delve into a hardcore study session after the film. Think up more ways to save money and the environment. Perhaps email me the tips you’ve accumulated over the years.
Come Sunday, if you still feel you haven’t gotten enough of the outdoors, gather your friends and head up the coast to Point Mugu Dune Bank for a different kind of hardcore — sandboarding. Absolutely crazy. Absolutely beautiful. Malibu: the community filled with natural wonders for you to explore. Nearly absolutely free.
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DJ jams with her band at Inn
Performing songs off their debut album, “Chasing the Reds,” Samantha Ronson and The Undertakers pleased the intimate crowd at the Malibu Inn last Wednesday night. The band’s set list, which included original songs such as “Captain Jack,” “Sometimes When You Win You Lose” and “Chas-ing The Reds,” showcased the band’s eclectic style. During the hour-long set, they per-formed multiple covers includ-ing a soulful rendition of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.”
Ronson was in good com-pany on stage, supported by Charlie Paxson on drums, Jim-my Messer on lead guitar and Billy Moehler on base. The Un-dertakers’ incredible talent only further complimented Ronson’s vocal abilities. Though “Chas-ing the Reds” was released less than a year ago, each member has an extensive history in the music industry including per-forming with Kelly Clarkson and Enrique Iglesias.
When asked to describe her musical influences, Ron-son said they include “every-one from Jay-Z to Foreigner.” Ronson’s wide range of musical influences is evident through the band’s collaboration with Wale on “Summer of Sam” and Slash in “Love Song.” While Slash recorded the guitar solo in “Love Song” for the album, Messer’s intoxicating perfor-mance Wednesday night ri-valed Slash himself.
Ronson proved to be an
engaging entertainer with dy-namic stage presence, shown through her witty jokes on-stage, and her comfort stepping offstage to sing with the crowd.
From a young age, Ronson’s love of music was fostered by her family. Her mother Ann Dexter-Jonas was a music ex-ecutive and her older brother Mark Ronson is a DJ and mu-sic producer. Ronson is known best for her work as a DJ, spin-ning at high profile events such as the Superbowl, MTV Video Music Awards and the Sun-dance Film Festival.
While it may seem difficult to transition from spinning behind the turntables to per-forming live on stage, Ronson revealed that each allows her a unique way to express herself. As a successful DJ, Ronson knows exactly how to adapt to her audience by “playing what the kids want, not what I want to hear.”
However, when writing her own music, Ronson is liberated from the constraints of pleasing an audience and can say exact-ly what she feels. When asked which she preferred, DJ-ing or performing with her band, she revealed she started Dj-ing to pay for her band.
Furthermore, she explained that even though it is more profitable for her to DJ, above anything her passion is to be an entertainer regardless of whether she’s performing her own music or playing other artists’ music.
The music industry has evolved greatly and become much more competitive since Ronson broke through in the early 1990s. Early in her ca-
reer, Ronson used actual vinyl records, whereas now the In-ternet has made it possible for anyone to access music. The ris-ing trend of celebrities becom-ing DJs only proves Ronson’s frustration that “anyone with a bank account and a hard drive can now become a DJ” with-out needing to have any talent, such as Paris Hilton and Pauly D.
While details of Ronson’s personal life have been tabloid fodder over the past few years, there is much more to her than has been portrayed in gossip columns. What the tabloids fail to mention is that Ronson is an intelligent, college-educated businesswoman. She is an en-trepreneur who started her own record label, Broken Toys, and partnered with Supra in 2010
to design limited edition Lil’ Red Skytop II sneakers.
Rather than seeking an ed-ucation in music, Ronson at-tended New York University where she studied philosophy and literature. Ronson ex-plained that she thinks “going to school to learn how to be a DJ is like going to school to win the lottery. You either have it or you don’t.”
Her advice for a Pepperdine student who may be aspiring to emerge in the competitive world of DJ-ing is “to never spend more on it than you will make.”
While there are certain skills that can be learned at schools such as the Scratch Academy in Los Angeles, Ron-son believes that it is not worth it to spend a fortune on DJ-ing
education since the industry is so competitive.
Samantha Ronson and The Undertakers will be perform-ing Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 9:30 pm at the Malibu Inn.
To find out more about Samantha Ronson and The Undertakes, visit http://www.samantharonson.com/ or fol-low Samantha on Twitter @SamanthaRonson. “Chasing the Reds” is available now on iTunes.
By Brianna rhodes &Matt ryanStaff Writers
MUSIC: Plena Libre educatesthrough tunes
Throughout the concert, the band encouraged audience interaction through dance, at times instructing certain dance steps to follow for those who were hesitant to move.
When asked why they take this approach, Nunez said, “First of all we want them to have a good time. Having a good time … is always good. When you’re having a good time, you’re more receptive to learn; things stick to you when you are relaxed. When they walk out, what I expect them to feel is that they had a good time and they learned some-thing.”
Besides their four Gram-my nominations, Plena Li-bre has been recognized and loved all over the world. They have toured in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Denmark, England, Belgium, Africa, Malaysia, Canada and various places in the United States. They have also performed at the Mid-Summer Festival at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Toronto Jazz Fes-tival, California World Music Festival, The Latino Music Festival and many more events.
Plena Libre transcends gen-erations and cultures because of their approach to music and education. “The whole trick about the thing is to learn to respect the next guy; it doesn’t mean you have to agree with everything … as long as there is respect and you are working for a common goal which is peace and goodness and being hu-
man, you will be able to work together while maintaining your differences … to create a better world,” Nunez said.
While at Pepperdine, the band also performed for local elementary schools as a part of Pepperdine’s ARTSReach Program. This program, sup-ported by the Center for the Arts Guild, sponsors free arts experience for children from Ventura and the inner-city Los Angeles area. The schools at Plena Libre’s performance include Riverside Drive and Canyon Charter Elementary, YES Academy and Thurgood Marshall School.
After 18 years and 13 al-bums, Plena Libre is continu-ing their work to share Puerto Rican music and culture around the world. “Plena Libre was the first folklore group to be nominated for the Grammys; it never happened before. First of all, as an artist, I’m proud of being recognized … but what made me really proud was that it opened the gate for the music of Puerto Rico to be heard out-side of Puerto Rico ... After we got the first three nominations there were other nominations for other plena groups… I got to open that space ... and then it’s our responsibility to keep it open. “
To learn more about Plena Libre and future tour dates, check out their website at Plenalibre.com
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WhenZombies attack
The smell of gasoline, the sound of chainsaws and screaming and the sight of towering clowns greeted me and my friends as we entered Universal’s Halloween Horror Night. When it came to the attendees, the girls shrieked — that’s expected and really kind of dull. Watching the boys proved more entertaining as they tried to keep the terror clenched inside or overcom-pensated with that special kind of swagger made up of clenched fists and deliberate torso twisting. My favorite young guy finally gave in and fled from a pack of chain-saw-toting clowns with many a backward glance, each filled with the purest terror I saw all night. He inspired me to give in to the scare.
This proved difficult as everything seemed humorous. There’s something inherently funny about zombies, espe-cially the grunting, jerking and their inability to hold an intelligent conversation. They lumbered clumsily, groaned pathetically and struck sym-pathy rather than fear into my heart. One zombie limped along next to a group for a while, looking at them wistful-ly. He just wanted a friend.
Down by “The Mummy” ride, the costumes got perplex-ing. There was one creature who I can only describe as being an Egyptian traffic cone on stilts.
At 1:30 a.m., as we deliber-ated whether to stay or go, an evil clown sidled up and stood in our circle, as if to say, “What are we doing guys?” With his silent encouragement, we headed for one last maze. Once there, I took 10 seconds of courage to surrender to fear and suspend that snarky disbelief of mine. I jumped, tightly clutched the arm of a friend and a shriek-scream even escaped me. It was glori-ous, the adrenaline that comes with giddy fear. But maybe not so inspirational, so I also did these this past week:
I auditioned for a more dramatic acting role than I usually seek out in a student film project of “The Rabbit Hole.” I’ll be getting my grief on and filming this next Wednesday. I also volun-teered to help lead a Drescher small group. Seeking spiritual growth is always a little scary, though maybe not as scary as it will be for anyone who comes and listens to me crack wise and wax philosophical God-talk.
As important and serious as confronting fear is, I hope you can find the joy in it, too. Facing fear doesn’t have to be a battle every time but instead can be a meeting with an old friend. Embrace it, tease it a little, and then go have a good time together. After all, we need fear in order to feel that heart-pumping, pulse accelerating feeling every once in a while. So whether it be a maze or finally asking that person out, I wish you all some heart-thumping, pulse-acceler-ating fear this week.
Get discounts with Pepp ID card
While the Waves enjoy the luxuries of attending one of the most beautiful schools in the country and the charms of the surrounding Malibu commu-nity, after four years, the com-monly used phrase “so blessed” quickly turns into “so broke.”
Luckily, the Malibu com-munity recognizes that Pep-perdine students need some help, so their “Starving College Student Fund” doesn’t end up at $0. Restaurants and shops are reaching out to the Waves, offering discounts galore, and all you need is your magical Pepperdine student ID card.
Here are some places around Malibu that have been deemed “Wave Friendly” for their ini-tiative to appeal to the “Starv-ing College Student Fund” and give us another reason to say, “so blessed.”
Banana Republic in the Lumber Yard:
The fashionable brand offers Pepperdine students 15 percent off all full-priced items, all the time. Their casual yet classy style is perfect for a day at the beach or finding that cute outfit for the first day at your intern-ship you have put off for the past three years. But remember to bring your student ID card to partake in the savings.
J. Crew in the Lumber Yard:Similar to Banana Republic,
and actually owned by the same corporation, J. Crew entices Pepperdine students with a 15 percent discount on full priced items, every day. the genre of clothing found here is simi-lar to Banana Republic with a
slightly more elegant flair. Un-fortunately, this J. Crew only carries women’s clothing.
Marmalade Cafe in The Lumber Yard:
If you are a true Wave, then you have undoubtedly taken part in one of the most sa-cred traditions of Pepperdine students, Marmalade Cafe. It boasts a cozy, casual atmo-sphere with a diverse menu, ranging from fajitas to teriyaki bowls to seafood. What most students do not know about Marmalade, however, is that with your student ID card, you get 20 percent off dine-in or-ders, Monday through Friday.
Howdy’s in the Lumber Yard:
Howdy’s is another great escape if you’re craving some-thing other than Caf food, and they love Pepperdine students. With an outstanding Mexican food menu, incredible salsa and even a sushi bar, Howdy’s has been a popular Pepperdine go-to for years. They love the Pep-perdine community so much that they offer a 10 percent dis-count off your order every day. Howdy’s is even implementing a new “secret” card called How-dy’s Happy Hour, which gives free burritos, drinks and chips throughout different times of the day, but you have to ask specifically about this exclusive deal.
Coogie’s in the Ralphs Shopping Center:
Coogie’s, like Marma-lade, appeals to students’ taste buds with an array of entrees, smoothies, milkshakes and more. With a relaxed, low-key, Malibu vibe, Coogie’s is the perfect place for a casual meal
away from the hustle-and-bustle of the Caf. With a 10 percent dis-count on food every day, Coo-gie’s is another “Wave Friend-ly” cafe gracing the Malibu area.
Crumbs in the Lumber Yard:
If you have a sweet tooth, Crumbs is the place for you with an assortment of cupcakes in any flavor you can imagine and espresso for those caffeine addicts. Perfect for a sweet break and at a good price, Crumbs gives a 10 percent off discount for Pepperdine stu-dents.
The Pepperdine savings don’t just stop in the city of Malibu. OneStop sells dis-counted movie tickets to var-ious theaters throughout the Southern California area and amusement parks including Disneyland, Six Flags and Sea World. For more information, visit OneStop’s website and look for the tab titled “Dis-counted Tickets.”
Also don’t forget that per-formances at Smothers and the Lindhurst theatre offer discounted tickets to students. Students also get into a ma-jority of Pepperdine sporting
events for free. Just don’t forget your I.D. card or you will be paying full price.
With all these great sav-ings, maybe the prospect of paying $55,000 a year for a beautiful view and an amazing school with great opportunities doesn’t seem so bad.
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Here’s where being a Pepperdine student will save you money
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10 Seconds of Courage
Two years ago, Brooks Baumgartner visited Funda-cion Salvacion, an organiza-tion in Huhetenango, Guate-mala that houses women and children. Instead of returning to a life in the United States, he made the decision to stay at Fundacion Salvacion and serve the orphanage. Not long after that, he started More Than Compassion, a nonprofit to benefit the foundation, and “rewrite the stories of orphans in Guatemala.” More than Compassion provides children with a home and basic needs, while also giving them skills to succeed later in life. Now the orphanage has a brand new English-language school in the works, the School of Hope, opening for classes this Jan-uary. Manned with teachers, most of whom are Pepperdine alumni, the school will give the kids of Fundacion Salvacion advantages that would other-wise be unavailable to them. Seven months ago, Pepperdine students spent a week with the foundation in Guatemala and came back with a new purpose.
What happened that week cannot be captured in a sin-gle article, let alone in hours of discussion. As the group flew back to LA after hours of laughing, singing, dancing and crying, they pledged not to let the end of the week mean the end of their involvement with the kids in Huhetenango. At this moment, they start-ed to plan a way to bring the kids’ stories and the School of Hope back to the U.S., and more specifically, the Pepper-dine community.
And that’s when the words “Dance Marathon at Pepper-
dine” were first said out loud. Now, seven months later, the event is closer and more real than could have been imag-ined at the time. Designed to meet the fundraising goals of the School of Hope and tell the story of Fundacion Sal-vacion, Dance Marathon will give students the chance to “dance the night away.” Junior
Jordynn Cheeney is heading up this momentous endeavor.
“We thought it would be a great event to throw at Pepperdine. A lot of groups would like to see this become an annual event and if that is the case I see it really being successful in years to come,” Cheeney said.
Dance Marathon is de-
signed to involve the entire school. Performers such as Buzzin, Bobby Brackins, Fall-en Riviera, Two Ton Folk, a DJ and more will attend. Games, raffles and food will be offered — there is even a plan to have freshmen compete in a dance-off as part of their House Cup competition.
“I’m really excited to see
how the Pepperdine commu-nity can come together and raise money for a great cause,” Cheeney said.
“Obviously it’s great to have an event that brings the whole campus community together but to do that and make a last-ing difference in the lives of 90 beautiful orphans…. it makes this event really special.”
Signups for the event are due Monday, Oct. 8 and can be found on Dance Marathon 2012’s Facebook page. For more information about Fun-dacion Salvacion and More Than Compassion, check out their websites and sign up for the Dance Marathon.
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By Brooklin nashCopy Editor
‘Madden 13’ satisfies awaiting football gamers
With football season now in full swing, students on campus are becoming im-mersed in how their team is doing, which fantasy football player to play this week and EA Sports’ “Madden 13.” The latest edition of the Madden franchise hit stores on Aug. 28 and sold more than 1.65 million copies in its opening week. The new installment of the football giant promises to give the gamer a new and more realistic football video game experience.
EA Sports started their revamping process with a new and more simplistic central menu. This allows the gamer to get right into the action of the game, which is a vast improvement from the old “mountains of disconnected menus,” according to ign.com. The menu is now found in a central location that is easy to navigate and allows for quick games and easy maneuverabil-ity through the various game modes.
The main renovation that was made to “Madden 13” was the incorporation of a new physics engine. This allows for more realistic collision and contact between players. This allows the game to take an even more realistic look than previous Madden games. The new system is a much-needed upgrade from the previous
year that allowed for play-ers to jump up and land in the same exact spot with no consequences. The engine eliminates this problem while allowing more animations and various hitting animations that look very different from one another.
Despite the more real-istic gameplay of “Madden 13,” there is still some room for improvement. One key improvement that could be made is the way in which the difficulty of the game is set up. As the difficulty of the game increases and the AI (Artificial Intelligence) of the computer rises, the attributes of your team also decrease. On the hardest difficulty (All-Mad-den), the attributes of your players are reduced by 25 per-cent. This makes it extremely frustrating when throwing to a wide open receiver and having
them repeatedly drop the ball and cost you possession.
Another improvement that could be made is to the Fran-chise mode in “Madden 13” — or rather, the lack thereof. The new career mode in “Madden 13” is very different from the previous franchise mode. It allows for less variability as a player. Gamers can only be and do things as a head coach. They cannot make improve-ments to the team by signing or training players. The only thing they can do is change the current roster of the team. This will discourage some of the single-player gamers, but those who like to play with friends should have hours of fun with his new Madden powerhouse.
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By ashton GarButtStaff Writer
Trip to Guatemala to help orphans spurs campus event to benefit school
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DANCING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE — Dance Marathon 2012 will raise money to benefit the children at the School of Hope in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. International Justice Mission will be co-sponsoring the event and has done a series of press releases, tabling, and event invites to promote the Dance Marathon.
Even though we’ve still got a few more weeks until holiday shoppers are scoping out the supermarket aisles for good deals on stuffing fixings, cran-berries and of course 30-pound turkeys, our northern neighbors are getting ready to face that battle, preparing to stretch their waist belts to full capacity and pulling out the Tupperware for the glorious creation that is Thanksgiving leftovers.
While Thanksgiving is thought of as a purely Amer-ican tradition, Canada cel-ebrates the holiday on the second Monday of October every year. This year the holiday falls on Oct. 8. Canadians take this time to visit family and celebrate the successful harvest, which occurs in early October for most of Northern Canada. In fact, the first Thanksgiving in North America took place in Canada. In 1578, an explorer from England arrived in New-foundland and celebrated his safe arrival to the new world by “giving thanks” with a meal.
No, they don’t tell the tale of how the Native Americans and the pilgrims sat together for a meal (which is politically inaccurate, despite the fact that tradition has ingrained this tale into our hearts and elementary education system). Actually, the history of Canadian Thanks-giving stems from a European farming custom of getting together to toast to the harvest. While the celebration had been
occurring for hundreds of years, it was only in 1957 that the Parliament of Canada offi-cially recognized the holiday. Thanksgiving also had political influences, as it has become a tool of the state during various times of victory.
The same traditional foods are eaten: mashed potatoes, seasoned vegetables, turkey (or some sort of roast) and fruit desert (cobbler, pies, etc.). Do people crowd around the televi-
sion screen, yelling at the foot-ball game? Yes, but not because it’s Thanksgiving, but simply because it’s football season.
It is typical for Canadians to start the celebrations at the beginning of this three-day weekend and have their festive dinner sometime before Monday.
Sorry, avid shoppers, the day after is not called “Black Tues-day.” For the record, neither is any day following Thanks-
giving. While many Ameri-cans stake their claim outside Walmart at midnight on Friday, waiting to barge through the doors at an ungodly hour, do not plan to do so in Canada. If you do, you’ll be standing there alone. The closest thing to the American “Black Friday” is Boxing Day, which occurs the day after Christmas.
No, it’s not a celebration of Canada’s best boxers, or a trib-ute to our canine friend. Not
much is said about why this day has been given this title. On Dec. 26, Canadians head to the malls for after-Christmas, end of the year sales sure to be at almost every store.
This Oct. 8, if you are in the holiday season mood, head to the grocery store, pick up a turkey and celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving.
If you are inclined to visit our northern neighbor over the weekend, be prepared for three
days of holiday activities, family time and of course massive amounts of food. Although if you do find yourself north of the border this weekend, do not call it Canadian Thanksgiving. To them, it’s just Thanksgiving, and that kind of attitude will perpetuate the stereotype of the self-centered American.
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By Gabrielle OterOLife & Arts Editor
These days, anyone who can get a job right out of college is one of a select, lucky few. However, if they can manage to get a job with one of these companies, they’ve truly hit the jackpot.
Facebook: In addition to free food and a fun and relaxed work environment complete with gaming tables, it also provides free laundry services, leather repair and photo pro-cessing for its employees.
Zynga: Gaming compa-ny Zynga not only allows but encourages employees to bring their dogs to work. Other awe-some perks include free mas-sages, acupuncture and hair-cuts, as well as an onsite gym, plenty of arcade games and a pub.
LinkedIn: LinkedIn’s perks focus on healthy living. They offer an onsite gym, running trails, morning boot camps, af-ternoon yoga and pilates. Chair massages are also available, and there’s a beanbag chair lounge to relax in as well. There are also plenty of opportunities to play games with your fellow employees, including foosball, ping-pong, team soccer, team softball, “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band”.
Chesapeake Energy Corp: Chesapeake has perhaps the most unique perk of all. The
natural gas company offers its employees discounted scuba classes and, once certified, em-ployees can go on a company scuba trip to Cozumel, Mexico. Other perks include yoga class-es and cooking demonstrations.
Microsoft: Microsoft fo-cuses more on practical perks like healthcare, but it also has plenty of other perks, among them being ping-pong tables and bottomless soda. Another helpful perk is the Microsoft Commons, which is essentially an on-site shopping mall where you can buy everything you could possibly need, including groceries, and even take care of banking. Another fun perk is the Microsoft Prime Card, which entitles the holder to a variety of discounts both online and with local retailers.
Foursquare: Even more ex-citing to some than free food, Foursquare offers its employees free beer. In addition, its em-ployees enjoy discounted gym membership, a casual dress code, gaming tables, a catered lunch a few times a week and unlimited sick and vacation days.
Evernote: A software com-pany called Evernote takes it a step further than Foursquare, not only offering unlimited va-cation days, but also compen-sating employees with $1,000 in spending money to encour-age them to take a week-long vacation at least once a year. Another uncommon but in-
credible perk is free profes-sional house cleaning twice a month.
Jetsetter: Travel company Jetsetter offers employees a happy hour, gaming tables, and allowance for hotels and a tab at the local coffee shop.
Google leads the way in cool perks for employees. Its offices alone are motivation to work there. For example, their headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. include a bowling alley and their offices in Boul-der, Calif. have a rock-climb-ing wall. Other offices come equipped with fireman poles or slides. Google explains their affinity for fun work environ-ments by saying, “Our offices and cafes are designed to en-courage interactions between Googlers within and across teams, and to spark conversa-tion about work as well as play.” Other perks include three free meals a day and unlimited snacks in the cafeteria, on-site doctors, laundry service, free haircuts, subsidized massages and a ball pit. Employees can also take their dogs to work. All this combines to make Google our top pick for excellent perks.
Clearly, some companies know how to treat their em-ployees. Most of us can only hope to be so lucky as to work for such a company someday.
By elizabeth PietruchaAssistant Life & Arts Editor
Alexandra Rangel / ASSISTANT ART EDITOR
A film with two rival a cappella groups, pop music and a mix of offbeat characters sounds like the “Glee” trend is still continuing. However, that’s not entirely the case with the latest comedy-musi-cal “Pitch Perfect.”
“Pitch Perfect” is a funny, upbeat film that delves into the competitive and highly dramatic world of college a cappella groups. The film com-bines witty humor, popular music and fresh characters to create a purely comical movie that keeps audiences laughing from start to finish.
The storyline is fairly typical for a teen comedy. Beca, played by Anna Ken-drick, is forced to attend Barton College where her father is a professor, although her real dream is to become a disc jockey in LA. Almost immediately, Beca doesn’t feel like she belongs at Barton and spends most of her time remixing music in her room. However, one day while working at the college’s radio station, she meets Jesse, played by Skylar Astin, and begins a friendship-romance with him. But as it turns out, Jesse is a member of the “Treble-mak-ers,” Barton’s leading male a cappella group and rival to the all-female “Barton Bellas.”
Beca eventually finds her-self part of the “Barton Bellas” a cappella group who are trying to reshape their image after a disastrous performance mishap at the finals the previ-ous year.
The new group of Barton Bellas consists of returning captains, the controlling Au-
brey (Anna Camp), the con-fident Chloe (Brittney Snow) and a group of new misfits that include a lesbian student with a gambling problem (Ester Dean), the “bombshell” (Alexis Knapp), the quiet but darkly humorous Asian (Hana Mae Lee), Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson), an outspoken, wildly funny Tasmanian transfer student who is responsible for delivering most of the movie’s successful one-liners and of course Beca, the aspiring DJ and the punk rock savior of the group.
The movie then follows the new group of Barton Bellas as they struggle to come to terms with their new identity and triumph over the Treble Mak-ers at the national a cappella finals.
Although the competi-tion is fierce, it is during this journey to nationals that the movie contains the bulk of its humor with musical improv standoffs between the Bellas and the Treble Makers, an awkward budding romance between Bella and Jesse and an almost fatal bus trip in which Fat Amy gets shot — well, with a burrito — and the girls are forced to share a bus with their rivals.
However, it is the one-lin-ers and the witty, sometimes wildly inappropriate, com-ments mostly delivered by Fat Amy that really make the movie a purely comedic and enjoyable experience for the audience.
This witty humor used throughout the movie teaches the audience that the Bellas are “aca-people” who get deep-ly involved with “aca-politics” and punish rule breakers by “pitch-slapping” them.
And of course, the upbeat pop music and dance numbers featured in the movie help give it an energetic and fast-paced feeling.
As the Bellas try to shed their uptight classic repertoire, they begin to explore their love for modern pop songs like “Titanium” by David Guetta and “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead or Alive. They also do a hilarious rendition of “Mickey” by Toni Basil in a sing-off with the Tremble Makers.
This integration of popular music really gets the audience charged and adds a little extra force to the humor of the movie.
However, this movie is purely comical. It features a stereotypical teen romance with no added depth. The
characters don’t really strug-gle to overcome any serious questions of identity or explore the drive for competition that one might expect to be slightly integrated into the movie.
Despite this, the other comedic elements of “Pitch Perfect” keep the movie going at a fast enough pace that the audience stays entertained the whole time without feeling like they missed out on some-
thing.Overall, “Pitch Perfect”
seems to combine witty humor, great music and fresh characters in perfect harmony to create a great, albeit typical, teen comedy.
JUST KEEP SINGIN’— The Barton Bellas and their rival, the TrebleMakers, have an impromptu sing off. Later in the movie, a girl from the Barton Bellas and a boy from the TrebleMakers fall in love.
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Staff WriterBEN HOLCOMB
Rogue Wave
Let’s toast to the kids’ table
You would think the trans-formative experience of turning 21 would forever protect you from the kids’ table on momen-tous occasions; you would not be me.
This weekend, without rhyme or reason, I found myself sitting at the kids’ table at a wedding in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“You gotta give algebra a chance man! It all builds on itself; I swear you’re going to come around to the x=y stuff, just give it time,” I told Billy, the fifth grader next to me.
“Oh no, just drop her dude, she doesn’t get it then. Sponge-Bob isn’t a ‘kiddy show’, it’s a — you’re so right — it’s a thoughtful examination of what it means to be a sponge at the bottom of the ocean.”
“I hear you. Preach, preacher. Seventh grade basketball try-outs are an amalgam of hopeful anticipation and sheer terror. What’s amalgam? It’s like a mixtu— don’t worry about it. Tryouts are rough, that’s all.”
For the better part of two hours, I was wedged between a faction of grade schoolers in the corner of a wedding tent adjacent to the buzzing generator. We were the last to be served. It wasn’t long before I realized we’d also be the first to go if the generator malfunc-tioned and exploded in a ball of celebratory fire.
It’s hard getting the servers’ attention when you’re too pre-occupied monitoring the bride’s young cousin next to you as they struggle to transport food from their plate to mouth. Nev-ertheless, every time a waiter walked by, I stood up, license in hand, asking for some cham-pagne, “Since I’m 21 and all … legal adult, you know how it is with older people.”
No one noticed. My com-rades and I ended up splitting Martinelli’s as the toasting began. The carbonation was rough on Suzy’s esophagus. “Sip it slowly,” I said. This was the bride’s night, to be sure, but the collective conscience of the party couldn’t help but sneak glances at the behemoth (me) sitting in the corner, his knees well above the table’s height.
It can be a humbling expe-rience, sitting with children ten years younger than you as your colleagues drink and celebrate an otherwise magical evening. But maybe humbling is what we all need a little more of these days. We spend so much time — I’ll rephrase that — I spend so much time doing everything in my power to make sure I don’t make a fool of myself, that people only see the pristine, coagulated shell and not the crumbling mess harbored within.
Life is one massive room full of people at kids’ tables trying to not make eye contact with the other losers around the room in the same posi-tion. It becomes much more enjoyable when we all just own up to the absurdity and loosen up our ties. Yes, this experience is awkward and unexplainable at times, but without those mo-ments we’re just ghosts in suits floating around a room.
It’s better to sit up tall and laugh than hunch over your bread plate hoping no one notices you. Everyone’s got a kids’ table in their life, and trust me when I say we all notice it. Life is so much cooler if we just embrace that.
It’s something I think we can all toast to.
MOVIE REVIEW
‘Pitch’ creates perfection
MUSIC REVIEW
Muse releases ‘The 2nd Law’Internationally known
British band Muse released their latest album, “The 2nd Law” on Tuesday. Recently known for the creation of London 2012’s Olympic anthem, Muse is ready to set ears ablaze with their sixth studio album.
Comprised of three multi-talented men — Mat-thew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenhome and Dominic Howard — the innovative group formed in their college days in Teignmouth, Devon (which is in the UK). Before Muse was called Muse, the band went through various names as they continued to experiment with their musical collaboration.
Inspired by the mytholog-ical muses, Bellamy, Wolsten-home and Howard settled on the shortened name of Muse because of the word’s mean-ing and its aesthetic appeal — it was a short word that would look good on posters. The members of the band then decided that they were much more talented than they assumed and took the leap into the music business. The Muse men dropped out of university and began fine-tun-ing their craft.
The late 90s were a good period in Muse history. The band recorded and released two EPs and garnered attention from prominent UK music authorities such as NME magazine. The group signed with Taste Media.
Although the band had a label, they weren’t receiving the benefits of being attached to an international studio and thus, weren’t being marketed as much as they should have been. Lucky for Muse, Co-lumbia Records flew the band out stateside to showcase for American labels.
Shortly after, the band signed with Maverick Records and on their return across the pond, Muse’s first label, Taste Media, began work forming more label contracts in Eu-rope and Australia. These con-tracts allowed the band to re-tain possession of their music endeavors without worrying about being compromised.
Muse released its first full-length record called “Showbiz” in 1999. The album sparked the beginning of a very fruitful career for the men of Devon.
The band captured a large following internationally because of their innovative style. Stemming from the rock genre, it’s impossible to pigeon-hole the band into one genre. They experiment with all types of music; some songs are infused with more classical elements and others are more alternative and heavy metal. Muse’s musical repertoire is vast and creates a multi-faceted musical experi-ence that sets them far apart from other bands of the times.
“The 2nd Law,” the trio’s twelve-track album, explores all the genres that Muse was able to conquer in albums past with newer mainstream sounds. The record incorpo-
rates a lot of house and dub-step influences and mellows down with classical piano instrumentations. The men of Muse are extremely talented artists and their newest album is a perfect example of their skill. The trio even include the Olympic anthem “Survival” on the record for those who want to relive their London experience from this summer.
“Madness” is the first sin-gle off the album and reins in fans with sounds reminiscent to work on their “Absolution” album. The heavy bass rhythm is a little INXS and infuses perfectly with lead vocalist Bellamy’s angelic voice. The repetition of “mad” adds a little spice to the song and the group harmonization on “madness” just seals the musical deal.
The song is a unique amalgamation of genres, and per usual, Muse creates a hauntingly innovative track. The song is immensely catchy with its chorus and lyrics; Bellamy’s vocals add to the captivation of the track as well because his vocal abilities are just uncanny. The track builds into an explosion of Bellamy’s harmonized vocals and a crescendo of instrumen-tation and background sound.
“Panic Switch” follows “Madness” on the album and does not disappoint. The track kicks off in an old-school rock kind of way with its guitar and drum rhythm.
The vocal arrangementon the song is reminiscent of fel-low British band Queen and lends a sassy beat to the track.
It’s a hip-swinging, grooving kind of track that broaches the musical genres of the past with the present. The guitar solo starts off sounding very classic rock, then transitions into a more Muse-like sound. The track has a sultry, Freddy Mercury feel and really cap-tures Muse’s versatility. “Panic Switch” is a must-hear track and hopefully will be released as a single.
The entire album is a breath of fresh Muse air. It’s a perfectly crafted work of art and sets the bar even higher for the band. It’s no surprise that the band’s work of art is carefully executed on the stage.
Muse has been known to give a beautiful, outrageous show and sadly they aren’t crossing the pond to tour at the moment. But if the moment ever arises, Muse is a band that must be experi-enced live because their shows exhibit a level of mastery that many musicians don’t infuse into their performances. Muse is a top-notch band and their album “The 2nd Law” is an-other piece of Muse gold.
Their mastery of various musical genres is uncanny and their ability to mix those genres into solid tracks is a unique talent. Muse is a truly talented band that showcases their immense skill in every album; “The 2nd Law” is another example of that talent and does not disappoint.
Key Facts
Band MembersMatthew BellamyDomini Howard
Christopher Wolsten-holme
COURTESY OF Muse
GenresAlternative rock
On tour?Yes
(For tickets go to www.ticketmaster.
com)
LabelWarner Bros.
By Nikki TorrieNTeCreative Director
By DaNielle accovelliStaff Writer
because its combination of humor and music creates a fun film but lacks the depth of a serious movie.
I give this film
COURTESY OF Universal Pictures
Previous AlbumsThe Resistance
HAARPBlack Holes and
RevolationsAbsolutionHullabaloo
Origin of SymmetryShowbiz
job of the weekparking >>Can you find the many things wrong with this parking job? It’s like a
Where’s Waldo of parking mistakes. First off, it’s in a no parking zone, designated by the sideways lines that they happened to miss. Also, they are clearly taking up half of the handicapped parking space, another sign that the driver seemed to have missed. Get some glasses, dear driver, or please let someone else park for you.
Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 4CPA Presents
Jake Shimabukuro8-10 p.m.
Smothers Theatre
Friday, Oct. 5Project Serve Team Member
Application Due (Contact Meredith Miller at
Saturday, Oct. 6CPA Presents
Lisa LoebSmothers Theatre
8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 7Melissa Etheridge
8 p.m.Terrace Theatre -
Long Beach Convention Center
Monday, Oct. 8Florence and the Machine
7 p.m.Hollywood Bowl
Tuesday, Oct. 9Fine Arts Theatre Dept.
Presents “Tartuffe”7:30-9:30 p.m.
Lindhurst Theatre
Wednesday, Oct. 10Distinguished Lecture
Series: Dr. Peter Harrison
7 p.m.Elkins
Ho or s pe scoTAURUS:Don’t stop believ-ing. Hold on to that feeling.
GEMINI:Disney movies make everything better.
LEO:You don’t have any motivation right now. Maybe next week.
SCORPIO:Don’t take every-thing so seriously.
SAGITTARIUS:Sometimes you need a moment to take it all in. Take that moment.
CAPRICORN:A nice long mas-sage will do the trick.
AQUARIUS:Old issues will arise if you don’t play your cards right.
ARIES:Karaoke night is always a good time.
Al Lai /ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR
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Interests lead to fulfillmentHobbies-for-hire help distinguish individuals from other applicants
This past summer, I had an inspiring conversation during a meeting in which my presence seemed utterly inconsequen-tial. At break, a young lady sitting next to me swiveled around in her chair and, out of the blue, asked one of the most frequent questions college students hear, “So, what do you plan to do after you graduate?” A little taken aback and quite unsure of myself, I uncom-fortably smiled, gave a slight shrug and mentioned the possibility of graduate school, possibly taking a gap year beforehand to round out my work experience. She nodded, understanding my perspective, and proceeded to offer some surprisingly thought-provok-ing advice on a topic most professionals refrain from discussing with job-yearning undergraduates — hobbies.
We all have them for entertainment purposes, and as much-needed distractions. Usually we don’t consider them as potential career mate-rial, especially under the scru-tinizing question: “Well, that’s nice you enjoy sketching (or what have you), but when are
you going to get a real job?” As professionals-in-training, we often feel the societal pressure to commit to an occupation typified by whitewashed cu-bicles, clacking keyboards and stifling business attire. This millennial fear unfortunately leaves much to be desired.
However, this insightful woman, despite what many parents and professionals fail to mention, believed there is tremendous value in pursuing hobbies as a means for both meaningful career develop-ment and self-fulfillment. She teaches spin classes at her local community fitness center several days throughout the month after work. Granted, it took commitment, but it was nevertheless a great way for her to volunteer her time and to cultivate her interpersonal skills by instructing others in a subject she personally loved, not to mention it broke up the often repetitious cycle of full-time employment.
As she explained, inte-grating your favorite hobby as some form of partial employ-ment is a terrific opportunity to advance yourself in that passion and to serve oth-ers by utilizing your unique set of skills. Whether it is
painting, surfing or playing an instrument or sport, seriously consider a temporary instruc-tor position from time to time. The opportunities are out there waiting for your expertise. Additionally, matching your pastimes with community needs is a great way to stay involved, expand your network and perhaps earn a few dollars on the side.
No one says your profes-
sional career is the only means to earn a living or the terminal goal for personal success. If anything, we don’t want our hobbies to fall by the way-side because work demands so much from us. Having a few hobbies-for-hire, there-fore, can distinguish you as a well-rounded individual, one who is able to strike a meaningful balance between work and personal interests
and therefore manage time effectively.
This conversation brought me back to a key moment when I contemplated Pepper-dine as my college of choice, as I believe it emphasizes Pepper-dine’s hope for its students. At an acceptance reception, I met President Benton for the first time and expressed my enthu-siasm for the university. He shook my hand saying, “If you
come to Pepperdine, expect transformation. We don’t sim-ply educate you on becoming a professional. Instead, we want you to be a professional who plays the guitar and sings in a band.” Opportunity abounds for personal growth when you can successfully integrate your career and pastimes into the community.
By Bud davisStaff Writer
SEPTEMBER 23-OCTOBER 22 | LIBRA: Let loose and have a dance party. You’ll be glad you did.
Alexandra Rangel /ASSISTANT ART EDITOR
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Former coach Tom Asbury will join many others who will be inducted into the Pepperdine Athletic Hall of Fame. Asbury was named the West Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 1991 and 1992. During the nine years that Asbury served as assistant coach (1980-1988), the Waves had a 167-97 record with four NCAA Tournament appearances. The only three championships for the Waves at the WCC Tournament were during Asbury’s coaching ca-reer.
Asbury ushered in a new wave of student-athlete recruits during his last seasons with the Waves that boosted the team’s overall GPA. Coach Asbury said he is now enjoying retire-ment.
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NEXT UP...SCOREBOARDThursday, October 4 Sunday, October 7
Women’s Soccer at San Francisco at 1 p.m.
Men’s Tennis at Irvine (All Day)
Women’s Tennis at Irvine (All Day)
Women’s Volleyball vs. Date Score Record: Santa Clara Sept. 29 L, 3-1 10-7UCSB Oct. 3 W, 3-1 11-7
Women’s Soccervs. Date Score Record:Boston College Sept. 29 W, 1-0 8-3Dartmouth Oct. 1 W, 1-0 9-3
Men’s Water Polovs. Date Score Record:Stanford Sept. 30 L, 13-8 7-4 California Sept. 30 L, 12-9 7-5
Monday, October 8Women’s Volleyball vs. Bucknell at 5 p.m.
Saturday, October 6Men’s Water Polo vs. Concordia at 11 a.m.vs. Golden West College at 1 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball vs. San Diego at 1 p.m.
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Athletics honors renowned WavesMen’s Basketball
By Halli SpragginSAssistant Sports Editor
As Pepperdine’s leading scorer with 1701 points, it is no surprise that Dane Suttle Sr. is being inducted into the Pep-perdine Athletic Hall of Fame. Suttle averaged 23.4 points per game during his senior year, 1982-1983. That same year, he received an All-Ameri-can Honorable Mention from the Associated Press and the West Coast Conference Play-er of the Year award. During his time at Pepperdine, Suttle was known for his incredible shooting skills and ability to perform under pressure. Sut-tle was selected by the Kansas City Kings during the seventh round of the 1983 NBA draft after graduating from Pepper-dine. His son Dane Suttle Jr. followed his father’s footsteps by playing for the Waves from 2009 to 2012. Suttle Sr. is cur-rently an assistant coach at Cal State Los Angeles.
Men’s BasketballBy Halli SpragginSAssistant Sports Editor
Jennifer Evans represents women’s soccer as the sport’s first inductee into the Pepper-dine Athletics Hall of Fame. From her time with the Waves, Evans holds single-season re-cords accumulated in 1993 for points in a season with a whopping 46, points per game (2.71), goals (20), goals per game (1.18) and 97 shots.
She also received two All-WCC first team picks during her-four-season soccer career.
Women’s SoccerBy narine adamova Sports Editor
Dan Haren is a three-time All-Star player who is under contract with Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, where has played since 2010. He represented Pepperdine as the 1999 West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year. Pairing with his team-mate Noah Lowry, a left-hand-ed pitcher, he formed the best starting pitching duo of the WCC.
He was also named an All-West Coast Conference Selec-tion in 2000 and 2001.
BaseballBy narine adamova Sports Editor
Thursday, October 11Women’s Volleyball vs. San Francisco at 7 p.m.
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SPORTSOctober 4, 2012 Graphic B9
Ask A WAveWhat team do you look forward to
playing the most?
“San Diego.”
James GranpresophomoreBaseBall
“Baylor.”
amanda leCavesophomore
soCCer
“Santa Clara.”
spenCer hamBy sernior
Water polo
“USC- Senior Night.”
Kelsey BroCKWayFreshman
BasKetBall
“LMU.”
aaron BroWnsophomoreBaseBall
“Texas A&M.”
Bri larivieresophomore
soCCer
CAll ‘em As We see ‘emThoughts, reflections and predictions from our staff
on the world of sports.
Halli SpragginS
Flop vs. Foul. The long, heated debate in the NBA has finally been addressed. The league has adopted a new “anti-flopping” policy that fines any player for unnecessary falling during a game. Their official release has defined the act as “any physical act that appears to have been intended to cause the referees to call a foul on another player.” After their first warning, any player who continues to flop will be fined $5,000 for each following flop. Players will have to drop their Hollywood dreams now and learn how to actually play defense.
narine adamova
Novak Djokovitch brought some excite-ment to the court at the ATP World Tour in Beijing. He successfully moved to the quarter-finals by defeating Carlos Berlocq of Argentina (6-1, 6-3). As a matter of fact, the victory wasn’t unexpected for the two-time Beijing champion. The 50th ranked Berlocq is out; Djokovitch goes for his 63rd victory of this year.
Baseball head coach commits to four more years
Steve Rodriguez, Pep-perdine’s head baseball coach, extended his con-tract with the university for the next four years on Sept. 13. He started his head coaching career at Pepperdine in 2003, and led the team to six NCAA Championships appearances.
Prior to being the head coach, Rodriguez worked as an assistant head coach for four years. While a student at Pepperdine, he contributed as a starting second baseman to the Waves NCAA champi-onship title in 1992.
“Steve Rodriguez is an outstanding represen-tative of Pepperdine and its mission and he pro-vides excellent leadership to our student-athletes,” Pepperdine Director of
Athletics Steve Potts said in a press release. “Conti-nuity and stability are im-portant to any program, so I’m pleased that Steve will be our head baseball coach for a 10th season this spring and for many years after that.’
Rodriguez was named to a list of the conference’s top 40 players in history in 2007 at the 40th anni-versary of WCC players. Rodriguez is proud to be at the place connected to some of the most exciting memories.
“The biggest thing is I am alumnus from here. I played here and I met my wife here. There are only certain places that people can remember, like certain memories, for me Pepperdine is one of those places,” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez is looking forward to a successful
season and is determined to lead the team to a na-tional title in 2013. He mentioned that one of his goals is to help the ath-letes grow as players and as people.
“We have really re-cruited some amazing kids; they are very good athletes,” Rodriguez said. “They do a lot of things for the community and they are tremendous peo-ple.”
By NariNe adamovaSports Editor
STRIVING FOR SUCCESS — Long-time baseball coach, Steve Rodriguez, looks forward to a new four-year contract.g [email protected]
Contract extended
Parker Kalmbach of the Pepperdine men’s volleyball team and Waves alumna Ste-vi Robinson represented the U.S. at the NORCECA Beach Tour event Sept. 28-30 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
Overall, there were sixteen men’s teams and thirteen wom-en’s teams competing at the Beach Volleyball Circuit event, and the international com-petition included teams from Canada, Costa Rica, the Do-minican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Saint Lucia, Trini-dad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and the Virgin Islands.
Robinson, who graduated from Pepperdine in 2012 and is currently a graduate student at the University of Southern California, paired with Eve Et-tinger from USC at the com-petition.
Together with his partner, 24-year-old University of New Mexico graduate Adam Cab-bage, Kalmbach managed to finish second in their pool with a 2-1 record.
Kalmbach and Cabbage de-feated Marc Lomeli and An-thony Pippen of the U.S. Vir-gin Islands team 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) on Saturday, Sept. 29. Unfortunately, the USA4 team of Cabbage and Kalmbach was defeated by Avery Drost and Jesse Rambis of USA5 Team
(16-21, 25-23, 15-13). on Sun-day.
The loss prevented them from moving to the quarterfi-nals against Mexico.
“There were five USA teams, and all of them were really good players,” Kalmbach
said. “Canada had a really good national team, who played in the World Tour. We played Canada once; they got seventh at the National tour before. We barely lost to them, but they are older and more experienced. We beat El Salvador and Vir-gin Islands to get second place in the pool,” said Kalmbach.
“It was very good experi-ence to play at the international championship,” he added.
Kalmbach is planning to continue his sports career after graduation and go pro in beach volleyball.
By NariNe adamovaSports Editor
Parker Kalmbach Volleyball player
Waves on the beach
Pepperdine represents US at international volleyball tournament
The No. 20 Pepperdine women’s soccer team (8-3-0) upset No. 5 Boston College (8-2-2) on Saturday Sept. 29 at Harvard’s Soldiers Field.
The first and only goal of the game came from Pepper-dine forward Callie Paytta in the 47th minute of the game. It was Paytta’s first goal of the season and the eighth of her career. Midfielder/forward Ally Holz tallied the assist.
Even though the Waves notched the only goal of the game, it was their defense that
got them the win. The win was goalkeeper
Roxanne Barker’s second con-secutive shutout of the season and head coach Tim Ward was proud of the entire team.
“[Boston College is] a very good team,” Ward told LA Soccer News. “This is the best performance we’ve put togeth-er all year and the opponent demanded it. To come and beat a program with the tradition of Boston College is a huge victo-ry for us.”
The Waves return to the West Coast for a game against San Francisco, at San Francis-co, on Oct. 7.
Women’s soccer beats Eagles
NFL CONTROVERSY — The NFL referee lockout began June 4, 2012. Sept. 10: A bad call ends the game prematurely. Sept. 16: Brian Stropolo’s bias towards the Saints obstructs his ability to perform as a side judge. Sept. 23: Of-ficials catch their mistake but only after the game is over. Sept. 23: The officials’ mistake helps the Titans score a game-winning field goal against Lions. Sept. 24: Fans have finally had enough when a Packer’s interception is ruled as a touchdown for the Seahawks. Sept. 26: The NFL makes an agreement with the referees’ union to end the three-month-long union strike.
By Kayla FergusoNExecutive Editor
Team prepares for ITA ChampionshipPepperdine men’s tennis be-
gan this semester with a rough start at the Olympia Fields In-vitational in September. Coach Adam Steinberg believes the team didn’t play well at all and didn’t “compete like a Pepper-dine tennis team should.” Last season, the Waves’ 4-1 loss to Virginia in the semifinals fin-ished off the 2011-2012 season in the NCAA Final Four with a 27-7 record.
Coach Steinberg is opti-mistic about the Waves’ 2012-2013 season. “I know we have a good team, so I don’t worry
about that. We have to com-pete much better next time and we will.”
Senior Finn Tearney will be the sole representative for the men’s tennis team at the Inter-collegiate Tennis Association’s All-American Championship Thursday, Oct. 4 through Sun-day, Oct. 7
By Halli spraggiNsAssistant Sports Editor
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NFL RefereeLockout Begins
NFL Referee Lockout Ends
Raiders vs. ChargersSept. 10, 2012
Saints vs. PanthersSept. 16, 2012
49ers vs. VikingsSept. 23, 2012
Titans vs. Lions Sept. 23, 2012
Packers vs. SeahawksSept. 24, 2012
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RETURN — Senior Sebastian Fanselow focuses on returning an opponent’s shot.
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Students relax with coffee and tunes in the Sandbar
The first CoffeeHouse of this school year was held last Friday night in the Sandbar. It featured Dana Cargioli, Hunt-er Havins, Rmani Crawford, Steph Stamas and Alex Keat-ing (of Lady on the Moon) as well as other student perform-ers.
There was not much room for walking or breathing in the Sandbar that night. The room was full of students try-ing to call dibs on the couches in front of the stage or trying not to bump into someone in the midst of chairs that filled
the room. Students sitting at the computer bar struggled to see over the heads of peers standing in the aisles. Indis-tinct “could you move or duck down” questions were audible on constant basis. Many of the students who performed are well-known names on campus and drew large crowds of sup-port.
Students surrounded the Crumbs cupcakes before the performance started — leav-ing only one measly cupcake by 8:15 p.m. There were few-er students actually trying to drink coffee at the Coffee-House that one would expect; despite it being Starbucks cof-
fee, it was not a favorite among the crowd.
The first act was Cargioli and her friend. Cargioli’s voice has a soulful quality and the duo’s music was very reminis-cent of Mumford and Sons. They combined guitar and ukulele playing to enhance their musical covers. They cov-ered a variety of top 40 hits and actively engaged the audi-ence with their songs.
Hunter Havins followed them up. He had a more indie and upbeat tempo than Car-gioli and sang a few original songs. Havins told a story be-fore he started one song that was clearly written to a girl he
cared dearly about. He said, “I wrote it about an eighth grade relationship that broke up … called it ‘Leslie’s Song.’ Weeks after writing it, she told me she had been seeing other people while we were dating. I now call this song ‘Three Weeks After I Wrote This Song She Told Me She Was Cheating on Me.’” The crowd found this irony amusing, but was quickly wrapped up into the passion and angst that he seemed to carry through all of his music.
After Havins’ heartfelt piece, he swapped out his gui-tar for a banjo and bantered with the crowd for a minute. Then he pulled out a harmon-
ica and the crowd (specifically, the male portion) cheered with enthusiasm for the upcoming song. As each act passed, few-er chairs were filled; it seemed that the crowd levels peaked during Havins’ act and people slowly left after.
Havins wasn’t the only per-former to have a cute story for the audience. Crawford liter-ally had most of the women in the audience awing and cooing as he played piano and sang a song he wrote. But it wasn’t just any old song — it was a song to his future daughter. After the song finished, he received a partial standing ovation. Crawford’s music was
reflective of his gospel choir involvement, yet he retained his own style. It is the kind of music that one would listen to on a rainy day while reflecting on their life. Crawford even helped Stamas with the first song of her set.
As an end to the night, Keating performed for the dedicated students who stayed until the end. Overall, the talent filling the first Cof-feeHouse of the year has set a high standard that will be tough to match.
By Brandie WarrLife & Arts Assistant
Rebecca Herron / PHOTO EDITOR
ABOVE: MUSICAL MUSING— Steph Stamas intrigued the crowd with her unique style, voice and guitar skills.LEFT TOP AND BOTTOM: STUNNERS OF THE NIGHT — Nate Tinner, Elaina Williamson, Rmani Crawford and Emily Samuel garnered loud applause and engaged the CoffeeHouse audience with their commentary. One of the high-lights of the night was when Crawford played a song that he wrote for his future daughter.
BANJO LOVIN’ — Freshman Hunter Havins stole the spotlight for the first CoffeeHouse of the year. After the show, Facebook had pictures of Havins with statuses proclaiming him as the heartthrob of the freshman class.Rebecca Herron/ PHOTO EDITOR
