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Empowerment is the name of the game for freshman Business major Joshua Gray, who started and runs his own non-profit organization called Foundation FLY, dedicated to providing encouragement and inspirational materials to teens in his hometown of Las Vegas, Nev. Last March, Gray started putting together his organization with its mission to provide an outlet for positive messages aimed at students ages 8 to 18.
“I really just want to encourage and uplift teens and let them know that they have a future and they can achieve their dreams,” Gray said.
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For the spring semester, the Inter Club Council (ICC) redesigned the procedure for allocating funds to clubs. The resulting change involved the formation of a new Funding Committee primarily intended to ensure that the money was used well, according to ICC President Danielle Byrd, a senior.
Last year, there were weekly meetings where an allotment of $5,000 was given out, Byrd said. Representatives from all 85 ICC-member clubs could attend and vote on which clubs would receive money. The reality was that clubs would really only attend when they wanted money, ... Featured, News »
With the first of two mandatory International Programs (IP) orientations taking place this Saturday, directors and faculty are scrambling to prepare students in the 2012–2013 academic year programs for the alcohol-culture shock many will experience. Alcohol abuse is a prime issue that program directors agree can be averted with onset guidance.
Alcohol Awareness Week ends this Friday, and in case prospective students going abroad overlooked it, they’ll be briefed on the subject soon enough.
Plans for the orientation are still in its finishing stages, and Jeff Hamilton, director of IP admissions and ... News »
In an effort to improve efficiency, Sodexo recently implemented a new ticket ordering system in the Waves Cafe. As Sodexo perfects the system, it will eventually expand to the School of Law Cafe and Drescher Cafe.
Until recently, guests verbally told the chef their order and stood by until the order was completed. Now, guests fill out a ticket, place it in a basket and wait until their name is called.
“Our ultimate goal is to serve you, our guests, faster and more accurately. As we received feedback and analyzed the grill ... News »
Pepperdine alumna Kristin Banta dedicated her adult life to helping couples make the most important day of their lives unique. Banta has taken her wedding planning profession to a new level with a recent foray into television.
On Valentine’s Day, Banta starred in “The Ring Leader,” a TV special on Bravo about how she helps a couple bring their dreams to life. The TV special showcased Banta’s out-of-the-box style. She seeks out inspiring factors that will distinguish couples’ weddings from the norm. “I want to show the less traditional point of ... Headline, News »
Michael Reagan, the adopted and eldest son of former President Ronald Reagan visited Pepperdine today, promoting his book “The New Reagan Revolution,” originally published in 2011, but recently released in paperback. Reagan spoke to a group of faculty and students in the Kresge Reading Room in the Payson Library about many stories about his father’s rise to the Presidency and his time in The White House, providing his fresh perspective and many behind-the-scenes details on events from the Reagan era.
Reagan highlighted many of the principles and values that he saw ... Featured, News »
The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors issued a statement Tuesday clarifying the controversial ball- and Frisbee-throwing ordinance passed last week. With the ordinance, the LA County (LAC) Board of Supervisors had banned Frisbees, balls and several other beach games for the entire summer. The statement explained, however, that the decision ought to actually increase safe, legal beach activities.
According to the statement, “The new ordinance lifts a decades-old, all-out ban on playing football, Frisbee and other ball on the beach.” The decades-old ban actually prohibited the playing of ... News, Perspectives »
I’m proud to go to a school where so many people seem not to care. At Pepperdine, there are social justice folks, Campus Ministry people and Jumpstarters. Recently, the debate over Reach OUT recognition has gotten even more people talking. But there are a lot of people who aren’t saying or doing anything. They may seem apathetic, but they’re not.
Remember the SGA elections last fall? No sophomores and no seniors ran for senate seats. Remember how women were going to vote on a name for the eatery in the HAWC? ... News »
Beginning Friday, the International Studies and Languages Division and the Glazer Institute are hosting a weekend-long symposium, “Surveying Sacred Space: An Interdisciplinary, Interfaith Symposium.”
The event will provide an opportunity for scholars and professors across the nation to discuss the significance and differences associated with religious spaces. The symposium will be filled with interfaith dialogue on faith traditions of sacred space.
According to Professor David Simonowitz, Pepperdine’s Middle East specialist, sacred space includes geographical landscapes, physical building structures, shrines, and many other religiously affiliated places, items and routines.
“Interfaith dialogue has never been ... News »
The Seaver administration’s decision not to grant official club status to LGBT group Reach OUT has fallen under scrutiny with several Pepperdine institutions. The Graduate School of Education and Psychology Diversity Council, GSEP Psy.D. Student Government Association and the Seaver Theatre faculty have all issued statements questioning and, in some cases, opposing the policy.
Most recently, the Seaver Theatre faculty released a statement via Facebook yesterday in support of Reach OUT, reading, “The creation of an official LGBT alliance on our campus will foster a safer and more tolerant environment for ... 
