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The weekly printed edition, printed on April 5, 2012
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At the beginning of the soccer season, the future looked bleak for Arsenal F.C. Two of their best players, Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas, coldly abandoned the club, with Fabregas heading to boyhood club Barcelona and Nasri heading to Premier League rivals Manchester City. Bad results soon followed in Arsenal’s first few games. Since then, however, Arsenal has become one of the best and most exciting teams in Europe. Their acquisition of German defender Per Mertesacker (who bears an uncanny resemblance to English actor Ralph Fiennes) and Ivory Coast winger ... 
A group of 14 surfers from Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount University gathered to master their skills on a cold and cloudy Saturday morning on March 31. As the exclusive participants in a TuneUp event, organized by Red Bull, they spent the morning getting advise from pro Red Bull surfer Ian Walsh. The event started at 8 a.m. at the Advanced Collegiate Surf Camp at Manhattan Beach.
They began with warm-up and an open surf that was proceeded by a forum for Walsh’s feedback.
“Today’s event went amazing; we had a really fun ... 
The Pepperdine Model United Nations team picked up three awards this week at the 2012 National Model United Nations Conference. After more than seven months of preparation, the team of 17 students traveled to New York City to represent the South American nation of Colombia.
Senior Vice President Jordan Grimwood and junior Jasmine Aarabi participating in the General Assembly first committee, junior Catherine Morton on the General Assembly second committee and senior president Cameron Vea in the Conference on Sustainable Development all won awards for Outstanding Position Papers.
“Finding out about the ... 
The American Academy of Advertising recently named Professor Debbie Wideroe the recipient of the Charles H. Sandage Award for Teaching Excellence. “I come alive in the classroom,” Wideroe said with pride. The award recognizes outstanding contributions of advertising teachers, and Wideroe is only the third woman ever to receive this award.
Wideroe said she found her passion for advertising at an early age in junior high school in an advertising art class. She was told that she “wasn’t a good artist” but that didn’t stop her from pursuing her dreams.
“If you ... 
It’s graduation day. It’s everything you expected it to be: (adjective), (adjective) and hot. After (number) long years of hard work, you have earned the right to wear a funny outfit and write “B.A.” or “B.S.” after your name on all official documents.
Looking into the audience, you see your parents and that weird (relative) you didn’t think would come. Oh, there he/she goes, anxiously searching the sky for flying (plural noun), per his/her usual nervous tick. There’s your (adjective) sister, using an issue of (student publication) to fan herself in ... 
Alejandra Granillo’s father brought her up on the principle that “if you really want something, you can achieve it.”
For the sophomore, these few words have been the inspiration for success on- and-off the court. The Pepperdine tennis star has played for the Mexican National team, has been ranked No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association, and is ranked in the top 500 worldwide.
Granillo is originally from Pachuca, Mexico, where she has played tennis since she was 9 years old. “My dad taught me how to play,” she said.
She said she ... 
At 66 years old, most people’s leisure activities would likely involve strolls along the beach, reading a good novel at a coffee shop and, of course, the occasional movie night. Not much so for Laurie Nelson. She has worked at Pepperdine for the past 37 years as a professor of sports medicine as well as an adviser for pre-med students. Today, she is nationally ranked Crossfit athlete.
Crossfit is a national fitness organization that has gyms all over the world. The concept of Crossfit is built on functional movements that give ... 
