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Cars have been burglarized in a string of recent incidents in Malibu m ary c at e long a s s i s tant new s e d itor Authorities are warning the community to pay particular attention to their vehicles following a series of car break-ins in the Malibu area. Several students and community members reported smashed windows and stolen valuables in the past few weeks.

Victoria Thorsen, a senior Sports Medicine major, reported being a victim of a car robbery in the Malibu Country Mart on Wednesday evening, Jan. 17. Thorsen said that she parked across the street from Starbucks on Cross Creek Road at approximately 8 p.m. to go eat at BurgerFi, accompanied by fellow Pepperdine student and friend, Gracyn Lewis.

When the two students returned to Thorsen’s Jeep Grand Cherokee at approximately 8:50 p.m., they found the right passenger door window smashed.

“They snatched me and my friend’s bags. We lost wallets, computers, my iPad and all of our school stuff,” Thorsen said.

Thorsen said the police told her these car break-ins have become common occurrences in the past weeks.

“The police took awhile to get there because they said that they were dealing with six or seven other similar calls that night,” Thorsen said. “He (the police officer) showed me his laptop and showed me all the [car break-in] incidents in the area ... He said that there was about 30 to 40 incidents in the last month.”

Louise Ramirez, crime analyst at the Malibu and Lost Hills

Sheriff Station in Calabasas, said that only two car breakin incidents had been formally reported in the area in the past few weeks.

The discrepancy between the reports of Ramirez and Thorsen’s account of the police officer’s statements remains unclear, but may be due to incidents that were not formally reported.

“I only have the reported crimes in the system. If it’s not reported, then I can’t see it and don’t know if there’s a problem,” Ramirez said.

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According to Ramirez, the first reported incident was an occurrence at Malibu Cross Creek where a Pepperdine student’s backpack, tablet and school supplies were taken, presumably referring to Thorsen’s incident.

After the incident, Thorsen said she and Lewis drove around nearby areas checking places where their backpacks may have been dumped. Thorsen said that during this time at approximately 11 p.m., the women saw police attending to a different car burglary near Duke’s as well as smashed glass near the Malibu Pier.

Thorsen and Lewis’ backpacks were later discovered near the Malibu Vet Clinic and returned to the students. Their electronic items and wallets were not found.

Director of Public Safety Dawn Emrich wrote that she was “not aware of any [car break-in] incidents occurring off campus,” but did report “an incident, reported as vandalism, that involved a car window being broken on Seaver

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Pepp endowment safe from new tax bill kelly r o dr ig uez e ngag em ent editor Hovering over the heads of busy Pepperdine students is the future of its endowment.

The tax bill that circulated around the House and Senate at the end of 2017 proposed taxes on those in higher education, such as Pepperdine and its students. While the House version of the bill aimed to raise taxes on student loan recipients and graduate students, those propositions were ultimately scrapped.

However, the Senate version of the bill kept a tax on college endowments, which puts Pep-

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Private Colleges and Universities Before the tax bill was passed, private colleges and universities were considered “public charities rather than private foundations” and therefore not taxed on their endowments, according to page 418 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. College endowments are funds donated to an institution as an investment to grow various programs within the institution. It tends to be measured

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Mariela Toledo was voted and sworn in as new Junior Class Senator after the previously elected senator’s resignation.

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SGA President Austin Welch said he’s in contact with Pepp administration to bring a resolution to the Armenian Student Association’s request for the university’s official acknowledgment the Armenian Genocide.

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It’s not too late to run to the Student Health Center for a free flu shot as this season’s flu strain causes shortages in Tamiflu, and sends thousands to doctor’s offices and emergency rooms across America with the disease.

As peak travel season comes to a close, the effects of flu exposure to the millions of Americans who trekked through airports across the country lingers, now spanning across 49 states, as well as Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. David Frankle of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA spends one day per week working at the local Malibu Urgent Care. He said this is “worst flu epidemic” he’s seen in his forty years in the medical field.

“Part of the reason is that the flu vaccine that was given to us is probably ineffectual, maybe 10 percent coverage,” Frankle said.

This season’s predominant flu strain, H3N2, has existed for the last 50 years and is generally considered one of the most adaptive and contagious seasonal strains, experts say.

Dr. Lucy Larson, the Medical Director for the Pepperdine Student Health Center, wrote in an email that it is not too late to be vaccinated because the flu season could still go on for months.

Larson said the vaccine takes up to two weeks to be fully effective and recommends unvaccinated students receive the flu shot as soon as possible. The vaccine is available for registered students free of charge at the Student Health Center.

For those infected with the flu and for those trying to avoid it, Larson suggested these tips: -Wash hands frequently or use hand sanitizer -Do not share food or drinks with others -Get adequate sleep -Eat nutritiously -Drink plenty of fluids -Keep a distance from ill persons (especially if they have fever, coughing, sore throat.

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THE DPS REPORTS

Spring Break shouldn’t be tropical

d u n ca n h i l by a s s i s ta n t n e ws e d it or Spring Break is coming up for students.

During this time questions arise about where to go, what to do and who to go with. A lot of people answer these questions with the generic responses of somewhere tropical and with some of their best friends.

USA Today reports that some of the most popular spring break destinations include Cancun, Miami and Cabo San Lucas.

While these destinations may provide great memories that will last a lifetime, or great stories to fill in the gaps, they are only short and temporary trips.

Truly the worst part about Spring Break is its length. It is always wondered how it went by so quickly. Upon their return, students face the barrage of comments about how no one was ready to come back.

They long for the better times they just had, making the rest of the semester seem bleak and boring in comparison.

To combat this boredom, there is a solution that will require a change of plans, but will make the rest of the semester much better upon return. Instead of going somewhere fun, memorable and exciting, go somewhere bleak, miserable and horrid that you couldn’t forget even if you tried.

Now this might not seem like the ideal plan, but there is some logic behind it. Malibu is already a Spring Break destination. According to the website TimeOut, five of the best 11 beaches in Los Angeles are located in Malibu. Homework, class and studying ruin the scenery and diminish students’ appreciation of what is right outside their doorstep.

Additionally, it’ll make Spring Break seem so much longer.

Go somewhere so cold that no matter how many layers you have you’ll still be freezing. Go somewhere so miserable that you’ll be counting down the days until Spring Break is over. Go with people you despise so much that you’ll long to see your friends again.

While this option won’t create the best memories, it’ll definitely make Malibu seem like paradise. As for me, I hear Cancun is great this time of year so I’ll be packing my bags.

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Crimes - Assault/Battery -Sex Crimes - Forcible Rape, including date rape Location: Drescher Student Housing Apartments

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Crimes - Larceny/Theft Petty Theft Location: Hall 6 - Maxine Feltman White

Editor’s note: This report was filed Jan. 17, but the assault reportedly occurred on-campus in November 2017. This is an open investigation, according to Pepperdine’s Public Relations Office. “Appropriate notifications were made to local law enforcement, pursuant to California Assembly Bill 1433,” PR wrote in a statement. California Bill CAB 1433 states that if a university is participating in the Cal Grant program, then any reports of violent crimes, including sexual assault, must be reported to local law enforcement and the victim’s identity will be concealed unless the victim requests otherwise.

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Crimes - Larceny/Theft Petty Theft Location: Hall 13 - Hubert Eaton House

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TAX: New bill won’t affect endowment F R OM A 1 per student.

The House GOP version proposed to tax institutions whose endowments were over $250,000 per student.

In the Senate version, the amount was raised to $500,000 per student.

According to President Andrew K. Benton, Pepperdine’s current endowment fund is $140,000 per student.

Benton also said the tax bill will only directly affect about 32 schools, such as Harvard, Yale and Stanford. Even though the tax bill will not directly affect Pepperdine, Benton saw the taxation as “full-frontal assault on higher education.”

“The primary way [the tax bill affects Pepperdine] is in terms of getting an impression of how Congress feels about higher education,” Benton said. “The federal government thinks private schools are ridiculously wealthy. We’ve seen that’s not the case.”

Because Pepperdine’s endowment funds support various programs, Benton said it could affect how donors give charitably to Pepperdine’s endowment in the future, which would affect anything from financial aid packages to campus building projects. “[Because of the tax bill], people will be less likely to make large endowments at once,” Benton said. “People might make smaller donations, one at a time.”

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keeps tuition waivers for graduate students, meaning their scholarships for teaching and research services will not be considered taxable income.

Haley Smith, a Pepperdine alumna (‘15) who is pursuing a PhD at the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at University of California-Santa Barbara, wrote in a Facebook message that graduate students at UCSB were mostly worried about the tuition waiver.

“The major concern among [graduate] students was indeed the tuition waiver,” Smith wrote. “Thankfully, it wasn’t included in the final version of the bill.”

Smith wrote that if the waiver had been considered taxable income, it would have increased her taxes and put a strain on the “already tight budget” she has.

Even though she has a higher stipend as a STEM major at a public in-state university and would have been able to work around the increase, Smith wrote that many graduate students at UCSB were anxious about the bill.

“I did hear of students who felt this change would prevent them from being able to afford graduate school and would need to drop out,” Smith wrote. “I can only imagine how students at schools with much higher tuition felt.”

Current College Students and Their Families The Senate version of

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Kelly Rodriguez | Engagement Editor the tax bill states that taxes on current college students and their families remain about the same. Some provisions that would have increased taxes for students were not included in this version of the tax reform.

Current college students and their families who wish to take out student loans can expect for the student loan interest deduction to remain the same, which means they can still deduct up to $2,500, according to an article in The New York Times.

Although there are not any significant tax

changes for current college students, junior Gracyn Lewis commented on how the reform helped her to realize she needs to learn more about it.

“I have been hearing a lot of people talking about the new bill and how worried they are, so I need to educate myself on the changes and how it will affect me,” Lewis said.

Another Seaver student, Morris Chen said he is not very familiar with the new tax plan.

“I know very little about it but I do know that the government plans to lower the taxes,”

Chen said.

Benton said students can make a difference by educating themselves on how these policies affect them and by reaching out to their representatives to tell their stories.

“It’s as simple as [telling representatives] ‘I’m concerned for my fellow students’ ability to attend school, please don’t tax endowments,’” Benton said.

Julianna Lauro contributed to this report.

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BREAK-IN: Protect belongings from car burglars F R OM A 1 Drive and an incident of auto-burglary that occurred at Pepperdine’s Encino campus (the latter was reported this week).”

Bartender Michael Romero is another individual who disclosed being victim of a car robbery in Malibu. The thief broke into Romero’s 2012 Honda Accord outside of his place of employment, Ollo restaurant near CVS, while he was working last Wednesday, Jan. 17.

“I went out at about 8:30 p.m. to put something in my car and then when I came back an hour later at about 9:30, I found that my passenger side window had been smashed,” Romero said.

The thief took only Romero’s nearly empty soccer cleat bag, as there were no other valuables present in the car.

Romero said he called the police but then chose not to formally report the crime, reasoning that the approximate 45 minutes wait for the officers to arrive on the scene would not be worth it, since nothing of major value had been stolen.

“I decided to just count my losses and head home,” Romero said.

The second formally reported burglary occurred near the Ralph’s grocery store, Ramirez said. The window was smashed and property, such as a backpack and laptop, were stolen from the floorboard of the vehicle.

“It’s important that Pepperdine students know about this because [car burglars] obviously are going to target us. They know we leave our backpacks and laptops in our cars and they can tell which cars we drive from the Pepperdine stickers and out-of-state license plates,” Thorsen said.

“Don’t leave anything in your car.”

Emrich reiterated practicing caution when asked for her professional input on how the community can avoid falling victim to these crimes.

“The best practice is to avoid leaving valuables in your vehicle or place them out of sight.

Always locking your vehicle and parking in well-lit areas can also help prevent this kind of crime,” Emrich wrote.

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FLU: Pepp confronts flu season

Car Break-Ins Surge in Malibu | Multiple Pepperdine students and other Malibu residents have reported being victims of several car burglaries in the past few weeks. DPS and Lost Hills Sheriff’s Department recommend not leaving valuables in vehicles in Malibu areas.

stay in their room, to cough into their sleeve, and to wash their hands frequently.

Larson also said contrary to what some may think, the flu vaccine this year is not “faulty.”

“Every year, the predominant strains change (and can even change somewhat during the course of a season) and a new vaccine needs to be developed,” Larson said. “The low vaccine efficacy that is being reported in the press is based on the vaccine efficacy in Australia, whose influenza season has already passed.”

Larson said it is too early in the United States’ flu season to know what the vaccine efficacy will be, but regardless, LA currently has a “very high level of influenza” and the peak in flu patients on the West Coast is happening earlier this year than normal.

Dr. David Frankle of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA spends one day per week working at the local Malibu Urgent Care. He said this year’s flu vaccine is most likely ineffective, citing its efficacy as “maybe 10 percent coverage.”

“The flu has all kinds of complications,” Frankle said. “One complication that’s common is pneumonia. Another complication, not as common is meningitis … Those things will put you in the hospital or they’ll certainly get you antibiotics.”

Pepperdine Seaver college senior Emily Sparks said she did not receive a flu shot this year and came down with the illness the first week back from winter break.

“I normally don’t ever get a flu shot,” Sparks said.

“I usually just forget. It’s not on my list. I think in college ... you just think ‘I don’t need to worry about that.’ Plus it’s not 100 percent effective.”

Sparks said her symptoms began with a fever, chills, body aches, a headache, chest congestion and a cough last Monday. In an effort to combat the illness at the start, she went to Malibu Urgent Care and was prescribed Tamiflu.

Larson said that while there is not a nationwide shortage in Tamiflu, “the shortages being experienced here in California are probably because of the sudden and early surge in cases [of the flu].”

While Frankle suggested avoiding crowded areas as the most effective preventative measure, Larson listed other ways to stay healthy such as eating nutritious foods, drinking plenty of fluids and washing your hands frequently.

“Persons ill with influenza should not go to class or be around others in common areas such as the cafeteria, until they have gone 24 hours without fever,” Larson said.

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Center for Sustainability adds car-charging ports Judit h B r ist er new s as si stant Last year Californians broke the record for the number of electric cars registered in a state, according to the LA Times article published May 17, 2017.

“4.8 percent of new vehicles registered in the Golden State were zero-emission vehicles and plug-in hybrids, the highest share ever recorded,” wrote LA Times writer Rob Nikolewski.

A similar trend is taking place at Pepperdine, and the campus-wide demand for electric car charging ports is increasing drastically, Pepperdine Center for Sustainability Coordinator Emily Mead said.

By examining the fall semester’s data from the original charging ports, Mead determined there are at least 20 electric cars on campus that actively use the charging ports.

“It could be more and they just haven’t had the chance to use the stations yet, so that’s just preliminary data,” Mead said.

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mand she said, “Every other month somebody reaches out and asks about where we’re at in terms of adding additional stations.”

To fill this demand, three charging stations were recently added to campus, Mead said. There are now six charging ports.

“It was a good opportunity for us to replace our existing stations with dual ports, so now we’ve doubled the amount of capacity on campus,” Mead said.

This will lead to a few changes on campus, including stricter enforcement of parking violations, Mead said.

“In the past, I think we’ve been lighter with enforcement, but now that we know that the demand is there and people really do need to access those stations, DPS is going to be more diligent about checking them,” Mead said.

DPS did not respond to a request for comment as of Wednesday night.

People who park in a charging port without actively charging their car will receive a fine of $60, according to Mead.

Mead said there are

plans for more charging stations to be installed in the near future.

“The next iteration of this program would be to expand charging up to the Drescher campus,” Mead said. “The future is definitely electric. We’re just preparing for that future.”

Mead said that other sustainability updates include the recent adoption of mixed recycling waste receptacles that have two separate compartments for landfill waste and other recyclable materials, such as cardboard, paper, metal, glass and plastic.

Mead also said that the sustainability department is working toward getting a compost garden on campus, in addition to the community garden already present on campus.

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Alumnus Omari Allen talks gun violence prevention B r ianna W il l is Staf f W r i ter Peace, Hope and Justice Week continued on Thursday, Jan.18, with alumnus, Allen, who spoke to students as a representative of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

“You cannot deny that constitutionally, people have the opportunity to bare arms,” said Omari Allen, Seaver College (’17).

The Brady Campaign is a non-partisan organization that was founded by Jim and Sarah Brady who worked for former president Ronald Regan during the president’s assassination attempt in 1981. As a result of the assassination attempt, Jim was shot and left permanently disabled. From that point on the Brady’s have worked to prevent gun violence throughout the nation.

Allen criticized the media and mentioned how large the media’s role is in gun violence prevention.

“All the media talks about when it comes to gun violence is mass shooting. To be considered a mass shooting means that four or more people have to be murdered in one spree,” Allen said.

Morgan Manella reported that there were “345 mass shootings in America in 2017 alone,” according to The Gun Violence Archive.

“Gun violence is more than just mass shootings,” Allen said. He went on to explain that it also has a lot to do with suicide.

“66 percent of gun deaths have something to do with suicide.”

Allen said that the media needs to research gun violence as a major issue .“treat it like a public health issue.”

“Gun violence has become the leading cause of death for African American males ages 18 to 25,” Allen said.

Not only are young adults being affected by gun violence, but children are being affected as well.

Jacqueline Howard from CNN explains that “on average 1,297 children [have] died annually from a gun-related injury.”

Allen said there needs to be a change, and The Brady Organization Campaigns are helping create this change.

Allen explained some of the campaigns that the Brady Organization has started, including “Stop Bad Apple Gun Dealers.”

The “Stop Bad Apple Gun Dealers” campaign aims to reduce the flow of “any firearm that is illegally possessed, used in a crime, or suspected to have been used in a crime,” according to The Truth About Guns website.

The Brady Organization is looking to “hold these unethical gun dealers accountable, change the way they do business, and shut down those who refuse to act responsibly,” according to The Brady Organization website.

In addition to the campaign about reducing crimes with guns, The Brady Organization is encouraging others to “ASK” other parents if they have a gun in their home because “asking saves lives,” as explained by The Brady Organization website. The Brady Organization’s website encourages parents to ask “Is there an unlocked gun where my child plays?”

All of these campaigns are meant to help cut gun deaths by 2025, as explained by The Brady Organization website.

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But problems still arise in “notorious gun places” like Chicago and Texas, where people including children “feel like they need a gun to be safe,” explained Allen.

The legislative level is trying to put an end to the need of a gun by starting to implement acts of their own. Disarmed Hate, has taken place within California’s legislation promotes “keeping the worst guns out of the hands of the most dangerous people,” according to the website for Disarmed Hate 2016.

The legislative level has also passed a bill in the house that “loosens gun regulations and allows those with permits to carry concealed weapons,” explained Deirdre Walsh from CNN. But this bill for gun reform still awaits approval from the senate.

Legislation is also trying to enact restrictions on guns. Allen presented a scenario explaining that if one knows an individual who owns a gun; one has the ability to call the police and get their gun taken away. The only way to retrieve the gun after that point is through the courts.

But many still raise the question of how The Brady Organization is going to get people to believe that they do not need a gun to be safe, because some people’s backgrounds influence them to always feel the need to have a gun. A man once mentioned to Allen that he “will never not need a gun until they start bringing opportunity into [his] community.”

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Pepp holds memorial for Jake Lewis M ARY C AT E LONG As si stant New s E d itor

Pepperdine held a memorial service for the community to commemorate the life of second-year student Jake Brandon Harris on the evening of Thursday, Jan. 18.

Every pew was full in Stauffer Chapel as Pepperdine students, faculty and staff gathered to pray, share stories and pay tribute to the life of Harris with his family and friends. Harris died in a car accident Monday, Jan. 15.

“It’s hard to know what to say in times like this.” University Chaplain Sara Barton said. “But we know that, as God’s people, we get together and tell stories, we pray and we look to Scripture for comfort,” In her opening comments, Barton said words friends and family used to describe Harris included “generous, friendly, kind, sometimes silly, fun and social.”

Following a prayer, several of Harris’ friends offered their own tributes to his life in support of all of these adjectives.

“On campus, Jake would always be spreading his smile to anyone who passed by,” Harris’ friend and fellow classmate, Austin Welch, said. “He just wanted everyone to feel welcomed and included.”

Kelly Champeau and Ally Enns, Pepperdine students and close friends with Harris, approached the podium and spoke together.

“I never thought I’d be giving a tribute to Jake instead of walking across the graduation

stage with him,” Champeau said tearfully. “But I take comfort in knowing that he is somewhere better now.”

“The bond that we shared with Jake was incomparable.

The time and memories that we had with him were such a blessing. He always was smiling, even when he was walking alone,” Enns said.

No family members spoke at the memorial, but Barton described Harris’ family as being “warm and close-knit,” and as playing an important role in his life.

Barton said that Harris’ mother, Angel Boudreaux, would say “I love you” to her son every time he walked out the door, and adding that Harris liked to bond with his father, Evan Harris, over dirt bikes and burping contests, prompting chuckles from memorial-goers.

Harris also had a close relationship with his grandparents, of whom he even gave a speech in his speech class with Professor Fike.

Office of Financial Assistance Assistant Director Deborah Armstrong served as Jake’s supervisor in his on-campus job for the last two years. Armstrong commended Harris for his hard work and dedication, especially in regards to his involvement in the department’s outside scholarship project. More information regarding this project will soon be distributed to the Pepperdine community by email.

“Jake really played a lead role in the project and I am heartbroken that he won’t be able to see the official email sent out,”

Kaelin Mendez | Photo Editor Memorial-goers unite| Family, friends, faculty and classmates of Harris join together hand-in-hand to sing, “Amazing Grace.”

Armstrong said. “He was a part of something that will be a big blessing to the student body.”

Loved ones were given the opportunity to see who exactly was present at the service when Barton prompted the audience to stand in accordance with their relationship with Jake Harris.

She called for close friends to stand, at which point dozens of students rose to their feet. Residence-related acquaintances and classmates, staff and family were all called to rise in the same

way until every attendee was upright. At this point, the whole congregation joined together to sing the hymn, “Amazing Grace.”

Attendees of the memorial were given the chance to express their condolences to Harris’ family by writing in cards that were provided at one point in the service.

Barton spoke about the story of the sea storm in Mark 4 as an image of the Pepperdine community’s loss.

“Some of us may feel like we

are caught up in a storm of grief; we feel like we’ve been knocked off of our feet,” Barton said. “But storms will be calmed and God promises that peace is coming.”

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Low financial literacy causes students to worry Kelly R o dr ig uez E ngag em ent Edi tor Sophomore Isabel Cornavaca, who works at Sephora and the Pepperdine Volunteer Center, said that even when she transfers an extra $100 to her credit card account, it still “doesn’t make a dent” to fix her credit score. She attributes her situation from a lack of education in money management.

“My credit score suffered because I spent $500 on a haircut in Beverly Hills and my credit limit was $700 when I first got my card,” Cornavaca said.

Senior Steven Garcia said he feels less stress about maintaining his personal budget but tries not to think about his student loan debt.

“I postpone thinking about my student loan debt except for when the FAFSA application time comes,” Garcia said. “Besides that, I purposefully don’t think about it.”

Many college students in America are apprehensive about personal finance management, which includes managing credit card and student loan debt. According to a 2015 study by EverFi and HigherOne, 12 percent of student respondents said they never check their bank balances because they are too nervous. In contrast, only 58 percent of students from fouryear institutions said they felt prepared to manage their money.

With percentages of debt in America increasing, college students’ anxiety about money management continues to increase as well. Armed with passion to fight that battle, both students and

university innovators are trying to provide resources for students to prevent financial problems and set students on a path toward financial literacy and well-being.

gonna be,’” Stoutland said. “In that case, it’s the fear talking: ‘I don’t wanna face this because it sounds intimidating, so I’m not gonna look at my finances.’”

Ignorance Isn’t Bliss Eighteen to 34-yearolds were more likely to engage in “expensive credit card behaviors” than any other age category, according to a 2013 study from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.

Similarly, a 2015 study from the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center showed that college students that borrowed loans “did not fully comprehend what they were taking on” when they got their loans. Fifty-four percent said they did not try to figure out how much their monthly payments would be.

Paul Goebel, the director of the Money Management Center at the University of North Texas, said in his experience, students often don’t understand the scope of personal finance issues.

“In 2017, there’s still such a stigma toward money management,” Goebel said in a phone interview. “Students don’t want to recognize that they need to manage their finances. Then what’ll happen is that a problem will quickly escalate into a crisis.”

Director of the Pepperdine Office of Financial Literacy and five-year MBA alumnus Derek Stoutland (‘16) said student aversion to personal finance development can be attributed to fear.

“It’s easy to say, ‘I’m just bad with finances and that’s how it’s just

Here to Help Since its creation in 2005, the Money Management Center at the University of North Texas has become well-known in financial education circles for not only its commitment to providing resources for college students, but for the amount of student engagement they see every year.

Goebel said the success of the center rests in its ability to provide financial resources to different types of students.

“Financial literacy means different things to different people,” Goebel said. “Any financial literacy program needs to address the proactive student seeking to be more diligent with their budget and the reactionary student in crisis mode looking for options. One size does not fit all.”

Stoutland said Pepperdine’s Office of Financial Literacy has used the University of North Texas as an example in creating their own program for financial literacy.

Stoutland, with the help of Controller of the Pepperdine Finance Office Brian Thomason, created the Financial Literacy Initiative.

Stoutland said the process started with a submission for a Waves of Innovation grant in spring 2015. Stoutland and Thomason originally pitched the idea to Waves of Innovation II as a website with resources

for Pepperdine students.

Through the process, Stoutland was encouraged to expand upon his original idea. The “Financial Literacy Initiative” became a three-year plan to offer financial literacy courses and create an office. The idea was selected as a finalist and subsequently won. “[Waves of Innovation II] was a process of being able to relate to other students and learning to provide resources for anyone at Pepperdine,” Stoutland said.

Now in its third year of operation, the office has been transitioning out of its status as a Waves of Innovation recipient to a standalone, fully-funded office. In their two full years of operation, they have offered events, convocations, workshops and classes for students to learn more about personal finance.

Financial Literacy Classes Research has shown that financial literacy classes increase the likelihood of student engagement. Students who took a class in personal finance were more likely to engage in financially responsible behaviors like saving, budgeting and investing than their peers that did not take the class, according to a 2016 report from the Council for Economic Education.

Junior Courtney Ruud-Johnson didn’t have a finance class in high school and was not exposed to it before she got to Pepperdine.

Ruud-Johnson’s was in the first offering of the first semester of the First Year Seminar class, “Mon-

ey Management for Millennials,” offered by the Office of Financial Literacy in fall 2015.

“Everyone in the class had the seminar as their top choice,” Ruud-Johnson said. “People were really involved and interested in the class.”

Ruud-Johnson said the class focused on researching and writing papers about different money management topics like budgeting and credit cards each week.

“We’d look for resources and talk about them in class,” Ruud-Johnson said. “If we wanted to use the research we found on opening a credit card account, we could use the information we found for class. It was super useful.”

J.D. Schleppenbach, who works as the director of Fiscal and Administrative Services at the School of Law, is teaching the seminar for the first time this semester. Previous teachers were Thomason and Chris Bauman, who is the budget director for the Graziadio School.

Schleppenbach said he expanded upon past curricula by bringing in more speakers.

“I used my contacts to have a lot of guest speakers come in,” Schleppenbach said. “It’s very valuable to get more voices in.”

Evaluation Currently, each program’s goals are to increase their own awareness before they can establish themselves as students’ go-to resource.

Stoutland said, the Office of Financial Literacy needs to increase awareness and funding before they build a brick and mortar space.

“As of right now, it’s kind of like a ghost operation,” Stoutland said.

The office currently exists in promotional efforts such as convocations, speakers and International Programs workshops.

“It’s a long term goal to have a specific spot on campus where students can work to understand personal finance,” Stoutland said.

The first-year seminar class, meanwhile, seeks to capture the attention of Pepperdine freshmen, but Ruud-Johnson said if it were to become a general education requirement, that it would need to be opened up to more students.

Schleppenbach also said that more could be done to engage other students that wouldn’t be able to take the first year seminar.

“We’re doing our students a disservice if we’re allowing them to pull out the amount of debt they’re pulling out for college and not teaching them how it works,” Schleppenbach said.

Stoutland said he and the office are committed to creating a place at Pepperdine where students can reframe their approach to personal finance.

“I want Pepperdine to be a financial literacy hub in America,” Stoutland said.

Stoutland added that financial literacy is not a “one and done thing.”

“It’s a lifetime process.

You’re not immediately dubbed financially savvy and you move forward with your life,” Stoutland said. “It’s a constant battle.”

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STAFF EDITORIAL Commit to community to foster understanding “Community” is one of Pepperdine’s biggest buzzwords. Students hear it used every year and somehow it finds new meaning as time goes on. Whether the “community” restores a garden, stands for unity, or remembers a student, this conglomeration of individuals finds a space to “unite” on one common goal.

The world today is one where one media outlet doesn’t tell all the news that happens in a week.

It is a world where one can barely process what happens in a day. As the pace of news and media quickens, misunderstandings can become rampant. A need for deeper engagement follows — a place to break things down and ask further questions in person. This semester, Pepperdine Graphic Media is making a commitment to be more involved in fostering understanding with the Pepperdine community through a town halls series.

PGM strives to find new and innovative ways to connect the Pep-

perdine community to issues that affect them.

As a group of student journalists, PGM tries to emulate the professional environment of a modern-day newsroom, breaking stories as soon ethically possible. However, there is not really space to reach a further level of understanding.

Last fall, PGM hosted the DACA town hall.

The national news in regards to DACA was changing every day.

Both administrators and students found it hard to follow the changes. As administrators worked to release statements on how DACA would affect Pepperdine and students kept up their busy schedules, a gap of communication about DACA and its implications for the Pepperdine community formed. The town hall served to bridge that gap by having the administrators explain the statements they released and students ask questions like “Can I be a Christian and a patriot?” and “What can I do to help?”

Since the 2016 elec-

tion, millennials have seen direct community engagement as more impactful than political engagement, according to a 2017 poll conducted by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.

Throughout history, local media outlets have sponsored spaces of community engagement through events.

For example, the Los Angeles Times hosts an annual Book Festival, the New York Times hosts various conferences on special topics and even South by Southwest was started by the Austin Chronicle in 1987.

PGM’s first town hall this year is on civic engagement. President Benton and representatives from the American Council on Education, the panelists for the event, hope to discuss DACA, net neutrality, the tax bill and the Higher Education Act and how they affect Pepperdine.

PGM’s Mission Statement explains that the various platforms are

a place to “serve the community with news, opinion, contemporary information and a public forum for discussion.”

The key highlight of the mission statement is the verb “serve.” Firstly, service is a Pepperdine core value. Secondly, journalism at its heart is a public service. One of the roles of journalism is to foster discussion by providing a forum and committing to “improve the quality of debate” through “verified information and intellectual rigor,” according to the American Press Institute.

Through this town hall series, the hope is that PGM’s coverage on bigger topics like DACA along with the discussions that exist on social media and face-to-face discussions will bleed out into a traditional public forum.

However, the discussion cannot happen without the community showing up.

The community is encouraged to attend this town hall series to work to understand the world

together. The powerful thing about bridging gaps of knowledge is that they can be bridged by asking simple, clarifying questions. Fear is the only thing that can stop someone.

After understanding the issue better, it is then up to each member of the community to ask themselves if it’s more important to speak up about how an issue affects them or listen to the others who are affected, in an effort to learn from our neighbors.

It is very easy to disconnect and disassociate from one’s community because of misunderstandings, but the world is moving into a place where it needs the voices of the every-day because they are crucial to change in our communities. The best and most effective way to create change and innovate is to do it together.

PGM’s first town hall is this Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7p.m. in PLC 106 (formerly PLC 125). All are welcome.

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SGA passed a resolution to fund a portion of Late Night Breakfast put on by Student Affairs scheduled for Sunday, April 23 from 9:15 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Waves Cafe.

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SGA passed a resolution to advocate for the change of the restrooms on the second floor of the HAWC to be converted into gender neutral restrooms.

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“Pepperdine Graphic Media (PGM) is an editorially independent student news organization that focuses on Pepperdine University and the surrounding communities. PGM consists of the digital and print Graphic, a variety of special publications, GNews, Currents Magazine, social media platforms and an Advertising Department. These platforms serve the community with news, opinion, contemporary information and a public forum for discussion. PGM strengthens students for purpose, service and leadership by developing their skills in writing, editing and publication production, by providing a vehicle to integrate and implement their liberal arts education, and by developing students’ critical thinking through independent editorial judgment. PGM participates in Pepperdine’s Christian mission and affirmations, especially the pursuit of truth, excellence and freedom in a context of public service. Although PGM reports about Pepperdine University and coordinates with curricula in journalism and other disciplines, it is a student (not a University) news organization.

Views expressed are diverse and, of course, do not correspond to all views of any University board, administration, faculty, staff, student or other constituency.”

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Go watch ‘Black Panther’ This column serves as the voice of BSA and is written by different members of the BSA E-board each month. This installment was written by Bria Dunlap.

Marvel’s “Black Panther” won’t be hitting theaters for another few weeks, but it refuses to stop breaking records anytime soon.

“Black Panther” is the first of its kind, and its record-breaking pre-release popularity has the potential to tie in multiple generations of Black moviegoers in a way that has never been done before.

As of Jan. 10, “Black Panther” surpassed “Captain America: Civil War” for the most presale tickets sold within the first 24 hours for any Marvel movie on Fandango, according to the Independent. When its teaser trailer premiered in June 2017, within its first 24 hours it broke its first record of earning 89 million trailer views, making it the “tenth most viral movie trailer of all time,” according to Elite Daily. Last but not least, Twitter declared the film one of the most tweeted

about films of 2017, the only one on the list that had not been released last year.

This anticipation is exciting, but it means nothing unless the film delivers at the box office.

It is absolutely critical for the movie to surpass expectations and gross enough in sales to remind Hollywood that films with a primarily Black cast and a Black director are profitable and worthy of a chance. Sure, Black actors get their few seconds of spotlight through Netflix originals such as “Dear White People,” or with inspiring yet fairly depressing biopics such as “Selma,” or “12 Years A Slave.” “Black Panther” is unique because it has an opportunity to show Hollywood that Black actors can be more than just thugs, or gangsters, or the comic relief in order to bring in the cash for major movie studios.

Writer Scott Mendelson outlines the circumstances of supporting films like “Black Panther,” stating, “supporting more diverse movies in Hollywood requires a little extra work,” in “‘Black Panther’: Just One Chance For Moviegoers to Vote with Their Wallets,” published Jan. 16 by Forbes. It shouldn’t be the case for films that don’t exclusively feature White main characters, but voting with one’s ticket seems

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tory [fields]” Professor Rivas said when talking about a Reacting to the Past conference that she attended recently.

Overall, Reacting to the Past is a positive experience for those looking to push themselves academically and make lasting connections with other Pepperdine students. Professor Heard will be including Reacting to the Past in his REL 101 class next semester again, and for those going to Lausanne in the fall, Professor Rivas will be using the curriculum in her class there as well. This pedagogy allows students incredible learning opportunities, and other professors should take advantage of the experience in their classrooms as well.

Twitter is celebrated as a bastion of free speech.

However, attempts to maintain the platform as a safe and open environment for expression may have actually backfired, creating the opposite result: censorship.

For the first time in history, citizens have the ability to censor the government, and not the other way around. However, there is little reason to think that a social media company in Silicon Valley is any more responsible at wielding this power than the government. Twitter’s secrecy and ambiguity regarding the ways in which they decide who has broken the rules and who hasn’t allows them to block accounts willy-nilly, as they wish.

Twitter’s platform makes it possible for people to censor each other.

The “About Suspended Accounts” page published on Twitter’s Help Center states, “We may suspend an account if it has been reported to us as violating our Rules surrounding abuse.” This implies that Twitter relies almost entirely on these reports of abuse, and any account receiving a high volume of complaints is subject to suspension.

This leaves any account outside of that special “world leader” brand open to the kind of attack Al Jazeera Arabic suffered back in June of 2017 when their Twitter account was suspended without warning. “Engineers at Al Jazeera Arabic who were in communication with Twitter said there was a ‘storm attack’ of mass reports of the account to Twitter, which forced the algorithm to temporarily suspend the account,” according to the article “Al Jazeera Arabic Twitter account restored” published on June 17, 2017, by Al Jazeera News.

“Any organised group can now make Twitter work for them censoring the people they target, to make it label their tweets as ‘sensitive’ or ‘potentially offensive’, to delete all of them, to hide, suspend, and close the accounts they may see fit,” writes Alfons López Tena in his article “Twitter has gone from bastion of free speech to global censor,” published June 27 2017

by Business Insider.

If one of the leading and most reputable news sources in the world isn’t safe, no one is. Twitter may be attempting to protect the freedom and safety of the people who use their site, but their judgment and methods should be questioned.

Twitter needs to rethink how they go about this if they are to remain a platform for free speech.

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People are excited about the movie, to say the very least. It’s seen in hashtags such as #WakandaSoLit and #WelcomeToWakanda. I see it in my friends’ faces as they talk passionately

about their anticipation for the soundtrack being produced by Grammy-award winning artist Kendrick Lamar. I see it in trailer reaction videos in which Black people of all ages and nationalities are nearly moved to tears at the fact that they get to finally witness the first Black mainstream comic book superhero come to

life on the big screen.

It’s not just any other superhero movie, but it is the superhero movie that could finally give Black actors, Black directors and the often forgotten market of Black people a chance to finally be recognized in a new light.

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Pepperdine reacts to the past Gabr i e l l e M ath ys P er sp ec t ives A ssista n t Reacting to the Past is a role-playing pedagogy style in which students study the past by jumping into characters with goals that they have to advance in the setting of these games. Professor Chris Heard, a Pepperdine Religion professor who has been following the development of Reacting to the Past since 2008, said the games are “about as close as we can get in a traditional classroom to taking students on a field trip to the past.”

Professor Heard started implementing the Reacting to the Past games in his fall 2017 REL 101 class. This semester, Professor of History, Latin and American Studies Darlene Rivas is overseeing two such games in her HIST 204 class. More classes at Pepperdine should adopt this style of teaching in the future because it motivates students to learn and connect to their classmates in a way that lecture classes can’t.

Reacting to the Past gives students a more immediate purpose to learn the material and write papers. Instead of just working toward the professor’s standards and a good grade, a student writes to those classmates whose character roles might not agree with his or her character’s point of view and attempts to win them over.

“This ability of [Reacting to the Past] to successfully pair with other classes has real potential for helping students make a successful transition to college,” accord-

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The high amount of class interaction allows students to get more involved. With so much communication between the different groups, called “factions” in the games, students can grow so much closer to their classmates.

The camaraderie of common goals and common obstacles bring students together and get them more emotionally involved, and “an emotional classroom is also a cognitively engaged one,” according to Matthew C. Weidenfeld and Kenneth E. Fernandez

in their article “Does Reacting to the Past Increase Student Engagement? An Empirical Evaluation of the Use of Historical Simulations in Teaching Political Theory,” published May 16, 2016 by the Journal of Political Science Edition. Acting out roles that aren’t one’s real self allows that person to understand other views and belief systems, creating empathy for diverse cultures and opinions.

Reacting to the Past is more than just learning about history.

The games deal with not just the past, but also with public speaking and rhetoric, philosophy, communication and English.

Some games are even centered around STEM courses, revolving around subjects like climate change or the Pluto debate. “It was surprising how many [professors attending] were not in his-

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Students, librarians give feedback on Payson renovations C hanna St einmetz n ew s Assi sta nt You can be sitting in a 1950s living room staring out into the Pacific blue, or in a room decorated in various types of vintage surfboards, all within the new Payson library.

Students said they come to study, lounge, grab coffee, meet with a tutor or get creative.

Payson Library has been reopened since fall semester of 2017. The variety of spaces and opportunities has made the library a popular spot.

The Executive Assistant to the Dean of Libraries Clarissa Ng wrote in an email that the feedback from students has been positive, and the amount of students visiting has increased two-to-three times over the old Payson.

“The feedback from students has been extraordinarily positive,” Ng wrote in an email. “They love the openness of the renovated space and the increased number of study spaces.”

Junior Kelly Terjesen is one of the students who has visited the new Payson more frequently than the old. Terjesen said she goes to Payson every week day, whereas she can recall going into the previous library only once her freshman year.

“The library freshman year was stacks of books with tables in between the shelves,” Terjesen said. “It would be really difficult to find people. I think the

Starbucks and open space draws more people in.”

Sophomore Janelle Romualdez was abroad in Germany for the 2017 fall semester, so this current semester was her first time seeing the library.

She explained her enthusiasm for aspects such as Starbucks and the open study space.

“I am happy we have a Starbucks,” Romualdez said. “There’s plenty of room to study, and it’s nice having big windows facing the ocean. The design really utilizes living in Malibu and helps students appreciate where we are.”

Another sophomore, Alex Case, also said she enjoyed the openness and natural light of the study areas. Case said she visits the library at least three times a week.

“My favorite place to study is closest to the fireplace by the windows and overlooking the ocean,” Case said. “It’s a very relaxing area.”

For more privacy, students can take advantage of the isolated cubicles or the several study rooms on both floors. Junior Reid Wilson said he often uses the study rooms, and the library has helped his productivity.

“Without the library last year, I would do my homework in my room, and it was way more distracting,” Wilson said. “I can focus better in the library and get more done.”

Other than the popular Starbucks, Payson

library has qualities and departments the previous library did not. Wilson shared he has used the Genius Lab in the creator makerspace twice, where they have 3D printing and virtual reality systems for students to utilize.

Junior Drew Kunde shared he enjoyed the automatic water fountains and new study areas.

“The attached room next to Starbucks is a great, open place to study,” Kunde said.

The new Payson library has better served the librarians as well as the students Ng wrote in an email. She explained the librarians are also teaching more research and instruction seminars.

“The librarians are situated more in the public space than before, and therefore are more accessible to students,” Ng wrote in an email. “As a result, librarians are able to be more effective in their jobs. Library instruction and teaching requests have increased considerably, most notably with Special Collections, where librarians teach using primary resource materials such as manuscripts, rare books, and photographs.

“The new space displays our librarians, outstanding print and digital materials, and Special Collections,” Ng continued. “It offers students what they expect to find in a university library, and then some.”

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Vibrant signs filled Pershing Square Saturday morning for the second annual Women’s March in Los Angeles: “Girls just want to have fun-damental rights” and “Teach girls to be somebodies, instead of somebody’s,” to name a couple.

LA Marchers, women, men and children alike, expressed their soliditary for women’s social and political rights through contagious chants and posters, but many used another medium as their signage: their style.

Demonstrative dress has been a feminist idea as early as the Suffragette movement in England, according to The Guardian. Women world-shakers decided to intentionally wear garments fashionable and traditionally feminine during that age to eliminate the stigmas of female progressives being against feminity all-together. Their strategy not only brought attention to their cause from the media, but expanded it by drawing liberal and conservative women alike to the inititaive.

The 2018 Women’s March LA featured an array of clothing genres: pink hats that reperesented parts of the female anatomy, T-shirts with feminist slogans on them, but also ultra-feminine garb.

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student, Aurora Schurr, who identifies as an “ally, a woman,” and a “queer person,” walked the streets in head-to-toe pink. Schurr adorned her bubblegum pink jacket with slogan buttons and constructed her skirt out of vintage, princess-themed bedsheets.

“I love pink — if you can tell from my hair.

And I really enjoy dressing in hyper-traditionally feminine clothes, sort of as a statement to the point that there’s so much pink, and there’s so much going on that it’s almost aggressive or abrasive in a sense,” Schurr said. “I also have my cat ears as a statement for the pussyhats.” The Pussyhat Project, started by designer Jana Zweiman, is a pointed pink hat movement. March attenders wear the hat to represent those who are unable march, but want to participate, according to the Pussyhat Project website.

Orange County native Lily Young also personalized her clothing as an expressive tool.

Young took a thrifted brown leather trench coat and painted over it like a picket sign. The coat featured slogans such as “men of quality do not fear equality.”

“I was going to make a sign, but last year I got tired of holding it up,” Young said. “So I said, ‘I’ll just make a huge coat and put everything that I would have put on the sign on the coat.’ It’s like a wearable sign.”

Celebrity speakers also tailored their fashion choices to their message at City Hall, many of them wearing the notorious “Time’s Up” T-shirt in black with its contrasting white logo. The “Time’s Up” initiative used a “black out” dress code to bring attention to the movement, according to Vogue.

Celebrities like Natalie Portman, Rowan Blanchard and Scarlett Johansson took the 5th and Hill center stage in coordinated “Time’s Up” T-shirts, using the same coordinated clothes for a cause tactic at the Women’s March. Johansson accessorized hers with a charcoal grey blazer and these powerful words: “I stand before you someone that is empowered, not only by the curiosity about myself and the active choices that I am finally able to make and stand by, but by the brightness of this movement, the strength and the unity that this movement has provided,” Johansson said before marchers at Los Angeles City Hall. “It gives me hope that we are moving toward a place where our sense of equality can truly come from within ourselves.”

From the stage to the streets of Los Angeles, the fashion medium became the message. Public figures and private citizens exemplified solidarity in their stitching, all diverse threads that knitted together one powerful initiative.

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Photos by Kristin Vartan Pink is the New Protest| Lily Young (left) and Aurora Schurr (right) use their style to support women’s rights at the Women’s March in Los Angeles.

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Weekly Culture Collection: Weekly Culture Collection is a column that gives the best things to eat, see and do near Pepperdine, Malibu and the surrounding Los Angeles area. It’s like The New Yorker’s Goings on About Town section but not as high-brow, and there is no dandy with an eyeglass. It also has nothing to do with New York.

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stARTup Art Fair LA Jan. 26-28 — The Kinney Hotel, Venice Beach It might seem campy and perhaps a little odd for a hotel to play the role of art gallery. But if 2017 has taught us anything, it’s that the most unsuspecting people and things can assume the strangest and most far-fetched roles and titles.

And perhaps, a hotel playing the role of art gallery is the least strange among them. stARTup Art Fair LA will bring artworks from more than 50 artists to the Kinney Hotel that will temporarily transform its rooms into exhibition spaces. The Fair will also include music, performances, food and special “Art Conversations” about emerging issues in the art world. Featured artist Parker Day will set the stage for what is possible in the realm of contemporary art with her surrealist photography, use of lurid (and slightly bilious) colors, and addition of costumes that explore the nature of identity in a manner that is all at once explicit, grotesque and redolent of Lisa Frank stickers. Tickets cost $10 to $40 (or $100 for VIP).

WHAT TO DO

WHAT TO EAT

Museums Free-For-All

Indian Vegetarian Cooking Workshop

Jan. 28 — Various locations

Jan. 26, 3 - 4:30 p.m. — Malibu City Hall,

Museums Free-For-All returns with another year of free cultural fun at some of Los Angeles’ leading institutions. The opportunity to explore multiple museums in one day is both plausible and encouraged due to the dozens of museums with waived admission.

While some of the participating museums are already free of admission (like the Getty Center and Getty Villa), recommended museums that usually do come with a $10 to $15 price tag include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Japanese American National Museum, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Pasadena Museum of California Art and many more.

At some point, the phrase “there comes a time” becomes less abstract and hackneyed, and the words that follow it become ever more applicable to one’s current circumstance. Allow me to demonstrate: There comes a time when a college student must learn to cook a meal and not rely on ramen or the classic frozen meal college student tropes.

This “there comes a time” line is not as eloquent as one from classic literature (though it is vaguely reminiscent of some modern culinary bildungsroman), nor has the author of this article thrown down her own ramen-entwined gauntlet for a life of homemade meals.

The Indian Vegetarian Cooking Workshop at Malibu City Hall by Instructor Farhana Sahibzada offers the opportunity to eschew the microwave in favor of fancier cookware. If there is anything to know about Indian food, it’s that the savory aroma of herbs and spices will rival any frozen meal or ramen, or at the very least, provide one with the accoutrements to literally and figuratively spice up meals wrecked by freezer burn. Recipes will include aloo methi, basmati rice and traditional condiments and sides. Tickets cost $10.

When the weekend does come, satiated by vegeterian Indian food, art fairs and museums, stress finally ceases — at least until the start of the new week when the goose chase resumes again.

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‘The Post’ fights for freedom

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C ar o l ine Edwards Li f e & Ar ts As sista n t Steven Spielberg’s latest film “The Post” is based on a true story and offers a timely take on censorship and freedom of the press.

The film stars Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post, alongside Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee, executive editor, in their pursuit to publish the Pentagon Papers in the early 1970s.

The film follows Graham in her conquest to find her footing and voice, as she takes the company from being a private, local paper to a publicly traded company, while also competing with The New York Times to sell more papers and get a big lead on a story. When the paper finally gets access to the classified Pentagon Papers, the action truly begins in the fight

for freedom of the press, earning the film an 88 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Pentagon Papers were a secret 7,000-page study of the history of America’s involvement in the Vietnam region from the 1954 until 1967, filled with information that had been hidden from the public.

Hanks brings his all in this political thriller, with his determination and roughness as Bradlee. Meanwhile, Streep brings a softness and femininity to Graham, a woman struggling to be in charge in a male-dominated industry after being handed the position of publisher after her husband commits suicide.

Streep brings her usual clumsy, charming self, as she paces herself and brings confidence to Graham’s character at the end of the film.

Streep’s character is im-

portant for women today as a strong role model. She plays a woman in power who runs a paper and is often undermined by her male colleagues and board members. She is rarely respected by the men in her workplace, especially since she is the first female publisher of The Washington Post.

Graham is portrayed as nervous and incompetent, as any woman in her position would be, but eventually becomes the voice of the film as she takes charge and leads the paper to victory.

Streep told The New York Times, “The more I read about her, the more I thought, ‘Who do you think you are trying to be — Katharine Graham?’ She was so thoughtful, deep-principled and wily in that way that women had to be when they were only the second tier of a society.”

“The Post” was released

during a time of threatened censorship and female empowerment, when people are fighting fake news and reclaiming their voices through marches and coming forward about sexual assault.

Spielberg told the Hollywood Reporter, “I realized this was the only year to make this film.”

The film reminds audiences of their rights and the importance of free press during Trump’s presidency. With the looming possibility of net neutrality and media censorship, audiences are left feeling empowered and ambitious. It shows the bravery of everyday journalists fighting for change and putting their publications and careers on the line as part of their responsibility to the American people.

News must be public, specifically regarding government corruption and secrets.

“ The film reminds audiences of their rights and the importance of free press during Trump's presidency.”

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Cameryn Zorb | Staff Writer

How to start the new year right C amery n Zorb Staf f Write r Hello all! The purpose of this new column is to provide advice for your daily life. You have the opportunity to send in questions if you would like to hear my opinion, and maybe learn something worthwhile in the process! This first week is about starting the new year off on the right foot, an idea that is applicable to many areas of life, however, I want to direct it toward maintaining motivation and doing your best this new semester.

My favorite way to stay motivated is through reflection and reminders.

Both of these are important because reflecting on yourself and your achievements of the past can remind you why you’ve chosen to pursue a bright future through your education. Stay in school, kids.

Let’s start with reflection. If you’re in that mood where you begin

to doubt yourself or your abilities, I found it’s very helpful to go back and think about how much you’ve accomplished in your life. There are many ways to do this. Scroll back through social media and remember those proud posts from your family dictating your many triumphs. Or even go back through a yearbook and read those messages scrawled between the seams of the shiny pages.

Or maybe don’t, we all had different high school experiences, and some are too painful to remember. Whatever the method may be, just reflect on your past because it will remind you of how far you have come so far.

Then you can see that you still have so far to go.

If you don’t have social media (gasp) or a yearbook you like, then just pick up your phone. If I’m feeling down, then I like to hear from my loved ones. At college, it can feel like home and your family is so far away. But that’s the beauty of tech-

nology, right? Just a phone call and their voice in your ear can make you feel like everything is right in the world. If you’re unable to pick yourself up, then have someone do it for you. There’s nothing wrong with getting the help you need to move forward. Your loved ones will always be there for you, and trust me when I tell you that they’d love to help you stay motivated.

Those are my two favorite ways to stay motivated. Of course, there’s so many more. Just look on Pinterest and you’ll see motivational quotes left and right. But, ultimately, you are the deciding factor of your future.

Starting off on the right foot doesn’t mean beginning again, but it means taking those next stepsArthur forward. Step out of your comfort zone, try new things, and keep working hard and moving. You control whether to move on or stay stuck in one spot.

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MAKING WAVES

Photos Courtesy of Claire Fagin Lights, Camera, Action | Jason Garofolo poses with cast members of “The Road is All,”including Claire Fagin (top right), Billy Baker (bottom right), and Carissa Mosley (bottom left). Garofolo spent four days shooting his directorial debut at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, CaliforHaidy n Harvey S taf f W r i te r Jason Garofolo, filmmaker and Pepperdine senior, understands hard work from his past as an aspiring Olympian.

Garofolo, who will be graduating this spring, just completed production for his directorial debut, “The Road is All.” He describes it as an arthouse adventure film, which follows the story of three friends and a possible love triangle.

“It’s very stylized,” Garofolo said. “I feel like it’s equally character driven.”

Majoring in Media Production, Garofolo said he felt inspired by a brainstorming session in his cinematography class and decided to start his own independent production.

After a quick two weeks of

fundraising, he found himself calling the shots and running the production from the director’s chair. Breaking into the film industry is challenging, but Garofolo has performed under pressure before.

Originally from Westlake Village, California, Garofolo began ice skating at the age of 9. Soon, his parents realized that their son’s hobby could be something more. They made the decision to move to Colorado so Garofolo could train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

There, he studied under Olympic coach Tom Zakrajsek, who is coaching athletes for the upcoming 2018 Olympic Games.

Garofolo had his eyes on the 2018 Olympics too, but after an injury that forced him into hiatus, he began to reevaluate.

“I took a break, and then during that break realized

… this is not what I want as much.”

After much consideration, Garofolo and his family decided to return to Westlake Village. At this point, Garofolo knew his interests but had yet to find his passion.

“I wasn’t one of those people who knew from a young age that I wanted to do this,” Garofolo said.

It was at Moorpark College, when Garofolo watched “Pans Labyrinth” for a media class, that he discovered the future he wanted.

“That was what definitely … made me realize that I had to make movies,” Garofolo said.

After a gap year, Garofolo found his home at Pepperdine.

It was the Media Production major and the proximity to Los Angeles that drew him in.

“I was able to, like, find myself more at my time at Pepper-

dine, for sure,” Garofolo said.

Last semester, his decision to leave figure skating came full circle when he began directing “The Road is All.” The short film features a mostly Pepperdine cast and crew.

A large effort on behalf of all who were involved, “The Road is All” is set in a number of locations, including the historic Madonna Inn. This vibrant San Luis Obispo resort is featured in many television shows and music videos. Garofolo’s film is now on that list.

While Garofolo expects the final edit to be somewhere around 18 to 20 minutes long, the shoot took place over one weekend. The four-day production consisted of mostly night shoots.

“I think I slept 12 hours the entire time,” Garofolo said.

With graduation approaching and post-production be-

ginning, Garofolo plans to take the project past Pepperdine’s Reelstories and submit to all the major festivals, including Sundance Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival. Garofolo, his cast and crew are looking forward to seeing how their project will flourish in the world beyond Pepperdine.

Garofolo, who draws inspiration from directors Wes Anderson and Guillermo del Toro, thanks the high-pressure environment of figure skating for equipping him with important skills for a career in film.

“You have to look like you’re ready at all times, which is similar to film in general, but as a director you can’t like not have an answer for something,” Garofolo said. “You have to be on at all times.”

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On A Reel | Jason Garofolo draws inpiration from Wes Anderson and Guillermo del Toro for “The Road is All.” The film is in post-production.

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A Marv-elous Career

Champion Coach | Marv Dunphy’s achievements during his longtime coaching career with Pepperdine and Team USA includes four NCAA Division I championships (1978, ‘85, ‘92, ‘05), a world championship in 1986 and a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.

Former Head Coach Marv Dunphy reflects on his 34-year career at the helm of Pepperdine’s Men’s Volleyball Program, shares his coaching influences and what’s next after coaching Ar t hur P uu S por ts edi tor

For 34 years, the Pepperdine Men’s Volleyball program saw one man roam up and down the sidelines of the court in Firestone Fieldhouse, talking to the players and preaching out messages and life sayings known as “Marvisms.”

Even though Marv Dunphy is no longer the head coach of Pepperdine Men’s Volleyball, his stamp on the program will always be remembered in Firestone Fieldhouse.

“ Sometime after the season, when it was time to look forward, I said 'It's time.

It's time that somebody else takes this job for the next 40 years.' marv dunphy, Head coach emeritus

The Marv Dunphy Volleyball Court was dedicated to Dunphy himself in a special pregame ceremony prior to Pepperdine’s match against UCSB on Saturday, Jan. 20.

“It’s a nice honor and as I said that evening, the athletic leadership and university leadership has been great,” Dunphy said. “But the players and

coaches that I’ve worked for, all the great ones, made this honor possible and that’s my takeaway from the night.”

New faces arrive every season. But for the first time in a long time, a new, yet familiar face will continue the storied legacy that Dunphy helped create.

Three games into the new season, David Hunt, who worked under Dunphy for 10 years as an assistant coach, is ready to lead the Waves in #TheHunt.

“David Hunt is one of the best young coaches in our sport,” Dunphy praised. “I’m pretty excited about this season and this group and the kids that are coming in. The program is in good shape and I look forward to this year and the coming years.”

Although he announced his retirement back in June 2017, Marv Dunphy continues to stay involved with the game of volleyball by serving as the Head Coach Emeritus of the program.

And while his title has changed slightly, Dunphy said there has not been much of a difference with his new role.

“Not too much has changed, but I think they’re going to be on the road to Washington this Thursday to play in a game this weekend and I’ll be looking around and saying they’re going to war without me,” Dunphy said. “So far, the matches have been here [in Malibu]. But once they get on the road and I’m not with them, it’s gonna change since my heart is with them.”

As the new Head Coach of the Men’s Volleyball team, Hunt talked about his relationship with

Dunphy and how big it is for the program, the players and the coaching staff to have him around.

“I can talk to him about anything: Life, sports, coaching decisions, personal decisions,” Hunt said. “He relates well to our guys and he relates well with me. He’s the best person with people that I’ve ever met.”

Dunphy recalled the moment he decided to hang up the clipboard following the 2017 season, expressing his contentment with the decision.

“Sometime after the season, when it was time to look forward, I said ‘It’s time,’” Dunphy shared.

“It’s time that somebody else takes this job for the next 40 years.”

Dunphy also recalled chatting with President Andrew K. Benton about his decision over a lunch meeting in Dunphy’s office in Firestone Fieldhouse.

“We were having lunch together and I said ‘Andy, it’s time,’” Dunphy said.

“There’s nothing else around that. Pepperdine will always be in my blood.”

Way before his head coaching career began, Dunphy got into volleyball late in his youth as a student and credits a trip to Japan as the spark that made him fall in love with the game.

“It was only after I went to Japan as an exchange student and I saw it [volleyball] being played at a high level,” Dunphy said.

“All of a sudden, it happened for me and I really grew to admire the beauty of the game.”

Dunphy didn’t begin his coaching career in volleyball. His first experience with coaching was teaching young kids how to swim, but once he upon

Courtesy of Pepperdine Athletics All-time Wave | Dunphy captured his third NCAA Championship in 1992. He was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. developing a passion for volleyball, he knew he wanted to get more involved with the game.

“Initially, I got my Water Safety Instructor [certification] and I was teaching young kids how to swim,” Dunphy said.

“That went pretty well and I said ‘Hey, this is something,’ and it kind of evolved. I think the teaching and coaching stuff was there, but I didn’t know I was going to be involved in volleyball as a coach.”

Dunphy credits his early growth as a coach learning and studying from many of the game’s best.

“If you have the opportunity to be in the presence of greatness, you take it,” Dunphy said. “I think I was able to play for a couple really great coaches and then I got to know some really great people in our sport early on.”

One of biggest lessons that has resonated with him was from former Pepperdine Men’s Volleyball Head Coach Edward

“Burt” DeGroot.

“I think you have to be in the ballpark with talent for sure and you have to have a pretty high degree of character and toughness because you’re always going to be in situations where things are not going to be perfect and you have to overcome those scenarios,” Dunphy said. “You don’t go too far without that character and I think from a coaching standpoint, you get what you tolerate and I got that early and often from Edward ‘Burt’ DeGroot.”

Outside of DeGroot, the biggest influence on Dunphy’s coaching philosophy was John Wooden: the famous UCLA basketball coach Dunphy wrote about for the doctorate dissertation he earned at Brigham Young University.

“When I first started coaching, I tried to be Marv Wooden and I said ‘I’ll learn from him, I’ll borrow from him, but I have to be myself,’” Dunphy said. “I learned that pretty early on and as

we’re going here, I think the best coaches are authentic, they’re real. Players know when you’re real and when you care.”

Reflecting on his time with Pepperdine, Dunphy says there are many memories that will stick with him, most notably the relationships he established with his players and members of his coaching staff.

“I think the best thing about coaching is I got to choose the people that I’m going through life with,” Dunphy said. “I’ll talk to them ongoing and their joys are my joys and their disappointments are my disappointments. I’m so proud of all of them and I let them know that. I stay in contact so I have this extended family and they feel like, a part of it and I feel a part of their lives.”

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Women’s Basketball splits thrilling homestand Waves drop a close battle to Pacific on Thursday, top San Francisco in double-overtime Sam Mar lo t t a s s istant s por ts e d itor The Pepperdine Women’s Basketball team split two games last week in Firestone Fieldhouse, falling 85-77 to Pacific despite great performances off the bench, and securing a double-overtime 95-92 victory over the USF Dons thanks to a bold comeback late in the second half.

The Waves are 7-11 on the season and 3-5 in WCC play.

Freshman guard Rose Pflug led the Waves in their game against Pacific with a career-high 17 points and four assists.

Sophomore guard Barbara Sitanggan matched Pflug with 17 points, while junior forward Yasmine Robinson-Bacote and junior guard Paige Fecske notched 12 and 11 points respectively.

“The strategy was to come out with energy from the start of the game and play the way we know how to play,” senior guard Kim Jacobs said. “Pacific is a very fast paced team and that causes the teams they play to play chaotic, so we went into the game with the mindset not to play at their level.”

The Waves drained two early threes that put them in the lead for a majority of the first quarter.

However, the Tigers found their stride and Pepperdine trailed for the remainder of the game.

Nine players found themselves in the scoring column, with four reaching double digits posting 30-20 points off the bench over Pacific.

Pepperdine also shot better than the opposition from the field 52

Arthur Puu | Sports Editor Dribble Dribble | Forward Yasmine Robinson-Bacote follows point guard Barbara Sintanggan as she works her way toward Pacific. Sintanggan finished with a season-best 17 points, but her efforts fell short as the Waves lost 85-77 to the Tigers. percent to 47 percent, but 19 turnovers by the Waves led to 21 points for the Tigers.

Quarter-by-Quarter Scoring (vs. Pacific): Quarter 1: 20-17 (PAC) Quarter 2: 41-37 (PAC) Quarter 3: 68-59 (PAC) Quarter 4: 85-77 (PAC) On Saturday against San Francisco, Robinson-Bacote led the Waves with 28 points and 14 rebounds, but team defense was the name of the game.

“We were focused on stopping their main scorers because that’s what killed us last time we played them,” Jacobs said.

Pepperdine got off to a slow start down 2312 after the first. They struggled throughout most of the second quarter, as USF sustained a 19-point advantage before the Waves closed the gap in the third, 58-53.

With 22 seconds left in regulation, Paige Fecske gave Pepperdine a 70-68 lead, but the Dons tied it up at 70 with one second left to send the game to overtime.

The first overtime ended in another tie 7979 sending the game into double-overtime.

The Waves’ momentum started to pick up and a big three by Jacobs put Pepperdine ahead 9190. USF didn’t give up

easy and countered right away, but Fecske and Robinson-Bacote both hit big shots from the free throw line to secure the 95-92 victory for the Waves.

“I think in both games we did a great job of not giving up,” Jacobs said.

“We were down by a lot at certain points in both games and instead of the team falling apart we worked together to get back into the games. It was a great team effort.”

Quarter-by-Quarter Scoring (vs. USF): Quarter 1: 23-12 (USF) Quarter 2: 44-33 (USF) Quarter 3: 58-53 (USF) Quarter 4: 70-70 (TIED)

Overtime (TIED) Overtime (PEPP)

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79-79

2:

95-92

Quotables: On continuing pursuing their season goals: “We could definitely have done a better job at rebounding,” Jacobs said.

“That is a key point we have been trying to work on this whole season and that is also why we lost one game and why the other one we won was so close.”

On winning in overtime: “Winning in overtime against USF was a great feeling because the last time we played them, we lost by one with only

10 seconds left so it felt great to get the win against them this time,” Jacobs said. “The fact that we didn’t give up and came back to win in double overtime shows how much we’ve grown together. I am very proud of the team and everything we’ve been through has only made us closer. I can’t wait to see what we do in the next few games.”

Up next, Jacobs and the rest of the Pepperdine Women’s Basketball team take on the Loyola Marymount Lions Thursday, Jan. 25 at LMU at 7 p.m.

No. 10 Pepperdine suffers loss to unranked UCSB

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Men’s Volleyball played their third match of the season against UC Santa Barbara, ending with a 3-1 loss, bringing their record to 1-2 on the season.

The loss also dropped the Waves from No. 10 to No. 12 in the AVCA Division I-II Coaches’ Rankings.

Senior outside hitter Colby Harriman led the Waves with 17 kills and freshman setter Robert Mullahey totaled 35 assists against the Gauchos.

Prior to the game, Pepperdine honored long-time head coach Marv Dunphy as President Andrew Benton and Director of Athletics Steve Potts dedicated the court in his honor.

Pepperdine went into extra points during the first set when they came up from behind, tying the score at 24 apiece.

The Waves led 26-25, but dropped three consecutive points to the Gauchos.

After losing a close first set, Pepperdine came back and took the second set 25-21 tying the match at 1-1.

Even with senior libero Weston Barnes putting

up a tough defensive fight with 10 digs, Pepperdine dropped the next two sets 22-25 and 23-25.

Set-by-Set Scoring: Set 1: 26-28 (UCSB 1-0) Set 2: 25-21 (TIED 1-1) Set 3: 22-25 (UCSB 2-1) Set 4: 23-25 (UCSB 3-1) Quotables: On the court dedication: “It’s a nice honor and as I said that evening that the athletic leadership and university leadership has been great. But the players and coaches that I’ve worked for, all the great ones, made this honor possible and that’s my takeaway from this. I’m not saying that to be falsely humble, it’s what I know to be true. I’ve been able to work with some of the very best to play this game. Jeff Storic, three-time Olympian was here, Karch Kiray was here, I’ve been pretty lucky,” Marv Dunphy said.

On the upcoming matches: “We’re really excited to get on the road. It’s always a good test for us to see how we match up against

Joanna Cabalquinto | Assistant Sports Editor In for the Kill | Sophomore Middle Blocker Jack Cole jumps up to spike the ball off the assist from Robert Mullahey against UCSB on Saturday night. Cole totalled three kills throughout the match. others teams in other conferences. Everyone across the NCAA plays high level volleyball and some conferences have

a different style of play, so it’s good to get the experience and have a little bit of a different feel that we’re used to,” Barnes

said.

Up next the Waves travel to Fairfax, Virginia, for their next matches against George Mason on

Friday, Jan. 26, at 4 p.m. and Ball State on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 4 p.m.

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