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Good Samaritan Policy Gets c h a n n a s te i n m e tz so c i al m e d i a m anag e r

Final Grade | A display about the Good Samaritan Policy hangs on the Freedom Wall. Students behind the Unite Pepp Movement wanted to spark a conversation about drugs and alcohol.

Students corrected and graded the Good Samaritan Policy for a public display on the Freedom Wall on Thursday, Sept. 27.

The seniors leading the Unite Pepp movement, Elijah Zoarski and Julia Donlon, utilized the Freedom Wall once again to spark a conversation about drugs and alcohol on campus. In April, Zoarski asked students to submit their most shocking stories regarding parties and alcohol, and if they have ever not used the Good Samaritan policy due to fear of repercussions. The answers started a movement.

Red-pen edits to the Good Samaritan parable peppered Pepperdine’s policy with commonly heard phrases such as, “He’s fine dude! He just needs water!”

The display included a QR code to a two-part video interviewing freshmen on if they would use the policy, and a break down of what the policy entails.

“We’re trying to help,” Zoarski said. “At the end of the day, we want a safe campus. We’re leaving in seven months, and we want to make sure that this place is safer than it was when we walked on it.”

Zoarski and Donlon explained that in order to initiate actual change, the campus culture must change. Donlon said that process starts with the presentation and understanding of the policy.

“Last year, we were really focusing on administration needing to be better and make some changes,” Donlon said. “Once they did, we’re like, great, now we all need to be better. That’s why we wrote

at the bottom, ‘Who’s at fault?’ Everyone. It’s campus culture.”

The idea to work with freshmen came along only a couple weeks into school when a freshman admitted to Zoarski that he would not use the Good Samaritan Policy, Zoarski said.

“We then asked quite a few people,” Zoarski said. “Most of it was either ‘No, I wouldn’t use it,’ or ‘I would use it, but only in some cases—only if my friend was literally dying.’ We were shocked. There was already this mistrust, and they just went through education [of the policy].”

Donlon added the two of them offered to speak at New Student Orientation (NSO), but the offer never went to fruition.

Video Part 1 The first part of the two-part video included interviews from various freshmen. When asked if they would or would not use the Good Samaritan Policy and why, their answers varied.

The Unite Pepp video featured freshman Presley Duyck. In the video, Duyck changed her answer from she would use the policy to “never mind” when they asked her to explain why.

“I like the idea of the Good Samaritan Policy and was all for it,” Duyck said. “But I have heard a lot of scoop on not to use it from older kids.”

Duyck said NSO leaders and RAs presented the policy in a “comfortable and confident” manner but she later heard conflicting advice. If the situation were to arise, Duyck said she would call 911, but would be unsure of get-

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Next week, Pepperdine will celebrate its ninth annual Waves Weekend, an event that brings 200 to 300 alumni back to campus to celebrate alongside students, parents, faculty and friends, Chad Quiñones, associate director of Alumni Engagement for the Alumni Relations department, said.

In combining alumni reunions, parents’ weekend and homecoming into one gathering, Waves Weekend encourages a celebration based on a shared love for Pepperdine, not one that is restricted to a certain graduating class or university institution, Quiñones said. It brings alumni back to campus so they can rejoin the greater Pepperdine community.

“Waves Weekend is meant to be a celebration of all things Pepperdine, which means alumni are a part of that, students are a part of that, faculty and staff, even our surrounding community and friends and donors,” Quiñones said.

Waves Weekend not only allows alumni to reconnect with one another, but also gives them a chance to catch up on the changes on Pepperdine’s campus, Quiñones said.

“It’s important for alumni to come back to campus because they get a chance to see all the fantastic improvements that are going on

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and they get to reconnect with faculty members, staff members and just enjoy campus and bring their families back,” Quiñones said. “So it’s a great time for them to come back to campus and show their families and show their kids where mom and dad went to school.”

Shelby Strecker, alumna of the Class of 2015 and assistant director of alumni engagement of Alumni Affairs, said she still recalls a piece of what it was like to experience Waves Weekend, particularly the event’s concert, as a student.

“Especially freshman year, [Waves Weekend] is having an excuse for your parents to come back and see how you’re doing and see ‘Hey, mom and dad, look at the friends I’ve made and here’s my dorm and I’m happy and I’m comfortable and I’m not my awkward, you know, unknowing freshman self in my first week,’” Strecker said. “It’s a pep rally and just pumping up Pepperdine.”

Each year, alumni return to Pepperdine for their fifth, 10th, 20th and 30th reunions, Quiñones said.

Many also take part in affinity reunions, which bring together previous members of student groups, such as Pepperdine Ambassadors Council, a specific year of an international program or Greek organizations.

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reunions, Quiñones said. Alumni that want to create a reunion for their specific organization respond to Alumni Relations’ request for affinity reunions and the staff helps sort out the details of the event.

“The Seaver Alumni Relations office is here to help anybody who wants to hold a reunion, whether it’s at Waves Weekend or not,” Quiñones said. “We prefer them to do it at Waves Weekend because it’s the one time we want everyone to come back to campus. We help make that happen sometimes with monetary ways, always with support in finding locations on campus or off campus. So we do our best to make sure that if they’re interested in doing a reunion, that it happens.”

Before Oct. 2010, alumni reunions and parents’ weekend did not coincide and were separate events, Quiñones said. The two then merged to create Waves Weekend. “[Alumni reunions and parents’ weekend] didn’t have the same audiences, but they had the same goals and that was Pepperdine pride and spirit and bringing people to campus,” Quiñones said. “[The] powers that be decided to join those two events into one large event in the fall where we could celebrate the fall sports teams, we get to celebrate the Pepperdine spirit and we could

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I didn’t like boxing the first time because I felt intimidated; I compared myself to the people around me — I wasn’t as good or as fast and I would beat myself up for it. Since my last experience was horrible, I didn’t have high expectations for this class.

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UNITE: Students spark conversation FR OM A 1 -ting the Department of Public Safety (DPS) involved.

“If someone needs help, I am going to let them get that help,” Duyck said. “I would just be worried to call DPS.” Hannah Douglas, another freshman featured in the United Pepp video, said she would not use the policy based on input she heard from other students during NSO. “[Freshmen] are supposed to go to an orientation where someone that explains to you the in-depth thing,” Douglas said. “I didn’t go to that because I had already felt like I knew plenty about it from talking to people.”

Douglas recognized the “good intention” behind the policy, but said she wished she heard better things about it.

Associate Dean of Student Affairs Sharon Beard wrote in an email that she understands new students may be skeptical of policy, but over time will see that administration is serious about the policy and its applica-

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“The policy has already been applied to two students this semester,” Beard wrote. “While it is my job to protect each student’s right to privacy, it is my hope that these students will share with others that the University kept its word in applying the Good Samaritan policy.”

Video Part 2 The second part of the Unite Pepp video was a breakdown of what students should know about the Good Samaritan Policy through whiteboard drawings courtesy of artist and 2017 alumna Angelica Ramos.

Part two included the basics of the policy: who it applies to, what is not covered, student organizations, hosts and Pepperdine’s procedure of applying the policy. Dean of Students Mark Davis wrote in an email that he is appreciative of efforts from “grassroots initiatives like Unite Pepp.”

“I’m thankful that the video points students to the part 2 educational video, which provides an excellent illustrated summary of the main points of the new Good Samar-

itan policy,” Davis wrote. “I hope everyone who watches part 1 will continue to part 2.”

Director of Public Safety Dawn Emrich also commended part two of the video for informing students on how to act safely .

“The safety of our students is of the utmost importance to us,” Emrich wrote in an email. “I hope the video, which creatively promotes the education and awareness of the Good Samaritan Policy, inspires students to take the appropriate action if a situation calls for it.”

The two videos combined have over 3,000 views on YouTube as of Tuesday night. Zoarski said although he and Donlon have been recognized for Unite Pepp, it is those who are discussing it, sharing the videos and looking at things from a different perspective who are impacting the community.

“We just kind of facilitated, but it all boils down to the community,” Zoarski said. “And it seems as if they’re ready to step in, have this conversation and try to really make a change on campus.”

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Courtesy of Julia Donlon Student Activism | Seniors Elijah Zoarski and Julia Donlon put up the Good Samaritan Policy display.

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Strecker said she attends the event as an alumna, using the weekend as an opportunity to catch up with friends who still live and work in the LA area.

Working at the university, Strecker said she has a greater understanding of the amount of planning that goes into the event.

“As a staff member, I think I appreciate Waves Weekend so much more,” Strecker said. “I just know how much hard work and effort goes into Waves Weekend and how much, you know, the alumni really do love Pepperdine.”

Freshman Jordyn Regier’s parents are

alumni of the Classes of 1994 and 1995, so she attended several Waves Weekends before attending Pepperdine, she said. This year she gets to experience the event from a new perspective.

“I think it’s going to be different coming as a student and having that side of like personal spirit more so than just like it’s my family,” Regier said. “[Attending as a family member] was definitely different of course, but still so fun and welcoming and I got mostly just like the family Pepperdine side, the stories of, ‘Oh, when I was here’ more than what was currently going on.”

Alaina Housley, another freshman and daughter of two Pepperdine alumni, said she also experienced a few Waves Weekends when her parents attended their class reunions, before becoming a student.

“I personally like having [alumni reunions and parents’ weekend] combined because it’s cool to see all of the generations kind of coming in,” Housley said. “But I also haven’t experienced it as a student, so that I might feel differently afterwards. Like I might just want a parents’ weekend.”

The number of alumni attendees increase each year as Alumni Affairs and Alumni Relations work to inform them of the purpose of Waves Weekend, Quiñones said. Recent alumni experienced the event as students and have a better understanding of it than alumni who studied at Pepperdine when alumni and parents had two separate weekends.

“It’s important for students to see that alumni are coming back to Pepperdine, that it’s not just your four years here and then

you don’t think about Pepperdine again, but you see that alumni are giving back to Pepperdine over their time, coming back and enjoying campus [and] still feeling like part of the family,” Quiñones said. “‘Once a wave, always a wave’ is always our motto and we always strive to connect students to alumni and make sure that they see that alumni are coming back and they’re doing great things for Pepperdine.”

Waves Weekend takes place from Oct. 12-14 and includes events such as Blue and Orange Madness and the Waves Weekend concert featuring Echosmith. Alumni, faculty and staff admission to the concert and other events costs $20, student admission costs $5 and family member admission costs $100.

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The Waves Effect, a student-run communications agency, represents both Pepperdine and local businesses.

This semester, the agency unveiled its newest slogan, “Stay current,” as part of its latest marketing campaign. The Waves Effect runs as a professional communications agency and aims to offer a variety of public relations, advertising, marketing and media services, free of charge to its clients, according to its website.

The student-run agency consists of 15 Pepperdine undergraduates, with advisers Executive Director Edward Zawilla and Chris Stivers, a Pepperdine Communication professor.

“Unlike a standalone advertising or public relations firm, The Waves Effect offers integrated communication services to achieve specific goals,” Stivers wrote in an email.

“Sometimes that includes helping the client understand their own communication needs and assisting them in defining achievable, measurable goals.”

The Waves Effect formed in 2013, but Stivers said he joined in fall

2014. Stivers wrote that the agency has changed in the past four years since he’s been involved.

It used to have Pepperdine Master’s students run it, but now the team consists of undergraduate students.

During that time, the agency focused on developing and documenting its roster of services and methodology, Stivers wrote in an email.

The Waves Effect offers five different services for its clients, according to its website. These services include strategic planning, identity and branding, media relations, special events and digital media strategy.

The website states that as part of these services, the agency aims to build “creative, strategic and effective campaigns that meet the professional needs of [their] clients.” “[The Waves Effect] runs as a communication agency by providing all communication platforms needed for our clients (organizations, clubs, etc.) to get their word out through different channels of communication, like publicity, social media and marketing,” senior Natalie Samaniego, The Waves Effect’s advertising coordinator wrote in an email.

As advertising coordinator, Samaniego wrote

that she is responsible for working on all advertising platforms that each client requests. Samaniego is an Integrated Marketing Communications major and joined The Waves Effect this semester to get real-life experience at an agency before she graduates in the spring.

Meanwhile, senior Rachel Ripp, The Waves Effect’s media coordinator, said she joined to be more involved on campus and to gain work experience.

As media coordinator, Ripp said she is in charge of updating the agency’s social media platforms and helps their clients with any media needs they request.

“We operate as a student-run communication agency by meeting every Tuesday night at 8 p.m., and hear pitches from several organizations, whether on or off campus, hoping we can help them with their marketing, advertising and media,” Ripp said.

This semester, The Waves Effect is working with Unum, an app that was founded by Pepperdine alumna Kaley Morgan. Unum allows users to curate their Instagram feeds and view data analytics. In the past, the agency worked with Songfest, Her Campus, The Randumb Show and

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Courtesy of The Waves Effect Effective Communication | The Waves Effect is comprised of 15 undergraduates and two advisers. The student-run agency launched in 2013.

Good Morning Malibu. “[The Waves Effect] is comparable to a communication agency in Los Angeles, by how we present ourselves and deal with our clients,” Samaniego wrote. “Similar to an agency in LA, we have potential clients fill out a form to request our services, we sit down and meet with the client to hear their needs, we then decide if we are going to take them and then if we decide to proceed with the client we define our objectives and goals and break into our positions to strategize and accomplish the clients needs.”

Stivers agreed and noted that the only differ-

ence between an LA agency and The Waves Effect is that The Wave Effect’s services are free of charge and student-run. Stivers stated that clients often hear about the agency through word of mouth, but noted the agency targeted some corporations they want to work with.

Ripp and Samaniego only joined a month ago, but both said the learning curve has been easy to adjust to.

“My take away thus far, is that you get what you put into it,” Samaniego wrote. “If you want to gain real hands-on experience and develop in the field of strategic communication, you really need

to dedicate your time in what you are doing.”

This semester, director and coordinator positions for public relations, advertising and media are filled, but associate positions are still open.

Positions are not paid, but there are scholarships available depending on the position, according to Samaniego. For students who are interested in getting involved, they can apply through the website or email Zawilla.

More information on The Waves Effect and how to be involved can be found on The Waves Effect website.

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Pepp competes with Malibu housing JUDITH-DALY BRISTER-KNABE NEW S AS SI STA N T Pepperdine housing costs have steadily increased in the past decade. Every year students consider whether to live on or off campus. Although students may pay less money in rent to live off campus, the costs of furniture, utilities, renter’s insurance and transportation, including gas, can add to the off-campus price tag.

Options vary in price and convenience, and the debate between off-campus and on-campus housing continues.

Average housing rates on-campus have increased by $1,800 total for a year of housing from 2012 to 2017, according to Pepperdine’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

From the fall of 2017 to fall of 2018, the rates of first-year dorms and rooms in Rockwell Towers increased about $150 for a semester of housing, according to student financial records.

“Certainly, the addition of Seaside Hall will increase revenue to the university, but there are also many additional expenses (facilities, maintenance, operations, programming and staffing) that come with a new hall,” Robin Gore, director of Housing Operations, wrote in an email.

Pepperdine housing competes with off-campus options like Avalon, an apartment complex on the other side of Malibu Canyon that offers two-bedroom apartments for roughly $2,700 a month ($10,800 a semester), according to ApartmentList.com. This is excluding utilities, parking fees, application fees, renters insurance,

Kaelin Mendez | Photo Editor Living Large| Pepperdine’s 458-bed Seaside Residence Hall is one of the on-campus options for students. Off-campus options include Malibu Canyon Apartments and Avalon.

Wi-Fi, cable and deposits.

Senior Micaela Patuel, Avalon resident, said she pays $1,500 a month for a private room with one house-mate and full utilities. However, she signed an eight-month lease and is therefore obligated to pay for the apartment even when school is not in session.

This amounts in total to about $6,000 in total a semester for Patuel.

Senior Courtney Jobe, resident of Calamigos Ranch, an off-campus complex off of Kanan Dume Road, said she pays approximately $1,400 a month ($5,600 a semester) to live alone in a one-bedroom, one-bathroom, furnished, kitchen-less studio. The $1,400 includes all utilities: water, electricity, Wi-Fi, a Netflix subscription and a TV. Jobe’s Calamigos studio is comparable in terms of square feet to a Towers dorm. Jobe signed an eight-

month lease as well.

“Being an older student, I just wanted the privacy and didn’t want to deal with a roommate,” Jobe said. “Living off campus just allows you freedom that Pepperdine doesn’t allow you.”

Calamigos Ranch will no longer be offering this single-room living situation next year, Jobe said, but will offer communal home living at a similar price.

The bill for off-campus living also varies depending on the lease. Senior Lily Spirtos, who lives in the Malibu Canyon Village Condos, commonly referred to by Pepperdine students as “The Stinkies,” said she pays $1,000 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with one roommate and two other housemates. All utilities are included in the $1,000 monthly cost and the lease is for 10 months. This would amount to about $4,000 per semester, but Spirtos is still obligated to pay

rent outside of the semester because of her lease.

Malibu Canyon Apartment resident and senior Laura Ann Pacos said she lives in a three-bedroom apartment with one roommate and two other housemates for about $800 a month including all utilities.

She signed a nine-month lease.

This amounts to about $3,600 a semester.

Junior Sahib Natt said he shares a home about 15 minutes from campus with four housemates, but no roommates. He pays about $1,070 a month ($4,280 a semester) including full utilities.

“I figured it was cheaper and I didn’t want to abide by the rules of Pepperdine,” Natt said.

Some, however, said they are willing to forego this freedom for the convenience of living on-campus.

“Originally I wanted to live on campus because I didn’t

have a car and there’s not great public transportation here,” Taylor Palmer, senior and Lovernich resident, said. “After getting a car, I didn’t feel like commuting, and though living off campus is just as expensive as on campus, loans help with my housing — that wouldn’t be an option off campus.”

First-year housing resident and junior RA Monique Newman cited simplicity and campus engagement as good reasons to live on campus.

“It’s more convenient because it’s closer,” Newman said.

“I can just walk everywhere. I don’t have to think about parking. It’s easier to be a part of the campus community when you live on it. You hear about the social events that are happening.”

Senior Taylor Pinkerton also lives on-campus for convenience.

“I only have a semester left, so it was the cheapest option because you can’t really rent for just half a year,” Pinkerton said. “I also have an 8 a.m., so it’s easier to live on campus just to be closer.”

On-campus housing can be covered through student loans.

When the costs of the living situations of Patuel, Jobe, Spirtos, Pacos and Natt are averaged, they amount to $4,696 a semester compared to $6,490 for upperclassmen housing.

That being said, these students must pay for the entirety of their lease as well as moving, furniture, and gasoline costs.

This additional inconvenience is why students like Newman, Pinkerton, and Palmer choose on-campus living.

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Malibu hosts its COME AS first safety expo YOU ART nic o l a w enz seni or r epor te r Malibu offered its very first Safety and Preparedness Exposition, featuring information sessions from a variety of vendors and organizations, outside City Hall on Sept. 9.

Participants included the Community Emergency Response Team, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, the Department of Animal Care and Control and many others.

The event mainly focused on informing locals on what to do when a natural disaster strikes.

Information booths incorporated safety tips and procedures on disasters such as earthquakes, flooding, wildfires, and or storms – each a possible occurrence in Southern California.

Matthew Maron, firefighter one and squad boss for the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority (MRCA), said his department is excited to teach locals about the the risks of wildfires, especially because of the drastic fires that occurred recently in Southern California.

“I think this event is a

really good idea,” Maron said. “This is an outreach to educate the public so they have a general idea of what to do when a natural disaster does come, especially in Malibu.”

Juan Maceda, officer of the Los Angeles County Animal Control, said he is happy that Malibu finally hosted an exposition so that even more people are informed about the different possible disasters.

“It’s never too late to start,” Maceda said. “It’s good information to have and anyone can do this in the last minute and prepare for themselves. Other cities have done this in the past so it’s about time that Malibu joins this trend.”

Maceda also said it is important to be prepared for everyone, not just humans.

“Usually people prepare for themselves and they forget about the little ones like dogs, cats, birds or rodents,” Maceda said. “So we tell them to have a little bag ready for them in case they need to get up and go and in that bag they can have water bowls, dog treats, a comfort toy, doggie bags, medication or food.”

Lenny Tedesky, CEO of LTGenerators, said awareness is the key to

reducing panic during the event of a disaster. He also said generators are important to have so that each household has access to electricity during a power outage.

“A lot of people don’t even know that generators actually exist,” Tedesky said. “We present automatic standby generators for emergencies and disasters so when the power goes off, our generator turns the power right back on in less than 20 seconds.”

The exposition also offered activities for children to help them understand the dangers of roadside activity and how to behave when other vehicles are nearby.

Maron said more than 80 people attended the event and other vendors said they are hoping to continue this exhibition in the following years to come.

For more information about safety and preparedness procedures, visit the Malibu City Hall page.

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Pepperdine Legacy Partners is the leading scholarship fundraising organization for Church of Christ students at the university.

Associated Women for Pepperdine announced its formal name change to Pepperdine Legacy Partners. The new name is meant to better reflect the organization’s goal of supporting students from Churches of Christ and preserving the university’s religious heritage, Tiffany Ferguson, the organization’s publicity and newsletter officer, said.

Pepperdine Legacy Partners is the leading scholarship fundraising organization for Church of Christ students at the university.

“We want people, when they hear the name, to know what our organization is about,” Ferguson said. “Associated Women of Pepperdine made people say ‘What is that, is that a women’s organization?’ and we had to constantly promote ‘No, everyone can be a part of us.’”

Ferguson said although Helen Young founded Associated Women of Pepperdine as a women’s organization in 1958, the group evolved to en-

compass both men and women who are dedicated to supporting students from Churches of Christ.

“Last year when we had our 60th anniversary, we were all thinking ‘How do we keep [the organization] going for another 60 years?’” Ferguson said.

“We all kind of came to a consensus that in order to keep going, you have to evolve and change what you’re doing and change what you call yourselves if it’s not necessarily relevant anymore.”

Ferguson said the organization started discussing the name change in the fall of 2016 and officially adopted the name in May. Tami Williamson, executive coordinator of Pepperdine Legacy Partners, said along with the name change for the organization, recipients of the scholarship are now called Helen Young Scholars, rather than Associated Women of Pepperdine Recipients.

“We did this in honor of our founder, Helen Young, because we wanted her name to carry on in legacy as well,” Williamson said. “Through [the students] bearing her name with this scholarship, more people can understand who she was and what her impact was to the university.”

Helen Young served as

Photo courtesy Pepperdine Legacy Partners PhotoofCourtesy of Tami Williamson Legends and Legacies | Members of Pepperdine Legacy Partners pose with a class of 2022 Helen Young Scholar, Isabelle Banowsky, at their annual reception to honor scholarship recipients. Pepperdine Legacy Partners provides 47 students from Churches of Christ with a $5,000 annual scholarship.

Pepperdine’s third first lady from 1957 to 1971.

Young founded Associated Women of Pepperdine in 1958 to raise funds to support students at George Pepperdine College, according to a university press release on Young’s death in 2017.

Young passed away Nov. 30, 2017 at 99 years old.

Williamson said the organization provides 47 students with an annual $5,000 scholarship.

Students must apply for the scholarship as an incoming freshman, and there is a renewal process

each spring before the scholarship is given in subsequent years.

Today, the organization raises money mainly though memberships, which start at $10 annually for students and $50 annually for standard members, according to the Pepperdine Legacy Partners website.

“The idea of being a member is that you are going to contribute annually, renew membership, hopefully if you are local, participate in activities,” Ferguson said. “Having membership is saying

that you are committing to the scholarship.”

The organization also raises money through selling donated items at their annual Fall Festival and selling pie and coffee every night of Pepperdine’s annual Bible Lectures.

Over the last 60 years, the organization raised more than $4 million for scholarships for students from Churches of Christ, according to a university press release announcing the Pepperdine Legacy Partners name change.

Williamson said be-

yond providing financial support, the organization fosters spiritual and personal relationships with scholarship recipients as well.

“The small number of scholarship recipients has created a much stronger bond between the organization and students, and that is ultimately what we want – for them to know they are loved, supported, cared for and prayed for,” Williamson said.

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EACC kicks off second year Nic o le spa ff ord Staf f W rit e r East Africa Connection Club is kicking off the school year with over 75 new members and a number of promotional events, Amelia Hemsley, EACC founder and president, said.

The club, which connects students interested in volunteering with sustainable nonprofit organizations in Uganda, became an official Pepperdine program last fall.

“Only a little over a year ago, I was in Uganda with just this peasized idea of what EACC could be, and it has really grown beyond my wildest dreams,” Hemsley said. “I am really humbled and excited to be a part of it.”

EACC is currently partnered with 12 nonprofit organizations that Hemsley and her executive team have personally vetted, Sharra Hardy, EACC vice president of communications, said.

“EACC has taken measures to find sustainable organizations that pass strict tests to reveal they are truly of the best interest for the children and the people,” Hardy said.

“All of our partners are holistic organizations.”

Hemsley said these tests are based off of the five pillars of credibility, according to a study

by Julius Omana, which include accountability, transparency, legitimacy, networking and effectiveness.

“Those are the criteria

with which we evaluate our partner organizations,” Hemsley said.

The focus of the partner organizations range from women’s empowerment to tourism. Hemsley said she and the executive team take into account student interests and experiences to determine which of its partners a student will is paired with.

“By channeling these amazing students who want to go to Uganda to the right organizations that are truly making great strides, we can make big change,” Hemsley said.

One of these students is sophomore Jacob Walker, who spent six months interning with one of EACC’s partner organizations, Amazima Ministries, specifically the Amazima School.

“It’s committed to looking at education but even looking at beyond that, at what is a sustainable and ethical and effective way of doing Christian development,” Walker said. “It was an awesome opportunity that was provided to me through EACC.” While EACC is thriving on campus now, Hemsley said it was no easy accomplishment.

Hemsley’s journey began when she spent four weeks in Jinja, Uganda, through Pepperdine’s East Africa International Program, Hemsley said.

During those four weeks, Hemsley said she observed many nonprofit organizations inadver-

Photo courtesy of Amelia Hemsley Making Connections | Amelia Hemsley poses next to EACC table during the 2018 CultureFest.

Hemsley is the founder and president of the club, which has 75 new members as of this fall. tently hurting the local communities they were striving to help.

“A lot of these organizations misdiagnose the problem,” Hemsley said. “They try to see the root cause, but they miss the target, and then they start trying to fix the little offshoots of what was really a misdiagnosed problem.”

Hemsley said some organizations lack cultural competency.

“One in particular is a baby home in Jinja, “Hemsley said. “They go into villages, scout out the most vulnerable children from the most vulnerable families and take

them back to this very lush private facility in town. After three to six months, they try to reintegrate these children into the villages, and a lot of times, the village then completely rejects the child because it doesn’t have any of the skills necessary to survive.”

Hemsley said she knew she could not stand idly by.

“I saw these volunteers with huge hearts serving organizations in Uganda that were not up to par, and I wanted to change that,” Hemsley said. “I felt like God was calling on me to change that.”

So when the summer

program came to an end, Hemsley said she extended her stay three weeks and began to lay the groundwork for EACC. With an influx of new members, Hemsley said she is eager for what this semester has in store.

“We have already had a number of membership meetings and events,” Hemsley said. “The biggest event will take place on Oct. 17 when Bob Goff comes to speak.”

Goff is honorary consul to the Republic of Uganda and an adjunct professor at Pepperdine School of Law. All the proceeds from his New York Times Best Seller Love Does, go

toward his nonprofit organization in Uganda.

The event starts at 6 p.m. in Elkins Auditorium.

“I always find when I’m at wit’s end and nothing seems to be working out, God opens up this crazy door and is like, ‘Why’d you ever worry?’ and I see the path He is laying out for me clearly again,” Hemsley said.

“That’s what happened with Bob. I had been trying for six months to get him to come speak and one day it just happened.

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STAFF EDITORIAL rapper’s death proves need for drug education News of rapper Mac Miller’s death in early September struck fans and shocked people worldwide. Found dead in his Los Angeles home, the 26-year-old singer overdosed after an arduous battle with drug addiction.

Many people, especially young adults, suffer from the effects of addiction. Miller’s overdose conveys the importance of college and high school institutions promoting awareness and educating on the dangers of addiction.

Miller’s passing places a spotlight on addiction, the unseen killer. Addiction ruins relationships, damages quality of life, and steals independence.

Most alarming, many people don’t realize they have an addiction until it’s too late. Medical News Today’s 2016 article on addiction symptoms mentions how easily a harmless habit can morph into an addiction.

This is especially important to acknowledge during

the influential years of high school and college, a time when students begin developing potentially lifelong habits. Because of this, students must be intentional with whom and what they surround themselves. Additionally, education on addiction should be addressed at both the high school and university levels to promote awareness about the issue.

Unlike most major colleges and universities, all incoming students to Pepperdine aren’t required to take a course on drug usage, only on alcohol consumption. This avoidance to acknowledge such a controversial issue in today’s society, especially at the college level, leaves students more vulnerable to the consequences of addiction.

Furthermore, a lack of education surrounding drug abuse only produces misunderstandings around the dangers of dependency.

Addiction is as much a mental problem as it

is physical, and promoting positive mental health during this time of growth is extremely important.

Placing blame when addiction is involved only furthers the ignorance and misunderstanding of the issue.

When news of Mac Miller’s passing was first released, waves of anger toward his ex-girlfriend Ariana Grande seemed to grow in the media. People blamed Grande for not being there for Miller, and people asserted judgment as if they had any understanding of the couples’ relationship.

Several days after his death, Grande, announced that she will be removing herself from the public sphere, allowing herself time to heal. “She will be staying close to home and using this period to spend time with her loved ones and work on new music without deadline,” her rep told ET. “She thanks her fans for their understanding.”

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Bask in truth and thrive b r a n d o n davis co n t ri b u t i n g w rit e r Being open in the LGBTQ+ community has always been a funny concept to me. I thought when I began to be open and told everyone the secret I had been holding onto my entire life, I would have a huge boost of confidence and self-awareness, allowing me to truly find and be myself.

The one thing that I didn’t expect to feel was the pain involved in the coming out process. The stares, mockery and overall hatred involved with being myself seemed unbearable at first.

No school teaches what it means to be gay. They don’t teach why words like “disgust,” “shame” and “sin” are directly linked to the term. They instead build a system in which they assume that everyone attending the school is all heterosexual and those who aren’t, in turn, feel uncomfortable with themselves. At Pepperdine, homosexuality isn’t talked about unless in a History or English class. Everywhere else the topic is avoided.

Every day, many around the world are coming out to their families. The options given to them are acceptance, limited interactions or rejection. Limited interactions mean that some families don’t understand homosexuality, causing communication to decrease.

When I came out this past January, I was terrified, but it didn’t hit until right before I

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Caitlin Roark | Art Editor said those two little words (I’m gay) that I refused to even think about. Imagine the thing you are the most scared of in this world happening; then imagine that feeling, times 10.

My mom has been my rock throughout my entire life, and I think we’re much closer because I chose to be courageous. This was a big deal for me as family is really important to me. I hold my family close and depend on them for the feeling of security and love; this can also backfire, however, because they’re the people who can hurt me the most. Most people take emotional pain they experience for granted. Emotional pain doesn’t seem to heal like physical wounds do, at least for me it didn’t.

Being gay has made me feel different from everyone else for as long as I can remember. Ever since I was little, anything fem-

inine was corrected by a society that taught me that I had to live in a world filled with hyper-masculinity. I’ve been an athlete my entire life, starting with football and baseball, then switching to track and cross country.

I’ve heard many opinions on the topic being on so many teams, but the constant view was that being gay was not OK. Microaggressions directed at the LGBTQ+ community were also a big part of the negative impact for me.

In my coming out post on Instagram, I wrote, “January 6th 2018: the day I lost a 1000 pounds of suffocation,” and it truly was. After everyone knows, that is where you’ll find yourself.

The suffocation came from denying who I was to every family member, new friend and school I went to.

I’m a student athlete on the

Men’s Track team at Pepperdine University, and I am the only openly gay athlete in the department. I am also one of the only Black men in the department who doesn’t play basketball. This is often a hard thing for me to deal with. Sometimes I feel that my voice empowers others to feel accepted and loved, but other times I feel alone, like I’m dancing by myself even though my department promotes diversity and acceptance.

For anyone in my shoes, find friends who love unconditionally. Blood might be thicker but the body can’t function without water. Know that the presence that everyone in the LGBTQ+ community gives off is a smart, strong, brave and beautiful one no matter what people have to say about it.

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Understand introverts’ abilities gabr i e l l e m at h ys per sp ec t ives ed it or

People fall on the spectrum of two socialization categories — introvert and extrovert, with ambiverts directly between them being a mix of both.

The world is structured toward those who fall on the more extroverted side of the scale — those who work best being out and around people; however, those that differ from this societal norm shouldn’t be forgotten.

It’s important to celebrate introvertedness because understanding the way people think is fundamental to working with others, now and in the future.

Despite popular belief, an introvert isn’t necessarily someone that is socially awkward or shy.

“Introverts have a lot of the chemical that makes them feel stimulated; extroverts don’t have so much,” Lindsay Dodgson wrote in her article “Your DNA determines whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert,” published April 20 by Business Insider. Because of this, introverts relax more in environments where they are left to

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Ally Armstrong | Staff Artist themselves with low amounts of outside stimulation, while extroverts need socialization to stimulate themselves.

Introverts also have a different way of thinking.

Since they are so highly stimulated, introverts do their best thinking in their heads, while extroverts think out loud to other people. The world is designed around the extroverted mentality, so many work environments are group focused.

Some might see this as a good thing, however, this could backfire. Some people have difficulty separating their own opinions from others in group settings.

“We instinctively mimic others’ opinions, often

without realizing we’re doing it,” Susan Cain, author of “Quiet: The Power of Introverts,” said in an interview with Scientific American.

In group settings, introverted leaders allow employees to voice their ideas more effectively than extroverted leaders.

In their own efforts to be heard, extroverted leaders may overlook other employees’ ideas that are better than their own in favor of doing what they themselves suggest.

Introverted leaders, however, are more likely to listen to their employees’ proposals and profit from this, according to a field study conducted

by Adam Grant, Francesca Gino and David A.

Hofmann and discussed in their article “The Hidden Advantages of Quiet Bosses,” published Dec. 2010 by the Harvard Business Review.

In spite of this, many don’t see being introverted as advantageous. “In a 2006 survey, 65% of senior corporate executives viewed introversion as a barrier to leadership, and other studies have shown that highly extroverted U.S. presidents are perceived as more effective,” according to that same Harvard Business Review article.

Introverts make up nearly half of the population, according to Susan Cain in her previously mentioned interview.

In spite of this, they are

thought of as strange and different.

Students should be sensitive to those who need time to themselves to recharge. Extroverts, don’t pressure them to go out into a highly stimulating environment when they really want to just spend some time alone. Introverts, embrace these differences.

There are different ways of doing the same thing that better fit different types of people. If students take the time to understand one another and what works best for each, they can all work together more efficiently on school projects or in the workforce after they graduate.

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One man’s trash may be another man’s treasure, but when said object is littering the ground, it tends to fall into the former category. Students should be intentional about keeping campus clean, as well as appreciating those who do so for a living.

Good stewardship on campus is a simple way that Pepperdine students can improve lives. By simply picking up one piece of trash a day, students can have an enormous impact on Pepperdine’s environment. With thousands of undergraduate students frequenting campus, the numbers can add up.

Along with being unsightly, trash causes damage. It has a hazardous tendency to end up in the ocean, ultimately killing wildlife, according to Donna Lawrence’s article “10 Reasons to Pick Up 10 Pieces of Trash,” published by the Plastic Pollution Coalition on Aug. 19, 2016.

Cleaning up after oneself and others is a way that students can show respect for their surroundings. In fact, being a good steward of one’s institution is correlated to a greater sense of pride and appreciation, according to Owen Phillips’ article “Without Janitors, Students Are In Charge Of Keeping School Shipshape,” published April 4, 2015 by NPR. When students are neglectful and trash the space that they’re in, it is actually symptomatic of a subtle sense of entitlement, according to David William’s article “How to Overcome the ‘Entitlement Trap’ in Business,” published Aug. 13, 2017

by Forbes.

A way that Pepperdine students can take this spirit of stewardship to the next level is by showing gratitude toward those who are employed to maintain campus.

Maintenance workers commonly “go above and beyond the call of duty in unseen ways,” according to Chuck Fieldman’s article “Custodians Other Role: ‘Unsung Heroes’ In Schools,” published Nov. 5, 2015 by the Chicago Tribune.

It is no stretch to say that Pepperdine’s maintenance staff embodies the university’s commitment to living lives of service.

Students should voice their gratitude. In the words of G.B. Stern, “Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.”

Students should make an effort to ensure that their stunning environment is not defiled by trash. Additionally, students should be generous with the gratitude that they show maintenance staff. These measures will make Pepperdine an even more welcoming place.

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Chinese Acrobatic Troupe Flies High The Chinese Warriors of Peking flip and juggle their way across the stage

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Kaelin Mendez | Photo Editor Sky High | The Chinese Warriors of Peking show off their flying acrobatic skills during their various acts Friday, Sept. 28 at Smothers Theatre. The acts told the story of two rival martial arts disciplines who compete in the ancient Chinese capital of Peking during the Ming Dynasty. kaelin m endez photo edi to r The Chinese Warriors of Peking demonstrated their acrobatic prowess and martial arts skills at Smothers Theatre on Friday, Sept. 28.

Julia Kocich, the troupe’s company manager, said that the show is based on traditional Chinese entertainment art.

“Everything that they do comes from classical Peking opera,” Kocich said, “which is acrobatics and martial arts and which is the classical Chinese performance art.”

Directed by Qiu Jian, the show follows the story of a martial arts competition wherein many schools of martial arts participate to decide which one would be the defenders of the ancient city of Peking. Complete with masked enemies, flips, staged fights and synced juggling, this acrobatic opera ends with the emperor uniting the schools of martial arts together so that they can all be defenders

and warriors of Peking.

Their acts required extreme body control and precision, and the troupe performed each act with near perfection. If something did go array, they picked up again right away with little to no pauses, demonstrating their professionalism. In an act of redemption, the trick was once again performed, this time followed through as it should, leaving the audience applauding in support.

Yuan Liu, one of the performers, through an interpreter, said they practice for eight hours a day and have no holidays.

In consensus, a few of the performers, including Liu, said they have been training since around the age of 13 and said that some may have even started as early as the age of 6.

Liu said his favorite act to perform was hoop-diving, an act also favored by both Kocich and Anne Manganiello, a student worker at Smothers Theatre.

“I really liked the hoop part,”

Manganiello said. “They had three hoops and then they had a big hoop on top of those hoops.

It was probably, like, a foot over his head. He did a backflip through it, and he didn’t knock it over. That was my favorite part.”

Soni Rusagara, who is also a student worker at Smothers Theatre, enjoyed another act.

“My favorite part was when this one lady was doing crazy things with her body and she was balancing all of these bottles or chandeliers and putting them behind her head,” Rusagara said. “That was impressive.”

Many of the female acts throughout the show required extraordinary balance and precision. One such act was one of the most reacted to acts by the audience.

A group of female acrobats, referred to in the show’s program as “Drum Girls,” juggled drums on their feet. The act increased in wow-factor, each trick receiving more applause and gasps from the audience

than the one before and the claps and verbal support only grew louder after the creation of a three-person tower, which included the acrobat below holding up the next performer up with her feet and legs. The top-most Drum Girl balanced and juggled a drum with her feet high. They performed each part of this act with necessary synchronization indicative of hours of practice.

Overall, the show was received with great applause from the audience. The Chinese Warriors of Peking may have won the martial arts competition in the show, but the acrobats themselves won the cheer and support of the audience.

The troupe will continue on their U.S tour, having just finished the first of nine weeks.

Everything that they do comes from classical Peking opera, which is acrobatics and martial arts and which is the classical Chinese performance art.

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Amazing Acrobats | The Chinese Warriors of Peking’s show consists of balancing on bikes (left), live-stage combat (top right) and hoop diving (bottom right). The troupe said they achieved the necessary synchronization for their acts during the group’s eight-hour daily practices.

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Photos Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures Photo Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures Photos courtesy of Kaelin Mendez Smooth Jazz | Sammy Miller and The Congregation say they want their audiences to leave their shows feeling better than how they arrived. Frontman Sammy Miller was nominated for a Grammy in 2015 for Best Instrumental Jazz Album for his album “My Favorite Things.”

Joyful jazz band entertains Smothers’ crowd Ashl ey C havez Staf f w r i te r Jazz band Sammy Miller and The Congregation put on a dynamic performance at Smothers Theatre on Thursday, Sept.

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“I want the audience to feel as if they’re a part of the music rather than witnessing it,” frontman Sammy Miller said.

“We want people to leave better than when they arrived.”

Sammy Miller and The Congregation describe themselves as a joyful jazz band, who strive to entertain and uplift their crowd while being interactive, according to their website.

The band is an ensemble ranging from Miller himself on the drums to his Congregation consisting of trombonist Sam Crittenden, tenor saxophonist Ben Flocks, trumpeter Alphonso Horne and pianist David Linard, according to the program.

“As every good concert should, it’s time to get a little weird,” Miller said during the performance as he transitioned from one song to the next.

Miller grew up in Los Angeles and received his Master’s degree from The Juilliard School according to the band’s website. Miller is a Grammy-nominated musician for

Best Instrumental Jazz Album for the record “My Favorite Things.”

All The Congregation members have recorded with a variety of well-known artists, including Lady Gaga and Queen Latifah, according to the show’s program.

“We’re here to provide a service for the people,” Miller said.

Sammy Miller and The Congregation made the audience feel included and welcomed during their two-hour show.

The band remained enthusiastic and interactive with the audience and each other for the entire night. The performance incorporated audience participation as much as possible. Each member of the band was able to convey their own personalities, as well as talented jazz playing, throughout the show.

“The band was equally engaging as they were talented,” junior Ali Corsi said. Miller occasionally interrupted the playing to interject his own commentary and storytelling into the show. He asked the audience for participation and feedback, as well as taking the time to speak directly to the crowd.

“The Congregation members are encouraged to branch out into the audience and even play from the aisles,” Corsi said. “I never realized how

much I can enjoy a jazz show.”

The band members held a sense of humor over the course of the night. Each member had the opportunity to showcase their talents during the show by giving a solo performance.

Throughout the night the band continually jokeed around with one another, as well as with the audience.

The band proceeded to perform a skit that accompanied their jazz music. Each member brought on their own persona alongside their talents in the skit.

Miller does his best to make the audience feel included through his direct conversations with them.

“It was a good show and entertaining,” junior Katie Callahan said. “Not usually what I listen to but I enjoyed it.”

The band was as enthusiastic as they were at the beginning and put forth just as much personality in their last song as they did in their first.

Per usual, Miller personally addressed the audience as if they were an old friend.

“See you again soon,” Miller said.

The band is on tour, so check out their website and experience the connection that Miller bridges between The Congregation and their audience.

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Solo Show | Tenor saxaphonist Ben Flocks plays with passion. He showcased his talents in a brief solo.

Take a Bow | Sammy Miller and The Congregation mixes drama and jazz to try and incorporate the audience throughout the show. Toward the end of their set, each member embodied their own personas and brought aspects of comedy to their performance.

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Make It Work | Junior Bailey Soudelier is the head costume designer for “Well,” performing at the Lindhurst Theatre in the spring.

Soudelier has been involved with nearly every theater production for the past three years, including Dance in Flight and “Hedda Gabler.”

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Next semester junior Bailey Soudelier will be the head costume designer for “Well,” a show that depicts the relationship of a mother and daughter in the midst of medical turmoil. “Well” will be performed in the Lindhurst Theatre this spring.

Soudelier is a Theater Production Design major, and she is the only student with an emphasis in costume design. At the end of last school year, Soudelier told the faculty members of the program that she wanted to design a main-stage show this year.

“The faculty told me over the summer that they had assigned me ‘Well’ because they thought it would be a good challenge for me with all the costume changes and complex characters it has,” Soudelier said.

Soudelier said she wanted to be a costume designer from an early age.

“I learned how to sew when I was 7 or 8 and I always really loved fashion,” Soudelier said. “When I was in high school I got involved with theater and things just sort of took off from there. I combined all of these interests into costuming, which is now my major.”

Soudelier has been involved with nearly every theater production at Pepperdine for the past three years, including “Crazy for You,” “The Interference,” “Circle Mirror Transformation” and “Hedda Gabler.”

“Freshman year, I worked on all of the different crews for the four shows: set, sound, lighting and wardrobe,” Soudelier said. “I tried everything because I wanted to be well-rounded in all the aspects of design.”

Last year, Soudelier took on bigger roles for the program. She was head of the wardrobe crew for several shows and was sole designer of hair and makeup for “Medea.”

Additionally, she was head costume designer for Dance In Flight, where she says she created some of her favorite costumes. “My favorite might’ve been the rainbow leotard that the ballerina wore,” Soudelier said. The ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ costumes were some of my favorites, too.”

This past summer, Soudelier worked at Warner Brothers as a wardrobe intern for “Conan,” starring Conan O’Brien.

“I had to run a lot of really weird errands to places like the garment district and had to pick up mascots and body parts from storage units,” Soudelier said. “Sometimes I got to work with the musical guests and style different shoots.

But driving a golf cart around the Warner Brother’s lot was definitely the best part of the gig.”

Coming off of these experiences, Soudelier said she feels confident as the head costume designer for “Well,” a main-stage production.

“I think ‘Well’ is a quote-on-quote ‘realistic’ show to a certain extent, but it is a dream-like reality,” Soudelier said. “It’s going to be an interesting challenge to portray the sense of wonder and fragmented reality that the playwright [Lisa Kron] is trying to get across.”

Although pre-production for the show has not started yet, Soudelier said she intends to apply the same process she has developed over the years for this show. “When I start a show, I’ll read it and get a feel for the characters and then I’ll assign a piece of art to each character or group of characters,” Soudelier said. “And from there I just do a lot of sketching.”

Through all of her experiences in the theatre, Soudelier has learned to design her costumes based off of performances.

“I think one of the most important elements of costume design is letting the actors wear the clothes, and not letting the clothes wear them,” Soudelier said. “Ultimately it’s about the story being told, so I like to look at the actors, and use their personality and how they chose to play their characters to influence the design … I think that’s really important.”

Soudelier is currently head designer of hair and makeup for the Smother’s show “Curtains,” assistant costume designer for the Lindhurst show “Falling” and hair and makeup designer for the opera, “Die Fledermaus.” However, Soudelier said she is most interested in the opportunities that are relevant to her career aspirations of being a head costume designer.

“I’m just really excited to costume design my own show as a junior,” Soudelier said.

Tickets for “Well” and other Pepperdine shows are available online and at the box office.

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Photo Courtesy of Melanie Watnick Sew in Love | Soudelier designed the costumes for the spring 2018 show “Hedda Gabler.”

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Just Dance | Above: Soudelier’s costumes from when she was the head costume designer for 2018’s Dance in Flight. When designing costumes, Soudelier said she focuses on the story and the performers. She said the performers should wear the clothes, the clothes shouldn’t wear the performers.

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Photos Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures Photo Courtesy Photo of courtesy Fox Searchlight of JustinPictures Rorick Creating Tunes | Sophomore Justin Rorick works on the music production part in his dorm room using the software FL Studio. Rorick said the most valuable time for an aspiring DJ is spent in front of the computer, messing around, because that is the only way to learn.

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Almost anyone can become a DJ with a laptop and the proper software, according to sophomore Justin Rorick.

With the industry so saturated with new talent, two Pepperdine student DJs, junior Daniel Lee and Rorick and University of California Santa Barbara freshman Drey Lubin, are trying their hand at mixing digital sounds to create music and find their unique styles.

Lee, who did not become a DJ until the beginning of May 2018, said he is in the process of figuring out what his style is. Although he is still very new to mixing, Lee said he has already learned some valuable lessons.

“You don’t play the music you want to play, but the music the audience wants to hear,” Lee said. “Being on the AUX cord in the car with your friends is DJing at its most stripped down, basic form. Turning knobs, pushing buttons and having expensive hardware doesn’t make you a better DJ than the next. It’s all about knowing how to read a crowd.”

Before becoming a DJ, Lubin accumulated pages of playlists on Soundcloud and Spotify. Lubin said mixing became a way for him to record some of his favorite songs. He does this by having them play together in one 30-minute-long recording.

Lubin said his journey as a DJ came solely from his love for music and the soulful jazzy ‘80s house music scene, which has always been his niche. However, it was not until sophomore year in high school that he was introduced to mixing through a friend who had been a DJ for a year.

“At first glance, mixing looked impossible because of the sheer technical complexity of it,” Lubin said. “However, I had discovered something that could challenge me. After months of going over to my friend’s house and practicing, I finally decided to get my own mixer, DJ events and making it a goal to get better every day.”

Rorick said he used to be intrigued with hip-hop music and networked with music producers such as Young Thug and his team. Rorick said he real-

ized he preferred the music production part, which drew him into the electronic music scene and ultimately creating his own mixes.

“The production part is actually making songs,” Rorick said. “Electronic and hip-hop songs require at least 50 hours of work per song. That’s if you’re doing it right. Of course, I could do something in two hours, but it would sound terrible.”

Rorick and Lee both said they see new DJs spend a lot of money on equipment in order to be successful, but agreed that’s a rookie mistake.

“Don’t spend the money on the hardware, spend the money on the music,” Lee said. “People think, ‘if I buy the more expensive controller, I’ll be a better DJ.’ No, you could get the cheapest equipment and throw the biggest banger. The hardware should be the smallest investment in that facet of DJing.”

Lee said back in the ‘70s and ‘80s, DJs had to know the tracks in their music set from front to back. Today, the hardware is pretty much the same across the board, Lee said.

“Today you have all that information on your computer,” Lee said. “In this way, everyone’s on the same playing field. But even though equipment has become standardized, you can always add a personal touch to your mixes no matter what.”

Although the industry has become more accessible, female DJs still face challenges as women in the industry.

For example, Beyond Wonderland festival in Southern California had the lowest number of female DJs at its event at 3.2 percent, or two out of 63 artists total. CTM Berlin festival had the highest, at 45 percent out of 100 artists, according to statistics by Vice.

“I have not met a single female DJ in person,” Lee said. “It makes me furious.

There’s so many good female DJs out there, better than some of the guy DJs I idolize, but guy DJs are not held to the same standards.”

Rorick pointed to the founding of the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) genre as the root cause of there being a lack of female DJs in the industry.

“EDM is a new genre and it was founded by a lot of dudes like Carl

Cox, Tiesto, etc.,” Rorick said. “I compare it to golf. It was a dude sport and now women are just now getting into it. Female DJs like Alison Wonderland are starting to emerge. I feel like they, and everyone, should be encouraged to start messing around. Anybody can make a dope track, so why not women?”

What unites the many different kinds of DJs out there, whether they play House, Trance, Techno, Bass, Dubstep or EDM music, is their love for making, sharing and spreading music, Lubin said.

“I’ve seen too many DJs who are only doing it for money and are skipping the basics,” Lubin said. “I don’t do this for money, I do this for my love of music and so should everyone else.”

Rorick said that as of now, his goal is just to get people into the music scene.

“Right now I’m just going to keep producing,” Rorick said. “I do a Soundcloud show every week where I’ll throw in my own music but don’t tell people it’s mine. I just hope people listen to it, like it and get into EDM.” For students wondering about where to begin when it comes to becoming a DJ, Rorick said he has a simple recommendation.

“Download FL studio and make a free YouTube account,” Rorick said. “If you love it enough the information is all online — 100 percent of it. Do whatever you wish. Find your sound.”

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Pepp freshman releases debut album anna m ilt o n s taf f w r i ter Pepperdine freshman Annabelle Childers not only just began her college career, but also released her first album “The Start” in August of this past summer.

The 10-track album is filled with Childers’ original songs and was recorded in her home state of Arkansas.

Childers said music has always been part of her life. Growing up in Little Rock, Childers began her musical journey as a young child by playing the piano.

“I began playing the piano when I was 8 years old,” Childers said. “My first song I wrote probably when I was 11.”

Childers said the piano was just the beginning.

She started to write her own music in middle school. When she got to high school, Childers became more interested in writing her own songs.

“As I went to high school I started getting more serious about writing,” Childers said. “My piano teacher and her husband really mentored me through that.”

Childers said she approached her piano teacher with the idea

to start introducing her own compositions into lessons.

From there, Childers recorded at Blue Chair Recording Studio in Austin, AR. Childers said she worked all summer to perfect her music to be ready for a two-day recording process. Although Childers said she was a little nervous, recording her own music only encouraged her to create more.

“This experience made me want to pursue it,” Childers said.

“I want it to be a part of my life forever.”

Creating music isn’t always a linear process for Childers. “I choose a chord progression I like and I start singing random things,” Childers said. “I create a story based on the line I like.”

Childers explained that inspiration for a song can come from a simple conversation. “Someone might say something in a conversation and it will stick with me,” Childers said. Childers also said she can find inspiration anywhere, but admitted that song ideas don’t always come naturally. “I have to be in an inspired mood,” Childers said.

Once Childers has an idea, she said she likes to write from the perspec-

tive of the character in the song. “I am very passionate about music that tells a story,” Childers said. She said she is fond of other musicians who tell stories through lyrics including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith.

Childers said she hopes to be on tour in 10 years, but only if she plays her own music. “I don’t want to write music for other people,” Childers said.

The songs she writes are from her experiences and inspiration, even if they aren’t about her.

“The story may not be personal, but the music I write is personal,” Childers said.

Childers hopes to continue her passion for music while at Pepperdine. Childers said she still has many stories yet to tell, “I have countless songs I have never finished,” Childers said.

Check out Childers’ most recent album, “The Start,” available on all music streaming sites.

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New Start | Freshman Annabelle Childers released her album “The Start” in August. The album consists of 10 tracks that were all written by Childers.

Image Courtesy Maggie of Davis Visit Films | Staff Writer Gender Norms | Professor Joi Carr (left) leads the SoCal Summit on Black Masculinity on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the West Los Angeles Campus. The summit hosted a poetry slams by alumnus Karl Anthony Simpson (center) and Javon Johnson (right) and discussed the stereotypes of Black men in media.

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Pepperdine’s Multicultural Theater Project hosted the SoCal Summit on Black Masculinity on Saturday, Sept. 29 at Pepperdine’s West L.A. campus. The focus of the seven-hour long summit was to facilitate discussion between various guest speakers on the stereotypical portrayal of Black men in the media through artistic expression.

The summit included events such as “I Am an Invisible Man,” a deconstruction of Black masculinity; a critical analysis of “Boyz N the Hood” and its reformation of Black identity in film; and several spoken word poems written by African Amer-

ican men. Speakers included “Boyz N the Hood” producer Steve Nicolaides, three-time national poetry slam champion Javon Johnson and Pepperdine 2014 alumnus Karl Anthony Simpson.

During the “Boyz N the Hood” analysis, Pepperdine professor and director of the Multicultural Theater Project Joi Carr spoke on the importance of the film in allowing for African American men and women to break into the industry. She also spoke on director John Singleton’s contribution.

“1991 was a historical year for movies written

by African Americans and released in Hollywood,” Carr said. “They called it the Singleton Effect ... It really did help

African Americans create space in the industry.”

Nicolaides spoke on the relevance of the film, not only for the time period, but also for society today. “’Boyz n the Hood’ is still current,” Nicolaides said. “It’s still going on down there.

There’s still gangs. It’s just a really powerful movie.”

The summit allowed for conversations beyond masculinity and created a platform to discuss equal rights, white supremacy and the judicial system.

“The issue of White and Black has always been about power,” Nicolaides said. “It gets in your blood really early and it doesn’t seem to go away.”

The event celebrated the poetry of African American men in a soci-

ety that often feminizes art. Simpson and Johnson performed poetry slams that captured their struggles navigating their emotions with feminized art.

“I understand that identity is complex, messy, contradictory, beautiful ... and that is true of Black men,” Johnson said.

“We have this idea that we’re stoic figures, that we don’t emote and a lot of times don’t think ...

[But] we cry, we feel pain.”

Pepperdine 2009 alumnus Deshawn Wynn spoke on the importance of raising awareness to Black masculinity on campus.

“Black men in our society are targeted, so anytime there’s an opportunity to raise them up is important,” Wynn said.

“The fact that Pepper-

dine’s name is on a conversation about Black men is an awesome thing.”

In addition to Wynn, freshman Faith Gill was also in attendance.

“I attended it because I was interested in seeing things from a different perspective than I have ever experienced myself,” Gill said.

“And I think I gained more understanding.”

Overall, the SoCal Summit on Black Masculinity allowed for several conversations between the speakers and the audience. At the end of the event, Carr encouraged guests to think outside the gender normative not only at the summit, but in their daily lives.

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Cross Country, Track boasts double threat with Wells twins sam finnegan s taf f w r i ter For Pepperdine Men’s Cross Country and Track sophomores Patrick and Tim Wells, running has been a part of their lives since they were young. From competing together in their hometown of nearby Burbank to running together at the collegiate level, running will always be the bond that connects this set of twins.

The brothers’ parents inspired them to become active at a young age.

“Our parents helped us a lot with getting active,” Patrick said. “They are really big role models for us. We also used to do a lot of 5Ks in elementary and middle school.”

In middle school, Tim and Patrick began to compete in track.

“We competed in the local track meets for the middle school, then in high school we joined the team,” Tim said.

“We realized that we were pretty good at [running]. So we continued for the full four years to see what would happen, and here we are now.”

They also competed in soccer in middle school and at John Burroughs High School, but ultimately chose to stick with running.

“We liked [running] better,” Patrick said. “For running, you don’t have to rely on a team. It is on you to perform well. You have to put in the work and you don’t have to get mad at the referee or a coach.”

The Wells brothers are constantly training to improve their personal records. In order to ensure they are doing the best for their bodies, the brothers cross train together with duathlons. Duathlons

are races that consist of a twomile run and a 12-mile bike ride followed by a three-mile run.

“We went to some national championships with duathlon,” Tim said. “We were able to make it to the World Championships. I made it once and Patrick made it twice.”

Tim and Patrick have always been close and shared the same passions. For this reason, they both decided to attend college together at Pepperdine, where they study Sports Medicine.

“We mainly have the same passions,” Patrick said. “I know some brothers and sisters dislike each other, but we have always been friends and have been close. We never really separate that much. We are rooming together and we do pretty much everything together.”

Cross Country and Track Head Coach Robert Radnoti expressed his confidence in his choice to recruit the Wells twins.

“When we recruit, it’s often a family affair and the Wells’ family is wonderful,” Radnoti said. “Sometimes it takes a little while to get adjusted to college academics and athletics and the twins are on their way to making a good adjustment and are a pleasure to have on the team.”

This fall, the Wells brothers compete in their second cross country season with the Waves. For each cross country meet, the men’s team runs an 8K, which equates to 4.9 miles. In the spring, the Wells twins compete on Pepperdine’s Men’s Track team. Tim competes in the 5 and 10K (3.1 and 6.2 miles) events and Patrick is a mid-distance runner who competes in the 800

and 1500M events. “[Collegiate and high school competition] differs greatly in cross country because the distance changes,” Patrick said.

“In the southern section we do three-mile races and in high school, you basically bump it up another two miles, to about five miles. So you have to really be concerned about different paces.”

This season, Tim expects the team to move up in their conference.

“The team is a lot stronger.

We have a lot faster times and everything is looking pretty good so far,” Tim said.

Tim was injured midseason of track, suffering from a muscle strain in his left calf. Said he looks forward to competing in his first full season of track with the Waves. “[Last season] was our first season of track in college,” Patrick said. “So it was really interesting to get used to that aspect of college meets. The races were great and we had a great time at the races.”

The special bond shared between twins is something very few can relate to. Patrick and Tim both believe that having a twin means that there will always be someone by their side to support them and push them toward their goals.

“You always have someone there and someone to help you,” Patrick said. “You are never alone.” “[There is] always someone to push you, to strive and get better [together],” Tim said.

“It’s always a competition, a little rivalry.”

Be sure to stay updated on the Men’s Cross Country team as they begin their conference Oct. 27 in Provo, Utah at the WCC Championships.

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Photos by Milan Loiacono Falling Flat | (Left) Junior center back Mate Toth prepares to take a shot; (right) Coaches Terry Schroeder (right) and Merrill Moses (left) offer advice to players during a time out. The Waves lost a hard-fought battle against the California Golden Bears on Sunday at the Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.

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Men’s Water Polo lost to No. 3 University of California Berkeley 11-13 on Sunday at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool. The Waves fell to 6-6 for the season, while the Golden Bears improved to 12-1.

Pepperdine still has no wins at home this season, but their play against the third-ranked team in the nation showed their potential.

“I think it’s an improvement overall from where we’ve been the past few weeks,” Head Coach Terry Schroeder said.

“We have to get in our guys’ heads that they have to believe that they can beat a team like that.”

Senior Chris Dilworth started the scoring with his first of four goals with 5:37 left in the first quarter.

“The first one, me and Sam Paur were swimming down the pool,” Dilworth said. “My guy ended up coming off of me and going to him, and Sam gave me a great pass and I was able to put it in.”

Freshman Balazs Kosa also scored in the first quarter for the Waves, but California scored three goals in the quarter to take a 3-2 lead.

The Golden Bears started the second quarter with two goals, one from senior Johnny Hooper and one from freshman Marko Valecic. Dilworth answered with his second goal assisted by junior George Mooney. California junior Safak Simsek then scored his second goal of the game and Pepperdine junior Mate Toth scored his first, making the score 6-4 California at halftime. “[My] first one was a catch and shoot, a skip shot, bar

down,” Toth said. “That was a big one because I was really tired and I got the ball and shot immediately.”

Just like he did in the first half, Dilworth scored first in the second. Redshirt senior Sam Paur scored 49 seconds later to tie the game, but California answered with three goals in a row, two of them scored by Hooper. Freshman Curtis Jarvis ended California’s streak with a goal of his own with 3:04 left in the quarter, but Hooper and Simsek scored two more goals, giving the Golden Bears an 11-7 lead.

Pepperdine outscored California in the fourth quarter with goals from freshman Sean Ferrari, Toth and Dilworth. California sophomore Nikos Delagrammatikas scored first in the quarter, then Ferrari scored his goal with 5:37 remaining.

One minute later, junior Jor-

dan Hoover scored the Golden Bears’ last goal of the game.

Toth scored his second and third goals of the game with 4:18 and 3:21 left in regulation, and Dilworth scored his fourth goal at 2:31 before California’s defense stepped up and ran out the clock.

“They’re one of the top teams in the country,” Schroeder said. “Hooper is a national team guy and he had some really nice goals out there today. I think it’s a plus for us to be right there with these guys and continue to improve and get close to one of the top tier teams.”

Pepperdine struggled to defend California when they were down a man. Five of California’s goals came with a Pepperdine player in the penalty area.

“I think that we definitely can still improve on our defensive game,” Dilworth said. “We

had a couple defensive lapses which led to them getting a couple quick goals.” The play of Dilworth and Toth was a bright spot for the Waves. Dilworth finished with four goals on four shots and Toth had three goals on six shots, one assist and one steal.

“Dilworth is definitely one of the premier centers in the country,” Schroeder said. “Cal had a lot of trouble guarding him. Toth is one of the better center defenders out there. He had a great game. Not only did he guard well, he shot the ball really well today. We have two great pieces there, and they both played well today.”

Pepperdine Water Polo returns to Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool on Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. against the University of California, Irvine.

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Women’s Volleyball bested by No. 1 BYU Cougars in 3 sets jac o b r esendiz staf f w r i ter Women’s Volleyball fell to undefeated No. 1 ranked BYU at home, 3-0 on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Junior Hannah Frohling and Sophomore Shannon Scully led the Waves with 9 kills each.

Despite the defeat, Pepperdine became only the second team to score 21 points or more against BYU since Sept. 8.

“The first set especially we were more in our heads, we knew they were the number one team in the country,” Frohling said.

“We expected them to give us free points which they didn’t do, I think only by the third set we figured out we have to earn every point.”

In the first set, the Waves scored the first two points, but the Cougars used a 7 point run to take the lead. The Cougars led the rest of the way, winning the set 25-15 to go up 1-0.

In the second set, the Waves held a 12-10 lead but were outscored 15-6 the rest of the set with the Cougars winning the set 25-18 to go up 2-0.

In the third set, the Waves tied the game late at 20-20 but once again the Cougars showed their championship pedigree, winning the set 25-21 and taking the match 3-0.

In the second and third sets, the Waves had opportunities to steal a set from the Cougars, but could not capitalize down the stretch.

“We’re a little immature as a team. We haven’t played top teams that much,” Head Coach Scott Wong said.

However, both Frohling and Wong remain confident that if they play up to their potential, they can compete with the top teams in the country.

Pepperdine will continue conference play at home against Pacific University on Oct. 4.

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by Alexx Alexx Causley Causley Going in for the Kill |Sophomore middle blocker Allie O’Harra takes a swing against a BYU blocker as her teammates rush to cover. The Waves fell to the undefeated BYU Cougars in three straight sets Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Firestone Fieldhouse. The team will take on Pacific on Oct. 4.