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THE “MANOR”: DTD’s alcohol-Related incident sparked controversy over the Good samaritan policy

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Pepperdine fraternity Delta Tau Delta (DTD) was removed from campus Dec. 23 because of an alcohol-related incident that occurred between Sept. 12 and 13, resulting in the hospitalization of a first-year Pepperdine student and raising questions about the Good Samaritan policy.

The incident occurred at an off-campus house where five of the fraternity’s members live. That evening sparked several months of individual and group interviews, investigations and appeals, all of which eventually led to the University’s decision to deactivate DTD. “Deactivation includes loss of all privileges, including University recognition, for a specified period of time,” according to the 20172018 Student Handbook. It is unclear what the specified period of time is in this case.

“They are no longer recognized as a fraternity at Pepperdine University and they no longer have an active charter with their national headquarters,” Greek Life Coordinator Allison Green wrote in an email statement.

The University charged DTD for “hosting or in any way assisting or promoting a gathering (on or off campus) that includes underage drinking or drunkenness or drug use, whether intended or not,” according to a report distributed by the Office of Community Standards to the individuals involved.

University Response After the incident, individuals present at the incident were brought in for questioning by the Department of Public Safety. The fraternity was put on temporary suspension Sept. 25 and could not participate in Interfraternity Council Recruitment or other social events.

Greyson Orellana, president of DTD, said he and the fraternity were not given any information after the fraternity was temporarily suspended until it was announced in late October/early November that a student trial on the fraternity’s future would be held.

“We were on suspension, then we heard nothing,” Orellana said. “We did not start hearing anything until either late October or early November. That was two months of just sitting there in the dark.

My national office didn’t hear anything. I didn’t hear any-

thing. The individuals didn’t really hear anything. They were just questioned about three times each.”

Orellana said that, although he was not present at the “party,” he was a part of the trial as the president of the fraternity. Director of Student Activities Doug Hurley was the Chair for the Student Officials Judicial Board in the trial against Delta Tau Delta. Before winter break, Orellana said he received an email from Hurley announcing the decision to deactivate the chapter.

Hurley wrote in an email statement to the Graphic, “The Board determined that the organization was responsible for hosting an event that violated several policies outlined in the Student Organizations Handbook.”

The fraternity had a week from Hurley’s deactivation email to appeal to the Vice President of Student Affairs, Connie Horton. This time period to appeal was later extended for the benefit of the fraternity.

“A friend, who is a now a lawyer, and I put together this 21-page document with all these reasons why the group should not be expelled off campus,” Orellana said.

Orellana said he received

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SEPT 12 The incident at the Manor occurred. A first-year student was rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning.

SEPT 25 Delta tau delta (DTD) was put on temporary suspension by the university LATE OCTOBER / EARLY NOVEMBER The student officials judicial board held a trial to determine DTD’s future as a fraternity on campus Finals season: DTD received an email alerting them of the deactivation and were given the opportunity to appeal the decision Dec 23 The VP of STudent Affairs denied the appeal, and the decision for deactivation was finalized.

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Malibu bans pot deliveries c had jim en ez Cu r r ents edit or Malibu City Council voted 3-2, to ban the delivery of medical marijuana in Malibu at the city council meeting Jan. 22.

The contentious vote approves Chapter 17.75 Cannabis Regulations, which outlines the ways individuals cultivate cannabis for personal use within the city and the ban of commercial cannabis activity in Malibu, including delivery.

Although City Council voted

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to ban medical marijuana delivery, City Council is expecting to revisit this topic in the near future.

Councilmember Jefferson “Zuma Jay” Wagner said he was in favor of moving forward and is aware of the speakers’ concerns that spoke at the meeting and their difficulties. Councilmember Laura Rosenthal interjected, asking Wagner if he wants to find a solution for the delivery service.

“Not now,” Wagner answered during the meeting. “I see the need and the passion for it. I

Dr. Kindy De Long, associate professor of Religion, and Dr. David Holmes, professor of English and Director of African American Studies, held a forum on

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don’t have a problem with medical marijuana itself. It’s just too new, it’s too fresh, and one speaker said we have not done enough work about [delivery].”

Councilmember Lou La Mont noted that 86 out of the 88 cities in Los Angeles County have banned marijuana delivery, noting that medical marijuana is not in existence in most of those cities.

“So you want to go back to the Dark Ages and get rid of medical marijuana now?” Rosenthal asked in response to La Mont.

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Wednesday morning for other faculty and students to brainstorm improvements to the existing General Education program. Both De Long and Holmes are candidates for the newly

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Through this program, law students are able to provide pro-bono legal services to those who would not otherwise be able to afford it.

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The School of Law’s Clinical Education Program includes 10 separate clinics this semester. A clinic is a opportunity for students “to practice law under the supervision of law professors with real clients in high stakes environments,” according to Pepperdine law school website.

“When teaching students, we also manifest our mission to the world and try to contribute to our communities and our

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It delved into an idea that applies to every aspect of life. The lesson was self-compassion, a principle that encourages every individual to be as kind to themselves as they would a best friend.

In the context of weight loss, this means to forgive ourselves when we make poor eating decisions, just as we would a friend.

“Are your friends perfect? No, right? When they fall down you pick them back up,” Weight Watchers printed in their weekly pamphlet titled “Shift Your Mindset.” “Give yourself the same permission to be imperfect — just like every other human being.”

We did an activity to change our unhelpful thoughts into helpful ones. This was a threestep process, beginning with acknowledging an unhelpful thought.

For example: You receive a poor score on an exam, you have the thought “I’m so stupid, why do I always do this?” This is an unhelpful thought.

The next step is to do a reality check on the unhelpful thought.

Review the big picture and ask if this really is as catastrophic as it seems. It’s one test out of many, and a score doesn’t define a person. Decide on a course of action and reject the unhelpful thought.

Next, give yourself the same advice.

Return a helpful thought to yourself: “I think I’ll go to the library and look up the questions I didn’t understand. For the next test I’ll study three days earlier instead of one.”

Self-compassion is not a foreign concept and has been proven to help people achieve their goals.

“When you take your successes and failures in stride, you may find that you’re less afraid of failure and more satisfied with life,” according to a 2007 publication of The Journal of Research in Personality.

It is important to remember that abuse does not always flow outward.

Acknowledging unhelpful thoughts and revising them as if speaking to a loved one creates a habit of kindness that carries over to every aspect of life.

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DTD: Frat deactivated after alcohol incident F R OM A 1 the appeal back from Horton on Dec. 23, and the appeal was denied. The decision for deactivation was finalized.

The fraternity is eligible to apply for reactivation onto Pepperdine’s campus, according to Green’s email statement.

“If the opportunity comes to welcome a new fraternity to our campus, Student Activities would consider a proposal from Delta Tau Delta to recharter along with proposals from other national organizations to charter,” Green wrote. “We would be looking for a chapter that best fits our current community.”

The Incident at Manor House The fraternity’s deactivation stems from the night of Sept. 12 when a house in Agoura Hills, commonly referred to as the “Manor,” hosted approximately 20 to 30 students, according to the DPS report.

First-year student Matthew Corbin said he arrived at the gathering with a group of about five other freshmen, including his roommate, Jake Kim. Corbin said the first-year students drank alcoholic beverages both prior to and during their time at the Manor. He said the night began in his J. Pengilly freshman dorm.

“We started pregaming in the dorms.,” Corbin said. “Me and my friend, we started drinking pretty early.”

Corbin and Kim both said that they had not been invited to the party by any DTD member but, rather, by the only female Manor resident who wished to remain anonymous.

The female resident said she casually knew the two freshmen from prior hangouts and welcomed them to come over.

“Matt hit me up and asked if there was anything going on tonight,” the female resident said. “I told him we were just having a kick back with the house if he wanted to stop by.”

Nate Bartoshuk, a second-year student at Pepperdine, said he became a member of DTD after going through Spring Recruitment in 2017. Bartoshuk attended the gathering in question at the Manor. He said he was a designated driver and was “entirely sober for the entire evening.”

Bartoshuk said the DTD members present at the party were not acquainted with the two first-years.

“I know for a fact that none of the brothers of Delta Tau Delta had any prior meetings or communications with those two men in question,” Bartoshuk said.

Both Corbin and Bartoshuk said there were people playing drinking games when they got to the house.

When Corbin arrived, he already “felt buzzed and a little unsteady,” according to his statements in the DPS report. Upon his arrival, Corbin began to play a drinking game, known as “rage cage,” and drank “two beers that were available at the house,” according to the DPS report.

Corbin said he and his roommate continued to socialize and drink several kinds of alcohol throughout the night.

“We brought alcohol there. We had vodka and that’s what we started drinking in the night,” Corbin said. “And then, with rage cage, we were drinking beer.

And then I think when we went upstairs, we were drinking rum.”

Corbin and Kim said that at one point in the night, they began talking to a senior Delta Tau Delta member, who wished to remain anonymous in this report. Kim said the DTD senior was “really nice” and offered to show them around the house.

The senior DTD member, Kim, Corbin and some others then went upstairs to a loft area in the house. When upstairs, the DTD senior member “handed out two bottles of possibly rum. People took ‘pulls’ from the bottle, drinking straight from it,” according to Corbin’s testimony in the DPS report.

Bartoshuk said he went upstairs at one point in the night and confirmed witnessing a bottle being passed around.

“At one point, I went upstairs and found Mr. Corbin and Mr. Kim with a group of Delts and group of girls ... They were essentially passing a bottle around, drinking from it and just talking,” Bartoshuk said.

Corbin said sometime before midnight, his memory of the night ended.

“The last thing I remember is climbing down the ladder [from the loft] and having to lean against a friend because I couldn’t really walk that well,” Corbin said. “That was decently early, around 11,11:30-ish, and after that, I don’t remember.”

According to several witness statements in the DPS report, Corbin “looked ill,” was dangerously intoxicated and slipped into unconsciousness.

Bartoshuk said the DTD senior took the lead in helping Corbin downstairs, assisting him into a bathroom to vomit and having others bring him water. Eventually, as the DTD senior, Corbin and others emerged from the bathroom, Bartoshuk said the DTD senior said Corbin needed to go to the hospital.

“I saw [the senior] went into the back to call the ambulance. I saw him make the call,” Bartoshuk said.

Kim also reported that the senior was the one to call for help. “[The senior] took every single necessary and appropriate action, I was too drunk to really help out,” Kim said.

In the DPS report, the DTD senior member confirmed he was the one to call 911.

The emergency medical technician for McCormick Ambulance arrived on the scene around 1 a.m., and reported that Corbin was lying on a lounge chair outside with two other people according to the DPS report. The DTD senior confirmed he was one of the two people.

As Corbin was being taken to the hospital, those remaining at the “Manor” went home or back to Pepperdine. A freshman returned to Pepperdine and reported the events of the night to his resident advisor about the incident. The resident advisor contacted Resident Director Zach Love, who then went to the hospital to check on Corbin.

Love would not comment on the situation due to Community Standards and the privacy of the individuals involved.

The Medical Severity At the Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks, medical personnel found Corbin’s condition to be nearly critical. Corbin said his blood alcohol content was a 0.38.

BAC levels are considered life threatening when between the range of 0.31% and 0.45%, according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism website. “[The hospital personnel] said that once you get to 0.40 and above, that’s when people start going into comas and eventually not coming out of it,” Corbin said. “I wasn’t told a whole lot of what happened, but I just know that it was very, very serious, and I was really, really close to falling into a coma and potentially dying.”

The first-year student said he did not regain full consciousness until about 1 or 2 p.m. the following day, at which point he discovered both of his parents and Love, his resident director, by his side at the hospital.

Good Samaritan Policy The Good Samaritan Policy is explained in the student handbook to “encourage students to take immediate action in any crisis or medical emergency.” It continues to state that “no University disciplinary sanctions will be issued to either the reporting student(s) or to the student(s) in need of assistance.”

Dean of Students Mark Davis said he could not directly comment on the reason Delta Tau Delta did not receive immunity under the Good Samaritan Policy because it could potentially reveal the involved students’ identity.

“There are FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) regulations that the school must follow,” Davis said. “We can’t directly address details of the Good Samaritan Policy for this case because we must protect a student’s private educational record.”

Davis also said the policy has been modified and detailed throughout the years.

“The Good Samaritan policy started off very general, but through the years, it has been more and more refined,” Davis continued. “Now, there is a FAQs section under the policy that addresses students’ specific concerns in the past.”

Under the FAQs section, it is stated, “Off campus, students should notify an appropriate official (e.g., call 911),” and “The policy can be applied to multiple people in one incident.”

Corbin said that, to his understanding, the Good Samaritan Policy partially covered him.

“Because someone had to call the ambulance for me, I was protected under the Good Samaritan, so I didn’t get in trouble for the party necessarily,” Corbin said. “But what happened is that they did search our room and found alcohol in our room…. I think I got in trouble for that, I think I got a six month probation period

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Kim said he had received a year-long probation as punishment for the night’s events.

Bartoshuk commented on his understanding of why the Good Samaritan Policy was not applied to the fraternity or the DTD senior member.

“The reason given to me when I met with the administrator [Mark Davis] as to why [the senior] wasn’t eligible for the Good Samaritan was because he had supposedly provided the alcohol to the minors,” Bartoshuk said.

Kim provided a similar understanding of why the DTD senior had not been protected under Good Samaritan based off of his visit with a University dean, whom he believed to be Mark Davis, regarding the incident.

“The dean said the problem was that he offered [alcohol] to us,” Kim said.

Official Affiliation of the Incident Orellana confirmed the party was not intended to be a formal DTD event.

“People misconstrued it as a Delt party, but it wasn’t,” Orellana said. “I am the president and live down the street, and I didn’t know about it.”

Although the party may not have intentionally been a formal fraternity event, the 2017-2018 Pepperdine Student Handbook states that “A student group or organization may be held collectively responsible when violations of this code [Code of Conduct] occur either during an event sponsored by the organization or when four or more members are in attendance at the event in question.”

At least six members of DTD were confirmed present at the event according to the DPS report. Under this circumstance, the student handbook could identify the incident as an organized event.

Delta Tau Delta’s Probationary Background DTD has been penalized in the past for violating Pepperdine policy. The fraternity was put on a year-long probation in the fall term of 2015, according to Orellana.

“The then executive board and president made a decision to have an open bar at formal, which violates Pepperdine policy not to have alcohol present,” Orellana said. “Pepperdine had their eye on us because of that one probation.”

Hurley also commented in an email statement about repetitive offences.

“When student organizations persist in creating conditions that put themselves and other students at risk, the University will work to interrupt those conditions,” Hurley wrote.

Alcohol Policies In an email statement, Horton acknowledged the risks and dangers to having alcohol present at an event. Although all of the residents of the house and the senior DTD member who called the ambulance were 21 years of age or older, the freshmen students attending the party were underage.

“In recent years, universities and colleges across the country have been gripped by stories of student lives tragically cut short due to alcohol-related

incidents led or otherwise promoted by student groups,” Horton wrote. “These incidents pose incredibly dangerous risks to campus communities. It is my expectation and that of the University that all of our student organizations will foster safe, healthy choices for Pepperdine students.”

Orellana recalled seeing Corbin’s parents on campus and said Corbin’s stepmother was in contact with Delta Tau Delta’s national headquarters.

“The freshman’s parents actually came down and met with DPS and their child,” Orellana said. “The [step]mother was very angry and she ended up calling our national fraternity, and she wanted blood.”

Corbin said he did not feel pressured to drink from anyone in DTD, including the senior member.

“Over the course of talking with my parents, talking to the school, talking to RA’s and people, I’ve always stressed that I didn’t feel pressured at all by DTD or [the senior] or my roommate or anybody,” Corbin said. “Granted it was impaired decisions, but what I decided to do was all on me.”

Kim also expressed that he had felt no pressure to drink that night.

“I know that a lot of the DTD guys were very angry with us because they thought we had covered for ourselves, but I personally told [the administration] that there was no pressure to drink,” Kim said. “All they did was offer and we accepted, and that’s all that happened. It was never like ‘You have to drink.’ There was no hazing, it was all very friendly.”

Corbin indicated that other freshmen at the party may have made claims against DTD and/or the senior member.

“I know there was some people that, when they were calling the office and DPS, just completely threw the Delts under the bus and threw [the senior] under the bus, just name dropping and saying, ‘They were doing this and they were forcing him to do this,’ whereas I didn’t feel that, at least from what I remember,” Corbin said.

Bartoshuk expressed concern that his testimony as a sober witness at the party was not used in the trial process. Bartoshuk said he provided a statement regarding the senior and the night’s events, as well as speak one-on-one with the administrator who was handling the case.

None of his remarks appeared in the Office of Community Standards report.

The Future of Greek Life As the head of Pepperdine’s Greek life, Green wrote in her email statement what she anticipates for the future of Greek life.

“This incident could have happened to any fraternity, sorority, or student organization,” Green wrote. “There were several moments that both the fraternity members as well as the attendees at the party could have intervened and prevented the overall outcome. Greek Life needs to have more real and open discussions about the realities of alcohol consumption, underage drinking, and strategies to really step up when it counts.”

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CLINIC: School of law legal clinics POT: Malibu City Council bans bring legal council to those in need local marijuana deliveries F R OM A 1 community Justice Clinic, where students offer legal aid to non-profit and community organizations, or the Legal Aid Clinic, where students offer legal assistance to the homeless on Skid Row. Meanwhile, the Disaster Relief Clinic will only be operational for this spring semester.

Baker, who oversees a majority of these clinics, explained what the program is all about.

“Generally, the legal clinics are our teaching law firm inside the Law School,” Baker said.

“So we actually practice real law for real clients…and students work under faculty supervision to get experience practicing law.”

The students’ legal work in these programs is “pro-bono,” meaning free of cost and available to those who ordinarily would not be able to afford a lawyer.

“One of the things that we believe very much as an institution here at the Law School is that your law degree is to serve others,” said Greg Lewis, a third-year student at the Pepperdine School of Law and participant in the Disaster Relief Clinic this semester.

“The purpose of what we are doing here is cultivating lawyers who are not only excellent academically, but who use their abilities and talents

to serve others.”

With 10 students per program, each committing about 10 hours a week, Baker estimated that last semester yielded an equivalent of nearly $1.9 million in pro-bono legal services, according to a report on Pepperdine Law’s online publication.

Baker expects the upcoming semester to be just as successful.

“For 2017-2018, the clinics at the Law School can expect approximately 25,000 hours of free legal services, give or take,” Baker said. “That’s the work of, this semester, 10 clinics across the law school.”

After the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Lewis said the law school began thinking of ways to help. The onset of local destructive fires in Southern California then added a new direction to the new clinic’s goals.

“The Disaster Relief Clinic was principally going to be focused on FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] appeals for people affected by hurricanes in Texas, but now we’re focused on fire relief for the Thomas fire in Ventura county and SB county,” Baker said.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the government agency responsible for “preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters,” according to the FEMA website.

Lewis said the law students in the Disaster Relief Clinic’s current main objective is assisting affected persons to apply for and appeal requests for aid from FEMA. “Last week, they [Lewis’ classmates] went up to Ventura and hosted a legal aid clinic where people from the community could come in and begin working on their applications for fire relief,” Lewis said. “I believe that next week, we are going to have one in Santa Barbara.”

Baker said each of the clinics are set up not only to help others, but to further students’ legal educational experience as well.

“As a teacher, my hope is to make [the students] feel what its like to have a client, to sort of move them out of their safe classroom space and feel … the weight and the obligation of having a client in their hands,” Baker said.

Lewis said the clinics enable students to put their legal education into practice in a way that they are passionate about.

“It’s more than just filling a requirement to graduate,” Lewis said. “I am intentionally choosing to be a part of this clinic because I want to help people afflicted by these disasters. I want to use my skills and my talents to serve others and being part of such a great group of friends and professors is an honor and a privilege.”

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Rosenthal and Mayor Skylar Peak voted in favor of medical marijuana deliveries in Malibu.

“This is about the people that need this the most,” Rosenthal said.

“We were talking about the neighborhood and making sure we stand up for our neighborhoods, which we need to do. We also need to stand up and help those people that have the most difficulty helping themselves.”

Peak added that making it more difficult for a patient to get the medicine they need “is a very foolish and very poor decision to make in the legislative process.”

Peak referenced Malibu resident Heidi Apple, who spoke earlier at the meeting and brought her son, Dylan, who has cerebral palsy and a seizure disorder. Apple said she was speaking in support of 99 High Tide, one of the two dispensaries in Malibu, and said that having the delivery service is really important to her and her son because of her son’s necessity to use an adaptive van.

General Manager of 99 High Tide Vanessa Rodriguez said the recent vote has been troublesome for their customers who rely on the delivery ser-

vice that delivers medical marijuana to their homes.

She said there are many elderly patients who have caregivers in their homes but are not able to go out and retrieve medicine for their patients.

“In Malibu, there’s a lot of concern about how much traffic is on the PCH, how many cars are out here, and parking is an issue,” Rodriguez said.

“The delivery service really created a solution for that. Not everyone had to be on the road, on the highways, clogging up the roads and the streets, so it really feels like a step backward because of all of those things we know are concerns in our community.”

Rodriguez said the cannabis delivery service was available for the past two years but now, 99 High Tide has been having to explain and educate their customers why they no longer can continue the program and service that was already established.

“It’s very confusing to the community and it creates a lot of problems for us,” she said.

Malibu resident Alec Torres said there are good reasons for having cannabis deliveries for patients.

“Malibu is very strict with all their codes to begin with,” Torres said. “So seeing this, I think it is hurting businesses as it is an establishment.”

Torres said he thinks City Council should devote more time toward actual problems in Malibu,

adding that the ordinance ultimately hurts businesses.

“It’s tackling down business, and Malibu is very small business orientated, so doing that actually cuts down its own name in Malibu,” Torres said.

Rodriguez said 99 High Tide just created a new management position for the delivery service, but after last week’s vote, it has cut a portion of their business.

“Some people are going to have to defer to delivery services that are not necessarily legal,” Rodriguez said. “They may not get the trusted brands or medicine they know they can get here. I think it will be a compromise for them and to our business as well.”

Rodriguez said she believes that City Council should hear the stories of the citizens that this vote has affected. By letting City Council hear the stories and experiences from patients and other possible effects, she said she hopes City Council can move forward in regards to cannabis delivery.

“It would take one more person to swing the vote, so we are really close,” she said. “We are going to bring people out of the woodwork to allow their voices to be heard and to be taken into consideration.”

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STAFF EDITORIAL Reco gn iz e t h e m e a n i n g i n a r t Works of art not only hold important meanings for the creators but for the beholders, too. Film is a medium especially noted for its ability to capture the sentiments of the particular time, but less celebrated art forms such as theater and studio art also carry an exceptional ability to capture a moment in history and convey meaning.

It’s important for students to recognize these arts as a form of expression, as a venue for social change and for celebrating the efforts of the artists themselves, particularly fellow students who are working to establish their own niche in the art world. Pepperdine students should take an active role in supporting the arts of their fellow peers by visiting their student art shows, going to theater productions or in other ways they see fit.

Art is important to support because it can become a venue for social change. Last week, the Pepperdine Fine Arts

Theatre Department produced “Hedda Gabler,” a 19th-century play about a woman who feels confined by the societal expectations placed upon her shoulders.

While the themes of the show are specific to Hedda’s life as a trapped housewife and unhappily expectant mother in a period drama, the play is also surprisingly topical for 2018. The show itself is known for its ability to tie in with both contemporary and historical feminist issues.

For Pepperdine’s production, the time period moved from that of the late 19th century to the 1920s, but it is easy to see how modern-day viewers can relate to the plights of the characters.

As a young woman, Hedda was expected to fulfill certain societal roles and remain largely in the background as her husband, Jorgen, continued on his career path.

There were hints that one character, Judge Brack, may have been sexually

assaulting Hedda prior to the start of the story and while the show itself had a very dramatic ending, many women today can still relate to the feelings of being expected to fit an inferior role and remain silent on issues such as assault and harassment.

Hedda Gabler is one in a long line of Pepperdine productions which invites Pepperdine’s students to become engaged in meaningful social change – 2017’s Dance in Flight performance also highlighted social movements, from LGBTQ+ struggles to race equality and environmental concerns. The controversy surrounding their edited performance brought attention not only to the message that they were trying to deliver but also to the struggles of the dancers themselves as they worked to express themselves.

But the theaters on campus are not the only places brimming with artistic expression. The Weisman Museum also

features artwork that speaks volumes. 2017’s Senior Art Thesis Exhibition featured pieces on self-actualization, personal acceptance and body image. At the end of this semester, graduating seniors will once again display their pieces in an open and vulnerable setting. It’s important to dedicate time to the works of others for the benefit of the artist and personal reflection by going and visiting this exhibit.

Dance, theater and studio art are all mediums which can portray social movements and attitudes that hold this particular ability to transcend time, support for which helps the artist’s movements endure. Art has been a vessel not only for social movements but also for individual expression.

There shouldn’t be a call for artists to “stick to their craft” when art is so essential to the minds and souls of the artists, and contributing meanings to others. For musi-

cians, artists, actors and dancers, their art is their activism. Self-expression may inherently play a political role, and should not be squandered for it.

Artists who express the story and the finished product of their work invite their viewers to engage in meaningful conversations about the true value of their work and the movement behind it.

The beauty of art is the ability for the artists and the observers to pull different meanings from different pieces and productions. These can give rise to future social movements, motivations and inspirations. Therefore, it is important, especially while here at Pepperdine, to give support to artists and take part in observing and sustaining artistic expression.

See the Pepperdine Box Office at the Center for the Arts for more information on the 2018 Senior Thesis exhibition and upcoming theater performances.

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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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‘Link in’ online

Gab r i e l l e M ath ys P er s p e c t i v e s A s s i stant As students prepare to move into the working world after they graduate, they should try to take advantage of the growing impact of social media and networking media.

To use social media to its fullest potential, people should start purposefully making their presence known to possible employers online.

By following people in a specific field on Twitter or Facebook, a person is able to get to know them better without even personally interacting with them.

When that person does network, he or she will have more information to discuss than the average networker.

Interpersonal social networking is not as prevalent as networking on social media. “The days of in-person networking are quickly being overpowered by connecting on the internet” said the Entrepreneur Media Staff in their article “The right way to network on social media,” published Feb. 19, 2015 by the Entrepreneur. Social media networking reduces the anxiety that can occur in networking as it doesn’t require spontaneous thinking, allowing for careful consideration before replies, and the power balance is also not as apparent online.

Society has already turned to the internet.

Even if people network in person and create relationships that way, employers will still look up potential employees online. “Social networking is all about engagement — creating relationships, communicating with your readers, building your following and connecting with your online audience,” wrote Fauzia Burke in her article “Social media vs. social networking,” published Dec. 2, 2013 by the Huffington Post.

Social media networking can be done at any time, not just at specific times, events or locations.

A person can network with someone who is across the country or on a different continent, making the same connections without having to spend money to attend distant conferences.

Networking in-person is great, but networking using social media is something that students should also use to get ahead of others in the job market. People don’t need to dive headfirst into a personal website, but making a LinkedIn account will put them in a position to easily connect with future employers.

Twitter and Facebook are also great sites to get involved in conversations with other people in one’s prospective field. Social media is more than funny cat videos; it has the capability to make lasting contacts and impact the direction of a person’s career.

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Kennedy calls for unity Loga n H all Staff W r iter Just minutes after President Donald J. Trump delivered the State of the Union Address, Rep. Joe Kennedy III from the fourth district of Massachusetts took the stage in Fall River to give the Democratic Party’s response.

Kennedy laid the path for a powerful Democratic vision built on equality and condemned President Trump’s administration for turning their backs on the values that America was built upon without mentioning the president’s name once. Rep. Kennedy delivered the unifying message that America needed to hear, and that is the kind of leadership this nation needs.

“Their record is a rebuke of our highest American ideal: the belief that we are all worthy, we are all equal and we all count,” Rep. Kennedy said in response to the speech.

Kennedy fiercely took the actions of the Trump administration’s first year and put them into context. He then painted his image of America’s future, one that is unified by values rooted in this nation’s history.

“Bullies may land a punch, they may leave a mark, but they have never, not once, in the history of our United States, managed to match the strength and spirit of a people united in defense of their future,” he said

building into his conclusion.

President Trump attempted to unify the nation. He called for the nation to come together, but when speaking about immigration, the president labeled immigrants as violent gang members, using the polarizing rhetoric crafted by the alt-right mind of Stephen Miller, the president’s senior policy advisor and speechwriter. According to several reports, Miller took the lead on writing the speech.

“Many of these gang members took advantage of glaring loopholes in our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors,” President Trump said in his address to both houses of Congress.

President Trump only used the word ‘dreamer’ once to say that all Americans are dreamers, and he did not mention DACA at all in his address. Rep. Kennedy had a slightly different message for the Dreamers.

“And to all the Dreamers out there watching tonight, let me be absolutely clear: Ustedes son parte de nuestra historia. Vamos a luchar por ustedes, y no nos vamos alejar,” he said in Spanish. “You are part of our story.

We will fight for you, and we will not walk away.” This was no gimmick; Rep. Kennedy spent two years in South America working for the Peace Corps and is fluent in Spanish, according to his campaign website.

Kennedy did not just refute the President’s State of the Union, but he held the administration accountable for the current divide. In a time when America is torn in half, Rep. Kennedy took great strides to call people to action and bring the country together in an in-

Peau Porotesano | Art Editor credibly presidential manner.

Kennedy gave the Democratic base something to get fired up about. He is making them feel that their values are at stake, that our nation has been torn, and it is now their time to sew it together. After a year of this administration, there is a lot of anger and frustration in America, and Kennedy gave those people hope.

In closing, Kennedy tied together his speech with optimism and belief in the Ameri-

can people.

“Ladies and gentlemen, have faith,” he said. “Have faith. The state of our union is hopeful, resilient and enduring.”

That was the response that Democrats needed. Kennedy’s analysis of a year’s worth of shameful polarization under this administration and call to action gave Democrats in America a clear-cut message to get behind going into the midterms as well as 2020.

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Revise language education N e n a h M ikus ka Copy E dit or Speaking multiple languages is an important skill that many people worldwide possess, yet is an area of education where America appears to struggle. Despite the fact that the United States is at the center of many economic and societal networks throughout the world, only a low percentage of the population can speak a second language with adequate fluency and comprehension.

America’s educational system needs to seriously restructure the curriculum for teaching and encouraging language development among children to best compete with growing international business expectations and societal changes.

A large majority of Americans speak only English in the home. In 2012, the Census Bureau released a report stating that more than 290 million people, out of the total 311 million of the population at the time of the census, spoke only English in the household.

Although the US has no official language, it is safe to say that English is the predominant language used for most of the population.

Across the pond, the story is incredibly different. Children in countries such as Switzerland or Austria learn multiple languages in their elementary school years, such as German or French.

Monolingualism makes up 40 percent of the population and is said to reside predominantly in English speaking countries such as America and Australia, according to the iLanguages website.

Pepperdine French Professor Kelle Marshall researches the benefits and results of immersion programs and bilingualism in children. She has conducted research in French-speaking Canada, and has taught at the Lausanne house for Pepperdine’s IP program and in Malibu. “I would promote a dual-immersion system [If I could change the educational system in America],” she said in an interview. “It helps to build a community between children of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. “ Science suggests that the best time to learn a language is in the early years of life, between the ages 4 and 7 years old, according to the Federation des parents francophones de Colombie-Britannique website. In French-speaking Canada, this time is optimized by programs such as dual-immersion within early elementary education.

Outside the classroom, Marshall finds that bilingualism is especially

Madeline Duvall | Staff Artist essential. “Our country is unique in that multilingualism isn’t the norm.

Most other countries in the world, it is. Even in France or Switzerland ... the person someone talks to will speak [multiple languages].”

“The pragmatic importance is that in the era of globalization there’s a lot of multi-national corporations and organizations with a multi-national staff,” Marshall said, noting that there are increasing indicators that being multilingual is beneficial in the economic sense as well as the academic.

“There have been studies that if you are competent in more than one language, you are more likely to get hired. Having a monolingual culture puts

Americans at a disadvantage, globally.”

American educators should adopt a “two-way” immersion program such as the ones that Professor Marshall has studied in Canada. These programs consist of either a 50/50 or 60/40 balance of two languages in which half the class time is spent speaking and teaching in one language, such as Spanish, and the other in English.

The science shows that dual immersion programs work. The University of Minnesota published an article by Tara Williams Fortune titled “What research says about immersion,” that finds children who are participating in these programs are not at a disadvantage,

academically speaking. In fact, “English proficient immersion students are capable of achieving as well as, and in some cases better than, non-immersion peers on standardized measures of reading and math.”

The world has grown closer in the time of technology and the internet, transportation and communication which has not only improved the world’s abilities to learn, but also to communicate and collaborate. In this time of incredible globalism, America needs to push for better language education and multilingual norms in order to keep up with the rest of the world and improve the academic standings of its students.

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Respect the Freedom Wall

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Isaac randel S ta f f W r i t e r Pepperdine’s Freedom Wall is consistently abused by students who frequently vandalize other students’ posts and use it to place advertisements.

It does seem quaint that, in the digital age, we should look to paper and cork-board as a meaningful avenue for dialogue.

As freer and more convenient forums for discussion become available, the Freedom Wall may become obsolete or outdated in the eyes of students.

Even so, it has the potential to stimulate open conversation in ways that no other Pepperdine forum can. Students ought to use it responsibly for its designated purpose.

The Freedom Wall presents an opportunity that relatively few students take advantage of: a place for direct and thoughtful engagement with broad and timely issues. In past semesters, it has hosted lively discussions of political and theological importance, like immigration, civil rights and Pepperdine policies. Students should continue discussions like these to bolster the intellectual climate of the campus.

Users of the Freedom

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Madeline Duvall | Staff Artist Wall are uniquely vulnerable to censorship in ways that members of other forums aren’t. Just as students can post and write what they wish without attaching their names, so can students anonymously remove posts without leaving a trace. The Pepperdine Student Handbook states that “When posting an item, students are encouraged to sign and date it,” though many posters forego this suggestion.

Inflammatory or controversial posts are often vandalized or removed anonymously with no repercussions. Last year, posters from the conservative organization Turning Point USA were “handwritten on after they were posted” and

“removed from the Freedom Wall,” according to Rachal Marquez’s “From our feed: Posters removed from Freedom Wall,” published by the Graphic on Jan. 14, 2017.

Countless other acts of vandalism go unreported and unnoticed. It is impossible to know exactly who removes which posts, and so it is difficult to estimate the extent of student vandalism.

The integrity of the Freedom Wall is also jeopardized by students who use it to post advertisements. The Student Handbook makes clear that the wall “may not be used by organizations for advertising.”

Students have ignored this policy for years.

Advertorial fliers and

posts made up the bulk of material on the wall in 2012, according to Benjamin Kryder’s op-ed “Give us the Freedom Wall,” published by the Graphic on Feb. 22, 2012. Though Kryder remembered “when the Freedom Wall was a genuine resource for the discussion of human rights, theological doctrines, environmental issues, and questions of liberty,” it had degenerated into “a big, ugly tangible Facebook event wall.”

Whatever the cause of these slumps of inactivity, students ought to at least prevent the Freedom Wall from becoming a space for advertisements.

Expressive pieces such as those which appear on the Freedom Wall cannot

be posted anywhere else, while advertisements may be posted in countless other places on campus. Students who place advertisements on the Freedom Wall are actively harming the responsible exercise of free speech on Pepperdine’s campus.

Whether or not The Freedom Wall is a successful and relevant forum for open discussion will be decided by students and their treatment of it. It may be that better and freer alternatives will be favored: After all, the Freedom Wall is not without its flaws. But insofar as it functions as a bastion of free speech on campus, it should be respected and used properly by all students.

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Streetwear rules the business Matth e w A da m s S ta f f W rit e r When the phrase “luxury fashion” is brought up, brands like “Gucci” and “Burberry” come to mind. Brands such as these are at a status that seems unattainable to someone trying to start their own fashion company. Lucky for those looking to enter the fashion market, there’s another style of clothing that’s changing what the word luxury means. It’s called streetwear, and it’s managed to create a business model that’s attainable for those looking to break into the fashion industry. Starting a streetwear company is the best and most profitable way to sell luxury clothing.

Streetwear is a term used to describe a certain style of clothing popularized by skate and hip-hop culture. It’s an extremely broad term, to say the least.

“Streetwear boils down to baseball caps, sneakers, hoodies, and most of all, tees” according to an article published by Complex.

Clearly, the clothes themselves are not breaking the mold of the fashion industry, it’s the way they’re being sold that makes them special.

The typical business model for fashion companies focuses on creating as much revenue as possible by having their supply equal their demand. “Traditional fashion deliveries are structured around far fewer, bigger

shipments,” according to the website Business of Fashion.

These fashion businesses also function as horizontally integrated businesses, meaning that multiple firms operate separately on several parts of the production, distribution and marketing processes, making it difficult to control supply and demand. Streetwear brands, on the other hand, are vertically integrated businesses, thus they control almost all parts of their supply chain. These brands are then able to manage their supply and demand more easily.

Streetwear brands use their leverage of supply and demand to successfully create consistent “drops,” sometimes weekly. The brand Supreme, for example, is famous for having enormous drops every week in which an extremely limited supply of new clothing is released. Other brands like Palace and A Bathing Ape operate similarly. By releasing such a limited quantity of clothing, while simultaneously selling new clothes consistently, streetwear brands are able to hike up prices significantly, selling T-shirts for over forty dollars and hoodies for almost two hundred dollars, prices that are not attainable for traditional fashion brands. Yet streetwear still maintains a continuous influx of revenue.

One of the most interesting results of the streetwear business model is that it has generated a secondary market for its clothing. Many refer to it as the resell market. Here, items will be marked up several times their original price. The resell market has generated large profits for many streetwear enthusiasts, something unseen in the tra-

Madeline Duvall | Staff Artist ditional fashion market. Essentially anyone willing to buy streetwear can turn around and immediately make money off of it. It has allowed the consumers to become a more integrated part of the market they are participating in.

Streetwear brands are constantly staying sold out, which creates an enormous amount of hype surrounding their clothing. Traditional fashion brands aren’t able to sell their clothes for nearly as much because of their inability keep their demand higher than supply.

The numbers don’t lie either.

Supreme, the most popular streetwear brand, is now worth a billion dollars according to an article published by GQ. That’s a lot of money for a company that sells T-shirts and hoodies made from average material at best.

The materials used by street-

wear companies are not any better in quality than what traditional fashion brands use. In fact, many streetwear brands simply print their logos on Gildan or American Apparel T-shirts according to an article on the website The Hundreds.

Yet brands like Supreme and A Bathing Ape are still able to sell their clothes at enormous prices because of their business model, something normal brands cannot do.

It seems like almost anyone can start a streetwear company, and that’s because they can. All they have to do is follow the streetwear business model. It’s simple clothing being sold in such a way that maximizes profits and has created a revolutionary way of selling clothes.

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Spotify may seem like a music lover’s dream come true, but this widely-used app is actually a major ripoff that overcharges users and undercompensates artists.

Spotify only pays $0.0038 per stream, which is well below competitors like Apple Music ($0.0064) and Tidal ($0.01), according to Daniel Kreps’s article “Wixen’s $1.6 Billion Spotify Lawsuit: What You Need to Know,” published Jan. 3, 2018 by Rolling Stone.

Not only does Spotify not pay creators their fair share, they also remove the natural discovery process, making popular artists more popular and leaving others in the dust. “Spotify’s editorial tastes and recommendations lean toward corporate-funded labels at the expense of the little guy,” wrote Randall Roberts in his article “Grading the Streams,” published Jan. 15, 2016 by the LA Times.

If those facts alone are not enough to turn users off the app, here is some basic math. Spotify costs $9.99 a month, or $4.99 with the student discount.

This means people are paying between $60$120 a year for Spotify.

Now, someone who buys their music and pays full price for it will on average spend between $45-$65 a year, according to David Pakman’s article, “The Price of Music,” published Mar. 18, 2014 by Recode.

This means p0eople are spending two or three times more on music with Spotify than they otherwise would.

One could argue that because of Spotify’s large library this is still a bargain. However, people do not necessarily take advantage of this fact. Most people have a set library of songs that they know and regularly listen to. This library changes as tastes change and constantly expands as new music is discovered.

Spotify’s $10 a month is about the equivalent of the cost of buying a new album every month.

Therefore, in order to make Spotify cost-effective, listeners would have to add an album’s worth of songs to the music they regularly listen to every month. Anyone who doesn’t keep up with this rate is essentially paying over and over again to listen to the same songs.

Fans who download their music will pay for it once and be able to listen to it as much as they want for the rest of their lives.

Not only will they be paying less than they would with Spotify, but more of that money will go directly to the artists, instead of corporate in-betweens. It’s time to stop letting Spotify leech off of the music industry.

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Seaside Residence Hall’s fall opening on-track B r ianna W il l is Sta ff W Ri t er Seaside Residence Hall is set to open for the fall semester and Robin Gore, director of Housing Operations, said the completion of Seaside will open up more space for students living off campus.

After construction was delayed during the 2016-2017 school year, builders have started working at 4 a.m. to ensure the dorms will be on schedule to open for this fall. “[In August] the building had been delayed because of the spring rains last year,” Gore said. “But so far this year there have been no major setbacks and construction is on track.”

One of President Andrew K. Benton’s goals was to “provide a space for our sophomore students who are abroad to have [on-campus housing] when they come back their junior year,” Gore said.

Benton wants to make sure that the students returning from abroad can be easily reacclimated to the Malibu campus, Gore said.

Every year it gets harder for students who want to live on the Malibu campus as classes get larger, Gore said. This year in particular has been “very complicated with having 100 beds offline to build Seaside, and yet we have a record

high first-year class,” Gore said.

But Gore said she looks forward to next year and being able to give more students housing.

“With Seaside, it’s really exciting to provide spaces to accommodate our students that want to live on campus, [whether] they are graduate students, or sophomores or juniors,” Gore said.

Danecia Kearney, a sophomore living in Towers, said she is excited about the idea of living in the dorms because she would be the first person to live in the dorm.

She said the new Seaside Resident Halls would be her first choice for housing this coming school year.

Kearney currently only has one roommate and says she “[misses] having suitemates to hang out, to go places with and to talk to.”

Gore said that while you do have eight people that you live with in a suite, Seaside is unlike freshmen dorms because there aren’t different suites on different floors.

For Seaside, “Each suite is their own unit with four double bedrooms, eight residents and they share a bathroom and an open common living area,” Gore said.

Julia Held, a sophomore studying abroad in Shanghai, China, said

she wants to live in Seaside next year because it’s the “[ideal] option for upperclassmen and [she] thinks it would be cool to be the first group to live there.” Held also said she loves communal living, so Seaside is the ideal living space for her.

Unlike Kearney and Held, not everyone is excited about the new housing project.

Carlie Ott, another sophomore who lives in Lovernich, said she doesn’t want to live in Seaside because she has already lived in apartment style housing.

“Converting to freshmen style dorms is not ideal, especially with the dietary restrictions of [me and my] roommate,” Ott said.

With Seaside comes parking concerns Gore said, and the university has been discussing parking on many different levels, like where to put more parking.

Although Gore said the university has plans in progress for parking, she thinks “the university is not ready to necessarily launch those specific dates,” but plans are in the works.

Priority registration has taken place and there was a good showing of both junior and senior numbers, Gore said.

Pepperdine Housing and Residence office said the fall housing portal is set to open Feb. 19.

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Photos by Sherry Yang Seaside will open on-schedule | Rain delayed the construction, but now bybeds Sherry Yang the residence hall will open on time. There willPhotos be more for students who wish to live on-campus, especially those who are returning from abroad.

Seaver Career Center sets sights on Seattle for networking Cas sandr a St ephenson E xecu ti ve Edi tor The Seaver College Career Center is hosting its first-ever regional trek to Seattle over spring break Mar. 1 and 2, where 10 selected students will have the opportunity to network with alumni from Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks and T-Mobile.

Seaver Career Center’s Marketing and Events Coordinator, Maile Hetherington, said the trip to Seattle is an opportunity for students to explore both the city and major company headquarters in the Pacific Northwest, while also expanding their network.

“It’s just a good way, if you’ve considered a company, to be able to get there and meet people on the inside and tour the office,” Hetherington said. “It’s really fun. It’s a good way to see it as an opportunity that might be a good fit for you or not.”

Pepperdine Career Treks are opportunities provided by the Career Center for undergraduates and graduates to visit between two and four companies, Hetherington said. These trips are meant to help students gain insight into what it looks like to work or intern for those companies, as well as what their company culture is like.

Some of the site visits will include alumni panels, office tours and other networking opportunities.

The application period for this trek ended Feb. 2, and announcements for those who have been selected

were released Feb. 6.

The Career Center has hosted local career treks in the L.A. area, Hetherington said, but wanted to broaden their offerings to students with larger treks.

Matthew Ludwig is a junior transfer student studying Finance who attended a local career trek to Warner Brothers.

“I just wanted to branch out and find opportunities because I know you get to work with industry professionals and I thought it would be a good way to network,” Ludwig said.

Seattle was a natural choice to branch beyond the local treks, Hetherington said, because alumni in the city were eager to participate and many Seaver students already hail from the Pacific Northwest.

“I think it’s a good opportunity for people who either already know they want to work in that area ... or if you’ve never heard of it or never been there, that’s an opportunity that we want students to know about that they can explore and have fun,” Hetherington said.

Hotel lodging, meals and transportation to the company tours are all provided by the Career Center.

Students are responsible for their flights and transportation to the trek.

Senior Business Administration major Katie Klopp said she has taken advantage of the Career Coaching Program the Career Center offers, and through that program she gained a mentor who is

based in Seattle. When the Career Center approached her about the Seattle trek, she said she pounced on the opportunity to apply.

“It’s a new opportunity to see a new city, really get to enjoy it with friends, as well as build myself professionally, network with some incredible companies and alumni, and also get a better feel for the cultures of the companies out there,” Klopp said.

This trek will include a networking event with other Pepperdine alumni living and working in the Seattle area. The Career Center partnered with the Alumni Office to offer another chance for students to speak with professionals, Hetherington said.

Because the Seattle Trek is the first of its kind at Pepperdine, Hetherington said it is “a really good marker for us to learn from students what they’re looking for and the kinds of companies they want to visit [and] the cities they want to get to.”

Though the amount of students that can attend this trek is limited, Hetherington said this will not be the last trek and the Career Center is open to suggestions.

“If you don’t get a chance to go to Seattle, just keep your eye out,” she said. “We’re going to be doing other local treks that don’t require a lot of travel, just a day in the car.”

Rachel Ettlinger contributed to this report.

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Dance in Flight debuts annual shows’ theme that evokes childlike imagination and play

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Photos by Lawrence Liu Photos by Kaelin Mendez Dreaming of Dance | Dance in Flight will perform their annual dance concert from Thursday, Feb. 8 to Saturday, Feb. 10. All 30 members of the dance company have choreographed and rehearsed this set almost every weekend since the beginning of the fall semester of 2017.

S h anno n Hansen & Caroline L aganas S p eci al edi ti on ed itor & c ur r ents as si stan t e dit or Dance in Flight performs their annual show this weekend, from Thursday, Feb. 8 to Saturday, Feb. 10.

Pepperdine’s Dance in Flight plans to bring imagination to center-stage this week as the company showcases meaning through dance for the University and Malibu community.

DIF is an annual dance performance put on by a company of Pepperdine student dancers and choreographers every spring semester. The performances focus on a current and relevant topic. This year’s 25th anniversary theme is imagination.

“The inspiration for the message of this show is to just share that we are all born with this innate imagination, and as we grow up, we shouldn’t forget it,” director Melinda Marchiano said. “We need to hold onto that, and we need to use it to maintain our hope and be kind to one another, and it can make the world a better place.”

30 student dancers rehearsed tirelessly for more than five months to perfect their choreography for this week’s premiere. Despite tireless hours in the studio, many students said DIF is a grounding experience that provided them with a creative outlet.

“Dance is how myself and everyone else in the company express ourselves and move throughout our lives,” senior Courtney Grande said.

A resounding favorite for many student dancers were the friendships they said they formed throughout their long hours of rehearsals.

“We’re all super close,” student director Reagan Zimmerer said. “We’re here all weekend rehearsing so we spend lots of time together. After, we’ll get

boba or dinner and just hang out. We build a really awesome community, and we’re all very close.”

Freshman Millie Vieira, who danced her entire life and was on the dance team in high school is participating in DIF this year. She also said how her favorite part of DIF was the people she met.

“I know it sounds cliché, but probably the friendships I’ve made here [have been my favorite part],” Vieira said.

“We spend so many hours per week together rehearsing. But when you’re with those people so much, and you have such a shared love for the same thing, you naturally bond and that’s been really special for me.”

In terms of what the audience can expect from this year’s DIF performance, Marchiano

said it’s going to come down to relatability.

“I think particularly this year, we were all a kid at one point, and we all had that innate creativity and imagination,” Marchiano said. “I think it will really cause people to reflect and consider, ‘How much imagination am I still living my life with?’ and I think that will really resonate with people.”

As for Grande, she said the audience can look forward to being taken on a journey.

“People can expect to experience a wide range of emotions, find a place of escape of our everyday lives as well as be a show that will hopefully impact them beyond the theater,” Grande said.

“They can expect a crazy, odd group of people that can somehow come together and make something really beautiful.”

Zimmerer said the variety of dancers and their experience is a valuable aspect of DIF, and the audience can recognize the element it adds to the performance.

“None of us dance exactly the same or have the same body type or skill ability,” she said. “But we all bring our best attributes onstage, and I think it brings something very cohesive, but also highlights the individual as well.”

Zimmerer said what inspired her to become the student director was her background in dance, as she’s performed her whole life. Participating in DIF since her freshman year, she wanted to help other students have the same outlet and positive experience she did.

Since Pepperdine has put on DIF for 25 years, Marchiano

said the performance always has an audience of those dedicated to the company’s message.

“There are a lot of people who really love DIF,” Marchiano said. “Whatever the theme of the show, they just love DIF and they love to come see DIF because it’s a group of people who love one another, it’s dynamic dancing, there’s lot of different styles, lots of energy, lots of colors, lots of everything.”

Tickets for DIF can be purchased for $20 either at the Smothers Theatre Box Office or online. The performances will run Thursday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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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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Jasper Johns: “Something Resembling Truth”

Vision Board Workshop

LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show

Through May 13 — The Broad

Feb. 9, 3 - 4:30 p.m. — Malibu Bluffs Park

Feb. 10 - 11 — Anaheim Convention Center

The Broad will unveil more than 120 of artist Jasper Johns’ artworks in his exhibit “Something Resembling Truth” in collaboration with the Royal Academy in London.

Johns has influenced the likes of Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha, and his exhibit at the Broad will feature works that have never been exhibited in Los Angeles. Thick impasto brushstrokes characterize much of Johns’ works, entreating the viewer to critically look at what he depicts.

There is something kind of hokey about a vision board — it brings to mind sleepover activities and, at the risk of over-generalization, the kind of activity that would be enjoyed by the same ilk that religiously read horoscopes or carry crystals in their pockets.

Cynicism aside, the Vision Board Workshop at Malibu Bluffs Park is also somewhat endearing for its childlike simplicity. Using simple materials like magazines, paints and other art supplies, participants are encouraged to “generate an artistic, big-picture representation of the key aspects of life.”

Slightly saccharine and sentimental? Sure.

But there’s no harm in erecting a monument to the important things in life via vision board.

The food convention gods perfectly spaced out last week’s CoffeeCon with this week’s LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show. Judging from the website alone, while CoffeeCon had an air of academic refinement, LA’s Cookie Con and Sweet Show veers on the side of presenting a more inclusive, non-elitist setting.

LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show prides itself as the biggest baking and pastry convention on the West Coast, and within two seconds on their website, one is already greeted with messages that they have been sold out three years in a row.

There will be celebrity chefs and special guests, classes, and the opportunity to sample a myriad treats ad nauseum until reaching the point of nausea.

What do LA Cookie Con and Sweets Shows, Jasper Johns’ “Something Resembling Truth” and a Vision Board Workshop have in common? On the surface, nothing at all, but upon closer inspection, these seemingly disparate activities and things to do this week are bound by their dissimilarity — just like all individuals, contradictions and all.

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The grand opening of The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising’s 26th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design was a special one, as it was the first year the museum acquired all five of the Oscar nominees for best costume: “Beauty and the Beast” (Jacqueline Durran), “Darkest Hour” (Jacqueline Durran), “Phantom Thread” (Mark Bridges), “The Shape of Water” (Luis Sequeira) and “Victoria & Abdul”(Consolata Boyle).

“We are very lucky every year. We end up getting most of the nominees. A lot of times we get four out of the five, and then we scurry to get the fifth,” FIDM Museum Official Spokesperson Nick Verreos said. “We start doing the exhibition before the nominations even come out. When the nominations do come out, we’re crossing our fingers going, ‘I hope we got them! I hope we got them!’ and most times we do! This year we have all five of the nominees for best costume design, which I think is amazing.”

Colorfully dressed designers and fashion and film industry insiders mingled under a tent of crystal chandeliers before heading in to see the silver screen silhouettes from 26 of 2017’s most popular films.

After filling up on delectable hors d’oeuvres such as fig and cheese quesadillas or goodies from a mashed potato bar,

attendees walked off the red carpet to the exhibit with the aforementioned attire. Audiences crowded the architectural power suit and headpiece of Hela (Cate Blanchett) from “Thor Ragnarok” (Mayes Rubio), or the real metal chain mail of what Paramount Picture’s Manager of Archives and Props Randall Thropp described as the “best thirteen minutes of “Transformers: The Last Knight.”

“Your eyes never get to really lock on all the work that went into these,” Thropp said in reference to Lisa Lovaas’ costume design on “Transformers.”

Verreos echoed the phantom qualities of the costume designer’s handiwork.

He highlighted how Boyle ventured to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London to look through dresses the real Queen Victoria wore during the time “Victoria & Abdul” took place.

“This is a lot of the research you don’t see,” Verreos said.

“But this goes into creating the costumes that then just seem seamless.”

Preparation takes about 1015 weeks or even months before movie production begins — anything from shopping at various stores and rental houses and even designing costumes with large teams of pattern makers, cutters and dyers. Outside of their team, costume designers collaborate with production designers, lighting teams, directors and writers to “help create the total package of the movie,”

Verreos said.

Some audience members did have their eyes very focused on those details that Verreos and Thropp discussed.

“Every time I see something from a designer, some neuron thought, in real life, face to face, I get astounded from seeing that one gown that was featured in ‘The Greatest Showman,’” seeing that lovely beading and hand-pronged, faceted crystals on that piece,” attendee and vintage curator Kevin Fernando said while wearing a renaissance inspired Yves Saint Laurent coat.

“It evokes a mid-50s Charles James gown. To see that piece in person was absolutely astounding.”

As an “institute of education,” Verreos said that FIDM hopes to show the greater public how integral costume design is to the plot of a movie, whether they be a pair of jeans or an extravagant yellow ballgown from “Beauty and the Beast.” “It plays a narrative arc.

Costume design creates magic to help tell the story, to create those characters. For an example, when you’re reading a book the writer is describing how somebody looks. For a movie, you go to see it,” Verreos said.

The free FIDM exhibit is open to the greater public from Tuesday, Feb. 6 to Saturday, April 7.

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Costume or Couture? | FIDM’s 26th Annual exhibition displayed costumes for all five of this year’s Oscar nominees for best costume. Attendees were also able to enjoy costumes from “The Great Showman” (top right), “I, Tonya” (left) and “Wonder Woman” (left) that are part of the exhibit as well.

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Photos Courtesy of Claire Fagin/Carissa Mosley Haidy n Harvey S taf f W r i t e r Across Carissa Mosley’s laptop are stickers advertising local galleries and film labs.

Fiery red curls spill over her shoulders where green overalls fasten. Mosley, a senior Art major and Texas native, loves being an artist because she is encouraged to observe.

“Everything just had so much more life because I could see it for the first time — everything instantly became fascinating; everything was a miracle,” said Mosley about discovering art. “And it is. It is; it’s just a matter of noticing it.”

Mosley is a visual and digital artist, a photographer, an actor and a filmmaker. She has immersed herself in all mediums but officially she majors in Art with an emphasis in Digital Arts.

Mosley’s journey to becoming a visual artist has taken twists and turns. She originally arrived at Pepperdine as a Theatre major. But while trav-

eling abroad, she found that she missed creating things.

“I was in a really dark place at that time, and I just didn’t really know what I was doing with my life — it was art that saved me,” Mosley said.

After attending a summer art class, Mosley found her home in the digital arts. So far, her passion has led her through various adventures.

Last summer, she interned with Native American photographer Matika Wilbur, traveling with her to several Native American reservations.

“It really changed my perspective on being an American and what that means,” Mosley said.

It was this trip that inspired her recent piece “Alien Lands.”

This cross-media three-month endeavor consists of photography, video art, performance and installation, and focuses on Los Angeles’ palm trees.

In her “Alien Lands” artist statement, Mosley writes, “I discovered that palm trees have a fascinating history and

unsustainable existence; these water-thirsty trees are only in LA because of colonial attempts at creating a paradise, first by Spanish colonizers and, later, by LA travel marketing agencies.”

Mosley’s trip through Native American reservations is what originally inspired her to study implanted palm trees.

Over time, however, Mosley’s fascination with palms continued to develop.

“Growing up, always feeling displaced, I really feel attached to these displaced palm trees.

They’re like my friends; I love them. Even though this work is in a larger context of the colonial reasons behind why we’re all displaced, I don’t judge the palm trees,” Mosley said.

“Alien Lands” is one of many of Mosley’s recent projects. Last semester, Mosley performed in fellow student Jason Garofolo’s film. She also organized “The Dance,” a night-long spiritual and female empowerment workshop which concluded with filming a video art piece

based on Henri Matisse’s “The Dance.”

“It’s about this mystical experience that women can have together, and you know maybe it’s even exotification or mystification of women,” Mosley said, referring to Matisse’s work. “But I wanted to turn it on its head and make it by women for women.”

Mosley said themes of light, Photos place, paradise, colonized and native places, and travel appear in her work.

“I find a lot of joy in experimenting with materials and seeing what they do in different light and projection situations,” she said.

In the future, she hopes to be working to exhibit contemporary artists in photography, video, installation and experimental film. She recently received admission into her first artist residency in Jodhpur, India, where she will travel after graduation to create art focused on the effects of colonization.

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Sam Petersen | Assistant Photo Editor Help from Hollywood | Four panelists, Tom Provost (far left), Jaret Golding (left), Liz Keyishian (right) and Jule Selbo (far right) give advice to Pepperdine students on screenwriting in PC 189 on Thurday, Feb. 1. The panelists had experience in both film and television screenwriting.

Hollywood pros give students advice C ar o l ine Edwards A s s i s tant Li f e & Arts E d itor Working in film and television isn’t always easy or glamorous, according to Hollywood screenwriters during Pepperdine’s annual Q and A panel.

Students and friends of the panelists gathered in PC 189 on Thursday, Feb. 1. The panel consisted of writer and playwright Jule Selbo, Liz Keyishian Wilks and two Pepperdine faculty members, Jarrett Golding and Tom Provost. Golding is an affiliate professor at Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Buisness and Management while Provost is a graduate screenwriting professor for Pepperdine’s MFA program. The panelists offered

advice to the undergraduate and graduate students in the audience who are interested in screenwriting.

“If I didn’t think I was the greatest writer in the room, even if I wasn’t, I would’ve quit,” Provost said.

The panel had a mix of film and television writers whose credits and experiences enabled them to encourage students to push themselves and write.

Tom Provost’s credits include “Paradise Hotel” and “The Bachelorette.” Meanwhile, Selbo worked on “Melrose Place,” “Models Inc.” and Disney’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame” franchise.

Golding is an affiliated faculty member of the Graziadio School of Buisness and Manage-

ment who has worked on “Mac & Devin Go to High School,” and Wilks is an animation writer and is currently working on “Sesame Street.”

“You get to go and write and create something, and you can do everything yourself,” Wilks said. “This is the greatest time to be a young writer. Why wouldn’t you want to create?”

The panelists gave advice on how to write scripts and how to pitch ideas to the studio.

“Make it clear why you’re the only one who can do it this way,” Golding said. “It’s your story, your voice. You’re the only person who can write this right now.”

Selbo agreed and said, “Your point of view is unique to you.

Believe in yourself. Take time to reflect.”

One of the biggest pieces of advice senior Rachel Rodriquez took away was to be herself.

“It was really interesting,” Rodriquez said. “I guess my biggest take away was staying true to yourself, no matter whatever you’re working on or going about through relationships in business.”

Students were advised to build relationships in the industry if they want to succeed.

“In this industry, it’s the last man standing,” Provost said.

The panelists said they Puu got Arthur inspiration from people-watching, and fought writer’s block by going for walks, showering and getting out of the house.

“You will get tired of it, you will think you won’t get to page 55,” Wilks said. “You just keep writing. Your script is worth nothing if it isn’t finished.”

Students left feeling inspired and more knowledgable about the screenwriting process, according to junior Paul DiRico.

“The end goal would one day be a writer for television, so I was hoping they would impart some wisdom and they did,” DiRico said.

DiRico said the most important thing he learned was “busi-

ness etiquette.”

‘Whether it’s from producers | Assistant Sports Editor or in the writing room, just being really accepting to listen,” DiRico said.

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by Kaelin Mendez Photo Courtesy ofPhotos Fox Searchlight Pictures Customer Service| Junior Gregory Camperos (left) and freshman CJ Babcock play two employees in an eternal call center. In the play, written by sophomore Nate Bartoshuk and directed sophomore James Moore, the two men must answer calls from the living in order to learn about their past.

‘Call Center’ play presents student talent Tanisha Shankar Staf f W r i te r The entirely student produced, written and directed play, “Call Center,” details the personal journeys of two workers, Malcolm, played by freshman CJ Babcock, and Walker, played by junior Gregory Camperos, as they navigate their harrowing workplace.

The play, which ran from Feb. 2 - 4 in the PLC mini theatre, is an original production written by sophomore Nate Bartoshuk and directed by sophomore James Moore.

There’s nothing typical about Walker and Malcolm’s work. The confined call center, devoid of any windows or doors, is purgatory, and the callers are mortals ringing in to what they think is their conscience.

Malcolm and Walker enter the call center with no memories from their past lives. The only way to retrieve information about themselves is through answering calls and trying to sway the caller’s conscience one way or the other, to do good or bad. Whoever succeeds gets rewarded with a memory from their past life.

With every passing scene, the characters get a fuller picture of their life on earth.

“It’s an identity crisis type of play,” Camperos said. “My character is constantly battling with what the past means.”

“Call Center” is an artistic debut for most of the cast and crew. For Bartoshuk, it is the first script he has finished and brought to stage. For Camperos and Babcock, it is their first

time acting in a Pepperdine play. The scenic design director, Christopher Jerabek, and the lighting design director, Kyle Wurtze, are both freshman making their debuts in Pepperdine theatre.

“For many people, this entire process has been one first after another,” Bartoshuk said.

“It is my first college production ... so that in itself was a challenge,” Babcock said. He recounts an experience during one of his monologues at Friday night’s show that he believes marks a point of growth in his acting career.

“Something came into me and it was like I wasn’t just performing the monologue anymore. It hurt me. It actually physically hurt me to feel and say these things … and that’s something personally as an actor I haven’t gotten the opportunity to feel before. It was really an out of body experience,” Babcock said.

Bartoshuk is thankful for how his script has transformed through the artistic collaboration of the cast and crew.

“When I wrote it … I was very adamant that I did not want to cast or direct because I wanted others’ artistic input,” he said.

Bartoshuk said that his play continued to grow as the actors brought it to life.

“More often than not, I hear something in rehearsal, and I’m like hmm ... that’s vastly an improvement in what I intended. That’s the beauty of artistic collaboration,” he said.

Jerabek and Wurtze’s set and lighting work, as well as sophomore Rowland Evan’s sound and score, gave audience mem-

bers an immersive experience.

“The set design was amazing. At first the loud ringing and flashing from the phone calls scared me, but I thought it made the play even cooler,” freshman Hadley Biggs, a staff writer for the Graphic, said.

Audience members were also receptive to the play and its message. Junior Grace Leister said she walked out of the play feeling that she had learned an important lesson.

“I think that I’m coming out realizing how precious life is and how it can be taken away from you so quickly,” said Leister.

Bartoshuk thinks there are several core messages that one may walk away with. “You don’t have to let your past define you. You can choose to rise out of the circumstance that you’re put in,” he said.

The second, he said, is to “learn to understand the suffering of others even they are suffering in ways that are foreign to you. Even if you don’t know what it might feel like to be in the situation that someone else is in, you can still understand that what they’re feeling is valid.”

All proceeds from “Call Center” will go toward funding future student-produced plays.

Theatre-goers can look forward to the rest of Pepperdine’s spring productions: “The Pirates of Penzance” (Feb. 21 to Feb. 24) and “Medea” (April 4 to April 7). Tickets are $10 for students and $20 at regular price. They can be purchased online or at the box office at Smothers Theatre.

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Men’s Basketball falls to Pacific, 81-72

Pepperdine drops to 4-20 on the season and 1-11 in West Coast Conference play ar t hur puu S por ts edi tor Pepperdine Men’s Basketball suffered a late loss to Pacific, 81-72, in the team’s lone home game of the week.

Junior Eric Cooper Jr. led the Waves with 19 points and redshirt sophomore Kameron Edwards followed with 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting. Redshirt senior Matthew Atewe added 14 points (on 7-of-11 shooting) with six rebounds.

“There were many things we did well in this game,” Head Coach Marty Wilson said. “However, this game is about perfecting the little things too, and we gave the ball up and didn’t execute when we had chances late, and those contributed to the difference.”

In the first half against Pacific, the Waves and Tigers traded baskets early before Edwards buried back-to-back buckets to

key an 8-2 run that gave Pepperdine a 14-10 lead.

The rest of the half saw four ties and three lead changes down the stretch, but Pacific entered the halftime break with a 3330 lead.

In the second half, Pepperdine and Pacific again battled in a close one out of the break, as both teams traded the lead seven times with six ties.

However, the Tigers took a 13-5 run in the final minutes to pull away, securing the 81-72 win over the Waves.

“We’ve played pretty well over the last two games, keeping these games competitive,” Ross said. “Despite all the injuries, we haven’t let them affect us and the way we’re playing. We’ll always be fighting and competing out there.”

Saturday’s home loss came fresh off a short road trip to the Pacific Northwest where they took on Portand. The Waves lost to the Pilots on Thurs-

day Feb. 1, 85-76, despite freshman Colbey Ross’s game-tying three-pointer in the final 11 seconds of regulation to send the game to overtime. Cooper Jr. also led the Waves in the game, posting a teamhigh 19 points with four three-pointers.

“Coach told us to find the right play, and we had really good ball movement to set up the shot,” Senior Amadi Udenyi said.

“I found Colbey [Ross], and he’s been huge for us this season, making big plays like this [shot].”

Half-by-Half Scoring (vs. Pacific): Half 1: 33-30 (PAC) Half 2: 81-72 (PAC) Up next, Pepperdine hosts San Diego on Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. before traveling down Pacific Coast Highway to take on rival Loyola Marymount on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 3 p.m.

Arthur Puu | Sports Editor Sky Hook | Sophomore forward Kameron Edwards shoots over a Pacific defemder on Saturday, Feb. 3. Edwards has averaged 13.7 points per game.

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Pepperdine secures its third straight victory, bringing their season record to 4-2 Sam mar lo t t a s s istant spor ts ed itor The Pepperdine Men’s Volleyball team topped the Princeton Tigers 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.

Led by redshirt junior outside hitter David Wieczorek’s 15 kills and a career-high .650 hitting percentage, the Waves hit for a collective .365 success rate, while posting eight aces in a three-set, 25-20, 25-15, 27-25 victory.

The win was the Waves’ third straight win, bringing their season record to 4-2.

Heading into Saturday’s match, the Waves were fully prepared to face the opposing Tigers.

“Our coaches did a great job helping us get prepared,” senior outside hitter Colby Harriman said. “We had a lot of film on Princeton and were able to chart their hitters’ tendencies well. We wanted to make sure we won the serve and pass game.”

Redshirt freshman setter Robert Mullahey also incited the importance of using film on Princeton to put together effective team play.

“Offensively, our strategy was to utilize the middle of the court out of the front and back row because of some tendencies we saw from watching film on Princeton’s blockers,” Mullahey said.

In set one, the Waves came out guns-blazing on offense totaling 12 kills and three aces — both marks were more than the Tigers got all day. Pepperdine held the lead early, but the Tigers made a run tying the game at 1010. It was back and forth between the two until the Waves broke away with a massive block from Wieczorek and junior middle blocker Max Chamberlain.

Wieczorek added two

more kills and an ace to give the Waves a 22-18 lead. A kill from Harriman off of an assist by Mullahey accompanied by a service error on the Tigers brought the game to 24-20.

Junior outside hitter Michael Wexter sealed the deal on the first set for the Waves with a kill assisted by Mullahey.

Set two was no different from the first.The Waves dominated early on, leading 14-7 thanks to three kills by Wieczorek, two by Chamberlain and one by Wexter, assisted all by Mullahey.

The Waves stayed momentous, eventually reaching a 20-11 lead.

They kept their distance from the Tigers for the remainder of the match, not letting Princeton come within 8 points.

A kill by Wieczorek and a service error on the Tigers secured the Waves 25-15 victory in set two to give the home team a 2-0 match lead.

Princeton put up a feverous fight in the third set. A five point run from the Tigers early on put them in the lead 13-11.

It was a back and forth battle after that, with Princeton holding onto a one-point lead until a kill

by Wexter tied the game at 23. A service error by the Waves and a kill by Wieczorek kept the game at 24 all. Sophomore outside hitter Noah Dyer nailed a clutch kill to give the Waves the set-point advantage, but Princeton notched a kill as well tying the set up again at 25. Back to back kills by Wieczorek and Harriman locked in the Waves win 27-25.

Pepperdine amassed 42 kills from five different players and eight aces on the day. Wexter totaled eight kills with a career high .727 hitting percentage.

Mullahey ended with 35 assists, six digs and one block.

Arthur Puu | Sports Editor “Reach back like 1-3” | Redshirt junior outside hitter David Wieczorek rises up to get the kill on Saturday, Feb. 3. Wieczorek led the Waves with 15 kills and a career-high .650 hitting percentage.

Quotables: On what the team did well during their match against Princeton: “Serving and passing has been a continuous theme for us this year,” Harriman said. “We are one of the best teams in the country in passing and sideout percentage which makes Rob’s [Mullahey] job as a setter pretty easy and sets us hitters up for success. We also have been

serving really well this season and today was no different.”

“I thought we won the serve and pass battle and we played good defense around our block,” Mullahey said.

On how they pulled off the win after Princeton made their run during the third set: “We do a great job coming together after points to regroup and refocus,” Harriman said

“When Princeton made that run at the end we wanted to control the tempo of the game and slow it down to benefit us. Being able to take a breath and focus on the next point, along with clutch kills from Dave [Wieczorek] and our middles, solidified the win for us.”

“We just trusted our training and we stayed aggressive in our serving

and attacking,” Mullahey said.

Up next, Pepperdine opens Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) play as they head to Phoenix, Arizona to face Grand Canyon University on Thursday, Feb. 8 at 5 p.m.

The Waves will then travel to Concordia to take on the Eagles on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 1 p.m.

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Photos courtesy of Pepperdine Athletics Par-tee like it’s 2002 | Pepperdine poses after its first team victory of the spring season: a record-setting 37-stroke win in the annual Waves Challenge on Jan. 29 to 30. The Waves’ previous record for margin of victory was 33 strokes, set during the 2002 West Coast Conference Championships.

Men’s Golf sets new records

Pepperdine captures first win of the spring season in the Waves Challenge Sam m ar l o t t a s s istant s por ts e d itor The Pepperdine Men’s Golf Team earned their first team victory of the season in dominating fashion, finishing with a record-setting 37-stroke win over the opposition in the annual Waves Challenge this week.

Junior Sahith Theegala acquired his second college win shooting 11-under and surpassing the competition with a school-record 16-shot margin of victory.

Held at the par-72 Saticoy Country Club in Somis, California, the Waves Challenge included 14 other teams.

The tournament lived up to its name in part due to the difficulty of its course, but mainly as a result of the intense wind Monday, according to Head Coach Michael Beard.

Sophomore Joshua McCarthy was the next closest competitor to Theegala. McCarthy finished with a 5-over 221 thanks to two birdies and an eagle during final-round.

Sophomore Clay Feagler had a total of five birdies and ended in a tie for sixth place at 224. Junior Roy Cootes and freshman Austin Murphy tied for 21st at 233.

Heading into the tournament Monday, the Waves were seeking a team win. Saticoy is Pepperdine’s home course and one that the team has practiced on between the fall and spring seasons.

“We knew we were playing on our home course, so we knew we had the advantage,” Cootes said.

Pepperdine knew they had an edge on the competition with their course knowledge so they decided to focus their efforts to playing their game their way.

“We emphasized focusing more on our scores rather than trying to beat the other teams directly,” Theegala said. “We knew if we went into the tournament simply trying to shoot good scores at our home course, that winning would come because our guys have some serious talent.”

Despite their experience on the course, the Waves weren’t quite prepared for the wind that Monday had in store.

“The wind was in the complete opposite direction than what we were used to, and four times as much, it got up to 40 miles an hour,” Beard said. “We knew that other teams were going to be complaining and having bad attitudes about it, so we just said ‘Hey, you’re going to have your bogeys, you’re going to have your bad holes, just try to minimize those and hit the ball where its supposed to be hit.’”

In terms of technical play, Theegala emphasized the importance of playing strategically and with patience.

“I paid a little extra attention to the clubs I hit, because I knew it wouldn’t be the same as it would be on a typical day out there,” Theegala said.

“I hit a bunch of knockdown shots throughout the tournament to keep it under the wind as much as possible. I stayed as patient as possible because I knew the scores would be high because of the wind, and didn’t force the issue at all during the course of the tournament.”

Due to the extreme conditions and an early sunset Monday, the teams finished only one full round and 12 to 14 holes of the second round. The Waves finished in the lead by 21 strokes, ahead of their closest competitor UC Santa Barbara.

Theegala ended the day in the lead finishing the first round with a 2-under 70 and 4-under overall through 13 holes in the second round. Feagler ended in fourth place at 5-over while McCarthy and Cootes tied for 12th at 12-over.

The wind died down Tuesday, allowing the Waves to quickly finish up the holes they didn’t on Monday evening. The main focus on Tuesday was to maintain momentum and keep their cool on the course.

“We just said, ‘Hey, let’s go out and play the best that we can do with what the course is giving us and not worry about the competition,’” Beard said.

Fore-ward | Junior Sahith Theegala follows through on his shot during the Waves Classic on Jan. 30.

With his 16-shot margin of victory, Theegala broke Dean Kobane’s 29-year-old school record.

Despite the lead as a cushion, the Waves didn’t plan on letting up.

“Even though we had a big lead going into the day, we weren’t going to be content with just winning, but winning with an emphasis,” Theegala said.

Pepperdine did not give in on any of Tuesday’s holes posting record-setting numbers. Theegala went under-par all three rounds, acquiring 12 birdies and 38 pars averaging 68.3 shots per round — more than 11 shots better than the tournament average.

His 16-margin victory demolished the previous nine shot margin of victory by Dean Kobane at the 1989 WCC Championships.

“It was one of the best feelings I’ve ever had,” Theegala said of his record-setting win. “Winning is something that is so, so rare in golf, especially at such a high level of competition, and to be able to win by 16, is a blessing. It shows that all the hard work and time that I’ve put into my game is being reciprocated positively. I was just out there enjoying myself, having fun, and trying to be the best I can be for my team, and the fact that I came

out on top is just a bonus to be honest,” Theegala said.

McCarthy, Feagler, Cootes and Murphy contributed stellar numbers for the Waves and helped the team end at 5-under on Tuesday.

Their resilience on day two of the tournament propelled them to the new school record of a 37-stroke victory finishing with a two-day total of a 13-over 877 win.

The Waves’ previous record was 33 strokes at the 2002 WCC Championships, of which Head Coach Michael Beard was a member.

Cootes said, looking back on the day, it was their hungry attitude that helped the Waves to victory.

“It could have been easy to get a little bit too comfortable and blow it, but our guys did a great job of staying in it till the end,” Cootes said.

Quotables: On how this win will affect the team moving forward: “This is huge for our team. We definitely had a rough fall as a team, but something about the spring season seems to spark our energy levels up to the next level, and the hunger to want to start

the season on a strong note was apparent,” Theegala said. “Our schedule ahead of us is easily one of the best in the country, and we have that little extra edge now from this win to carry us through that. This win just makes us want to win more and more and more. Once again, we have total studs on our roster, and we all believe in each other, and that’s something that will separate us from other teams moving forward.”

“Moving forward I hope this win is going to propel us to more victories in the spring,” Cootes said. “It is really going to be important for us to build on this so we can eventually win a National Championship.

I definitely feel like our team as a whole builds off momentum and that is exactly what we need to do with this.”

“Its always good to win, it feels good to win, and it might spark a little fire in the guys to see if they can do it again,” Beard said.

“Hopefully we can keep riding the momentum for the next tournament.”

On what to expect from Pepperdine Men’s Golf this spring season: “We have the makeup to do something really good, something really special, the

question is can we can do it every tournament,” Beard said. “I think we have the guys that can go low when they’re supposed to, but golf is a hard game and it’s not like you can perform on cue every single day. We might be a little inconsistent, but I think we have the tools or the ammo to do something really special.”

“You can definitely expect us to put our best effort into every tournament we play, and getting more wins as a result,” Theegala said. “I truly believe the chemistry we have is special, and that goes a long way, even in a sport like golf! The WCC Championship is something that we are really keyed on this year, as the last couple years we let that title slip out of our hands when we definitely had it in our reaches.”

“I think the university should start keeping an eye on its golf team, because we are about to put on a show this spring,” Cootes said.

Up next, the Waves compete in La Quinta at The Prestige at PGA West from Monday, Feb. 19 through Wednesday, Feb. 21.

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A SPLIT DECISION

Full Speed Ahead | Junior forward Yasmine Robinson-Bacote brings the ball up the court against Portland on Thursday, Feb. 1. Robinson-Bacote scored 31 points in back-to-back games to lead the Waves to a 1-1 record last week. She was also named WCC Player of the Week for her performances.

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Women’s Basketball splits home-road week with a win and a loss joa nna c ab al q uinto a s s istant spor ts ed itor Pepperdine Women’s Basketball split two games, defeating Portland on Thursday, Feb. 1, 83-79 for their eighth win, but fell to Pacific for the second time this season on Saturday, Feb. 3, 84-73.

Against Portland, junior forward Yasmine Robinson-Bacote led the offense with 31 points and posted a double-double with 10 rebounds.

Senior guard Kim Jacobs added 21 points and junior guard Paige Fecske followed with 20.

The Waves battled the Pilots in a close one to begin, with the score tied at 19 after the first quarter.

By the end of the second, the Waves led, 39-36 before falling behind in the third quarter by five, 63-

58. The deciding fourth quarter came down to the final minute.

With one minute remaining in the fourth, the score was tied, 77-77, but Robinson-Bacote buried a two-pointer to give Pepperdine the lead, 7977.

Portland was fouled with 21.5 seconds left and made one free throw to cut it to 79-78. Jacobs returned the favor, making both shots at the free throw line, extending the lead, 81-78.

Portland was fouled again. Portland sophomore guard Kate Andersen closed the gap by making the first shot, but her teammates failed to rebound the intentional miss on the second shot, leaving the score at 8179.

With 4.5 seconds remaining, Fecske successfully drew another foul

It was just the mindset of doing whatever it takes, getting on the floor, scoring and rebounding.

Whatever it takes to win, we are willing to do.

Yasmine RobinsonBacote, Junior Forward

for two free throws. Fecske made both, securing the victory for the Waves, 83-79.

Quarter-by-Quarter Scoring (vs. Portland): Quarter 1: 19-19 (TIED) Quarter 2: 39-36 (PEPP) Quarter 3: 63-59 (POR) Quarter 4: 83-79 (PEPP) Pepperdine faced a tough loss during their next game on the road against the Pacific Tigers.

The Waves tailed for all four quarters, ultimately losing, 73-84.

The Waves allowed the Tigers to score 17 points off of turnovers and fell short on the defensive end. With seven steals and 37 rebounds for the Tigers, the Waves were only able to hold a lead for two minutes throughout the game.

Robinson-Bacote repeated her strong offen-

sive display, scoring a total of 31 points for the second game in a row. She also led the team on the defensive end, collecting eight rebounds.

Quarter-by-Quarter Scoring (vs. Pacific): Quarter 1: 20-24 (PAC) Quarter 2: 36-40 (PAC) Quarter 3: 55-57 (PAC) Quarter 4: 73-84 (PAC) Quotables: On the final minute of the Portland game: “We started off really slow but we picked it up defensively and that’s how we got back into the game,” Robinson-Bacote said. “It was just the mindset of doing whatever it takes, getting on the floor, scoring and rebounding. Whatever it takes to win, we are willing to do. The minute is really nerve-wracking because you don’t want to make any mistakes.

When you play to the best of your ability, it usually turns out in your favor.”

On the Pacific Game: “We’re going to have to come out and have a strong defensive effort,” Head Coach DeLisha Milton-Jones said. “We have to rebound very well. Pacific beat us last time. We let their will outpower us the entire game. Now, we have to come out with a sense of urgency so we can walk away with a win on the road.”

Up next, Pepperdine hits the road for their next game against San Diego at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8 before returning home to face rival LMU on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 1 p.m.

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