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Never Forget | 2,977 flags line Alumni Park to commemorate the lives lost in the Sept. 11 attacks. This year marks the eleventh consecutive year that Pepperdine has put up the Waves of Flags display. There are 2,887 American flags for each American life lost and 90 different international flags.
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C h a n n a s t e i n me t z s o c ia l me dia ma n age r Over 6,000 fish were found floating dead in the Malibu Lagoon on Aug. 23. California State Parks and The Bay Foundation are in the process of assessing the exact cause for the mass die-off. California State Parks Angeles District Superintendent Craig Sap said approximately 95 to 98 percent of these fish were striped mullet, and the cause of their death could range from a variety of reasons. "It could be one thing or it could be a combination of several things," Sap said. "Everything from the reproductive nature of the striped mullet to the water quality is being assessed. These are all just speculations at this point."
One of the main proposals is the recent high water temperatures after a hot summer season. Water temperatures at Malibu Lagoon were measured by an environmental scientist, Sap said in an interview with The Malibu Times. The results showed temperatures at 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius or approximately). The ocean temperatures are typically 18 to 23 degrees Celsius, Pepperdine Biology Professor and fish physiology specialist Karen Martin said. Martin explained the dangers of abnormal water temperatures to the striped mullet population. "This is an extreme temperature stress for them," Martin said. "It’s like being in a fever. If you were to have a fever for a long period of time, it would be really bad for you."
Pacific Palisades resident Anne Cronin said this was her first time out at the lagoon area since the incident, but she was concerned with the ocean temperature. "I was in the ocean, and I was just shocked," Cronin said. "It's warmer than my pool at home. It makes you wonder. It makes you wonder why and if that has something to do with the fish." Officials collected salinity and dissolved oxygen levels in the lagoon during the day, and results showed normal levels for this time of year, according to a statement by California State Parks officials. Sap said it is possible for dissolved oxygen levels to drop during the night, so the scientists involved are still looking into this theory.
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Step forward o m ar m ur phy onli ne pr odu c e r Pepperdine students helped the Volunteer Center celebrate the 30th anniversary of both the office and Step Forward Day with old and new service projects Saturday, Sept. 8. Step Forward Day is an annual event where Pepperdine students volunteer with organizations in Malibu, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Step Forward Day was the first event out of the Volunteer Center when the office started. "Sarah Jackson was the first director and there were a few students who helped create it and they wanted to do a big event," said Peter Thompson, current director of the Pepperdine Volunteer Center.
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"They actually went dorm by dorm and woke people up and brought them out." A new on-campus service project was added to this year's Step Forward Day. Pepperdine's Volunteer Center partnered with Feed My Starving Children to offer a new service opportunity with global impact. Feed My Starving Children is a Christian non-profit organization that works to provide meals for malnourished children and struggling families all over the world. It is the first year that Pepperdine has partnered with this organization and the service project offered more opportunities for students to step forward. Elisabeth Harding, the student Special Events Director in charge of
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Step Forward Day, helped organize the new initiative. "It's very new and something we've never done before," Harding said. "We’re really excited about trying it out and the potential to partner with them for the future." On the day of the event, student groups like Black Student Association, Men's and Women's Basketball, Sigma Phi Epsilon, individual volunteers and more gathered in the Fieldhouse to work with FMSC. The leader split student groups into small teams with specific duties that contributed to the overall process. Student tasks ranged from running and labelling food bags to scooping food and sealing packets. The event
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accommodated all interested volunteers and no one was left without a job to do. After the training and explanation of roles, the service project commenced. Students ran back and forth as teams started packaging food, stacking boxes and loading pallets. After the two and a half hours of volunteering, many students said they were satisfied with the work they put in. "It was a fun atmosphere with everyone working together," senior Karsten Kimbel said. "It was cool to see the direct result of what we’re doing and seeing the boxes we pack taped up and shipped out instead of going to some warehouse."
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work on various volunteer projects across Southern California during Step Forward Day. This year marked the 30th anniversary of the Pepperdine tradition.
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