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Faculty urge Dean Marrs to renew
Rick Marrs’ unexpected decision to forgo a new term as Seaver Dean — effective at the end of the school year — has prompted a reactionary vote from the Seaver Faculty Association. In a meeting held yesterday, the SFA Executive Committee, which represents faculty on academic and profes-sional matters, unanimously adopted two resolutions in
support of Dean Marrs and asked for his reappointment.
“I’m disappointed that a leader who has the respect he does would step out of his role. I’m disappointed that the ad-ministration wouldn’t do more to persuade him to stay,” said Dr. Timothy Willis, chair of the religion division.
Marrs, in his fifth year as Seaver Dean, announced on Labor Day to Provost Darryl Tippens and President Andrew K. Benton that he would not be
seeking another five-year term. That decision was accepted by Tippens but would later cause a public and private reaction among staff and faculty as word got out, calling for Marrs to reconsider. Tippens has said that Marrs’ reappointment as dean is no longer an option.
However, faculty hope to persuade the provost to reconsider based on the SFA’s resolutions.
Those resolutions were sent via email to all Seaver
faculty by Dr. Michael Mur-rie, the former SFA presi-dent standing in for President Cyndia Clegg. The email pre-sented both resolutions in preparation for a secure online vote in the next week.
The first motion officially recognized Marrs’ “excellent leadership” during his ten-ure and regretted that he not remain as dean.
The second motion asked that the provost and president suspend the search process for
a new dean and evaluate Marrs for reappointment.
Marrs has not given rea-sons for his leave and said he does not plan to do so, only to cite professional matters rather than personal. On Oct. 8, a day before the campus was noti-fied, Marrs met with the Seaver Cabinet (deans, chairpersons and others who report directly to him) for a monthly meet-ing. At the end of the meeting, Marrs announced his decision
Committee launches vote to reverse Marrs’ abrupt decision to step down By MARIEllA RuDINews Editor
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Red flag warning issued
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FIRE DANGER — In Oct. 2007, a series of wildfires in Southern California broke out,reaching seven counties. The fire damaged and destroyed 14 homes in Malibu and threatened Pepperdine’s campus. A red flag warning will begin today at 8 p.m. and last until 2 p.m. on Saturday due to Santa Ana winds and low humidity in the area.
D.C. DirectorJahshan resigns
Washington Internship Director Khalil Jahshan an-nounced his resignation effec-tive at the end of the fall se-mester. A new interim director for the program will be chosen in the coming months.
“Khalil chose to step down as director to pursue other professional endeavors at this time,” said Charles Hall, dean of International Programs. “He felt the timing was right in light of the changes that were being made to the program, which is moving from being exclusively internships to a model that in-cludes international study tours and general education courses.”
Following the Lausanne Program Director Mary May-enfisch-Tobin’s ouster, D.C. is another example of major structural changes within In-ternational Program leadership.
Jahshan declined to comment, and International Programs Director Jeff Hamilton said he was unable to comment on what is a private matter be-tween Jahshan and the univer-sity.
Furthermore, while Ham-ilton said student opinion is greatly valued, certain admin-istrative decisions do not merit transparency.
“For the respect of everyone involved, necessarily there is going to be ambiguity,” Ham-ilton said. “For salvaging peo-ple’s reputations, it’s better that some things not be heard.”
Hamilton went on to say that “every piece of feedback” from students is heard and that they are working to make Pepperdine International Pro-grams the best in the country.
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LGBT ConvoBuilds Bridges
Pepperdine is following through on its commitment to support the LGBT communi-ty present on campus. Build-ing Bridges, a campus resource for LGBT affairs, hosted the second meeting of the six-part Convocation series, which is de-signed to be an open forum for conversation, on Tuesday night.
Last spring the 2011-2012 Building Bridges Commit-tee submitted a four-tier plan. One of the recommendations in this plan was that the uni-versity should “provide addi-tional forums for the university community to become better informed about LGBT issues.”
The university showed support in the spring for the recommendation to hold a
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Student cited for DWIStudent lost control of vehicle in off-campus collision
At approximately 11 p.m. on Oct. 20 there was a solo vehicle collision at Civic Center Way and Webb Way in Malibu. Pepperdine junior Amanda Ja-mieson lost control of her 2012 VW, which struck the curb and overturned, according to Los
Angeles Sheriff ’s deputy Philip Brooks.
According to LA County Fire’s Twitter page, an air squad was requested to the scene for a “critical patient” but later can-celed by the LA County Fire Department.
Jamieson was transported by ambulance to Los Robles Hospital for minor injuries and
issued a citation for driving while intoxicated. She was dis-charged from the hospital on Oct. 22.
One student who saw the accident and wishes to remain anonymous said, “It was a bit spooky to see the cloud of dust lift and she was standing outside the car — obviously shaken. We assured Amanda that she had
no cuts on her face and that her teeth were fine … I did notice she had been cut on her back.”
The eyewitness saw Jamie-son’s car flip over twice. The witness heard that Jamieson had no internal injuries and wishes Jamieson a speedy recovery.
Jamieson could not be reached for comment.
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Responsible and informed voters needed
It’s that time again — the time when we all suddenly feel entitled to voice a political opinion because we’ve invested a total of four whole hours into watching the presidential debates. Many of us are tempted to fall under the delusion that listening to President Barack Obama and his challenger, Gov. Mitt Romney, exchange words somehow educates us better than other campaign materials. I think we can all do better than telling ourselves that, especially after seeing two of the most brilliant political minds in America transform into to tantrum-throwing toddlers on national television.
Now, political oratory has never proven to be the most graceful of endeavors. This is understandable, and even forgivable, considering the pressure coming from all angles, the stakes and the ever-vigilant eye of the public. But let’s not pretend that the presidential debates are a noble effort for the two candidates to pull themselves out of the trenches, wipe off the blood, sweat and mud and engage in an intellectually honest discussion. Let’s not pretend that the candidates are suddenly prone to represent their respective campaign platforms accurately for a generous 90 minutes. Let’s face the facts: the debates are just stump speeches stacked on more stump speeches, disguised as legitimate voter education.
I’m not here to deny that the debates carry significant political impact. We can see this clearly with the pendulum swing in polls after the first and second debates. Nor am I here to tell you, Pepperdine student, how to vote. I’m talking about impact in terms of actually learning about the candidates’ views and the major issues at stake in the upcoming (read: less-than-two-weeks-away) election. I’m saying, no matter which way you vote, make sure you spend a good chunk of time so you can confidently say you know what you’re voting for — and why.
Many of our founding fathers were opposed to a popular vote, not because they doubted public intelligence, but because they feared voters would not have sufficient information on the presidential candidates. As a generation that came of political age in a world with Wikipedia, YouTube and real-time fact checking, let’s not live up to their expectations. We watched the debates. That’s fantastic. But please, for the love of all things factual, let’s not stop there.
10/15/12 2:33 p.m.Incidents – Code of Conduct Location: Malibu Campus Summary: A student with eight parking citations failed to register their vehicle.
10/15/12 6:16 p.m.Incidents – Suspicious CircumstancesLocation: Alumni Park Summary: A Public Safety officer contacted a person who was attempting to post multiple political signs in Alumni Park without proper authorization.
10/15/12 8:54 p.m.Crimes – Larceny/TheftLocation: Malibu State Creek Park Summary: A student reported that their car was burglarized. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded and appre-hended the suspect.
10/15/12 10:27 p.m.Incidents – Loud NoiseLocation: Richard Rockwell Towers Summary: Public Safety officers responded to a noise complaint about several individu-als playing basketball after quiet hours. They were identified as students and were warned without further incident.
10/15/12 12:01 a.m.Incidents – Loud NoiseLocation – Stotsenberg TrackSummary: Public Safety officers respond-ed to a noise complaint; approximately 25 students were gathered at the track. The students were warned about being too loud during quiet hours; no further incidents were reported.
10/17/12 4:50 p.m.Incidents – Suspicious CircumstancesLocation: Seaver Academic Complex
Summary: A professor reported receiving a suspicious email from an unknown person.
10/17/12 7:08 a.m.Incidents – Loud NoiseLocation: Alumni ParkSummary: Public Safety received a noise complaint from a Malibu Country Estate resident regarding loud music coming from Alumni Park. The university staff member in charge of the student event was asked to keep noise levels to a minimum; no further incidents were reported.
10/17/12 8:24 p.m.Incidents – Information ReportLocation: Richard Rockwell TowersSummary: A student reported receiving mul-tiple harassing emails from another student.
10/17/12 10:36 p.m.Traffic – Traffic Accident, Non-injury Location: John Tyler Drive Summary: Vehicle vs. vehicle traffic collision. A student accidentally backed their vehicle into an unattended parked vehicle. Moderate damage was reported.
10/19/12 6:11 a.m.Alcohol – Drunk in PublicLocation: Off Campus LocationSummary: The Department of Public Safety at the University of Southern California re-ported that a student was arrested for public intoxication on campus.
10/21/12 12:38 a.m.Incidents – Suspicious CircumstancesLocation: Howard A. White CenterSummary: Public Safety officers responded to a complaint of teens playing volleyball in-side the HAWC. The minors were visitors of a student. Their parents were contacted and they were released to their custody.
Peace talks underway After 50 years of conflict, Co-lombia and Farc negotiators have begun a series of peace talks that are expected to last months. According to Colombia’s nego-tiator, both sides agreed on the need for social change. Nego-tiators will meet in the Cuban capital Havana next month.
Food system introducedA consistent food labeling sys-tem will be introduced in the UK next year, the government says. The front-of-pack food labels will show how much fat, salt, sugar and how many calo-ries are in each product. The new food system is being introduced in hopes of tackling the ever- growing problem of obesity. The system is voluntary. To become mandatory, regulations would have to be agreed upon on a Eu-ropean level. “This will help us all choose healthier options and control our calorie intake” said Anna Soubry, the Public Health Minister.
‘Poison plot’ foiledThree people have been charged with conspiracy and attempted murder of Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi. Accord-ing to officials, the president’s doctor, one of his nieces and an ex-minister of commerce substituted his poison for med-icine. The president was alerted before the plot could unfold. Yayi is chair of the African Union.
Reports compiled from BBC
Circle K denied permitMalibu city councilmembers voted unanimously Monday to deny an alcohol permit for Cir-cle K on Pacific Coast Highway. In a 4-0 vote, the council rejected their appeal of a conditional-use permit for the sale of beer and wine for offsite consumption. To reduce the number of drunk-en drivers on the PCH, coun-cilmembers have begun to start limiting the number of alcohol permits. The owner of Malibu 76 Circle K, MMK Enterprises, originally applied for an alcohol permit in March 2011 and was denied in Nov. 2011.
PCH upgrades soughtOn Oct. 13, 36-year-old Marisela Echeverria was killed on Pacific Coast Highway when her bike mirror clipped a parked car and she was struck by a bus. Since Echeverria’s death, her family has urged for safety im-provements along the deadly highway. Councilmembers are looking forward to the results of the PCH Safety Study.
Student places firstMalibu High School sopho-more Caroline Pietryzk finished first in the Girl’s Sophomore Division IV & V race at the Mt. San Antonio Invitational on Oct. 19. She finished over 90 seconds faster than the second place finisher. Pietryzk is ranked as the seventh fastest runner in Division IV in California.
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RETRACTION: In our Oct. 4th edition, it was reported that Public Safety officers caught students and R.A.s from Fifield and Miller dorms sliding through the Pepperdine tunnels Sept. 18. It is not known if R.A.s from those dorms were at the tunnels at that time. The article goes on to report that R.A.s from Fifield and Miller declined to comment on the situation. Only one R.A. declined to comment, the other R.A.s were not contacted about the story. The Graphic sincerely regrets the error.
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Alumnus runs for DAPepperdine School of Law
alumnus Alan Jackson ( JD ’94) is running for Los Angeles District Attorney. Currently, Jackson serves as the assistant head deputy of the Major Crimes Division.
“I believe the general value system that Pepperdine imbues in their students is paramount for anyone in law,” Jackson said.
After graduating from high school, Jackson enlisted in the Air Force. He spent four years as an Airman before earning a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin. This experience helped solidify his de-sire to “help those who cannot help themselves.”
On Oct. 16, Jackson’s campaign unveiled a television advertisement entitled “Protect.” Some critics have called the ad an “attack” on his opponent and current Chief Dep-uty District Attorney Jackie Lacey. In the ad, Jackson describes Lacey as “a good person” and continues to say she is “a political appointee who was dishonest under oath to protect her boss.”
Lacey’s campaign chief consul-tant, Parke Skeleton, told the Los Angeles Metropolitan News-En-terprise that Lacey’s campaign would not go on television.
“The ad is no way an attack on anybody,” Jackson said. “The ad is a truthful recitation of the facts. I’m in the business of telling the truth.
That’s what the district attorney’s office is. Everything said in the ad is absolutely true and we stand by it whole wholeheartedly.”
In his 17 years as a prosecutor, Jackson saw the most high pro-file cases in L.A. County. He was successful in the second-degree murder conviction of music pro-ducer Phil Spector, and he also prosecuted and won the murder case of auto-racing legend Mickey Thompson.
Jackson said he has a deep desire to be “the lawyer for the people” in order to bring security to the LA community. The court-room veteran understands prose-cution. “At the end of the day it’s not done in a conference room, it’s done in a courtroom,” Jackson said. If elected, he intends to prosecute “firmly but fairly.”
Jackson’s four-point plan to en-sure public safety is to end public corruption, reduce violent crime, stop crime before it starts and have a special focus on high-tech crimes.
Jackson believes that voters want a modern prosecutor and not a politician. A modern and innovative approach is necessary in today’s courtroom. He believes that the new DA must have an eye toward progress. He or she must be able to utilize the most up-to-date legal philosophies, principles and crime-fighting technology.
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THE THINKER — Prosecuting music producer Phil Spector, Alan Jackson (JD ‘94) reacts to the news of a mistrial in 2003 .He is currently running for District Attorney with 17 years of law experience under his belt.
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to step down from his post at the end of the academic year. He left the meeting soon after.
Until then, he admitted that virtually no one saw it coming.
“While his decision not to stand for another term caught me by surprise initially, I re-spect his thoughtful decision and look forward to finding ways to continue to work to-gether in the future,” Benton wrote in an email Tuesday.
For the Seaver division chairs, the surprise quickly turned into disappointment. Most have said they still do not have a concrete explanation for the dean’s stepping down.
Though Marrs is in his last leg of a five-year term as dean, many faculty and staff assumed he would extend the position.
Marrs unsuccessfully tried to rescind his decision later in the month.
According to Tippens, Marrs had asked him wheth-er he might continue a new term as dean. The provost said he had already accepted Marrs’ intention not to be renewed and would move forward in the search for a new dean.
When asked why he would not reconsider Marrs’ reappointment, Tippens said, “Because I agree with his original decision.”
Marrs neither confirmed nor denied that he tried to re-scind his Labor Day email.
“I typically say what makes Seaver great are the students, faculty and staff, and if you get that working you’re in great shape. And that’s what I thought my job as dean was — to help get all the pieces together,” Marrs said.
When asked if he wants to continue that job: “If that were an option I’d be glad to consider it.”
It was Marrs’ understanding that his job as dean was no longer an option.
If Marrs initiated the decision not to renew, then Business Division Chair Dr. Jere Yates wonders why Tippens will not consider re-negotiation.
Yates, the Business Division founder from 1973, discussed the practicality of going back
on this public announcement. He underscored the recent example of the University of Virginia president who was re-instated after faculty protested the ouster.
Yates painted Marrs as a humble man, not one to create a fuss. Faculty regard Marrs, who came to Seaver in 1987 as an associate professor of reli-gion, largely as a colleague. But Yates said he gets the sense that Marrs didn’t feel appreciated by high-level administrators for his efforts. Other chairs and senior faculty have wondered if Marrs and Tippens have clashed over issues such as the implementation of the master’s of fine arts in writing for screen and television and the Grazia-dio joint bachelor’s and MBA program.
“We’re humming, our stu-dents are great, our faculty has never been better. Rick [Marrs] has just developed this strategic vision. It’s extremely well thought out and written. Obviously he was planning to go ahead, and I think he just got beaten down,” Yates said.
Provost Tippens denied this thought.
“I want all of our deans to be advocates of their faculty and curriculum. I would say he was a proper and even good advocate for faculty. That is not at all an issue in that case,” Tippens said yesterday.
All eight chairpersons stand behind Marrs and have urged him to renew his position as dean.
“All the division leaders are supportive of Rick [Marrs], 100 percent behind Rick,” Yates said. “Each of us believes he’s helped us be stronger.”
M a r r s ’ a n n o u n c e m e n t also comes just weeks after Pepperdine’s accrediting body, WASC, completed its final vis-it to the campus. Marrs said the college waited until after the visit to announce his decision to avoid distraction from the school’s reviews and reports.
In WASC’s first visit to the campus in 2010, the vis-iting team found that some faculty reported “a lack of transparency in administrative decision-making, a sense that administration does not value faculty’s ability to contribute to
governance and a lack of trust between the faculty and ad-ministration.”
The university had since responded and worked toward the recommendations for more shared governance and trust. But Yates said this is still a concern.
“The most critical, worri-some thing for me about all of this is the fear of retaliation,” Yates said. “I have never in my 44 years seen younger and even tenured faculty living in fear of retaliation.”
Although it is not clear to what retaliation Yates was referring, some chairs and senior faculty members have recommended that staff and non-tenured faculty stay quiet on the subject of Marrs and even the administration itself during this time. In response to this suggestion, Marrs said that people probably have more anxiety than they should, but he does understand why they would have it.
Contacted by the Graphic in the past two weeks, one divi-sion chair declined to comment while others chose to speak off the record.
In an email Tuesday night, Provost Tippens wrote that he does not foresee many changes at Seaver following Dean Marrs’ exit.
“I say this because Dean Marrs has built a very strong team … The essential trajectory of the college is set,” Tippens wrote. “Dean Marrs will use the current academic year to confirm that trajectory of the college, especially as he leads the faculty and staff in compos-ing the school’s strategic plan.”
Marrs plans to produce a fi-nal version of Seaver’s Strategic Plan by the spring for the com-munity to review and approve.
“Given where we think the momentum and trajectory of where Seaver is right now, it was definitely surprising,” said Dr. Michael Ditmore, who began as Humanities and Teacher Education chair in August. Ditmore has known Marrs for more than 20 years and said one of the things that attracted him to the chair position was the expectation that Marrs would remain as dean at least until he adjusted
to the position. “He’s been someone I’ve
gone to in confidence when I’ve had faculty issues. I’ve really relied on his wisdom and expertise. For me it’s a real challenge,” Ditmore said. “I feel very uncertain what my future will look like in terms of
relationship to another dean.”Seven faculty and adminis-
trators, chaired by the provost, oversee the search process. Then a national search begins for the new dean, who must be “prepared to preserve and enhance” the Church of Christ affiliation, writes the Office of
the Provost website. The search will continue through the school year and conclude with an appointment in the spring or early summer. The admin-istration expects to announce the members of the search committee in the next week.
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Daniel Schnur and Don Ringe analyzed the presidential cam-paign in the media Oct. 18 Payson Library. Ken Lazebnik, director for Library Advance-ment and Public Affairs, opened the lecture.
The two men offered the au-dience a glimpse of the media campaigns of each candidate, focusing solely on the 2012 presidential campaign ads of President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney. After giv-ing their professional critiques on each campaign, the speakers opened the discussion to the au-dience in a Q&A.
Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC, has worked on four pres-idential and three gubernatorial campaigns. He also served as the national director of com-munications for Sen. John Mc-Cain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign in 2000. Ringe is an Emmy award winning media strategist and has worked as a political media consultant for nearly 45 years. Ronald Reagan and Bob Dole are included on his list of clients.
Countless political adver-tisements bombard the public during election season, and this year’s ads have been dominated with negative campaign rhet-oric. Obama has failed to “stop cheaters” while Romney’s tax math “doesn’t add up.”
The men aired each oppo-nent’s campaign ads and point-ed out their respective strategies.
“Obama is trying to prevent you from gaining trust in Rom-ney,” Schnur said. He wants voters to “know the real Mitt Romney.” On the other hand, Romney is running a retrospec-tive campaign. He wants citi-zens to judge Obama based on his job performance since the last election, focusing specifi-cally on the country’s economic woes. Romney wants voters to believe that “Obama just cannot do the job.”
According to the duo, mar-ried women decide elections and consequently, the debate fallout comes down to women.
“Romney wants women to think about their pocketbooks [the economy], and Obama wants them to think about so-cial and cultural issues [repro-ductive rights]. Whoever wins that tug-of-war wins the elec-tion,” Schnur said.
The voting gender gap is that female voters tend to pre-fer Democratic candidates and male voters tend to pre-fer Republican candidates. However, the marriage gap is a lesser-known phenomenon. Married voters tend to prefer Republicans and single vot-
ers tend to prefer Democratic candidates. When voting based on gender, females tend to vote Democratic. When voting based on marriage, females tend to vote Republican.
Surprisingly, both men see political ads as being somewhat outdated. “The impact of paid
political advertising, I think, is way overrated,” Ringe said. Peo-ple today pay more attention to online news and debates versus these motivational rather than persuasive ads.
When questioned by an audience member on why pol-iticians lie to their constituents,
the men declared that only the voters can hold politicians ac-countable.
“Mendacity is the means of politics,” Ringe said.
In other words, “Lying is essential to telling the truth” in the political world.
Alexander Hayes / DESIGN ASSISTANTCANIDATES AT THEIR CORE — Don Ringe, right, breaks down the major campaign tactics of the presidental canidates. Ringe and Daniel Schnur spoke at an event in Payson last Thursday to analyze the 2012 presidential campaign tactics.
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NEWSOctober 25, 2012 Graphic A5DC: Position to be filled before Jan.both the Washington World program and the Washington Internship program fall under the same banner.
“I think our internship pro-gram is a really robust, exciting program different from any-thing else our school offers,” Hamilton said. “We get very serious students who are very serious about their future. And they really set themselves up for the rest of their lives with these internships.”
Hamilton said students in-volved in the program have interned with everything from International Justice Mission to recording studios.
“A lot of our students are on Capitol Hill – obviously they’re involved with senators and congressional offices,” Hamil-ton said. “We’ve had students who worked with the Supreme Court in the past. Aside from that, it’s whatever students want. The cool thing about D.C. is it’s home to most of the world’s non-governmental agencies. There’s a lot of non-profits over there – in fact it’s one of the world’s epicenters of nonprofit organizations.”
Hamilton said he sees the most success when students approach the program with specific goals in mind.
“What really excites us is when a student comes to us and says ‘I want to go to the Washington program, and here’s what I want to do. And I know it’s weird and quirky, but can we make it happen.’”
ANTE UP — Students participate at the Kindom Center in Ventura. This transitional living center is the recipient of the “Pay it forward” award.
Every first and third Mon-day and Saturday, a handful of students drive to Ventura to vol-unteer at the Kingdom Center, a family transitional living cen-ter for the homeless.
The students help by taking care of the residents’ children on Mondays and participating in Adopt-a-Block on Saturdays, said junior Anna Kennedy, the student program coordinator for the Kingdom Center.
Kennedy works with Tam-my and Ken Duff, husband and wife and founders of The King-dom Center Ventura (TKC Ventura). The Duffs leased a vacant motel three years ago
and turned it into a safe haven for Ventura County’s struggling families.
Currently, however, due to financial problems, the property owners of the Kingdom Center are looking to sell. The Duffs said they are looking to God in faith to take care of the number of people who live on the cen-ter’s campus.
Kennedy said she believes the students provide a great ser-vice to the center’s residents.
Babysitting children on Mondays, volunteers the par-ents free time to study, apply to jobs and work.
“It’s a rough life here,” Ken said. “We had one woman who would stay up until 2 in the morning studying after she took
care of her kids. But she’s now doing very well.”
On Saturdays, the center participates in the Adopt-a-Block program. They describe the effort as any task to spread random acts of kindness. Stu-dents have the opportunity to build relationships with people in the community and serve them simultaneously.
“There have been people who have tried getting rid of us because they were afraid we would increase the homeless people in the area,” Tammy said. “But we just began to love and serve them. That’s how we ended up with Adopt-a-Block. People started to realize that it wasn’t just a stopping place for homeless people but for strug-
gling families. They eventual-ly came to us with a check for $1,000 and said they believed in what we’re doing.”
The center was the second recipient of the Channel 7 “Pay It Forward” award. The $7,000 award recognizes groups that benefit the Ventura area. Be-cause of the Kingdom Center, eight families have been reunit-ed and all of the residents are encouraged to give back to their community.
“Part of restoration and re-covery is learning to give your-self back to those who have been assisting and helping you,” Mr. Duff said. “That’s why we’re here. And we have about a 30 percent success rate because of all the love, giving and support.”
The center currently has about 25 rooms that are indi-vidually sponsored by churches of various denominations for about $5,000, Mrs. Duff said. Currently, 20 rooms are active, housing 40 parents and children who would otherwise be home-less.
Residents only stay at the center for about a year or two — just enough time to get back on their feet again.
“Some of them go back to college,” Ken said. “Some of them get a job. We connect them with the whole commu-nity.”
Kingdom Center rebuilds lives
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By Falon opsahlStaff Writer
FALON OPSAHL / STAFF WRITER
STAFF EDITORIAL
As Election Day approach-es, college students across the nation are witnessing one of the most polarized presidential races in their lifetimes. This year, however, marks the first time most college students are eligible to vote in a presiden-tial election. Throughout the election season, the candidates have sparred on the topics presenting Americans the most concern, such as the economy, domestic issues and foreign policy. Meanwhile, the main question that many young undecided voters are asking remains: What exactly does each candidate stand for and how will the future presi-dent’s policies affect me in the future? The trivialization of the debates by the media and on the web has only exacerbated the challenge of getting to the core of the issues and where each candidate stands.
Ironically, the takeaway from the debates often per-petuates indifferent attitudes from the younger crowd. Many college voters have walked away from viewing the debates just as uninformed on each candidate’s stances as before, recalling only mentions of Big Bird, binders full of women and horses and bayonets. Nonetheless, it ultimately falls on the individual to educate oneself on the candidates and
the issues. More than ever, the college voice needs to be heard. Not only is it a civic duty to make informed choices at the polls this November, but the outcome of the election will also play a part in shaping younger voters’ future educa-tional, professional and social statuses.
Most college-age voters ei-ther aren’t registered to vote or don’t actually bother to go out and vote at all — and this is a critical mistake. If we allow only the voices of our parents, grandparents and college professors to be heard in this crucial election, we will have to live with the consequences of our silence. However, we can and must make a difference in this election in order to secure the future of our educational pursuits and impending strug-gles entering the workforce.
Although the most dis-cussed and polarized subjects this election season have included the state of the econ-omy, the national debt and de-fense, college students should especially have informed opin-ions in regards to the federal budget for education, espe-cially concerning aid programs like Pell Grants and Stafford Loans. Such programs, which have been expanded under President Barack Obama, make it possible for hundreds
of thousands of students across the nation to attend college. However, Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney have different ideas about the costs of educa-tion and the paths they lay out for the future are very distinct. The choices that the winning candidate makes in the White House will have an impact on the financial outlook of college students continuing their ed-ucation and soon-to-be young professionals alike.
Furthermore Obama and Romney have discussed vastly varying attitudes toward deal-ing with the current economic downturn, especially con-sidering the costs of higher ed-ucation. The president and his Democratic allies in Congress have increased funding for Pell Grants, reformed Stafford student loans and advocated for higher subsidies to public higher education. Obama has been fighting for these reforms on the campaign trail for the last year. The president and fellow Democrats believe that by investing in two- and four-year-college students and by lowering the cost of attending college, more college graduates can be produced who will be better able to compete in the modern day economy. This will spur the innovation and revitalization the American economy needs to sustain the
future generation. On the other hand, Rom-
ney wants to drive down the cost of higher education in the United States by supporting educational institutions that are pursuing innovative ways to reduce costs, rather than increasing government spend-ing on universities across the board. Romney’s plan focuses more on producing college graduates earning more from their salaries after graduation so they will not only be able to repay their loans, but they will also have ample money left over with which to live.
Since education is the future of our generation and all those to follow, it is crucial that the opinions of current students are heard in the upcoming election. The right candidate will ideally help move us to a better-educated and more successful future. But the fate of the presidential race depends on the public being informed and making it to the polls Nov. 6. Regardless of party preference, college students should embrace the opportunity to be a part of shaping the future of the country, realizing that our choice this November will result in real world conse-quences.
Those who fail to educate themselves, fail
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PERSPECTIVESOctober 25, 2012
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Dear Grace,Lately I’ve been dealing
with an overly eager guy. He texts me every day asking me out, and all I give him are vague answers and non-re-sponses. It’s been going on for almost a month now, though, and I’m starting to get an-noyed. What should I do?
Sincerely, Tell Him to Back OffDear THTBO,To be completely honest
this question is somewhat of a challenge for me to answer, given that I am most frequently the freak doing the stalking and not, as you’re probably shocked to find out, the hot commodity being stalked. For your sake, however, I will consider it a writing exercise and assume the identity of a sought-after woman.
Vagueness and non-response usually do the trick. The fact that whatshisface is relentlessly pursuing you only tells us that he falls onto one of the two extreme ends of the Pepperdine male personality spectrum: 1) The psychotic, Bible-beating wife hunter or 2) The arrogant douchebag so unaware of his own unfortunate appearance that he genuinely thinks you’re just playing hard to get in your desperation to get rid of him. If you can figure out which of these categories he falls into, there are a few tricks you might employ in getting rid of him once and for all.
If your suitor is of the first inclination, that is, overly zeal-ous in his quest to settle down, you’re dealing with the easier of the two. Despite the impos-sibility of going on dates at Pepperdine, there is this bizarre sub-sect of students comprised primarily of southern CoC kids who are looking to skip the dating game and head straight down the aisle. However, if someone belonging to this faction is suddenly smitten by a person of contrasting ideals (in this case, you), you must feign impropriety in an effort to portray yourself unworthy of their adamant pursuit.
Consider edging up your wardrobe, piercing something unconventional, perhaps even getting a tattoo if you’re really committed. As sad as it may be, women who exercise their rights to self-expression through means that were at one time deemed “unladylike” are still feared and avoided by many of those men who con-sider themselves traditionally God-fearing.
If your stalker is of the latter inclination, that is, just genuinely oblivious to his own repulsiveness, there’s honestly not much you can do. This guy is similar to the wife-seek-er, just less religious and not maritally inclined. This calls for some “John Tucker Must Die” type tactics. Concoct a scheme designed to publically humili-ate him in say, the Caf, during Convo, in front of his fraternity brothers or on the Internet, and regardless of whether he knows you’re responsible for his down-fall, he will hopefully dial back his aggression at least until his ego recuperates.
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Perspectives Assistant
ALLEGRAHOBBS
A Missouri pastor named Phil Snider recently made waves when he delivered a speech at the Springfield City Council that began as an attack on gay marriage but underwent an unexpected 180 degree turn as he concluded by advocating for marriage equality.
I would encourage you to watch the video yourself, to experience the full impact of the surprise plot twist, but in short, he likens the church’s anti-gay rhetoric to the lan-guage used to oppress African Americans in previous de-cades, language that was also used by the church to promote segregation and stifle moves toward racial equality.
It was shocking to many within the religious com-munity. And yet, for some, it was a heartening recognition of their own wishes for the church’s future.
Snider represents an ideological shift that has been seen emerging among the religious right in increasingly greater numbers, though still a small minority among the Christian community at large.
Whether you view this gradual inching toward more progressive ideals regarding the American value system as a positive or negative shift, the fact remains that it is ulti-mately inevitable.
As societal norms and cul-tural values change with the
times, the surrounding insti-tutions, including the church, are forced to adapt in some way. Either they vehemently reject the changes, or they embrace them and alter their doctrine accordingly.
Thus far, the majority of church leaders and members have opted for the former; but, as Snider recently demonstrated, it is slowly becoming less shocking for those who identify with the religious right to vocally sup-port gay rights.
Among the churchgoers of our generation, it is fairly unsurprising to hear responses ranging from a more passive acceptance of (“Sure, it’s a sin, but we love them anyway”) to passionate advocacy for gay rights.
Our generation, and the ideals we extol, will shape the future of this country; this is true politically, in terms of legislation, and societally, in terms of what is deemed normal and what is deemed taboo. It stands to reason, then, that what we considered to be conservative values will undergo a change.
Many express fears that the Judeo-Christian ideol-ogy forming the bedrock of the American value system will be vanquished by radical progressives with their liberal agenda.
I would argue that this expectation is more than a bit unrealistic, considering the overwhelming religiosity and conservativism that still pervades American culture.
According to a Gallup poll, 78 percent of American adults identify with some form of Christianity. It seems improbable that the beliefs held by the vast majority of citizens, as well as the beliefs that must be extolled by any politician with hopes of election, are destined for extinction.
What is realistic to assume is that the face of this belief system will change with the times.
As Snider pointed out, Christian churches have in the past advocated racial injustice and segregation, even stating that integration was against God’s word. Since those unfortunate periods in history, apologies have been issued and amendments have
been made. The shifting of commonly-held ideas about race could not be ignored, and ultimately change was inevitable.
Whatever your individ-ually-held beliefs about the morality of gay marriage, it is becoming increasingly appar-ent that the values espoused by “the church” at large will ultimately move with the shifting norms.
The church is, of course, here to stay; the question is, how will it adapt in order to remain relevant to the coming generations?
Conservatism takes a turn for the better
The grading system stifles individual success
There comes a time in every young whippersnapper’s life when he or she must question the established order of things. Each of us at some point has probably heard the call of child-hood and felt liberty’s gentle yet anxious tug on your coattails as you mechanically scribble down notes from a lecture you probably won’t even attempt to remember until that 12 hour span before your next exam.
From time to time you look up from your vaguely interest-ing doodles and unkempt notes to glance hopelessly out of the window, waiting for the final word from your professor to indicate that your tortured time spent here is up. Before your professor can even say, “I’ll see you next cl—” you are packed and out of the door.
Fast forward a few weeks and you find yourself seated in your professor’s office begging for those few extra points you need to push you from that subpar B+ or A- to that ever elusive A, thereby successfully distinguishing yourself from the barely average navel gazers who merely occupy space in the desks adjacent to you; not to mention, you are not above
the strategic use of water works and the occasional half-baked sob story about that sick pet parakeet you don’t own to soften your professor’s resolve — anything to look good on paper, I suppose.
Realistically speaking, for many students it does not really matter whether or not they will have actually retained the pages of relatively useful information they have spent the past six pre-cious morning hours cramming into their skulls before that big exam, or if they have genuinely grasped the point some dead guy made in a semi-relevant book hundreds of years ago; no, what really matters is that they are able to regurgitate it in a relatively well-placed manner such that they successfully convince their professors that the past semester has not been a complete waste of everyone’s time, and thus make the desired grade.
Indeed, a quick glance around the Internet will show just how far many students are willing to actually go to get that A. From purchasing pre-made academic essays online to neglecting important, developmental aspects of life such as healthy socialization, it seems that students today will do just about anything to secure a desirable final grade.
Take, for example, the rising
abuse of prescription stimu-lants among college students across the nation. A recent study posted in the USCience Review indicates that about 15 percent of college students have admitted to using some form of psychotherapeutic drugs for non-medical use. Of those 15 percent, 7 percent have con-fessed to using drugs such as Adderall to increase attention span, party or improve grades.
Contrary to popular belief, however, many reputable phy-sicians warn against the abuse of drugs such as Adderall for its high risk of dependence, po-tentially detrimental bodily side effects and unforeseen psycho-logical consequences ranging from tolerance to depression.
And I would venture to say
that these students have very good reason to employ these tactics; certainly, there are very few things in young, dreamy-eyed college students’ sad lives that compare to the feeling of accomplishment they get after receiving an A on that paper they have slaved over for weeks (and by weeks I mean those past couple of sleepless nights before it was due).
Not only do these students feel a sense of accomplishment, but there is also a sense of security as they prepare them-selves to enter a culture intent on ascribing one’s usefulness to society in terms of stagnant, irresponsive numbers, such as a grade point average. Surely, a person’s grade point average may have a lot to say about
work ethic, and, to some extent, intellectual ability, but it has little to report in regard to said person’s potentiality as an indi-vidual thinking thing, or even his or her ability to function well in society.
As such, students, their educators and potential future employers, should focus on active engagement in a learning process that students will hope-fully view as less of an obliga-tion and more so as beneficial for becoming a better human being, and thus, a better func-tioning member of society, as opposed to merely using it as a means by which one hopefully secures a “safe” position in this neo-Darwinistic, socioeconom-ic hierarchy, irrespective of the costs.
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Racy costumes could attract unsafe attention
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CAITLINMCLAUGHLIN
‘Twas the week before Halloween and all through the campus, all the kids were rejoicing, don’t believe it? Just ask us! The spider webs were hung on the window with care, in hopes that the chil-dren would get quite a scare. And one thought was present in all of their heads, Should I be Frankenstein’s bride, a monster once wed? Or maybe a black dress with a witch’s cap, or an artist or dancer or someone who raps? It really to them doesn’t quite matter, just as long as they’re all the focus of chatter.
Costumes — one word that is present in almost every conversation this time of year. Halloween provides people of all ages with the chance to freely express themselves in any way they want for one night. It is the one night a year on which women can wear fishnets and black leather and call it “a cat costume” and men can walk around in Speedos dressed as “Michael Phelps” — and both outfits are considered socially acceptable.
Who can resist the urge, therefore, to put on the rac-iest outfit they own? It’s the perfect opportunity to take a stab at your overly protective parents or make that aw-ful ex-boyfriend teem with jealousy!
But, have you properly acknowledged the risks? It can be very dangerous for women to dress provoca-tively on Halloween. When female college students decide to adorn themselves with minimal attire and walk the streets looking for a fun night without the least bit of protection, they are begging disaster to strike.
Halloween is a night for flirtation with mysterious fig-ures in masks and the answer to many fantasies. People can talk to burly men dressed as firefighters or curvaceous women clad in French maid costumes and their favorite pair of black pumps. But, would you approach such people on any other day? Are strangers somehow less dangerous on Halloween — especially when the majority of them are hidden behind masks?
I am a proud supporter of freedom of expression and I will personally be sporting a costume full of bright colors, sequins and feathers. How-ever, I am well aware of the safety measures all students should be taking on this night.
And so I ask you, precious student with a full life before you, to take precautions while enjoying your sugar-crazed night.
Leave your lights on even when you’re not in the room. For you party hosters: keep an eye on who enters your party. Be cautious about whom you approach, because that man in the blue might not actually be a police officer. Ladies: be careful to whom you are showing your curves and make sure to keep some strong men around you who you know and trust to ward off unwanted admirers.
I hope your Halloween night is filled with candy and laughter and the right kind of thrills and spooks, not the ones that will scar you for life. Personally, when asked for a trick or treat, I would always recommend the treat!
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AARON WILSONPerspectives Editor
NEWS October 25, 2012GraphicA8
“Building Bridges Forum.” This fo-rum will be held every Tuesday night at 6 p.m., going beyond the once a month plan that was originally rec-ommended. This Convocation series is modeled after a Club Convo, requiring those who choose to participate to attend five of the six forums to receive credit. Future meeting are open by online RSVP only. Members of the Graph-ic staff were asked to leave Tuesday night after they requested to take pictures of the speaker.
Mark Davis, dean of Student Af-fairs and Building Bridges chair, said in a statement about closing the event to the Graphic on Tuesday: “Pep-
perdine’s affirmation statement says that truth has nothing to fear from investigation, and so we are putting our mission into practice through Building Bridges Forum. Through open sharing and deep inquiry ewe hope members will hone both their convictions and their respect for one another.”
University Chaplain David Lem-ley, who leads the discussion, said that the forum has been designed as Club Convo and closed to anyone not signed up as of Tuesday night.
“Often it is a very personal con-versation and we didn’t want to just leave it open to people coming and going,” Lemley said. “It is meant to be a place where people can express their views, their concerns, talk about their relationships and not feel anx-
ious about the reaction they might get from that.”
Last week was the introduction of six such forums that will take place until Nov. 27. Nov. 20 is the only week when the forum will not be held.
There has been an overall positive view of this forum, according to those who have joined in on the discussion.
The description provided of the series on the Convocation website states the following: “The Building Bridges Forum will give voice to di-verse perspectives and experiences in our community’s LGBTQ conver-sation. We will share our experience and walk together through a reflec-tion of how scripture and the Chris-tian heritage can shape decisions for life together at Pepperdine. Facul-
ty, staff and students will hear from Pepperdine community members, and share their own reflections as we listen together.”
Freshman Justina Huang attend-ed the forum for the first time Tues-day night and felt that “even if [she] didn’t find answers, it was just good to talk about it (LGBT issues).”
Lemley said he looks forward to different formats to the forum in the future, but felt that for this semester the closed format of the forum would be most effective in its pilot run.
Flu vaccines are available at the Student Health Center for the 2012-2013 flu season.
As students embrace the fall season with pumpkin-spice lattes and midterms, the Stu-dent Health Center prepares for yet another flu season, offering the annual free flu vaccination clinics on campus.
The Student Health Cen-ter’s legendary “Stick or Treat” was yesterday, but the Student Health Advisory Board still hopes to increase the number of students who take advantage of flu vaccinations. The health cen-ter has paid particular attention to promotion through emails and Facebook.
“The flu shot clinics on campus are a quick and sim-ple process for students,” said Anushree Mahajan, junior and member of the Student Health Advisory Board. “Patients fill
out two pieces of paperwork and then receive the shot. Then they just go about their day. No hassle and it’s easily accessible.”
The American Medical As-sociation defines influenza as a highly infectious respiratory disease and viral illness associ-ated with high fevers, general body aches, vomiting and nau-sea. Other symptoms include headaches, sore throat, runny nose and fatigue.
Health officials across the nation are strongly urging peo-ple to receive the annual flu vac-cine and take preventive action against influenza. The Center for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC) says that flu season can begin as early as Oc-tober and end as late as May.
Following the 2009 H1N1 epidemic, the Student Health Center documented twice as many students receiving the flu shot as before the outbreak. This same year, the Student Health Center also began offering the flu shots on campus free of
charge instead of at low cost. “We feel that the increased
number of students was related to the fact that there was height-ened public education regarding the flu, public fear about the new strain and increased avail-ability of the flu vaccine,” Jenni-fer Ehteshami said, a physician assistant who has worked at the health center since 2007.
Within the past few years, viral epidemics of influenza have caused nation-wide aware-ness about the detrimental ef-fects of the so-called “common flu.” In 2009, 22 million Amer-icans became ill with the swine flu within six months and over 3,000 people died. The CDC also accounted for 540 pediatric deaths. Since the reappearance of the avian flu, or bird flu, in 2003, there have been approxi-mately 606 known human cases and 357 deaths.
The Student Health Center and health clinics nation-wide administer flu vaccines during the fall season each year to pre-
vent three types of influenza viruses: influenza B viruses, in-fluenza A (H1N1) viruses and influenza A (H3N2) viruses. The type of influenza vaccina-tion changes each flu season due to environmental influences and researcher predictions, which is why the CDC strongly advises that people receive the vaccina-tion, even if they have taken it the year before.
“It is important for students to get flu shots as it is the best defense against catching the flu. The flu can result in a pro-longed illness that can result in prolonged absence from school, high fevers and life-threatening complications,” MD Assistant Clinical Chief of Pediatrics at Cedars Sinai Medical Center Valerie Watiker said.
CBS News recently pub-lished an article referencing the statistics of last year’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report on influenza. The CDC revealed that 42 percent of the U.S. pop-ulation received the flu vaccine
with 128 million administered shots. The results were far low-er than their original goal of 80 percent vaccination rates.
“The flu virus, in addition to other viruses, is very contagious and easily transmitted from per-son to person especially in such close environments, like class-rooms and dorms,” Ehteshami said.
While the flu vaccine may be the strongest preventative meth-od resisting influenza, health officials advocate that people should continue to maintain health through simple sanitary actions, such as washing hands and covering the mouth when coughing. Taking these caution-ary measures can make the ulti-mate difference between getting sick and remaining healthy.
The Student Health Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be contacted at (310) 506-4316.
For more information on the flu vaccine, visit: www.cdc.gov/flu/.
The post-grad lifestyle is typically depicted as an uncharitable time, one filled with endless job hunts and soul searching. Alumnus Clayton Karels (2011), however, seemed to skip this stage in life.
After graduation last year, Karels moved to Los Angeles and dedicated himself to the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. This Sunday, he will lead the Epilepsy Foundation Malibu team at the Walk to End Epilepsy. Looking to make a difference and join an organization, Karels said he wasn’t completely sold until he found the epilepsy foundation.
“Epilepsy’s reach extends past Malibu, but our community can be a part of the movement to eradicate this condition,” Karels wrote on Malibu’s team fundraising page.
Graduation hasn’t stopped Karels from spreading awareness at Pepperdine. On Oct. 13, Karels gathered friends and Malibu locals to host a benefit event to raise money for the foundation. Currently, the Epilepsy Foundation Malibu team page shows that they are $70 from reaching their goal of $1,000 in donations.
Karels described the decision to support the foundation as an easy one rooted in his family’s recent history.
At 10 years old, Karels’ younger brother was diagnosed with the disorder at a hospital 18 hours after his first seizure.
“That seizure was one of his most tame,” Karels said. “When he was about 15 and 16 he started having grand mal seizures, which are the ones that entail violent shaking and yelling. It’s been a very hard struggle for him because he was poised to be one of the greatest basketball players in Texas. He was very talented and all of that got taken away because of both epilepsy and the medication.”
Fortunately, it’s been one year since his brother experienced his last seizure.
“Just seeing my brother’s journey
with it, seeing what he has to go through and what my parents have to go through … has very, very much inspired me to be passionate about a cause like this,” Karels said. “It is inspiring to me to know that there are people out there who are actively working to improve the quality of life for families like mine and for epileptics in the United States.”
The Walk to End Epilepsy event will begin at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Sunday. It will also be the kick-off for the Love Your Brain tour. The tour aims to raise awareness about the effects of epilepsy. It will also teach schools how to take care of epileptics. Love Your Brain plans to contribute to both awareness and bullying prevention.
“Everyone should find a cause that they are passionate about because when you’re able to give back to it, it’s an unparalleled feeling,” Karels said.
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UWith the beginning of cold season, students are beginning to catch up on immunizations. For this reason, the Student Health Center provided free flu vaccines during their annual “Stick or Treat” event. The Student Health Advisory Board advises students to get their shots.
By Danielle DiMeglioStaff Writer
By Falon opsahlStaff Writer
LGBT: Graphic turned awayBuilding Bridges Forum, an LGBT-centered Convo, was closed to those not signed up
NIGHT OF STARS — Alumni Clayton Karels (‘12) and Christiana Osti (‘11) pose for a picture at a fundraiser for the Epilepsy Foundation Malibu. The foundation will hold the “Walk to End Epilepsy” this coming Sunday, Oct. 28.
Students raise epilepsy awareness
PHOTO COURTESY OF CLAYTON KARELS
Flu Statistics:Between 5% and 20%
of the U.S. population will get the flu, on average, each year.
200,000 Americans, on average, are hospitalized each year because of flu complications.
Number of flu vaccine doses available in the U.S. for the 2010-2011 flu season: 160 million to 165 million.
LIFE & ARTSOctober 25, 2012
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The equestrian sport has had a long and storied histo-ry here at Pepperdine. It has had a revival of sorts in the past year, due in large part to the ladies who have invested their time and efforts into bringing the proud sport back to Pepperdine.
Originally established on-campus in 1971, the pro-gram lost traction and was nearly shut down in 2001, be-coming relegated to a club. New life has been breathed into the program, however, thanks to the hard work of the members of the new team. Headed by team president Marissa Djernes and coached by trainers Erin Rorabaugh and Tina Hoover of Fairview Farms, the team is ready to “ride the wave” and compete against rival schools such as USC in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association for its second year in a row this October. Meet the members who are representing Pepperdine University, and see why they ride!
Pepperdine’s equestrian team gears up for upcoming events
A little bit of
HORSEPOWER
By Chirag PatelStaff Writer
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TROTTING TEAM— Pepperdine’s equestrian team practices off campus on Fairview farms. Their new season begins Saturday, Oct. 27. PHOTOS BY Gina Choi
Students switch rooms at the end of every school year but this does not mean that the space cannot have a personal touch. Whether you are a natu-ral at interior design or not, get ready for a competition unlike any other.
For the first time ever, Pep-perdine’s Housing and Res-ident Life will be hosting a room design competition. The contest will commence Oct. 25 and will run until the ultimate winner is chosen on Nov. 15.
“We want to highlight the most extraordinary, uniquely decorated, Pepperdine-spirited rooms on campus. It’s our hope that students may gain great ideas from their peers [for deco-rating] . . . we want to highlight the creativity and thoughtful-ness of our students in hopes that the campus be entertained by what they see and may grab some new ideas for decor that they could implement on any budget! We want the halls to be our student’s home away from home and the space where their learning comes alive,” said As-sistant Director of Resident Life Brandon Farmer.
Beginning Oct. 25, students can email [email protected] with two to four pic-tures of their room, the name and CWIDs of all the students in that room, a contact phone
number, as well as the residence hall/apartment name and room number. HRL also asks for a short description/title of the room (140 characters or fewer).
Don’t worry about rushing your design too much. Students have until Nov. 5 by 5 p.m. to submit their pictures. Rooms will be divided into three cate-gories (standard double rooms, triple rooms and apartments). Unfortunately, singles will not be able to compete.
HRL and staff members of the Graphic will vote for the top three from each catego-ry and post the results on the HRL Facebook page and here in the Graphic.
Your votes count as well! In fact, students will be able to vote for the ultimate winner by going to the HRL website and casting their final vote from Nov. 8 through Nov. 12 by 5 p.m. One winner will be cho-sen from each category. These winners will receive $50 gift cards for each resident in the winning room.
As always, follow Pepper-dine rules. But have fun with it, get creative and you might just be Pepperdine’s first-ever HRL design competition winner!
LIFE & ARTS October 25, 2012GraphicB2
This week I decided to break some hearts. “How is that different from any other week?” you ask, you sycophan-tic charmer, you. Well, this time would be intentional, you see. I brought Alex Rangel and Annie King (you guys are famous now! Always remem-ber it was I who made that so) along for moral support with the promise of laughter. We kicked off the night at Saki House for its delicious half-priced sushi and prime people watching location. I looked around to see if there were any suave strategies I could glean from fellow customers.
Oh, was there: 1) The Slow WinkOn the way to our seats,
one guy gave me the most deliberate wink that ever there was. That or he’d grown tired of blinking with both eyes at once and wanted to switch things up for his eyelids. PRO: Ability to form words is un-necessary CON: Creepy
2.) Spell it out. But also don’t.
We had the pleasure of sitting adjacent to one promising stud. Not only was his hair slicked back with a good gallon of gel, but he was also creative. First, he held up his placemat on which he had written, “I love your.” Note the complimentary but confusing message. Mystery element: check. We made eye contact and I reacted the way I normally do — with laughter. (For some reason, this usually offends people.) Next, he wrote, “Call me Pappi” — to which my friend Annie vehe-mently answered, “NO.” “How are your knees not weak right now?” I asked her. Pappi was as persistent as he was unsettling, because the next move was also his:
3) The Ol’ Neck Dab Pappi proceeded to make
an elaborate show of dabbing at his neck and chest with one of the restaurant’s cloth napkins. “Great, another one we have to burn,” I imagined the watching waiter thinking. Somehow, overcome as we were with his ability to rid himself of sweat in public, we managed to resist.
4) Give for the Getting A young Romeo said to
my friends and me, “You all look beautiful!” as we walked by. “Thanks …” we replied po-litely and he cried indignantly, “I don’t get anything back?” Ah, neediness. Intoxicating. “You’re gorgeous. It’s blinding.” I replied generously.
5) Hit and SpinWe passed a bike gang
of young 20-somethings. Clarification: a bicycle gang. They tossed their compliments and then just cycled on away. PROS: Speedy, good cardio, you get the thrill of putting yourself out there and a fast enough getaway to avoid rejec-tion. CON: Little to no results.
6) Pure HonestyOne man we’d passed
earlier called after us to stop, which we ignored. “Ladies! Ladies! Come back and love me, dang it!” Desperation is the new sexy.
Tune in next week to see what happened when I attempted smoothness. I made this a two-part column because I wanted to give you the opportunity to suggest lines/moves you’d like me to try. Email them by the Oct. 26! If they’re clever enough, I’ll go out again and add to my repertoire of suave.
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By Gabrielle OterOLife & Arts Editor
On Tuesday, Oct. 16 the Pepperdine Libraries presented “Poetry in the Stacks.” The po-etry reading featured Pepper-dine professors John Struloeff and Jeffrey Schultz, as well as award-winning poets Mary Jane Roberts and Sherman Pearl. Event Coordinator and Director for Library Advance-ment and Public Affairs Ken LaZebnik declared that he was “thrilled with the turnout and reception” and the “combi-nation of two poets from LA and two from Pepperdine.” He was equally thrilled with the “library [being that] gather-ing point for poetry” making it the “natural place for that full house, even if they were forced to be here [by their professors],” he joked. The combination of “touching poems, funny poems, political poems and childhood poems” provided a range and “came together beautifully.”
The night was kicked off by Schultz’s reading. Schultz’s po-ems have appeared or are to be anticipated in Great River Re-view, Northwest Review, Poetry, Poetry Northwest and Willow Springs. Just this past March, he was one of four winners of the 92nd Street Y “Discovery” Poetry Contest. Prior to read-ing his poem, “Civil Twilight,” he gave the disclaimer that he “struggled to find [a poem] that is not too long” and that if he were forced to say what it was about, it would be “certain ideas of God and power and art, which is sort of common in
America.” He then proceeded to describe that his inspiration for the poem was a friend who is “mostly an untreated schizo-phrenic” and that “Civil Twi-light” refers to the time after the sun has passed below the horizon but the sky is still lit.
The political commentary in some of Schultz poems led way to Roberts, who had writ-ten politically for television, film, theater, and has short sto-ries published in Crosscurrents among other achievements. Her poetry has been featured in the Orange Country Poetry Anthology, Bitterroot, Dream-works and DAWN Magazine, among others. She has also been involved in the Nation-al League of American Pen Women and has won the First Prize for Poetry.
Roberts’ reading featured excerpts from her book, “Sound of No Sound.” In several short poems seemingly revolving around nostalgia, Roberts read, “elusive, my world shaped by words.”
Followed by Roberts was a retired journalist and freelance writer Sherman Pearl. As a co-founder of the Los Ange-les Poetry Festival and current president of Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, he has work published in more than 50 literary journals and anthol-ogies. In initiating his reading with an elegy for himself and declaring that he will be missed terribly, the room roared with laughter. He continued to share of dreadzones, or zones not covered by radio, shedding light on the notion that “you
drove all this way” and yet it “terrifies you.” Followed by po-ems nostalgic of his father and childhood, he raises universal question in declaring his hair color as “the color of accep-tance.” Furthermore, with re-gard to his writing philosophy, he said, “You never write poet-ry with the thought of accom-plishing something. You write, because you have to write and the writing process is separate from the publication process.” He further explained, “The great trick in poetry is being able to listen to what the poem is trying to tell you about how it wants to be written.”
The night ended with Stru-loeff ’s reading. As the director of the creative writing program
at Pepperdine, his fiction and poetry has appeared within the Southern Review, the Literary Review, Rattle, Open Spaces Magazine and Schooner. His poems included experts from his collection, “The Man I Was Supposed to Be,” his very first published poem, “Knee Deep in the Pacific.”
When asked what he in-tended to do with his poetry, he explained that he simply wanted “to connect with the audience” in a way in which “maybe they can hear a part of their lives.”
By Justina HuanGStaff Writer
What happens in the stacks
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Poetry readings resonate around Pepperdine’s campus
POETIC PROFESSORS — Both Jeffrey Schultz (above) and John Struloeff (below) teach creative writing in Pepper-dine’s humanities division.
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Wells Project raises awareness and cashPepperdine students took
the pledge to drink nothing but water for 10 days starting on Oct 10. They gave up all the chai lattes, coke drinks and morning OJ that they normally consumed and drank only wa-ter. The money that they would have spent on buying those drinks was donated to the 10 Days movement. This money goes toward building wells in Rowanda for clean water. It is an annual fundraiser that hap-pens at every chapter of the Wells Project across the na-tion. The Wells Project is the collegiate partner of Living Water International, a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to solving the water crisis.
Alan Holley, the Wells Proj-ect president for Pepperdine’s chapter, said, “[The water crisis] is the predominant issue in the world because people are para-lyzed by it. and they can’t move forward in life until they have clean water. Without clean wa-ter, there is no development.”
To kick off the event, they held a concert at Alumni Park on Oct. 9 featuring two Pepper-dine performers: Dana Cargio-lli and The Level. The headlin-er was an upcoming LA indie rock band called The Royal Sons. Entrance to the concert cost $1 and went toward the 10 Days donations. At the con-cert, the Wells Project mem-bers were available for students who wanted to commit to the 10 Days challenge, and Liv-ing Water International videos were shown to better explain what the water crisis was and why it was an important cause to champion. Professor Thom-as Fitzpatrick, the club advisor, gave a sermon about the gospel
importance of giving water. He talked about “watering down the gospel” and transformed something that normally has a negative connotation into a positive idea. Fitzpatrick stressed the duality of living water and giving water — a message that would hopefully resonate with Pepperdine’s rel-atively Christian atmosphere.
Throughout the 10 days, the Wells Project tabled in the Caf and accepted donations, but in addition to the traditional
tabling, the club was able to track its progress through an iPhone app. Approximately 24 students were committed on the iPhone app alone and were able to track how much money they were raising throughout the 10 days. There were about 50 dedicated students for the cause; this year, the Wells Proj-ect really strived to educate and create a passion surrounding the cause, according to Holley, instead of just having people loosely take up the cause.
Last year the event raised $7,000. “This year we are go-ing for the gold — $10,000,” Holley said. “It is a lofty goal, but if we don’t hit it this year we will hit it next year.” They set this goal because each well takes approximately $10,000 to build in Rwanda (where all the wells have been built to date). As the Wells Project spreads to more campuses, taking the 10 Days movement with it, Living Water International will look at also building more wells out-
side of Rwanda. The 10 Days movement is a relatively new event that was started five years ago at Texas A & M’s Wells Project chapter, which was quickly partnered with Living Water International. Two years ago, Pepperdine started its own chapter on campus and it is a quickly growing organization with about 30 members.
So far, $500 has been raised from in-person donations, but the majority of donations were given online. The current
amount is unknown. If any-one is interested in donating, they can do so online at www.10days.cc/give.
“It doesn’t stop here,” Hol-ley said. “We want to empha-size that this crisis doesn’t just end after 10 days.”
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TRUE TO THE CAUSE — Students ask for donations at a table outside the Waves Cafe as part of the 10 Days challenge. The Wells Project is dedicated to the cause of bringing clean water to people across the world.
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LIFE & ARTS October 25, 2012GraphicB4
Fashion event benefits foundationTo kick-off her spring 2013
collection, designer Gheri Leg-ree held a fashion event, which showcased her new collection and benefitted A Love Beyond Me, an organization dedicated to helping children with termi-nal illnesses.
The event, called “An After-noon of Elegance,” took place at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in L.A. on Oct. 14. Gheri sponsored the event to show-case the spring 2013 collection of her line Jon Gheri Couterier. Also featured at the show were her designer-daughter Johnae Elease and fellow designer Bynoskia Sams.
The event was truly an “af-ternoon of elegance” with a room full of chandeliers and men and women dressed in their best while enjoying a gourmet Biltmore meal and watching the designers present their clothes on the runway.
However, this event wasn’t just about the elegance of the fashion scene.
One of the main compo-nents of the fashion show was to raise money for the non-profit organization, A Love Beyond Me, whose pri-mary focus, according to repre-sentatives, “is to provide a rain-bow of hope to young children
battling terminal illnesses like childhood cancer.”
The main feature of the benefit fashion show was the preview of the JonGheri Cou-turier Spring 2013 collection by designer Gheri LeGree. Gheri is a well-known celebri-ty fashion designer, stylist and author who was inspired by her daughter to create her own line, JonGheri Couturier.
Gheri described her own line as having “basically been influenced by the 1940s and 1950s, mostly those two eras because I love the way women dressed back then [with] their form-fitting clothes, where you can see the silhouette of their bodies and not just the cloth-ing.”
Gheri’s personal hair stylist, Erinn Courtney, described the elegant style of Gheri’s new line, stating that her clothes are, “very classy; I would say innovative but classy.”
Also featured at the bene-fit show was Gheri’s 18-year-old designer-daughter Johnae Elease’s new line master-piece collection and designer Bynoskia Sams’ spring 2013 line. Johnae Elease was fea-tured at the show to launch her new line. Johnae described her line as a “junior’s line consist-ing of graphic tops and graphic leggings inspired by pop cul-ture, art and architecture.”
She also draws inspiration for her line from the perform-ing arts. “That’s who I’m tar-geting really,” Johnae said, “the actors, the dancers, the singers because they like to be com-fortable and cute at the same time.”
Fellow designer and part-ner of Gheri, Bynoskia Sams, featured his line at the event as well. Models Tabitha Christo-pher and Alita Griffin describe Bynoskia Sams’ line as “more free form and flowing which anyone can wear because it clings to your curves just right.”
The founder of A Love Be-yond Me, Dee Triggs, was pres-ent at the event and described her inspiration for creating the organization as stemming from her father’s battle and death from lung cancer and her own passion for “uplifting, encour-aging and inspiring the lives of others, especially children,” with terminal illnesses. A Love Beyond Me seeks to reach out to children battling terminal illnesses by creating handcraft-ed greeting cards and “Baskets of Hope,” which members de-liver directly to children in hos-pitals.
Representatives from the organization who were present at the event further described the inspiration for making the cards and baskets. They stated that the children “are going
through these treatments like they are having chemo and shots all day and they lose the life of what a normal kid has per se so we just want to kind of give that to them. We craft these cards, and they are given through donations and people just sit there and they just draw and they just write … to uplift the kids.”
Dee Triggs “wants to show [these kids] that they are ap-preciated and that she is going
to celebrate their lives so we are taking donations because her vision is to throw these big cel-ebration of life parties and they are kind of like birthday parties because we don’t know when these kids are going to get an-other birthday,” the representa-tives said. Part of the proceeds going to A Love Beyond Me were also used for “Celebra-tions of Life” parties.
With the support of de-signers, Gheri LeGree, Johnae
Elease and Bynoskia Sams, “An Afternoon of Elegance” was successful both as a fash-ion show and in promoting and raising money for the charity A Love Beyond Me.
Be sure to check out A Love Beyond Me’s website at alove-beyondme.org.
WALKING THE RUNWAY—Designer Gheri Legree featured her 1940s and 1950s style designs at the fashion event. This event also benefitted A Love Beyond Me, a foundation that supports children with terminal illnesses.
HORSES : Meet the whole team
By Danielle accovelliStaff Writer
Name: Marissa DjernesMajor: Business Admin(President)“I started riding when I was
10 years old and quickly became obsessed”, Djernes said. She has taken her passion for riding and brought it to the Pepperdine community. To her, the team is an opportunity for college students not only to contin-ue their passion for riding but also to start a new sport if they have never ridden before. She encourages anyone, beginners or veteran riders, to learn more about the team and become involved. Her goals for the upcoming season are to show other schools how hungry the Pepperdine Equestrian Team is to win, and is training with her teammates to take on any chal-lenges they may bring.
Name: Carrie CampbellMajor: Economics (Vice President)Campbell’s involvement
with the equestrian sport came from a sheer love of horses. “Horses keep me sane,” Camp-bell said. “When I am riding my horse, nothing else matters. I am completely in the moment.” After convincing her mother to allow her to take lessons, she got up on her first horse and has been riding ever since ... This is her last year with Pepperdine equestrian, and she wants to make sure that she is able to take it all in and have fun riding with the team.
Name: Ali GardnerMajor:Interpersonal Com-
munication(Secretary)“I’ve always loved horses, so I
started horseback riding when I was eight years old. My friends and family have encouraged me ever since … I know that horse-back riding will always be a part of my life,” Gardner said. She is thankful for the opportuni-ties now available at Pepperdine to ride at the collegiate level, and is happy to represent the school with her athletic ability. She hopes to raise awareness on campus about the Equestrian Team, and encourages everyone
to be on the lookout for upcom-ing events and fundraisers for the team.
Name: Jordan EliassonMajor: Business Adminis-
tration Minor: Marketing(Treasurer)Eliasson began riding at the
age of seven. What began as a Christmas gift from her grand-father became a passion for a sport that she is able to contin-ue with in her college years. “I want to make sure that every-one, including myself, goes out there, does their best and comes out of the ring with a smile,” Eliasson said. Having access to different horses other than her own has helped her become a better rider, and she is continu-ing her lessons twice a week and riding back home. “Sorry Mom and Dad for picking the most expensive sport, but thank you for supporting me these past 12 years! I love you both so much,” Eliasson said.
Name: Mina MatsumotoMajor: International Busi-
ness(Spirit Coordinator)“Being on an equestrian team
is a huge part of my Pepperdine experience as a way to connect with other girls who all love the sport. The team gives me moti-vation to be a better rider and be competitive,” Matsumoto said. Learning to ride in 7th grade, she has continued her involve-ment in horse riding through the equestrian program at Pep-perdine.“A majority of the uni-versity community doesn’t know that Pepperdine has a dedicated equestrian team competing all over Southern California and elsewhere. We are hoping to be able to share our successes this year with a supportive commu-nity and build a base for future Pepperdine equestrians to pur-sue their passions. Live free, ride hard.”
Name: Leanne RempelMajor:International Stud-
ies/SpanishRempel started riding at the
age of 6, after falling in love with horses at a community pa-rade. The first time she compet-
ed was at the age of 10, and she has continued riding and com-peting since then.
“Riding is my outlet! It’s a major passion, and I can’t live without it,” Rempel said. To her, equestrian requires mental and physical strength, and although it can be seen as an individual-istic sport, she believes the pro-gram at Pepperdine makes it a team event, and she encourages everyone to come and see them compete. “Equestrian is a very interesting sport to watch, and we’d love the support.”
Name: Kellen McGeeMajor: Undeclared“I really want to thank Lou-
ise Hollingsworth, my trainer from back home, for getting me on my feet and helping me learn to ride,” McGee said. “I want to also thank our coach Erin, for being an amazing coach for the team and my parents for giving me the support my whole life and letting me do what I love. Also, a shout out to the whole team. I love you guys.” McGee grew up riding horses, and is proud to represent the eques-trian program and Pepperdine University. Riding is something she loves to do, and she wants to get better as a rider to help the team.
Name: Adriana BorgesMajor: Biology
Borges became involved with horses through Girl Scout camp and the non-profit orga-nization Ebony Horsewomen, where she was a rider and a camp counselor.
Her love for horses also stems from her desire to pur-sue veterinary science. The op-portunity to be a part of the Pepperdine Equestrian team is important to her, and she enjoys the support and encouragement that the members all have for each other. “I love the Pepper-dine equestrian team! I can’t wait for opportunities to get to know everyone better. I hope we all do well this season and have fun in the process. Thanks Mom and Dad for sponsoring and en-couraging me,” Borges said.
Name:Julie-Anne MalisMajor: English LiteratureGrowing up in a family who
ran a riding lesson and horse camp business, Malis has been around horses and involved with them for most of her life. The equestrian team has given her an opportunity to step up and compete at the collegiate level in a sport that she loves. “The key to my love of the equestri-an sport would of course be the horse,” Malis said. “Horses are beautiful and dangerous, strong and fragile, and I think these characteristics make the sport so thrilling and challenging.”
Name: Laurencia DuranMajor:International Stud-
ies, Political Science EmphasisDuran began riding very
recently and has enjoyed the challenge of learning a new skill and sport. “I try to train as much as I can, and focus while I’m riding,” Duran said. “I hope to keep progressing and taking on one challenge after another.” She loves animals and believes that they have so much to teach us. Learning to ride a horse has been a challenging and very humbling experience for her. She believes the Pepperdine Equestrian team has a lot of potential and a great group of talented riders and instructors.
Name: Dominique LeafMajor: International Stud-
ies and French“When I came to college I
thought I would have to give up riding, but then I found the team and now I can continue pursuing my passion,” Leaf said. “I love riding with a team and being a part of a Pepperdine sport.” She became involved with horse riding at the age of seven through the encour-agement of her family, many of whom also ride. “I love the elegance associated with horse riding, and I love just being on a horse and having fun.” She hopes to win a ribbon this sea-son, and understands that hard work and training are the
keys to success. “We have a great team and a great trainer. I have learned so much already from everyone.”
Name: Katie CahoonMajor: Biology“Anyone who knows me re-
ally well can tell you that when I’m not regularly riding horses, I just complain about it all the time,” Cahoon said. She became involved in horse riding through the encouragement of her father and has enjoyed it ever since. “I love horses, everything about them. I can’t name a point in my life that wasn’t somehow associ-ated with horses, or horseback riding. They have had such an enormous impact on my life, my personality, my way of thinking.” Cahoon hopes to broaden her skill set and capabilities through her training with the team and knows she must be proactive and conscientious while she is riding to improve.
The 2012-2013 season is set to begin this weekend on Oct. 27. The team is looking to im-prove their IHSA standing, in which they placed in the top 10 for their region last year. To learn more about the team and to find ways to get involved, be sure to check out their website at www.pepperdine.edu/campusrecre-ation/clubsports/equestrian or like them on Facebook.
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RIDING WITH STYLE — Pepperdine’s equestrian team gathers for another year of riding. The team shared how they got into riding and what they hope to accomplish while on the Pepperdine equestrian team.
O&ASince it’s debut in August,
the movie ‘The Possession” has made close to $50 milllion in domestica sales. Stiles White is the co-writer of the horror film, along with his wife, Juliet Snowden. They have co-writ-ten other notable movies such as “Knowing” with Nicolas Cage and “Boogeyman.” To-gether, they pulled inspiration from the Jewish community and historical fact to craft one of their newest works.
Q. “The Possession” is based on a true story. What’s the or-igin of this movie?
A. This whole project start-ed with a 2004 article in The Los Angeles Times. There was a story about a man who bought an antique wooden box at a yard sale. The woman sell-ing the various items said that the box had belonged to her grandmother, who had dubbed the cabinet a “dibbuk box” (meaning “cleavage of an evil spirit”) and warned her kids “never to open it.” Not only that, the grandmother had in-structed the family that when she died, she was to be buried with the box — and for various reasons, that request was not granted.
So, this guy buys the box and immediately weird things start happening in his life. A whole series of unexplained phenom-ena: disembodied voices in the house, lights smashing and
breaking without cause, sudden illnesses, intense nightmares of an ancient hag attacking the man in his sleep.
The man realizes that all these events started as soon as the box came into his life. He sells it on eBay, and now weird phenomena start occurring all over again to the new owner. That person also sells it, a third owner now gets it and guess what? The phenomena keep happening.
Sam Raimi’s company, Ghost House Pictures, got the rights to the story and that’s where we came onto the proj-ect.
We wanted to keep as many true elements and aspects of the horrific phenomena from the actual story. The real dib-buk box has Hebrew carvings on the outside and has a Jew-ish history behind it, and we wanted to stay true to all of that. Inside the box, the new owner found various personal
“tokens”: a couple of old coins, a small candleholder, lockets of hair. Furthermore, he found traces of wax drippings on the outside of the box, as if it had been used for some kind of rit-ual. Was the box built to some-how contain a dibbuk? That’s what we wanted to explore.
Q. Can you describe the writing process?
A. I work with my wife, Juliet Snowden. We co-write everything together. The first step is that we usually go in for a meeting and pitch our story concepts to the producers and executives. On a movie like “The Possession,” they had this article and the idea of a dibbuk box. So they’re looking for a writer to take those basic ideas and flesh it out into a full script with characters and structure — the whole deal. So the first job is to get the job. You’re up against other writers. The producers pick the take they like the best and off you go. You usually have an outline of some kind. Three acts. All the beats and key moments. Juliet and I split up the outline and start writing first drafts of the various scenes. We swap stuff back and forth, make revisions as we go and keep working toward the end of the script until we have a “fade out.” A first draft like that can take anywhere from four to eight weeks. It all depends. As soon as we feel ready with the draft, we submit it to the producers. On “The Possession,” once di-
rector Ole Bornedal signed on, we got into a series of rewrites with him.
Q. Were there any specific challenges on “The Possession?”
A. We wanted to get the Jewish research right. We knew at some point in the story, the character Clyde (played by Jef-frey Dean Morgan) needed to seek the help of an expert. And since there are Hebrew inscrip-tions on the box, he needed to go in that specific direction. When Juliet and I were first married, we lived in Hancock Park, an area of Los Angeles that has the second largest Ha-sidic population in the United States. The Hasidic culture and customs were always fascinat-ing to us, and when we were developing “The Possession,” we thought that would be an interesting world for Clyde to enter. He becomes a stranger in a strange land.
Since the story is set in New York State, we had Clyde travel to Borough Park in Brooklyn, which is the largest Hasid-ic community in the U.S. He seeks out a rabbi who has in-formation about the dibbuk box. Usually in movies of this kind, an elder religious figure helps the person in need. We wanted to change things up a bit. We thought it would be in-teresting if the older members of the community were fearful of the box and resistant to help, and that it was the younger son of the rabbi who steps up. We started thinking about a char-
acter archetype for this guy, and we kept coming back to reggae hip-hop artist Matisyahu as an image in our heads. Someone who stood out and was a lit-tle alternative, even within his community. We thought that the very first time you’d meet this character, he’s listening to his iPod, earbuds in. Just a different vibe right away. We wrote the character that way, and then about a week before filming, we asked the produc-ers who they ended up getting to play the character Tzadok, and they said: “We got Mati-syahu.” We were blown away. It was like we imagined some-thing and kept focusing on the character in a certain way, and it became real.
Q. Were you involved in the filming process?
A. On this movie, we were involved in rewrites as they were filming. You’re getting glimpses and bits as the process goes along. When they start actually casting a movie, it’s the first real shift in your mind. You finally have a face and voice for this character you’ve been thinking about. And then a funny thing happens: the actors really become the char-acters and bring them fully to life. Suddenly you can’t remem-ber your image of the character when it was just on paper. That goes for every creative part of filmmaking. The music. Lo-cations. Art direction. It’s col-laborative. Everyone gathers to tell this story.
Q. If you could tell aspiring writers one thing, what would you tell them?
A. Find scripts of movies and read them. Really study the way the scenes are put on the page. It’s a different kind of writing. You’re conjuring imag-es, moments — a certain pace and flow that feels “movie-es-que” in the mind of the reader. Read the script and then com-pare it to the finished film. Do that for as many scripts you can get your hands on. You’re going to have some big ah-ha moments when you do that exercise. There are also a lot of really good screenwriter blogs out there. John August (“Go,” “Big Fish,” the upcoming “Frankenweenie” movie from Tim Burton) has a great one (www.johnaugust.com). Final-ly, I would tell aspiring writers to form a group and stick to-gether. Help out. Go to each other’s plays, events, screenings and parties. Stay connected and don’t fall away. Build out your social network. You will need that when you are ready to get an agent or get your script out.
OK, that’s more like three things. But it’s a good place to start from.
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WITH STILES WHITE?By Brandie WarrLife & Arts Assistant
screenwriter of ‘The Possession’
COURTESY OF Stiles White
We thought it was a great real-life idea for a horror movie, than an object could be haunted or cursed. And wherever that box goes, the evil follows.
—Stiles Whitewriter of “The Possession”
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Standup comedy venues are not difficult to find in Los Angeles. From the Laugh Fac-tory to the Comedy Store, it’s almost too easy to find a place for some good (although not necessarily politically correct) laughs nearly any night of the week. The downside to these venues is that they, like ev-erything else in this economy, have become inconveniently expensive for some. Fortu-nately, the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center (4306 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. 90008) in Leimart Park offers equivalent comedic value for half the price.
“Do You Think You’re
Funny” was started approxi-mately one year ago and takes place every Thursday night from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Corne-lius Grant, a former member of The Temptations (a singing group known for their success in the 60s and 70s) is the mastermind behind the event, working closely with co-hosts Rose Hienz and Andrea Lo-ney to bring comedians to the stage every week.
The evening opens at 7:30 p.m. with what could be considered “family-friendly” comedy that goes until about 9 p.m., when Hillard Street or another special musical guest treats the audience to a musical performance. The headliners follow the musical intermission and entertain
the audience with what could be considered “raw” comedy that may not be appropriate for children under 13. There is hardly a quiet moment after 9 p.m., which explains the con-tinued success of the weekly “Do You Think You’re Funny” show.
David Zasloff is a jazz comedian who frequently performs at the event and also works closely with Grant and Heinz to bring in a crowd.
“One of the reasons David fits in so well is because he is also a musician,” Grant said. “I myself come from a musical background, and I think we can do a lot combining music and comedy here.”
The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center has
the same caliber of comedy as some of the bigger venues, but prides itself on some of its more original aspects.
“The audience here laughs at really smart stuff, which makes it a little bit different from other improv places.” Zasloff said. This helps to explain the high number of regulars that come back week after week.
“The people that come here always come back,” Heinz said. “It’s always a good crowd in here no matter what, and it’s growing,” Zasloff added.
While the comedy is one thing that brings the audience back, the other is the inviting atmosphere of the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center. Grant, Zasloff and
Heinz all spoke highly of the general environment, describ-ing the ambiance as “smart, funny, mellow, warm, genuine, supportive and sophisticated.” What more could you ask for from a comedy club?
Tickets cost $10 at the door and only $5 with a valid Pepperdine ID.
Music chart princess Taylor Swift returns with her fourth studio album, “Red.” The highly anticipated album shows a very different side of the country music starlet with its extremely experimental arrangement, which is saying a lot since Swift is a well-known crossover artist.
The celebrity that is Taylor Swift has become a pop culture phenomenon over the last few years, and it looks as if her brand won’t be slowing down anytime soon.
Wielding her outrageous power to bottle teenage feelings — heartbreak, new ro-mance and surface level relat-ablity — into often annoyingly catchy songs has ensured that Swift breaks records every time she puts out a new album.
Swift’s musical appeal is un-deniable; she’s fantastic at cre-ating songs that have everyone on the face of the planet awed by her talent to “understand” our lives. Whether that means she’s singing about an awful boyfriend, reminiscing about a past relationship or swoon-ing over new love, Swift’s normality and relatability has entranced the masses.
Not only does Swift have a massive fanbase, she also has countless awards that prove her musical firepower. Since her splash onto the music scene
in 2006 with her first studio album, appropriately self-titled “Taylor Swift,” she has won six Grammy Awards for her work, specifically on the albums “Fearless” and “Speak Now.” Swift has then gone on to win ten American Music Awards, thirteen BMI (Broadcast Mu-sic, Inc.) awards, seven CMA (Country Music Association) awards, and countless others.
The highly decorated Swift hasn’t let all the wins go to her head. Swift’s humble, girl-next-door persona is what adds to her charm and relatability and makes the Taylor Swift brand even more potent. And with the release of “Red,” Swift’s trademark qualities are once again in full force.
The 16-track album explores a new side of the country-pop star and reveals Swift isn’t afraid to take some musical risks. Her album utilizes influences from genres such as dub step and amps up her usual country-pop with significantly more mainstream pop.
The album is by far Swift’s riskiest effort and walks the fine line between her familiar sound and a more mature sound.
The leading single from “Red” is “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” The track is a major departure from Swift’s usual country pop sound, but she still possesses her skill for her catchy lyrics
and girl power anthems. The song is outrageously
sassy and utilizes Swift’s tried and true breakup formula that catapulted the track to the top of the charts.
Swift’s first official single gave fans a taste of what was to come when her new album dropped and for most fans, although it was incredibly different, made the anticipation for the album raise.
Another track from the album that goes back to the more traditional sounding Swift from her “Fearless” and “Speak Now” albums is “Ev-erything has Changed.”
A duet with British musi-cian Ed Sheeran, the track is an intimate song that takes a different approach to relation-ships. Rather than a breakup song, the track looks to the future promise of a budding romance. It’s a sweet track that shows Swift’s power as a songwriter and highlights her knack for catchy tunes.
The song is mellower and goes back to a more acoustic Swift. Although not entirely country, the ballad incorporates Sheeran’s folk music and is heavily acoustic guitar driven. The song’s chorus mixes Swift’s vocals and Sheeran’s amazing voice to create a mellifluous harmony. It’s one of the best tracks off the album and really underscores her talent.
“Begin Again” is another track that showcases Swift’s
more traditional sound. Another ballad, the song is bit-tersweet and hopeful; it wraps all the emotions of going from a bad relationship to finding something new unexpectedly into a catchy, sweet package.
Swift’s talent as a songwrit-er is exemplified in this song because she captures the beau-ty of youth and the innocence that comes from that. “Begin Again” is a perfect example of Swift’s ability to write about experiences that most people can relate to.
Taylor Swift’s album “Red” is undoubtedly a musical risk for the country star, but it re-veals a yearning to expand and explore on Swift’s part.
Although she still incorpo-rates all the elements that have worked for her, Swift really makes a solid effort to exper-iment with her fourth album and does an admirable job.
Her album is just as catchy and relatable as her previous records and will no doubt manage to rein in fans. “Red” is a fun record that explores all the emotions and experi-ences of young adulthood and relationships and brings them to life in song.
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Not too long ago, our uni-versity’s very own women’s soc-cer team upset the No. 5 team in the country Boston College Eagles. They are a great group of girls doing a great service for our school by representing us so well both on and off the field.
But there’s something I need to get off my chest. It’s been bothering me for the past year, to be honest, and I’ve just now worked up the courage to stand up and say something. Most of you know I got written up a couple of weeks ago for a noise complaint stemming from speaking outside during “quiet hours.” You may be glad to know nothing came from my own run in with the law.
But the experience has awo-ken within me a vigilante spirit propelled by the unsung cries of Greek Row and Lower Dorm Road. And so, once a sound-prey, I’m taking the opportunity to evolve into a sound-predator.
The women’s soccer team is too damn loud in the morning, and I’m not going to stand for it anymore. Last year I lived in the Shafer dorm right next to the track, so I’ve persevered through those hopeless morn-ings before. Now, my brethren, sophomores and freshmen, are struggling through the process on their own. I want them to know they have a voice here at the Rogue Wave column.
I will not pretend I know the women’s soccer practice schedule, but I will say it’s always super early in the morning during the week and on the track. The track is like a Shakespearean amphitheater that works to distend any noise coming from its field like a nat-ural megaphone across the hills of this campus. Each morning the soccer team practiced last year I would wake up well before my alarm and stare at the ceiling for an hour, contem-plating whether I should throw on my slippers and robe and walk outside, wiry hair and all, to tell them all to “KEEP IT DOWN!”
The quirky dad in me would always deflate under the notion that these poor girls were out there working their butts off way before anyone else, better-ing themselves physically and emotionally while others tried to sleep, all partially against their will.
I get that. But what I will never get is their need to sound like the seagulls from “Finding Nemo” for two hours before the sun is up. I can’t describe how many times I woke up in a sweat last year to the tune of “MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! BALL? MINE!”
It was at those times I got right with God and understood my demise would come at the hands of a flock of animated seagulls. And yet still I’m here.
Listen, I’m all for Title IX and athletic competition on the collegiate level, and I think those girls make the whole school look good when they win games. But the rest of us need to sleep. Maybe the mornings are the only time you guys can all come together to practice, but could you maybe, just maybe, for the sake of all things sacred, keep the shout-ing and bellowing affirmations to a bare minimum?
Signed,Ben Holcomb, Sound Police
Comedy club offers laughs for less
Voicing my soccer complaint
By Nikki TorrieNTeCreative Director
Swift’s risk pays off with album ‘Red’
Key Facts
ArtistTayor Swift
GenresCountry, Pop
LabelBig Machine
QUALITY COMEDY — Jazz comedian David Zasloff performs at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center. The weekly show “Do You Think You’re Funny?” takes place every Thursday.
COURTESY OF Taylor Swift
Alexander Hayes / DESIGN ASSISTANT
Staff WriterBEN HOLCOMB
Rogue Wave
By kayla FergusoNExecutive Editor
ALBUM REVIEW
COMEDY SHOW REVIEW
Songs on “Red”1. State of Grace
2. Red3. Treacherous
4. I Knew You Were Trouble
5. All Two Well6. 22
7. I Almost Do8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
9. Stay Stay Stay10. The Last Time11. Holy Ground12. Sad Beautiful
Tragic13. The Lucky One14. Everything Has
Chaned 15. Starlight
16. Begin Again
job of the weekparking >>Can you figure out what is wrong with this picture here? Either two of these
cars are parked backwards, or the other two are parked backwards. Process of elimination can be done based on the location of the cars, the time of day, the incline of the hill...
But even with all of these indicators, we will never know for sure what is actu-ally “wrong” with this photo. Regardless, this photo is this week’s bad parking job. If you spot a bad parking job, email [email protected].
Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 25Fine Arts Division
presents PepperdineOrchestra
7:30-9:30 p.m.Smother’s Theatre
Friday, Oct. 26Platform International
Animation Festival10 p.m.
Redcat, 631 W. 2nd StLos Angeles, Calif.
Saturday, Oct. 27Sophomores Set Sail
to Catalina6 a.m.
Contact Keri Heath
Sunday, Oct. 28EKK! At the Greek!
7 p.m.Greek Theatre, Hollywood
Monday, Oct. 29David Bisbol
8 p.m.House of Blues Sunset Strip
Tuesday, Oct. 30Expressionists CoffeeHouse
9 p.m.HAWC Stage
(Wear your Halloween costume)
Wednesday, Oct. 10Into the Dark: student-
faculty brunch with Prof. Craig Detweiler 11 a.m.-noon
Malibu Campus
Al Lai /ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR
There is no ‘I’ in ‘your new job’Learn how to point out your good qualities without sounding self-centered
I enjoy a challenge. I am a hard worker with years of experience. I am looking for an opportunity to fulfill my endeavors. I am a team player, a go-getter, a visionary. I am well-qualified and will exceed expectation. And, I am not egocentric.
If these sentences don’t seem to overstate “I,” step back and take a quick, honest assessment. Too often resumes and cover letters are saturated with the “I-me” syndrome that detracts from a supportive, collaborative intention an employer wants to see shine through in your job applica-tion’s language. Overusing “I” is not only stylistically repeti-tive, but it is also points out a far more important reason to take alarm.
While it is true that young people need jobs, it is also true that there is a heavy criticism overlaying our generation — entitlement. We are often seen as carefree individuals de-manding employment because we are simply “entitled” to it. I find this to be a very coarse evaluation. You may take
personal offense too, arguing that you have always worked hard and independently toward success. It is important to recognize, however, that this negative stereotype can fre-quently override an employer’s better judgment.
Gen Y, Generation Me, the Peter Pan Generation, the Millennials: These are the labels students and recent grads today must surmount in their professional lives, whether we accept them or not. To our disadvantage, these descriptors can mis-construe first impressions on our professional behavior and attitude. We are described as narcissistic, self-centered, lax and nonconforming. Where is the redeeming quality?
Unfortunately, there isn’t one sweeping answer. There is, however, a way to tear down these impressions that can be most apparent in the job appli-cation. Start with your cover letter in hand. Does almost every sentence begin with I or my? Do any sentences sound remotely “entitled” to the po-sition? If so, you may be suc-cumbing to “I-me” syndrome and only reinforcing Gen Y’s infamous stereotype.
The challenge, then, is to write your cover letter in a way that focuses not entirely on you but more so on the organization to which you are applying. Still hold on to those impressive accomplish-ments and experiences; these obviously distinguish you as an applicant. Instead, recast them as assets that will benefit and add value to the company in some way. “I have extensive knowledge in social media marketing” can be rewritten as “With an extensive knowledge of Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and LinkedIn, my social media skills can benefit your organi-zation in its need for effective online marketing strategies.”
See the difference? Less me, more we. It’s a simple yet powerful shift in language that can help an employer visualize your potential success at his or her own company. Of course, the “we” aspect does not entirely eliminate the “I-me.” It is still important to let your success shine, especially when it comes to a job interview. But what is most important to remember is that the cover letter is all about first impres-sions — of both your writing ability and attitude. Set side-
by-side, a cover letter dripping in “I-me” will certainly lose out against “you-me.”
These “you-me” qualities — collaboration, integration and team-building — are increasingly appealing today as they imply creative think-ing, thoughtful feedback and effective communication. Capitalize on these in your cover letter and resume as
best you can because almost all recruiters love to see the opportunity for authentic part-nership with their employees, and, as the saying goes, there’s no “I” in “we.”
By Bud davisStaff Writer
OCTOBER 24-NOVEMBER 22 | SCORPIO: Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
James Chung ART EDITOR
Bad
Ho or s pe scoSAGITTARIUS:Date night?I think so.
CAPRICORN:Get out of bed and do something. You have to make oppor-tunities happen
AQUARIUS: Don’t listen to what people say about you.
PISCES: Get a pumpkin before all the good ones are gone!
TAURUS:Take the beast by the horns.
GEMINI:Smile! You are guaran-teed to brighten some-one’s day.
LEO: Send some-one a hand-writ-ten letter.
VIRGO:Let go, and let live!
LIBRA:Let your wild side loose.
ARIES:Who needs a diet when you’ve got ice cream?
CANCER: There comes a time when you have to throw in the towel.
Don’t forget you can get your resume and cover letter read by the Career Center
(TCC 210).
Email [email protected]
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NEXT UP...SCOREBOARDThursday, October 25 Saturday, October 27
Women’s Swimming Malibu Invitational (all day)
Men’s Water Polo at UC Santa Barbara at noon.
Cross Country WCC Championships
Women’s Volleyball vs. LMU at 7 p.m.
Men’s Water Polo at UCLA at 7 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball vs. Date Score Record: Portland Oct. 18 W, 3-0 15-8Gonzaga Oct. 20 W, 3-0 16-8
Women’s Soccervs. Date Score Record:Loyola Marymount Oct. 19 L, 3-0 11-4San Diego Oct. 21 W, 2-0 12-4
Men’s Water Polovs. Date Score Record:UC Davis Oct. 19 W, 19-9 7-4 Pacific Oct. 21 W, 9-6 7-5
Sunday, October 28Women’s Soccer at Gonzaga at 1 p.m.
Friday, October 26Women’s Swimming Malibu Invitational (all day)
Women’s Soccer at Portland at 7 p.m.
Basketball teams welcome newcomersThe men’s basketball team added six new players this season, and five
freshmen joined the women’s team. The women will get their first chance to compete in an exhibition game against Westmont on Tuesday, Oct. 30 in the Firestone Fieldhouse at 7 p.m. The men will begin their season later with an exhibition game against California Lutheran on Sat-
urday, Nov. 3 also in the Firestone Fieldhouse at 7 p.m.
Atif RussellFreshman guard Atif Russell will not go unrecognized this 2012-2013 basketball season. Head Coach Marty Wilson has already admitted that “he’s going to play a lot as a freshman.” Russell graduated from Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas in 2012. Russell holds his high school record for 143 three-pointers and scored over 1,000 career points. He also played for the Houston Hoopstars and Houston Defenders, two club basketball teams in Houston. His greatest asset to the team this season will be his confidence and “his ability to score and hit open shots,” Wilson said.
Jett RainesFreshman forward Jett Raines joins the Waves from Coppell, Tex-as. As a senior at Coppell High School, Raines was named to the 2012 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-State 5A team. He averaged 17.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game in his 2011-2012 season. The computer science and mathematics major has already displayed his potential in the first week of practices. “His energy is unbelievable … he constantly continues to work,” Wilson said. This energy will be put to great use this season in the form of defense. “I think the thing he brings the most is that he’s going to be a great defender.” The upcoming 2012-2013 season looks bright for the young player.
Brendan LaneSenior forward Brendan Lane received his undergraduate degree from UCLA and is now working toward his master’s of science and Applied Finance on the Drescher campus. Lane appeared in 75 games during his time at UCLA averaging 2.5 points and 2.2 rebounds throughout his season. In 2012, Lane received the Elvin C. “Ducky” Drake Memorial Award for competitive spirit, inspi-ration and unselfish contributions at UCLA. Lane will redshirt the upcoming season, but Wilson has already seen great promise from the newcomer. He is one of the players coaches consider to be easy to coach, because “we don’t have to tell him something twice.” Wilson thinks that Lane’s greatest contribution to the team off the court will be his leadership abilities. “He’s a leader; he helps the younger guys,” Wilson said.
Stacy Davis Freshman forward Stacy Davis came to Pepperdine from his hometown in Laveen, Ariz. As a senior at Tolleson Union High School, Davis averaged 20.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Even as a freshman, Wilson can see potential in this young play-er. Wilson admits that early on, Davis is “going to play a lot of minutes and have a great career here.” His greatest contribution to the team will be his ability to score inside and out. Wilson sets the bar high for the rookie saying, “He is going to be one of those guys where you look back and say ‘boy, he was one of Pepperdine’s greats.’”
Austin Mills Freshman guard Austin Mills is from Beverly Hills and will join the men’s basketball team this season. Mills experienced a road-block early in the team’s first official workout when he broke his thumb and found he would have to sit out for at least a month. Despite this setback, Mills will continue to work out with the team in order to stay in shape so he can be ready to play when his thumb has healed. Wilson could not stop with just one pos-itive quality about the freshman. He summarized his admiration by saying that Mills “makes life easier for everyone” both in and out of practice.
Kelsey Brockway No. 44 will certainly be turning heads this season after finishing a record breaking career at Palos Verdes High School in Rolling Hills, Calif. This 6-foot-1-inch forward set her school record for points scored in a single game with 39 points. When asked “Why Pepperdine?” Brockway responded: “I wanted to go to a private school in California that was equally impressive academically and athletically. The women’s basketball program is on the rise and I wanted to be here to contribute to what will surprise some people over the next few years.” Brockway was nationally ranked No. 14 for her position last year and will certainly contribute to the Waves for the next four years.
Amanda Lovely No. 15 comes into her freshman collegiate career with four consecutive NCAL Championships, three CCS titles and two NCAL crowns. In 2012, she led Archbishop Mitty High School to win the CIF State Championship. Her impressive resume also includes playing for the Greek U18 National team at the Euro-pean Championship in Romania. After a long process of being recruited, Lovely said “Pepperdine was a no brainer” because she “loved all the coaches and the girls on the team.” Five years from now, you can expect to see Lovely playing over-seas or getting her master’s in psychology. Women’s basketball fans should look out for this forward in her first year with the Waves.
Monet McNally Look out for No. 55, the Waves’ freshman guard, who comes in to the 2012-13 season with 1,763 points over her high school career at L.A. Baptist High School. This Santa Clarita native joins the Waves after finishing No. 5 among state scorers, with 729 points as a senior and averaging 26 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 4.5 steals per game. McNally is successful off the court, earning academic excellence awards all four years of high school and majoring in biology at Pepperdine. She looks up to Michael Jordan as her favorite pro athlete. Fans can expect a lot of action on the court from McNally who has been named in high school for eight all-tournament teams, including Most Valuable Player honors at several of these tour-naments.
Alisha Roberts No. 5 joins the Waves basketball team from Burnaby, British Columbia. Roberts led York House High School’s basketball team to four AA Provincial Championships and the AAA Low-er Mainland Championship as a senior. Outside of high school, Roberts was a two-time First Team All-Star. She led her U17 BC Provincial Team with an average of 15 points, four assists and four rebounds per game. She helped her U-17 team win the national title in 2010 and place second in 2011. Her love for the sport extends “from the sound of the ball being dribbled to the feeling of victory; the way the team becomes a family to the road trips and team bonding games; running lines in practice and the feeling of accomplishment when you get a move you’ve been working on.”
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By Halli SpragginSSports Assistant
By StaSia DemickContributor
SPORTSOctober 25, 2012 Graphic B9
Ask A WAveWhat are you going to be for
Halloween?
“Dora the Explorer.”
Max MukaiJuniorrugby
“Iron Man.”
arianna Colffer Senior TenniS
“Pocahontas.”
khunpak iSSaraSenior TenniS
“Facebook.”
JaMeS perrySenior
WaTer polo
“Warrior Jesus.”
parker kalMbaCh
Junior Volleyball
“A tree.”
aleJandra granillo Junior TenniS
CAll ‘em As We see ‘emThoughts, reflections and predictions from our staff
on the world of sports.
Halli SpragginS
Wednesday, Oct. 24 marked the beginning of the 2012 World Series. The San Fran-cisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 as Pablo Sandoval led the Giants with three home runs. Sandoval became the fourth slugger to hit three home runs in the Series. The Tigers got off to a rough start that game but the coaches and players are expecting to compete better in their next Series appearance. The next game will be in San Francisco again Thursday, Oct. 25.
narine adamova
Women’s soccer retains spot in nation’s top 20
Sophomore midfielder/forward Ally Holz collects the ball in the Waves match against LMU.
Waves bounce back
Jeff Stork is known and well-respected by the Pepper-dine athletic community hav-ing played as a Wave on the men’s volleyball team from 1982-84 and later being in-ducted in the Pepperdine Ath-letic Hall of Fame.
On Saturday, Oct. 20 in Holyoke Mass., he added one more thing to his list of achievements, as he was in-ducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in their 27th induction ceremony.
Men’s volleyball Head Coach Marv Dunphy who was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1994, present-
ed him with the honor. A quick glance of Stork’s
career as an athlete explains his selection. During his time at Pepperdine, he was picked three times for first team All-Ameri-can honors and helped lead the team to a pair of NCAA cham-pionship runner-up finishes. After leaving Pepperdine Stork played for the U.S. National Team for 10 years and played in three Olympics, winning both a gold and bronze medal. For one of his Olympic appear-ances (1988) Stork played as the starting setter under Dun-phy who spoke highly of Stork as a player and as a person.
“What all the other Olym-pians said [about Jeff ] is that they never played with a better
teammate than Jeff,” Dunphy said. “He was solid in every way as a player and as a person. You didn’t have to inject life or vol-leyball into him. He had a vi-sion of where he wanted to be.”
After his Olympic appear-ances, Stork won an indoor
volleyball title while playing professionally in Italy in 1990. He went on to be named the Italian League MVP in 1993.
He returned to his alma mater in 1998 to work as the assistant coach and was ap-pointed interim head coach for the 2000 season when Dunphy left to be the assistant coach of the U.S. National Team for the Sydney Olympics.
Stork left Pepperdine to become the women’s head volleyball coach at Cal State Northridge in 2002. He was re-cently named Big West Coach of the Year in 2011.
By Kayla FergusonExecutive Editor
Jeff Stork Volleyball Hall of fame
Inductee
Alum earns top honor
Former Pepp athlete Jeff Stork inducted into Volleyball Hall of Fame
FRESHMEN: Teams have high hopes for new recruits
COURTESY OF ALLISON HUBBARD
Sophomore forward Lynn Williams battles an LMU player for the ball in the Waves match against the Lions Oct. 19. The Waves lost to Loyola in a 3-0 shutout.
COURTESY OF ALLISON HUBBARD
What happens to a team when a leader re-signs? The 30-year-old Galaxy star Landon Donovan claimed in his interview with ESPN’s Roger Bennett that “soccer is more of a youth sport.” His decision to step away is not finalized, but it’s expected in the near future. Philadelphia Union forward Freddy Adu said, “Sometimes people don’t under-stand how hard it is to be a pro athlete.” I guess sometimes we don’t since it is the results and the beautiful game that matters most for the fans. The sad part is, some stars just might never be replaced...
Malte KramerJunior forward Malte Kramer joins the Pepperdine men’s basketball team all the way from Freiburg, Germany. Kramer is just coming off knee surgery after his first two seasons at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, Calif. After two years in college, Kramer has main-tained his 4.0 GPA and has never gotten a B in a class. This extraor-dinary feat explains his awards for Athlete of the Year and Schol-ar-Athlete of the Year as a sophomore at Cuesta. Kramer became the school’s fifth player to score over 1,000 career points. Coach Wilson looks forward to Kramer’s contribution to the team’s offense after the player’s injury has healed. Wilson believes “he’s going to be a big factor because of his ability to shoot the ball.” Great academic and athletic promise awaits the transfer student this season.
Marty Wilson:This season marks Marty Wilson’s second as head coach. He spent 21 years as assistant head coach before replacing Tom Asbury for the 2010-11 season. Wilson has spent a significant amount of time at Pepperdine, starting as a player from 1985-89 and then continuing as assistant coach and associate head coach prior to 2010. Wilson holds a 13-29 overall record in his two seasons at Pepperdine and has “a vision of building our basketball program back up.” In his first six seasons on the Waves basketball staff, Wilson helped lead the team to a 106-72 record and notes, “We’re not just going to focus on trying to win games. We’re in the process of building a basketball program.”
The Pepperdine women’s soccer team (12-4-0) came back on track after a tough 3-0 loss to PCH rival Loyola Ma-rymount on Oct. 19 by notch-ing a 2-0 victory over San Di-ego University on Saturday.
Pepperdine led the game by a series of attacks in the first half at Torero Stadium. Senior forward Anisa Guajardo scored in the 17th minute after receiv-ing a corner kick from junior defender/forward Michele Pao. Freshman defender Mandy Davis scored in the second half, ensuring victory for the Waves.
“We are very pleased with the results, that’s one of the best performances of the year,” said Head Coach Tim Ward. “If we win the next four games, we will be WCC Champions. It won’t be easy to do. We have very high quality opponents. However, we will do our best.”
The victory was a brilliant
comeback after the horrific defeat of the Waves to LMU, when the Lions managed to score three goals in only 11 minutes of the first half.
Pepperdine is ranked No. 18 in the nation, falling from No. 15 after the recent loss to LMU. This places the Waves only one spot behind WCC competitor Santa Clara (9-3-4). BYU is the third WCC team currently ranked in the top twenty, sitting comfortably at No. 15,
The Waves will head to Portland on Oct. 26 before taking on Gonzaga in Spokane, Wash. Oct. 28.
By narine adamovaAssociate Sports Editor
Keitra Wallace No. 51 graduated from Brea Olinda High School in Brea, Calif. She finished her senior season as an athletic scholar and with the coveted title of Century League Most Valuable Player. She finished her 2011-12 season with an average of 14.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, four assists and two steals. Wallace led her team to state and national championships and was a four-time all-league pick. She believes basketball “is a test. A test of who’s tougher, stronger, more competitive and smarter.” Her competitive spirit and raw talent will be a strong addition to the Waves.Coach Rousseau’s recruited class is ranked No. 43 in the country, and Rousseau is very pleased with how well the returners have meshed with the incoming freshmen. This season, the team keeps in mind Proverbs 27:17, “Let iron sharpen iron.” Coach Rousseau and the women’s basketball team have been competing and push-ing each other this offseason. While they might lack in experience as a young team, Coach Rousseau said, “they do not lack in effort and talent” and that is where team are made and games are won.
Julie Rousseau:Formerly the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks, Julie Rousseau will notch her ninth season as the Waves head coach this year and is expected to lead the team to another successful season. During her time at Pepperdine, Rousseau has earned the distinction of being the only coach to win his or her first confer-ence game. She also took the squad to the NCAA Tournament faster than any women’s basketball coach is school history, doing so during her second season. Her 100th victory as head coach was tallied on Feb. 3, 2011 and she has seen quite a few victories since then. Rousseau inspires to lead the women’s basketball team both on and off the court and is currently working on a master’s degree in psychology at Pepperdine that she believes will “continue [her] personal growth and ability to meet the needs of our young women.”
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LIFE & ARTSOctober 25, 2012 Graphic B10
Calling all heroes: ‘Wreck-it Ralph’Walt Disney Animation
Studios is back at it again, pulling out all the stops for their highly anticipated film, “Wreck-it-Ralph.” Directed by Rich Moore, the film trans-ports audiences to the 1980s arcade game scene, where our protagonist Ralph begins his adventure.
After 30 years of playing the typical bad guy and being overshadowed by good guy ‘Fix-it Felix Jr.,’ Ralph decides to prove that the role assigned to him is not who he really is and sets off on an inter-game journey to prove that he can be the hero.
Walt Disney Animation Studios invited the Graphic to listen in on a conference call with Moore as he discussed “Wreck-it-Ralph,” the anima-tion process and how future storytellers can begin their own journey.
“Working in animation is something that I’ve always dreamed of since I was a kid,” Moore said. “The first movie I ever saw as a child was ‘The Jungle Book’ and after having that experience … I knew I wanted to be involved in ani-mation.”
Moore graduated from Cal Arts, received his degree in character animation and short-ly after began work as a story-board artist on the first season of “The Simpsons.” It wasn’t long after he started working there when Moore was pro-moted to director, and he hasn’t looked back since.
“My favorite part of the job, of being a director, is be-ing with the people who work in animation. I love the people who work in this medium …
It’s probably the biggest group of weirdoes that you’re ever going to meet and they’re so collaborative and so creative … Working side by side with these people is such a plea-sure and its fun to go to work,” Moore said.
When asked how “Wreck-it Ralph” came about, Moore commented, “I love video games; I grew up with them … when I started with Disney in 2008, I was developing a mov-ie which I was going to direct, when someone brought up the fact that they had been trying to crack an idea for a video game movie with very little success … and I thought well that’s something I know.”
The video arcade game worlds present in this film are rich with detail and highly dis-tinct from one another. Ralph’s world ‘Fix-it Felix Jr.’, stars him as villain, breaking everything in site to be cleaned up by hero Fix-it Felix.
The next stop on Ralph’s Journey is “Hero’s Duty,” which is an advanced, modern, intense, first person shooter game. Run by Sergeant Cal-houn, who leads a platoon of soldiers fighting off Cy-Bugs, this world captures Ralph’s at-tention when he learns about a Medal of Heroes, which he believes can help him prove his worth to those back home.
Moore described the next world, Sugar Rush as, “Mario Kart mixed with Candy Land.”
There are no sharp edges or scary monsters in this cart-rac-ing game. This is a very im-portant world for Ralph as it is here where he meets Vanellope von Schweetz, a little girl who was shunned to the outskirts of Sugar Rush because of a pro-gramming error. While at first the two are at odds with one
another, they find solace in the fact they are both misfits.
“Sugar Rush probably pro-vided the most problems be-cause it’s made out of cookies and cake and food and it was a challenge for our design, es-pecially our look and lighting department…programing had to be written to make a Jol-ly Rancher look like a Jolly Rancher… I didn’t know that we hadn’t cracked the Jolly Rancher code [yet] in CG an-imation.”
And the glue that’s hold-ing all these worlds together: Game Central Station, a vortex where the characters can travel from game to game, and home for those characters whose games have been unplugged. Filled with characters like Surge Protector, a hall-monitor type, and favorites like Sonic the Hedgehog, this world is constantly bustling.
Although these are the only worlds audiences will see on screen, there was a fourth world in the making that was taken out during production. “The name of it was ‘Extreme Easy Living 2,’ and it was kind of a mix between the ‘Sims’ and ‘Grand Theft Auto’ — very lawless,” Moore said. “It was too much information for the movie … It kind of represent-ed Ralph’s low-point, but it was just too much … unfor-tunately we had to kill one of our darlings. John Lassater, our executive producer, loved that world, and I had to deliver the bad news.”
Moore hopes that if the film does well, the “lost” world can be brought back to life in a se-quel.
One fun fact about “Wreck-it Ralph” is that this film has the most characters that a Dis-ney film has ever had. “It has
190 individual characters … I guess we’ve broken a record, which I’m kind of proud of, but we needed those characters. It’s a big movie,” Moore said.
The voices to portray these intricate characters include John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman and Rachael Harris. Another first in this film included how the actors recorded their lines.
“I had the actors record with one another. Usually with animation they are scheduled to record one at a time, with a reader or director reading against them and its kind of a one-sided performances… [people] want to feel the actors’ energy and what happens when they play against one another… so myself and Clark Spencer, who is our producer, took it upon ourselves to reimagine these recording processes in animation.”
When asked what advice would he give to aspiring film-makers, Moore said, “We used to hear a lot, even by some of the instructors in our school ‘oh, you’re not going to make it.’ By all indications this shouldn’t have happened, the medium was nothing at that point. And within a year, [upon graduat-ing], we started to see changes … and we all just kept at it. No one starts at the top; it was 20 years in the making [for me] … Realize an opportunity when you see it … whatever you want to do, it is totally possible and you can do it, you just have to jump in and you have to stick with it.”
Be sure to check out the ar-cade game sensation “Wreck-it Ralph,” coming to theaters Nov. 2.
By Gabrielle OterOLife & Arts Editor
COURTESY OF Walt Disney Animation Studios COURTESY OF Walt Disney Animation Studios
CANDY CARS — Ralph ventures to the Sugar Rush racegrounds where he must race against some fierce little girls, like the one above. Walt Disney Animation Studios 52nd animated film, “Wreck-it Ralph” hits theaters Nov. 2.
KEEP CALM — Fix-it Felix Jr. gets disrupted by Ralph, who wrecks the moment. The animated film follows video game foe, Ralph who decides he no longer wants to be the “bad guy.”