News and Events
Pepperdine in the News
June 2007
June 26, 2007
Forbes, July 2, 2007 – Doug Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, wrote an op-ed titled "The Silent Shrug," in which he discusses the ongoing tension between corporations and working women who want to raise a family. Read the op-ed.
The Christian Chronicle, July 2007 – A pamphlet titled That's Why We Sing, written by Pepperdine provost Darryl Tippens, was reviewed in an article titled "That's Why We Sing: We Can Revitalize A Cappella Worship," which also mentions Pepperdine's recent Ascending Voice symposium. Read the review.
Malibu Times, June 20, 2007 – Lee Kats, associate provost for research and Frank R. Seaver Chair in Natural Science, and Monica Loeffler, assistant real estate manager, were quoted in an article titled "Mountain Lion Kills Deer on Pepperdine Campus," about recent mountain lion sightings on and near the Pepperdine Malibu campus. Read the article.
College Sports TV, June 19, 2007 – The 2006 NCAA Championship-winning Pepperdine men's tennis team was featured in an article about their recognition by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on June 18. Read the article. During the trip to Washington, D.C., the team also conducted a free tennis clinic local youths, which was described in an article on the United States Tennis Association Web site.
Financial Times, June 18, 2007 – The Graziadio School of Business and Management was noted for launching a master's in finance degree in 2008 in an article titled "The Must-Have Degree," about the increasing need for an advanced degree in finance to excel in the business world. Read the article (subscription required).
MSNBC, June 18, 2007 – Doug Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, was quoted in an article titled "Roberts, Alito Help Define New Supreme Court," which described how Bush appointees Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito have influenced the Supreme Court's decisions this year, especially through the alignment of Roberts and Justice Kennedy. Read the article, which was also picked up by NBC 11.
KCBS, June 17, 2007 – Rick Leach, director of facilities management and planning, was featured in an In the Garden segment that explained the revegetation project underway on the Pepperdine Drescher Graduate Campus in Malibu. Several Pepperdine landscape workers also appeared in the program.
The Miami Herald, June 17, 2007 – Doug Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, was quoted in an article titled "Judicial View of Detainees Still Evolving," which discusses the ongoing debate between the president and the courts on the rights possessed by individual civilians detained as enemy combatants.
FamilySecurityMatters.org, June 16, 2007 – The Villa Graziadio and Pepperdine University were mentioned in an article titled "Islam's Rise in Europe: Will it Be Our Fate?" which describes what was discussed at the recent conference held at Pepperdine on the threat of Islamic fundamentalism. Robert Kaufman, professor of public policy, was also noted for his participation on the panel of experts. Read the article.
Bend Weekly News, June 15, 2007 – Karen Martin, Frank R. Seaver Professor of Biology, was quoted in an article titled "Figuring Out Grunion Is No Day at the Beach," in which Martin comments on the annual beach spawning of these small silvery fish, a phenomenon she has studied for many years. Read the article.
PBS, June 14, 2007 – Doug Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, appeared on a segment titled "Judge Denies Libby Request to Delay Prison Term," in which he was interviewed by Judy Woodruff alongside lead Enron prosecutor John Hueston in discussing the 30-month prison sentence of Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Read the transcript, listen, or watch the segment.
Santa Monica Mirror, June 14, 2007 – Recent School of Public Policy graduate Joseph Smith wrote an op-ed titled "Oceans Were the First Form of Rapid Transit," in which he considers the implementation of a new alternative for public transit/freeway travel along local coastal routes: high speed passenger ferries linking the counties of Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara. Read the article.
New York Times, June 10, 2007 – In a roundup article titled "With Iraq War as a Backdrop, Speakers Reflect on the Future," the speech delivered by First Lady Laura Bush at the 2007 Seaver College Commencement was featured alongside segments from more than a dozen other commencement addresses delivered nationwide this year. Read the article (registration required). The speech was similarly featured in USA Today.
KABC, June 10, 2007 – Rick Leach, director of facilities management and planning, appeared on the show Newsmakers in a roundtable discussion about the post-fire revegetation of Griffith Park, with Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge and two other experts.
Ventura County Star, June 7, 2007 – A Pepperdine University study conducted about the economic impact of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is relied on in an article titled "Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Fuels Economic Engine," about the cultural and economic benefits to the surrounding community that are generated by the plaza. Read the article.
Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2007 – Barbara Moore, corporate accounts executive for MBA programs at the Graziadio School of Business and Management, is noted in the newspaper's "Appointments and Promotions" section for being recently named to this position. Read the clip.
Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2007 – James Q. Wilson, Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy, was featured in the unique "L.A. Visions" project series in a piece titled "James Q. Wilson: The Power of his Written Word," about Wilson's extensive writings on crime, family, and morality, and how his thinking in those arenas, especially crime, has informed and influenced law enforcement protocol in Los Angeles and other cities nationally. Read the article.
Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2007 – Dave Smith, associate professor of economics at the Graziadio School of Business and Management, was quoted in an article titled "Grocery Talks Clear a Big Hurdle," about a tentative, strike-avoiding agreement reached by negotiators for big grocery chains and store clerks in California. Read the article.
Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2007 – Pepperdine University was mentioned in an article titled "Leaving a Big Mess on Campus" about how universities like Pepperdine are partnering with charitable organizations to collect items left behind by students at the end of the school year. Read the article.
Washington Post, May 18, 2007 – Doug Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, wrote an op-ed titled "Testimony in a Teacup," in which he describes the recent showdown between President Bush and the White House Office of Legal Council over a classified terrorist surveillance program. Read the op-ed.
Spirit Magazine, April, 2007 – Pepperdine University was mentioned alongside Harvard in an article titled "The Web's Second Act" about the popular online virtual world called Second Life, used by the Graduate School of Education and Psychology for several masters and doctorate degrees. Read the article.
June 19, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 10, 2007 – Doug Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, was quoted in an article titled "Plans for Terror Trials Expected to Proceed," which discusses the Pentagon's plans for military war-crime trials at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in order to prosecute the terrorists who planned the September 11 attacks. Read the article.
Dailynews.com, June 8, 2007 – Seaver College students and Waves baseball players Jason Dominguez, Dylan Gonzalez, Robert Della Grotta, Donald Brown, and Eric Thames, were mentioned in an article titled "MLB Draft: Another Dominguez Is Selected," which lists them among the record-tying nine Pepperdine players drafted this year to Major League Baseball. Read the article.
Santa Clarita Valley Signal, June 8, 2007 – Seaver College junior and Waves baseball player Danny Worth was mentioned in an article titled "Tigers Draft Worth," which discusses Worth's selection by the Detroit Tigers in the Major League Baseball 2007 draft. Read the article.
Los Angeles Daily News, May 12, 2007 – Seaver College sophomore Natasha Gill was mentioned in the article "Teen Behind the Scenes," which discusses her role as executive producer of a independent film while she was still attending high school. Read the article.
May/June 2007 – The speech delivered by First Lady Laura Bush at the 2007 Seaver College Graduation was featured in multiple print and television news outlets including NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, KTLA, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, and local NBC, CBS, and ABC affiliates.
Los Angeles Business Journal, June 3, 2007 – Jennifer Carter, MBA candidate at the Graziadio School of Business and Management, was quoted in an article titled "If You Were Rich," in which she said that if she suddenly came into a large sum of money, contributions to worthy philanthropic causes would rank high on her priority list.
Moorpark Acorn, June 1, 2007 – Seaver College sophomore and Waves baseball player Brett Hunter was featured in an article titled "Hunter a Valuable Commodity for Pepperdine," which describes his career to date with the Pepperdine baseball team. Read the article.
CBS/KCAL 9, May 31, 2007 – Rick Leach, director of facilities management and planning, appeared in an In the Garden segment titled "Pepperdine University Blooms in Spring," which featured the revegetation project underway on the Pepperdine Drescher Graduate Campus. Several Pepperdine landscape workers also appear in the program. To view the segment online, click here and select the appropriate segment from the selection in the top right corner of the screen.
Earthtimes.org, May 31, 2007 – The School of Public Policy was featured in a press release that describes the international conference on the Collapse of Europe, the Rise of Islam, and the Consequences for the United States held at Pepperdine's Malibu campus on June 10. Read the release.
San Diego Union Tribune, May 31, 2007 – Karen Martin, Frank R. Seaver Professor of Biology, was quoted in an article titled "Figuring Out Grunion is No Day at the Beach," in which Martin comments on the annual beach spawning of these small silvery fish, a phenomenon she has studied for many years. Read the article. The article was reprinted in Bend Weekly News.
Townhall.com, May 31, 2007 – David Davenport, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, contributed an audio segment for Daily Commentary titled "Mitt Romney and Mormonism," in which he discusses to what extent presidential hopeful Mitt Romney should be evaluated on the basis of his religion. Listen to the segment.
May 2007 - The School of Law was noted in many national and local news outlets as host of the May 14 to May 23 public arbitration hearing between the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and Floyd Landis, 2006 winner of the Tour de France. Some of those new outlets include: The Sacramento Bee, Malibu Surfside News, New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters, and Daily News.
Washington Times, May 25, 2007 – Douglas Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, was quoted in an article titled "Senate Gives Gonzales a Reprieve Until After the Break," about a scheduled vote of "no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales which Senate Democrats decided to postpone until mid-June.
Townhall.com, May 24, 2007 – David Davenport, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, contributed an audio segment for Daily Commentary titled "Fred Thompson, Federalist," in which he approves of the Federalist mentality of Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson. Listen to the segment.
Gannett News Service, May 21, 2007 – Ed Larson, Hugh & Hazel Darling Professor of Law, was quoted in an article titled "A Lightening Rod for Scientists, Theologians," which discusses the opening of Kentucky's Creation Museum and the debate that such a museum stirs.
Washington Times, May 21, 2007 – Robert Kaufman, professor of public policy, was featured in an op-ed titled "The Bush Doctrine," which reviewed his newly released book, In Defense of the Book Doctrine, and referenced his recent appearance at the Heritage Foundation. Read the article.
Sunday Ardmoreite, May 20, 2007 – Richard Cupp, associate dean for research and John W. Wade Professor of Law, was featured in an op-ed titled "Valuing Pets' Lives Equal to Human Life has its Problems," in which the veterinarian author uses an op-ed Cupp wrote as his main reference point and agrees with several of Cupp's arguments.
Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2007 – Rick Leach, director of facilities management and planning, and Stephen Davis, professor of biology, were quoted in an article titled "A New Lay of the Land at Pepperdine," about the revegetation project underway on the Pepperdine Drescher Graduate Campus in Malibu. Landscape worker Heriberto Montes was photographed. The article also appeared in the San Jose Mercury Times (free registration) on the Associated Press wire. Read the article.
Christian Science Monitor, May 18, 2007 – Gary Galles, professor of economics, wrote an op-ed titled "Stop Selling 'Short-Selling' Short," in which he argues that instead of a bad rap, short-sellers of stocks deserve esteem for their ability to improve market information and help uncover corporate abuse and regulatory failings, thereby making the stock market a safer place to invest. Read the article.
Acorn, May 17, 2007 – The Center for the Arts was mentioned in a notice titled "Pepperdine to Present A Cappella Group" about the June 7 performance of a cappella group Anonymous Four on the University's Malibu campus in conjunction with the Ascending Voice symposium. Read the notice.
O'Reilly FYI, May 16, 2007 – The Graduate School of Education and Psychology was mentioned in an article titled "ACM Pepperdine University Meets in Second Life," which describes the regular meetings of the Pepperdine chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Second Life, an online educational community in use by many universities around the world. GSEP student and ACM president Lani Fraizer was quoted. Read the article.
Ventura County Star, May 16, 2007 – Robert Williams, associate professor of political science, was quoted in an article titled "County Businessmen Say Falwell was Warm, Loving," about the persona and qualities of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. Read the article.
Economist, May 10, 2007 – Linda Livingstone, dean of the Graziadio School of Business and Management, was quoted in an article titled "New Graduation Skills," which discusses how business schools are seeing enrollment climb after reintroducing ethics courses and practical skill curricula. Read the article.
University Business, May 2007 – Linda Livingstone, dean of the Graziadio School of Business and Management, wrote an article titled "A Call to Action: Achieving a More Gender-Balanced Enrollment in MBA Programs Requires Understanding the Gap and Addressing it Now," about the gender imbalance in business schools and how schools can overcome it. Read the article.
Los Angeles Daily Journal, April 19, 2007 – Doug Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, was quoted in an article titled "Court Swings to Right on Abortion," which conjectures about the justices' thinking in a recent Supreme Court decision that upheld a federal ban on partial birth abortion.
