Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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Pep news The year opened on a bright note for Seaver College. An unprecedented visit by President Gerald R. Ford was only three weeks away, enrollment stood at the highest mark since the 1972 opening of the Malibu campus and, finally, students began to show genuine interest in their Student Government Association. However, the bright hopes of early September quickly dimmed. On September 15, Mathematics Professor Charles Wilkes was killed when his motorcycle went out of control and crashed on Tyler Drive. The very next day, less than a week before the President ' s visit, Chan cellor M. Norvel Young was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and manslaughter after the car he was driving rear-ended another, killing two passengers. Nevertheless, the Presidential visit was concluded successfully, despite the talk Ford might cancel his appearance due to Dr. Young ' s accident. However, the massive preparations for the Ford visit, totaling over $200,000, plunged the university into a financial crisis. Dozens of staff positions Students streak down to baseball field during false bomb scare. Laurie Billes draws tickets at the lottery held for Pep-UCLA playoff game (right) 6

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Reflections appears on the NBC television taping of Brain Works (left). The WCAC champion Waves met UCLA ' s Bruins in Western Regional playoff action.