Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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•MALIBU ers took a formal written survey which indicated the same student opinions. A petition was then circulated on-campus among students, staff and faculty calling for a review of the no dancing policy by the Board of Regents. In March, the Religious Standards Committee of the Board of Regents formed a subcommittee to investigate the issue, and to make a recommendation to the Board at its meeting on June 14. President Banowsky believed the outcome of the issue impossible to predict. Two different aspects were to he considered by the Board, that of allowing dancing on-campus, and that of allowing dancing at off-campus student activities. The quality of campus cafeteria food also sparked debate among campus residents and school administrators. As a result, the SGA’s Food Advisory Committee members investigated other possible cafeteria food services which manage local university cafeterias, and recommended that Pepperdine make a change from the current company, Professional Food Management to another. Revision of the SGA constitution was attempted, and several issues reached the students who voted approvingly during the fall. A discovery of improper balloting procedures during the fall FAR LEFT: Actor Sonny Bono at the Battle of the Network Stars. ABOVE CENTER: A carnival is held annually in Malibu during the summer at the civic center featuring entertainment for the local residents. LEFT: An evicted sign is posted on a trailer which housed the headquarters supporting the city-hood issue after merchants in the Malibu Shopping Center (where the trailer was located) complained. BELOW: Jimmy Carter waves to a crowd at Los Angeles International airport on a campaign stop. Carter presented The Tyler Ecology Award to Dr. Eugene P. Odum, University of Georgia, in the cabinet room of the White House on April 15.

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Network battle highlights year National spotlight-focus on Pepperdine Excited cheers arose from the crowd when actor Gabe Kaplan, the team captain for ABC, rounded the turn on the Pepperdine track in a relay, as stars from the three major networks met in battle in October. An estimated national audience of 39 million watched the stars compete for the final victory which was narrowly won by ABC, following the tug-of-war competition held on a nearby beach. Robert Hedges, Penny Marshall, Hal Linden, Gabe Kaplan and Richard Hatch took the final title for ABC in that event. With the other two networks not content to let the ABC victory stand for long, a second battle was staged in February. This time NBC proved victorious in the competition which was aired on ABC. The quest to incorporate Malibu suffered a narrow defeat by only 104 votes on November 2, with 82 per cent of Malibu’s voters turning out for the election. Community leaders who had sun-ported the initiative for cityhood believed that Pepperdine students had a major influence in the defeat. Other reasons cited were resident fears of a lack of adequate police and fire protection. A recount of the ballots was taken, but it only supported the results of the initial count. Issues dominated campus news during the year. After successfully achieving extended lobby visitation hours in the dormitories,Student Government Association (SGA) leaders turned their attentions to beginning a drive to achieve a lifting of the dancing prohibition for on and off-campus student activities. After an informal poll in chapel taken by University President William S. Banowsky, which indicated a strong support of student requests to have dancing allowed on-campus, SGA lead- 6 News

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Songfest features “Country Jubilee” voting was discovered during March which nullified the earlier vote. In a close race for the SGA presidency for the next academic year. Rod Gaudin defeated Steve Hewgley in a run off election, after Hewgley had come from behind in the regular election as a write-in candidate, nearly tying Gaudin. In the runoff election a record 831 voters turned out with a narrow margin of -15 votes naming Gaudin the new president. Songfest. the annual musical production put on by the students and student organizations on campus, featured the theme of “A Country Jubilee.” More than 1000 people attended the event which Tau Rho Sigma Fraternity. Kappa Kappa Sorority and Friends won with their combined presentation entitled. A Farmer and His Wife.” Pepperdine Chancellor (on leave) M. Norvel Young, who had pleaded guilty to one count of felony manslaughter stemming from a September 16, 1975 auto accident which left two women dead, had a one year jail term struck from his sentence by Superior Court Judge Pearce Young (no relation) in early February. Chancellor Young’s research. which had been a part of his initial probation, covered the topic of stress and alcohol. Young’s sentence had been stayed a total of one year to enable him to do the research at the University of Southern California. Construction of the School of Law began in December following the completion of soil testing. Although not affected at the time construction began, new legislation which became effective January 1, was ruled to apply to the construction and potentially threatened the construction of the school and several other campus facilities. Effective January 1, the California State Costal Commission boundaries were extended to include everything within five miles of the ocean, rather than the previous 1000 yard jurisdiction. Although construction had been started prior to the effective date, it was ruled to be covered by the new legislation as sufficient work had not yet been completed. University administrators asked for a blanket exemption for the campus, and for individual exemptions for each of the construction projects in case the blanket exemption request was denied. Permits for each of the projects were also filed for in case all of the exemption requests were denied. 8 News