Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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reaching back . . . latigo for sale? Indicating the potential sale of Latigo Bay Villas. Pepperdine filed, but was rejected a request for the condominium conversion of the off-campus apartments. The Regional Planning Commission denied the application because it was non-conforming as to the density of residents and parking. The university believes the decision was procedural and plans to submit a new application. In the meantime, the administration is reviewing the current housing situation. We are trying to determine whether or not it would be better to have all students (housed) on campus instead of having some at Latigo ' said Warren Dillard, senior vice president for finance. Converting Latigo to condos would leave the option open to the university to sell them to faculty and staff on a first-come, first-serve basis. In a Graphic survey of over 200 students, 87.5 percent disagreed with the university's plans. visitation approved for latigo students After nearly two trimesters of negotiation, the Student Government Association (SGA) succeeded in convincing the university's administration to accept a new visitation policy at Latigo Bay Villas. Latigo undergraduate residents are now able to visit the apartment of a member of the opposite sex between II a.m. and 11 p.m., seven days a week. Law students living at Latigo have no restrictions placed on them. The new policy was implemented on a temporary, experimental basis, with the understanding that any problems or breach in the regulations could result in a termination of the policy. Dr. Stuart Love, dean of students affairs, believes that the new policy has been received responsibly by the students as a whole, as they see visitation as a privilege that must be honored in order to maintain its benefits. apartments burn One apartment was completely destroyed and another was seriously damaged in a fire that broke out at Latigo Bay Villas in November. The fire originated in apartment B-109 and swept up to B-210. Fortunately, the occupants of B-109 were not in the apartment and there were no injuries. The L.A. County Sheriff's Arson Squad called the fire deliberate arson. The case incident has not been resolved. 22 News Features

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tuition hiked Inflation reared its ugly head at Seaver College again in 1980 when tuition and room and board took marked jumps. It was announced in January that the tuition would be raised from $143 per unit to $159 per unit and room and board would be hiked from $1,085 to $1,200 in the fall of 1980. An attempt to put a halt to the yearly rise resulted in the Board of Regents approval of a flat-rate tuition plan to b? installed in fall of 1981. According to Dr. John Nicks, vice president of academic affairs, the decision to raise school costs was based on studies of the rising cost of materials, papers, utilities, and mostly, energy. Believe it or not, we are bracing ourselves for what may be a fifty percent increase in energy costs. Everything is going up, Nicks said. To bridge the gap between the thirteen percent national inflation rate and the eleven percent tuition and nine percent room and board jumps, more fundraising will have to be done on the part of the university. The financial aid department will adjust to this situation by providing more on-campus employment, according to Financial Aid Director, Israel Rodriguez. Arson was determined as the cause of a blaze which damaged or destroyed five university-owned trailers early morning, Feb. 4. The two trailers which housed Development Records (K-1) and Purchasing (K-2) were completely destroyed. Sustaining limited damage was Public Information's trailer (K-3) which caught fire from the heat radiated from other burning trailers. Alumni Affairs' trailer (K-4) was also hit and lost many files and records. One of the two University Affairs trailers (K-5) was apparently set on fire. Approximately half of the trailer was damaged by fire, while the other half had some smoke and water damage. Rick Lane, director of business services, quoted an initial loss of $200,000 to S300,000. Each trailer cost $25,000 and phone equipment damage was set at around $3,400 blaze destroys trailers shorts too short A proliferation of short shorts and plunging necklines prompted Dorothy Moore, chief librarian of Payson Library, to post a dress code at the library entrance. Moore's rationale is that the library is a public academic place... it isn't the beach or the gym. Students should wear proper academic clothing when they are in academic areas. The students' reactions toward the dress code were negative. As one freshman said, They're forgetting the importance of studying if they enforce the dress code. It doesn't matter what you wear, it's what you put in your head. News Features 21

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arrotta receives dismissal Frank Arrotta, former president of the Student Alumni Association, received a permanent dismissal from the university by the Student Life Committee (SLC) three weeks before his anticipated graduation. The dismissal was the result of charges against Arrotta of misappropriation of university funds. The problem came to light when we discovered some donors who had never received a gift confirmation (receipt), said Dr. )im Wilburn, vice president for university affairs. Student reaction to the unofficial news of sanction manifested itself when approximately 150 students attended a rally for Arrotta in the Gaily. Rod Gaudin, who organized the rally with Dave Jaynes, believed the strong attendance was indicative of the kind of reputation Arrotta built up with the students. His work for the school and students as the P.U.B man, SGA Activities chairman and his all around involvement is why students have rallied around him, Gaudin said. In response to the dismissal, Arrotta has filed two civil suits against the university's Board of Regents. Arrotta and his attorney, Ron Carpool, will claim at a preliminary hearing that Arrotta was denied procedural due process of law in the decision to dismiss him. Both suits ask Pepperdine to reinstate Arrotta to a position of good standing so he can be admitted to another university. According to Mike O'Neal, legal counsel for the university, a countersuit was being prepared at press time. americans riot in protest of embassy takeover in iran News Features 23