Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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1. .Jonathan Vick takes out post-test frustrations by threatening his companion with a fork during dinner. 2. Nikki Sohoene chooses a pair of Nikes, assisted by n fellow Pepper-dine student, at the biannual Fred Segal sale. 3. Students frequent Trancas on Thursday nights to listen and dance to the live bands there. -I. Heidi Tarlow discovers that the library is a good place to scam. 5. Deanna Archer, Rick Cupp and Dave Archer head the line outside Elkins as they wait to see the SGA-sponsored movie Rocky II. 6. Seaver females listen attentively to an animated friend. 10 GOCivL CMULS

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 1.Expensive cars art not scarce in Malibu. 2. Journalism teacher and resident at the faculty condos Mrs. Kathy Shores, and daughter Robin and April, bump Into Melody Thomas and Beth Smith at Hughes Market. 3. Like a weary student, a lone catamaran finds peace on the beach. 4. Windsurfers are often seen off of Malibu Pier. 5. Jenle Hagamnn. Sally Sanderson und Sharon Pctry enjoy sushi at Something's Fishy Here.

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 j ‘ ] 4 4 In search a place for Most high school seniors look forward to their college years expecting dating attitudes to be more mature. Much to their surprise and disappointment, Seaver College students often found themselves on weekends gathered in a single sex suite complaining about the social immaturity of the opposite sex. Pepperdine has developed a reputation, warned from Day One of the freshman year, for having a nonexistent dating scene. “Guys just don't ask girls out, was the comment grumbled under the collective breaths of a majority of girls. But while many sat home and pouted, there were some who took the initiative of find the fun themselves. One popular and traditional spot for an interesting evening was Trancas, where many students hung out on Thursday nights. Since Trancas is a bar, the age restriction presented a problem for students under age (most of them). Fake I.D. s were not an uncommon solution. There's an old saying that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. At Seaver, this held true for man and woman, for the best location on campus for scam-min' was the cafeteria. Sitting next to someone you would like to get to know and striking up a conversation is the easiest way to meet them.” attested sophomore John Stanley. Of course, there were other ways to bring attention to yourself, such as bumping your tray into others’ or exchanging critiques on Saga fcxxi. The most entertaining part of sitting in the cafeteria was being on the elevated platform observing the social butterflies hop from table to table. It was like watching bees fly among a gardenful of flowers before finding the sweetest ones in which to inject their stingers. On nights when everyone needed a break from dates with the Western Heritage book, there was the option of having an open suite. Unfortunately, after going through the trouble of having the whole suite sign a petition, usually nobody ever showed up. We couldn't invite the guys or girls we really wanted to meet if we hadn’t met them yet. If. by chance, a few friends found time out from studies to come, open suites turned out to be a time of getting closer and sharing a few laughs together. Of course, the reason visitors usually came was the mention of the word food.” It was the main attraction. Other outlets for students without cars were the SGA-sponsored one dollar movies. I usually go to the movies on Thursdays. commented Laurel Baciulis. Especially not having a car, it makes the movies more accessible and I'd rather go to the movies than study on Thursday nights. Other in-dorm activities were Bible studies, to which all were invited to sing, praise and learn about Jesus and the Word of God. These evening devotionals epitomized the Pepperdine goal, to walk with and trust in Christ. At the other end of the opinion spectrum, a big complaint remained the no dancing on campus rule. About once a month, there'd be a dance off campus, where students sweat and danced and sweat and socialized and sweat and had a good time. These were successful because they were infrequent, so everyone went whenever there was one. When all else failed on a typical weekend, we could always call every dorm to try to get together a beach party. This could be as good an idea as bad: good if enough people went, bad if your ride left you at the beach. Friday afternoons, the cars were invariably lined up outside the dorms. By nightfall, half of the live-ins had joined the off-campus exodus, not to return until Sunday. There were some students who had no choice about going home for the weekend-foreign students, out-ofstaters and those without cars—and they seemed to manage well. Through many weekends, they suffered the so-called social dilemma of drowning in lifeless evenings, but still came up breathing. Their remedies included a day at the beach, at the pool, shopping, and if worse came to worse—studying! For a change of scenery they even took a hike to the law school library. —by Pnscilla Moody SooiAL SctKU-ll