Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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Clockwise from top left. Dave Anderson s irfs off Malibu Beach; Pepperdine University overlooks the Malihu Colony. Bill Cray and Marisa Paul enjoy a cloudy day at Zuma Beach; a seagull flies over Pepperdme's Seaver campus. NEW WAVES 5 •

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Some would say that Southern California has no distinct seasons. This may hold true-but certainly not in Malibu. With no distinct deadlines heralding the transition from storms and rain to sun and heat, Malibu has many seasonal facets, nonetheless. Malibu residents may wonder what changes quicker-the weather or the town. It would seem with all the construction and with the heavy building equipment parked up and down the coast that Malibu is in the midst of a growth boom. No, Malibu is in the midst of a struggle against those things even money and tradition cannot measure up to: the finite against the infinite. Perhaps that parallel best lends itself to the history of Malibu. A struggle in the finest and the worst sense of the word describes the early Adamson-Rindge fights to keep the country out of their country, and the slow defeat that quickly led to an opening up of a virtual wilderness. From that point on, Malibu has become a solid word that to its residents means home and to the rest of the country means surfing and vacational beaches. During the summer, tourists literally wash up with every wave and try to capture a little of the ambience that the early Indians called Malibu, the settlement by the water. There are those who have successfully made a home and a fresh name for themselves here. Pep-perdine University is one of those stars which one finds twinkling after dusk in the clear blue-black shadows of hills and sky. Malibu and Pepperdine still continue to view each other in a novel sort of way. Neither is leaving, so one is not a toy that the other can afford to tire of. There are few palm trees in Malibu. Bad roads and hazards of fire, storms and landslides are the last frontier in many senses. This is what makes the town what it is-an adventurous contradiction to be shared by those who can take risks. And for those who cannot take risks is the bumper-sticker advice found on Malibu Rolls Royces and jeeps- Welcome to Malibu, now go home! —by Bill High 4 NEW WAVES

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Like an ideal resort in a travel brochure, Pepper-dine is indeed a place of beauty, offering students many opportunities other than academic excellence. I first saw Pepperdine in Battle of the Network Stars.' I took one look at the beautiful scenery and thought. I'm going there! commented Kristy Kyi, a Pepperdine freshman. I live in the Midwest and had never been to the ocean. I couldn't pass up a school that overlooks the ocean! said a Seaver junior. The Christian atmosphere and ideals of Pepperdine are what attracted me, Mike Donaldson, a senior religion major commented. I always envisioned Malibu as this ritzy, rich place where all the movie stars are and Pepperdine would be the ideal place to be exposed to all this, freshman Lisa Storms said jokingly. The Waves, man! Ron Throckmorten, a sophomore exclaimed 'thats what added the icing to the cake. Pep is the ideal place to get an education and go surfing. One hundred seventy-five students were polled and asked, What were some of the reasons you decided to come to Pepperdine? Reasons cited in eluded: Gorgeous view campus.....................21% Education Teachers.......................52% Christian school size....................23% Sports clubs activities....................2 5% Beach surfing................:...........14% Close to home............................10% Away from home...........................12% Family alumni............................15% No apparent reason........................3% -by Kerry Graffy Clockwise from top left: two Battle' stars in the kayak competition; dusk falls on Pepperdine's resort-like campus; Mr. T prepares to be dunked during Battle of the Network Stars ; crimson skies engulf Pepperdine at Sunset. 6 NEW WAVES