Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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There are other alternatives to buy ing, borrowing, renting or stealing i car, the most obvious is to ask—or beg—for rides. Sometimes this works out fine, especially if roommates or friends have cars. In order to use this method, however, cash, gas station credit cards, an automatic teller card, the talent to make four course dinners or mid-term paper writing ability is necessary. If this doesn’t sound palatable, a rideless student can invest in a moped or scooter. Mopeds, however, do not promote Clockwise from top right. The COV BUG rides again. A Porsche is not an uncommon sight on campus. With perfect balance. Evan Shanks cruises his skateboard through campus. An interesting phenomenon of walking to school from Malibu is that people never offer you a ride. When you arc happily walking down the hill, however, everyone wants to be of help. The majority of students at Seaver have cars, whether they be brand new Mercedes, BMWs, VW Rabbits or ‘72 Fords. These people have it made. For instance, when there is nothing to do in Malibu, students must travel to Santa Monica, L.A. or Westwood for fun. To do this successfully, they need a car. To MOVE Pepperdine is in a prime location, perched on top of a Malibu hill, overlooking the sparkling Pacific. That hill, however, feels like a veritable mountain when you are climbing it.

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Clockwise from top left. Group projects are a combination of socializing and studying for Kim Nelson and Mark Bans. Steve Gaglione and Adrian Freedman discuss an assignment. While she studies, Serri Ferrante finds the perfect way to sun in the library. Facing page. Deep in thought, Janille Baxter contemplates a theory. 1 I I I Studying 21

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 social interaction. Going out to dinner at the Charthouse and arriving I. like you’ve just survived a tornado is not the way to start a lasting romance. You’ll soon find that your date’s heart will suddenly become warmed to your roommate’s 450 SL. Another cheap mode of transportation is two legs. This may not be a favorable alternative, due to the steep grade on Pepperdine roads. Be prepared, furthermore, to sacrifice three-fourths of your day for a trip into Malibu. Another favorable aspect of this method of transportation is that it is possible to make friends. Who you meet depends on what you wear. Those who always manage to get offers for rides from valley high schoolers should seriously consider what they wear. This may be an especially valuable thought for the woman student who dreams of the day when she is walking up PCH, hears a car slow down, turns to look into a gorgeous pair of brown eyes peering out of a 1955 convertible T-Bird, and hears a deep voice beseeching her to let him drive her to school. Still another alternative is the public transit system. Senior Kevin Angle expressed his opinion on taking the bus to and from Santa Monica: “It’s terrifying...You meet three groups of people on the bus—Malibu brats who go into Santa Monica, businessmen, and scary people who were let out of insane asylums back in the 70s.” With no car, no friends, paranoia about accepting rides, weak legs and a fear of taking the bus, a student’s final alternative is to petition his cause to Pepperdine. Maybe they will devise a shuttle bus system or maybe they can loan out a 1955 T-Bird convertible. —Johanne Lieberman Right. Not even the hills discourage Joel Widzer from biking to class. Below. Cars line up along the dorm roads on Friday afternoons. Transportation 23