Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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While on-campus Pepperdine students must obey university rules no drinking, dancing, or co-ed living. Seaver College of Pepperdine University can be a light to the nations. Richard Dawson, associate dean of student affairs, says. Dawson believes 'Pepperdine can be a light, not only politically and academically, but morally and ethically as well. Dr. John Watson, vice president for student affairs, says the intent of Pepperdine University is to provide a 'quality academic rules program in an atmosphere that allows the students to grow beyond the classroom experience.' Watson says the policies that exist are for the intent of establishing an environment in which students can best interact, study, prepare their minds, their bodies and their souls for future life. Dawson soys the university's policies can be viewed in a variety of ways including archaic, bizarre, foundational, progressive or traditional. He said it all depends on the student's attitude. He says he personally believes the university has a nice blend of the progressive and the traditional. Sarah Dal Pozzo. recent Seaver graduate, says. Overall, the policies at the university have not been limiting. She adds that the administration is responsive to the needs of the students and has made many attempts to enhance the various policies. Watson says one thing his staff has been working on is a handbook that gives a clear-cut. honest statement of expectation with justification. 6 opening

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of his wife Helen and other supporters that GPC grew to attain university status in 1970. In 1972. a new campus in Malibu was opened. It was called Frank R. Seaver College in memory of the industnal statesman who made it possible. Seaver made generous gifts to the university during his life and Included Pepperdine in his will. After his death in 1961. the efforts of his wife Blanche contributed a great deal to the development of Seaver College. The giving spirit, to which many others have responded, has made continued growth and advancement possible throughout the school s 50-year existence. Expansion from a 34-acre campus in Los Angeles to a multi-million dollar 475-acre plot of choice land in Malibu would never have been possible without the devotion of donors who v ere truly interested in investing in the future. The miracle of Malibu is but one symbol of the progress Pepperdine has experienced during the years. A variety of graduate programs and academic facilities in England. Germany and Italy flourish today. In 1986, less than 50 years after GPC opened in Los Angeles, a U.S. News and World Report poll of college presidents across the United States recognized Peperdine Univesity as No. 1 among 151 institutions in the category of 'comprehensive universities' West of the Mississippi. Pepperdine is a university committed to academic excellence and devoted to God. It is a place where lives are changed, minds are opened and lasting friendships are formed. This is what there is to celebrate, for it is these things that are truly golden. JENNIE SINE Downtown Malibu and the Pacific Ocean from hill above Phillips Tower give Pepperdine University students a picturesque view. Seaver College with its facilities and student residence homes on the Malibu campus provide the undergraduates numbering 2,500 a place of beauty for study and fellowship. opening 5

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Pepperdine s student handbook clearly states student regulations. Off-campus students enjoy being free from the restrictions of Pepperdine on-campus rules. Dal Pozzo says that any kind of clear documentation explaining the rules and why they exist would have been helpful to her as a student. Although she says that a guidebook for student behavior might be frowned upon by many students. Dawson says he viewed the rules for Seaver students as being flexible and established only to be challenged and eventually changed. He says he understands that any maturing college student will eventually be faced with a regulation he or she doesn't agree with. That is why the administration looks to the students for input, he says. Watson says. 'All of our rules create an atmosphere conducive to a Christian atmosphere, making it possible to look introspectively. He adds that the rules also encourage development in the intellectual, physical and social areas os well. Realizing its limitations, the vice president for student affairs sums up the role of the university's administration by saying. We can simply guide and encourage.’ KIRBY RUSSELL opening 7