Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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VIRGINIA RANDOLPH 14 Features By Joan Mackie Walking into Pepperdineis Payson Library, what are the first things you see? That majestic wooden eagle. The large, imposing Reference desk. The twinkling eyes and welcoming smile of Virginia Randolph. As Head Librarian for Public Service challenges. That's the impression Nan Bartlett, Cir- culation Librarian, got upon first meeting Randolph. Listening to her describe what the job was really about opened horizons for me, says Bartlett. She just seems to have a larger vision. The vision, along with expanding stu- dent's knowledge, includes the newly for Payson, Randolph has many responsibil- ities. But the one she enjoys most is helping students to use the It's a lot of fun, she says. It's like working a puzzle. Every time you work with someone It's like working a puzzle. Every time you work with library. someone you learn more about a different area. -- Virginia Randolph expanded library and expanding technology. In the 19705, Randolph realized the way of the future is computers; so she took a few com- puter classes. Now, at Pepperdine, the plan is to phase out the old card catalog system and rely you learn more about a different area. Randolph tries to help the students before theyever set foot in the library by taking the instruction into the classroom. Library orientation, once taught in the ENG 102 courses, is now a part of the freshmen seminars. I think a good reference librarian is an important part of the teaching team of any university, says Randolph. She points out that there are very few assignments that won't require the use of library resources. However, most students don't have the basic library skills needed to complete the assignment by themselves. Randolph believes this lack of knowledge begins with the amount of money that is, or isn't, spent on education. Based on her experience and reading, it's the lack of fund- ing that is to blame. We've lost elementary school libraries and high school libraries, Randolph says. In the late 1970s, and the early 19803, the trend was away from the media center or library. Randolph is constantly looking for ways to improve the student's knowledge of the library. She is discussing general class poss- ibilities with professors, such as a freshman seminar devoted entirely to library orienta- tion. An elective is better than a requirement because motivation is higher, says Randolph. But she's never satisfied for very long. Her mind is always racing ahead to newer on computers. Still, every system has its bugs, as Randolph found out demonstrating the Dialog computer system to students. After several failed attempts to hook up the tele- phone modem, she was instructed by Net- work Services to wrap her sweater around the phone to improve the connection. That's really high-powered technology,' says Randolph, now isn't it? 1 Virginia Randolph, head Public Service librarian: Payson Library

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'xxx Am Carla Cameron, assistant director of women's housing. CAMERON By Yariv Milchan and a Christian atmosphere for people who care about each other, says Cameron. I'm Carla Cameron comes out of her office proud of Pepperdine for sticking its neck where she just had a meeting with a student. out to be different. They hug and laugh as they say good-bye. To be different. That's what Cameron 1 really enjoy being involved with wants, or more exactly, to make a difference. students. I loved college; I had a great time. Part of this difference is being on a I met so many people, says Cameron. committee, formed by Dr. John Watson, at Originally from Tennessee, Cameron Seaver College to improve the Greek like went to East Tennessee on-campus. I think any State University tETSW. type of on-campus organ- She was active in her ization that supports the dorm as a RA. and as a Pepperdine is going the university is very impor- dorm president. As right direction to provide tant. It's the only way well, she was Involved a moral base and 3 you'll get school spirit on in a sorority and became - - president for one year. Christian atmosphere for A few plants give her peeple Who care abOUt this campus. If we en- courage students to be involved, it's an education office a fresh scent. On each other. in itself socially and her walls, a painting of -- Carla Cameron academically. ducks and another one Cameron doesn't only of a stormy sea. She understand what needs to has a view of the dorms, be improved, but she also only appropriate because she is assistant di- knows how to reach her goals. She is very rector of women's housing. professional, says Jim Brock, director of It is a very important part of a person's housing. Carla is very good at working life to enjoy their college career, she says with people, says Brock. with a soft, articulate voice. To help someone else and to have them Pepperdine is not just a university or an go on and help others--that would be my life's institution. It's a community and a family, and goal, she says, The world is too tough. You that appealed to me. Pepperdine is going need people out there that support each other. the right direction to provide a moral base Features 13

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r i i A AW '14? . . vv4h ;'?....i.....-.-s:4i:3k-m,xv :..;m... a n. . . . COACH BOB PRIVITT concept of sharing has By Petrina Mosley His beginnings were humble. But his life has made a definite and positive difference in the lives of many. His mission: to share that which is the essence of life. His philosophy: Never let dreams die, live life to the fullest. His name: Robert Privitt, but we all know him as Coach Bob. Coach, now, that's a strange name to call a professor. But, coach it is. Coach Bob explained the significance behind his so impressive title tin the world of academial. It is the students responsibility to learn, he says. As a coach tprofessorl, I can explain the importance of the material to a student, but I can not make that student learn. This philisophy he relates to the role of a coach, drawing from a personal experience during his high school days. Coach Bob explained that as a hurdler in high school, the coach could tell him exactly how to do things, but it was up to him tCoach Bobl to put these things into action and perform. But today, Coach Bob performs on a different playing field, an academic and professional field of play. The coach is both an artist and professor of fine arts. He attributes his love and appreciation to art to experience. He also says that his excite- ment for the wonders of art and nature acted as an escape from a not so bearable reality. Suffering from mental and physical abuse, the coach eperience far from the ideal childhood. But he is quick to point out the beauty and compassion that he found in his grand- father as a child. When the coach recalls his grandfather, he recalls one who took Coach Bob Privitt, professor of fine arts. ent times had the same hopes, dreams, desires and questions that we have today, only in a slightly different context. During the spring 1989 tn'mester, Coach Bob has been on sabbatical practicing the art he loves. He and his family lived in a modernized castle in France for six months. One of the projects that he spent time on is entitled: The Consequence of an Act. With this project, the coach the time to share. We all have the power of choice and there are good ways to go are ideas the coach expresses. It was the choice of his grandfather to share. This caused the coach to realize the great importance of his role as an academic coach. As a coach tprofesson, I can explain the impor- tance of the material to a student, but I can not make that student learn. -- Coach Bob Privitt will attempt to shedilight on the ideas of chance and action. This project, as does the coach's life philosophy most of his artwork, stems from experience. The unique thing about art is that it is ever changing. Art can always be looked at from a new perspective. These qualities of art cause By sharing art through the ages, the coach asserts that he is able to show the universality of man throughout the ages. Men of different times had the same hopes, dreams, desires and questions that we have today, only in a slightly different context, Coach Bob says. Because of man's universality, every- one is called to share, he says. Men of differ- it to be both valuable and fascinatin g to the coach. And it is this concept that he wishes to share with his students. As well, he'd like to communicate to his students that life's worth living. He has coached his students to be successful in and to value the game of life. He is sharing much more than the material -- he is sharing him- self, his experience. Features 15