LA campus empties out
Baxter Hall, a men's dormitory on the LA campus, shown soon after its construction in 1937. Baxter Hall at Pepperdine College, circa 1937, 1937, p. (Pepperdine University Archives Photograph Collection)
With the departure of the liberal arts program to Malibu in the fall of 1972, Pepperdine's LA campus transitioned to a less residential model. In the end, the departure of the residential program to Malibu would spell the end of the LA campus, but in 1972 it was still a happening place, even if the residential students were mostly gone.
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Feb
Many plan to move to Malibu
Feb 17, 1972housing
Mar
Apr
May
LA dorms begin emptying out
May 18, 1972housing
Jun
Jul
LA expects 200 residents for fall term
Jul 20, 1972housing
Aug
