LA fights campus crime
Student security officer Randy Hodges works at the new guard booth on the LA campus in April 1972. The Graphic, 4/6/1972, p. 4 (Pepperdine University Archives)
South LA wasn't the safest place for a college campus in the early 1970s. Arson and burglary were among the crimes that caused Pepperdine to tighten security on the LA campus repeatedly in 1972. In the meantime, most of the residential students were planning to move to the new Malibu campus.
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Apr
New security booth for LA campus
Apr 6, 1972security
May
LA campus locks the gates
May 1, 1972security
Incompetent campus arsonist convicted
May 12, 1972student lifesecurity
Jun
Jul
Aug
Security cameras proposed for LA campus
Aug 26, 1972security
Sep
Oct
LA campus bookstore burgled
Oct 2, 1972security
Nov