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1972: A Timeline

101 events
Jan
Walter Glass raises flag on campus every day
Jan 7, 1972construction
Freshmen allowed to play varsity basketball
Jan 8, 1972athletics
Stephen Parmelee makes the dean's list
Jan 13, 1972academicsstudent life
PCH speed limit reduced west of Pepperdine
Jan 14, 1972Malibu
Pat Boone endorses the ERA
Jan 21, 1972politics
Students speak in tongues at retreat
Jan 22, 1972religionstudent life
Malibu Republican Womens Club tea
Jan 25, 1972eventspolitics
Cafeteria serves steak for dinner
Jan 26, 1972cafeteriastudent life
Faculty request pay raise
Jan 27, 1972faculty
Women press pants issue
Jan 27, 1972student life
Social club pledges are hazed
Jan 27, 1972student life
Feb
Randy Lowry wins debate tournament
Feb 3, 1972student life
Dean of student life named for Malibu
Feb 3, 1972administration
Graphic wins statewide award
Feb 4, 1972newspapersstudent life
Committee hears cafeteria horrors
Feb 9, 1972cafeteriastudent life
Religion chair responds to glossolalia reports
Feb 10, 1972facultyreligionstudent life
Racial tensions mount in student senate
Feb 17, 1972student lifestudent government
Banowsky to chair Nixon campaign in LA
Feb 17, 1972administrationpolitics
Many plan to move to Malibu
Feb 17, 1972housing
Asphalt poured for Seaver entrance
Feb 18, 1972construction
Students put on Moliere's Tartuffe
Feb 24, 1972artsstudent life
Varsity track suspended indefinitely
Feb 24, 1972athletics
"Cagers" pulled from flight for joke
Feb 27, 1972athletics
Mar
Work begins on fieldhouse
Mar 2, 1972athleticsconstruction
Malibu sewer problems begin
Mar 16, 1972constructionsewer
Faculty look for housing near Malibu
Mar 16, 1972facultyhousing
Sara Young injured in accident
Mar 17, 1972administration
School of Law to find new campus
Mar 23, 1972graduate schools
Graphic wins All American from ACP
Mar 30, 1972newspapersstudent life
Apr
Pereira finalizes tower design
Apr 1, 1972artsconstruction
New security booth for LA campus
Apr 6, 1972security
Bomb threat at Appleby Center dedication
Apr 9, 1972eventsdonors
Cheerleader named Co-Ed of the Month
Apr 28, 1972cheerleadingstudent life
May
LA campus locks the gates
May 1, 1972security
Temporary sewer plan denied
May 4, 1972constructionsewer
Malibu to truck sewage to Las Virgenes plant
May 7, 1972constructionsewer
Five votes cast in student senate runoff
May 8, 1972student governmentstudent life
Director of job placement swears he exists
May 11, 1972academicsstudent life
Incompetent campus arsonist convicted
May 12, 1972student lifesecurity
Kenneth Hahn approves theme tower
May 15, 1972construction
Theme tower's foundation poured
May 17, 1972construction
Lowry wins teetotalers' prize
May 18, 1972student life
LA dorms begin emptying out
May 18, 1972housing
Malibu students object to chapel plans
May 25, 1972religionstudent life
Theme tower permitted by LA County
May 26, 1972construction
Theme tower's superstructure raised
May 26, 1972construction
Banowsky agrees not to light theme tower
May 31, 1972constructionMalibu
Jun
Hudson orders two more dorms built
Jun 2, 1972constructionhousing
Condos proposed in Topanga Meadows
Jun 15, 1972facultyhousing
Trees for Pepperdine Malibu announced
Jun 16, 1972construction
New food service provider named
Jun 19, 1972cafeteria
Pipelines to carry sewage to Tapia plant
Jun 22, 1972constructionsewer
Dunphy recruited for volleyball team
Jun 22, 1972athletics
Title IX becomes law
Jun 23, 1972athleticspolitics
Payson receives big collection
Jun 30, 1972donorslibrary
Senior named Miss Carson
Jun 30, 1972cheerleadingstudent life
Jul
Raleigh Neal Runnels dies at 17
Jul 1, 1972administrationathleticsconstructionstudent life
Contest for new business school logo
Jul 14, 1972graduate schools
LA expects 200 residents for fall term
Jul 20, 1972housing
Malibu expecting 800 students
Jul 20, 1972construction
Last LA issue of the Graphic
Jul 20, 1972newspapersstudent life
Tapia pipeline construction begins
Jul 24, 1972constructionsewer
LA campus gets new student paper
Jul 28, 1972newspapersstudent life
First Malibu dorm due to be finished
Jul 31, 1972constructionhousing
10th anniversary of Pepperdine's death
Jul 31, 1972donors
Aug
Lemley named associate dean of student life
Aug 11, 1972administration
Security cameras proposed for LA campus
Aug 26, 1972security
Sep
Certificate of occupancy granted
Sep 4, 1972construction
Main parking lot paved
Sep 5, 1972construction
Students move onto Malibu campus
Sep 6, 1972student life
Tree planting ceremony
Sep 6, 1972constructionevents
First dinner in the caf is cold sandwiches
Sep 6, 1972cafeteria
Malibu becomes college town
Sep 6, 1972Malibu
Church of Christ moves to Elkins
Sep 10, 1972religionstudent life
First day of classes
Sep 12, 1972academicsstudent life
School of Law granted ABA accreditation
Sep 15, 1972graduate schools
LA students say food is better in Malibu
Sep 29, 1972cafeteriastudent life
$1M donation from Canfield estate
Sep 29, 1972donors
Oct
LA campus bookstore burgled
Oct 2, 1972security
First Graphic issue from Malibu
Oct 6, 1972librarynewspapersstudent life
Huntsinger donates giant eagle sculpture
Oct 6, 1972artsdonorslibrary
LA students complain they get less for tuition
Oct 6, 1972student life
"Art lovers" donate forgeries to Malibu
Oct 6, 1972artsdonors
LA students complain about library books
Oct 13, 1972librarystudent life
LA puts on A Raisin in the Sun
Oct 13, 1972artsstudent life
Freeze on Malibu construction
Oct 13, 1972construction
Basketball team starts season on new court
Oct 16, 1972athletics
36th annual Founder's Day
Oct 16, 1972events
LA students unimpressive academically
Oct 20, 1972academics
Nov
56-year-old coral tree donated
Nov 3, 1972donors
Ecology Day: grass sown on barren hills
Nov 6, 1972construction
Richard Nixon re-elected president
Nov 7, 1972politics
Coastal Commission created
Nov 7, 1972constructionpolitics
Karen Bua to lead cheerleaders
Nov 10, 1972cheerleadingstudent life
Pepperdine accepts donated lighthouse
Nov 17, 1972donors
Guard booth planned for Seaver Drive
Nov 17, 1972constructionsecurity
Cable TV to be available in dorms soon
Nov 17, 1972constructionhousing
First volleyball game of the season
Nov 25, 1972athletics
First basketball game of the season
Nov 25, 1972athletics
Dec
Fall commencement ceremony
Dec 15, 1972academicsevents
160 acres gifted to Pepperdine
Dec 15, 1972donors
Jan