Pepperdine University and California Lutheran University were among four Southern California universities included in a school shooting threat, triggering lockdowns and heightened security on Monday.
Most area colleges started classes weeks ago, so first-day jitters are out of new students’ systems, but freshmen and, in the case of universities, transfer students, are now finding themselves competing for grades with similarly academic-minded peers. Even in classes that are more cooperative than competitive, being faced with higher expectations, a larger workload