Pepperdine Suffering from Malibu Fires

For residents of the Southern California coast, the news all day has been about the spreading wildfires that have displaced thousands, and are still yet uncontained. One of the schools most affected by the blazes has been Pepperdine University, which had to be evacuated as the fires in Malibu came dangerously close. The sky is gray with smoke, the ground is black with ash, and the university campus itself is now nearly a ghost town as commuters and campus residents scatter to avoid the fire’s path. Of course this disaster is affecting the school greatly, especially the athletics teams, many of which are either beginning or ending their seasons. The Pepperdine cross country team has the West Coast Conference Championship Meet next Saturday, but there won’t be any running in the thick smoke around the coastal Los Angeles area.

The Pepperdine Waves basketball team, which is full of young players, is going to be missing key early-season practices indefinitely. The school has been shut down until further notice, and communicating with players is difficult, as many have returned home for the time being. This latest news comes right on the heels of some other awful basketball developments. Pepperdine’s top returning scorer, Kingsley Costain, has been dismissed from the school for a violation of university policy.

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