The e-mails say it all. Nice to see Benedict Hayden was in on it. Also loved the canned response from sc admin, "usc and it's admissions processes are not on trial". Yet these guys still work for the university?
Sorta reminds me of the admin who said, "it's not rape unless there's orgasm". Can't spell scandals and corruption without S-C
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-usc-emails-reveal-ties-between-admissions-athletics-fund-raising-at-least-a-1-million-ask-if-we-get-her-in-11646856946?st=ngq9mae15wshc4y&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter
I always liked "God created money so humans would know how to keep score". Moral victories are in the eyes of the beholder. Money victories are reported on balance sheets. This is all "tongue in the cheek" humor that has haunted my life. Why stop?
ASU ignorance shines brightly. Money talks and bullshit walks. The scandal with the idiots who got convicted revolved around cheap fucks like Mossimo who wanted discount admissions; they were unwilling to pay the toll toget their beautiful-bimbo daughters in. so they tried to use bribery instead of donations. Fundraising and admissions go together like hand and glove any place where admissions is valued. At ASU the mirror-fog test doesnt attract any money.
"The Rose Bowl, T-shirts, MOOOOOORE MONEY"!!!!!!!!!!
not sure if Haden had the band stop this spirit of troy chant or not, like the way the lush tried to ban Tusk.
Who ever said USC wasn't all about money?
USC has ALWAYS been all about money.
A popular poster that kids had on their dorm wall was
"HE WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TOYS, WINS!"
Or later. Greed, for lack of a better word. WORKS.
You make it sound like this is some sort of insult. It isn't an insult, it's a badge Trojans wear proudly. It's why kids go to SC. It's also why you didn't.
You only find out that health is more important than money when you get old. By that time you have enjoyed the hell out of life.
Woman are attracted to money, power and fame. Easiest thing to get is money.
USC is about as AMERICAN as it gets. The revolutionary war was ONLY about MONEY.
What do you think the pursuit of happiness was all about? CACHING. MONEY. You can buy into all the other happy horseshit in the declaration of independence you want. Trust me, it was about money. So has every war since. NO EXCEPTION.
And the free tuition to poor people is just a genius publicity stunt by SC. Marketing baby. it works.
USC has gotten away from a lot of things the last few years, but something will never change. USC is ALL ABOUT MONEY. When I stepped onto campus I had 38 bucks in my pocket. Now I get a chuckle at watching people freak out about gas prices, and all I can think about is there will be less traffic.
Worked for me. And if you had played the game right, it could have worked for you too. But then again, imagine having Sanka for a roommate, and listen to him brag in his high squeaky voice about Pour Dieu Univiersity this and that, how great fresneck is, and that chicks dig the smell of fertilizer? sc
These conversations go on at every university in the USA....and probably elsewhere. The hard thing to gauge is if there was direct evidence of a "quid pro quo" arrangement between any gift and admission.....or if these were just USC employees talking about possible gifts in the future. It has happened for years....everywhere. That is what has made USC and the Trojan Family that supports it...so great. Also, for the record...the name is spelled "Haden"...not "Hayden".
"Public Nipple" Public Taxpayer Institutions like UCLA......really don't have to be as focused on where the $$$ comes from.