I think you are on to something Brett. My USC roommate's (future) wife was Steve Sample's niece. I also met Max Nikias at the Bohemian Grove in 2019. Also, a close work associate is best friends with Rick Caruso.
From what I gather, at the highest levels of the administration - they are super focused on bringing in donor money for the end…
I think you are on to something Brett. My USC roommate's (future) wife was Steve Sample's niece. I also met Max Nikias at the Bohemian Grove in 2019. Also, a close work associate is best friends with Rick Caruso.
From what I gather, at the highest levels of the administration - they are super focused on bringing in donor money for the endowment. This group is pretty practical and business minded. Dropping down into the professorial level - the humanities schools have become infused with hard left ideology - think East Germany - strict adherence to whatever is in favor at the time. The administration hasn't pushed back nor insisted on some level of ideological diversity.
Of course, some students go really deep and the valedictorian was planning to give a hard anti-Israel speech / colonial settler argument. She got a minor in "Resistance to Genocide" and claims the USC Shoah Foundation was involved in the minor somehow (which they are denying).
In any case, I think the real issue is that the USC administration is afraid the donors will object to a hard left speech by the valedictorian.
I think they should allow the speech to continue - they're just amplifying her voice way more by banning her. Allow the alumni and donors to see what is going on - so we can get starting fixing the problems. A Jonathan Haidt type program would be great - hire some center and right professors in the humanities departments - even if it was raised to like 20-30% of the faculty - that would have a huge impact.
I think you are on to something Brett. My USC roommate's (future) wife was Steve Sample's niece. I also met Max Nikias at the Bohemian Grove in 2019. Also, a close work associate is best friends with Rick Caruso.
From what I gather, at the highest levels of the administration - they are super focused on bringing in donor money for the endowment. This group is pretty practical and business minded. Dropping down into the professorial level - the humanities schools have become infused with hard left ideology - think East Germany - strict adherence to whatever is in favor at the time. The administration hasn't pushed back nor insisted on some level of ideological diversity.
Of course, some students go really deep and the valedictorian was planning to give a hard anti-Israel speech / colonial settler argument. She got a minor in "Resistance to Genocide" and claims the USC Shoah Foundation was involved in the minor somehow (which they are denying).
In any case, I think the real issue is that the USC administration is afraid the donors will object to a hard left speech by the valedictorian.
I think they should allow the speech to continue - they're just amplifying her voice way more by banning her. Allow the alumni and donors to see what is going on - so we can get starting fixing the problems. A Jonathan Haidt type program would be great - hire some center and right professors in the humanities departments - even if it was raised to like 20-30% of the faculty - that would have a huge impact.