scoobdog

One of the things I've always been proud of was 'SC's partnership with LAUSD on a matriculation path for students in the surrounding community from primary school all the way to the university. It's a drop in the bucket to be sure, but its an unheralded part of the USC's presence in the community that has always proven in part that there are ways to compensate or otherwise abysmal public education and offer opportunities to kids who are truly worthy of them. A program like that couldn't possibly counter all of the injustices within higher education, but I could always take small comfort in knowing the school hadn't forgotten its neighborhood and that programs like this could not only work but be sustainable over a long period. Nonetheless, its still a band-aid on a gaping wound, and the wound is only getting deeper. In the middle of this latest scandal (and the announcement of our new president), USC announced yet another tuition hike with the asinine justification that a USC degree is "worth" even more than it was before the past year and half of unrelenting scandal. This is the real shame here, that education should be fiscally out of reach of those who would not only benefit it from it but also use it to benefit their communities.

Why, Sandstone? Why?

Also.... Your butchered-English affectation is annoying me right now for some reason.

My opinion is still that it's much ado about nothing. These schools, even when fairly administered, are out of reach of most minorities because of assaults on public education and geographic partitions. When these schools "fairly" admit prospective students, the only way a minority man or woman gets in is through scholarships and program conduits designed to prepare students from underserved communities and give them the opportunity to compete with students out of white, upper-middle class communities. The only real losers in this scandal are other upper-middle class white kids who aren't smart enough to get full-ride scholarships and don't have connections.

I missed another birthday thread... Happy Belated Birthday!

Happy Belated Birthday.

200 notifications? That would be nice....

Make sure to rub it out before you go to sleep.

It's getting to the point now where people will bash anything Will Smith is in, even when it's actually decent.

And worcestershire sauce doesn't usually have mushrooms.

That does change things to an extent.

People being widowed or divorced after a long partnership are especially vulnerable. It seems reasonable to assume that he would move on quickly simply for the fact that he might not be able to cope with the loneliness after begin with someone for that long and also having to cope with her protracted terminal illness.

Viper, why are you so terrible at this?

Nabs talking about his daily routine.

Yes, that is a satisfying hand.... Wait what?

I sense jealousy.....

Congrats, my man.

No question; that was all a test.

Eh, they're just going to hang it up next to your finger painting masterpiece from Kindergarten.

No one fucking keeps those things in the case. She should be glad you didn't bring it in a 20" x 30" picture frame with glass.

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Sounds like an inept Human Resources if ever there was one.

Well shit. I can't imagine you not being at the top of either list.

Moving on up, or moving out?

That's the spirit!

The irony is that such an important day was codified by a government for reasons both subversive and likely with little to do with the women it was celebrating. Nonetheless, in an age where women are increasingly being heard and the uncomfortable truth they speak being recognized (if perhaps not willingly), the socialist origins of the day resonate even more now than they did 110 years ago.