USC's Right to Party vs. LAPD Riot Control
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There were actually about 100 cops vs. 1500 students. Campus officers were unable to control the crowd so they asked LAPD for assistance. When LAPD arrived, students began throwing bottles, so back-up was called. Calling it a "sit-in" implies that there was some type of point to be made. In actuality it was just a bunch of dumb drunk college kids that didn't know when to call it quits.
Immature Students
What a bunch of immature, rich, spoiled children who are students at USC. Their parents should be ashamed how they were raised to disrespect the law. I've heard of students who attend parties and USC and all they do is get drunk and act destructively. They need mental therapy and find out what mommy and daddy did to them as children that has caused such bitterness in them as adults.
Aren't todays candidates after your vote? You now have some influence!!!M aybe it's time for this age group to stand up for themselves against those that partied when they were young, but then toughened up the laws when they gained power, and now want to arrest kids for doing the same thing they did!
George W. - American hypocrisy at it's best... All for the MADD money!
There are kids throughout this country now with arrests and criminal records for doing the same thing he & his daughters did (MIP, fake ID, first time offense of DWI, drugs?), but they aren't powerful enough to get their drivers license # changed, and have their criminal record hidden! Shame on him, and those that support his "do as I say, not as I do", cold hearted, mean-spirited leadership.
Unfortunate Article and Reader Comments
This was a stupid event, and it's a shame it made any news. Just thought I would comment, as a USC student who didn't attend the "riot", ha, I was probably studying or coming up with a scintillating comment for JANET OF CA... still thinking...
Either way, don't allow this event to change your opinion of USC, it is and will always be one of the most prestigious Universities & Academic Research Centers in the United States. We are all human and make mistakes.
Janet = misinformed cretin
As a recent USC graduate who is NOT rich and spoiled (having absolutely no financial support from family and having grown up on welfare) and who does not party, I am also pretty disgusted by "JANET of CA." Obviously, there are some rich frat and sorority kids who don't have any common sense after years of pamering and don't know how to properly plan a social gathering. But to suggest that this incident reflects badly upon all people "who are students at USC" is outrageous. I've known many people who were students at UCLA, UW, Berkeley, etc. who attended large and out-of-control parties, and I never heard anyone suggest it was because the entire student bodies of those institutions were "spoiled." A party got too big, some stupid kids (many of whom were probably NOT students at USC but heard about it on Facebook) got rowdy, it had to be shut down. That doesn't change the fact that the majority of USC students are good, hard-working, studious and innovative people.
recent stats: UC Berkeley students, on average, have higher family net worths than USC families. It's because USC has given out so much financial aid to high-IQ yet low income students.
At Berkeley on any given night I can find a few hundred drunk obnoxiuos students, yet they are spread out. At USC there's only a couple streets where the students are relatively safe to party, thus the congregations. Same can be said of Yale, Princenton, Columbia, etc. neighborhoods.
On any given night at any college you'll find stupid behavior...anyone who doesn't know this either wasn't very social when they were young or doesn't have kids in high school or college.
And as to "sit-ins" and causes. I was there in Berkeley, and most of those kids with a cause were stoned, drunk, and went home to an upper middle class home for a steak dinner after there riots. The only thing worrse than a kid having fun in college is a kid who thinks he has a cause to justify his partying and blowing off civil behavior!
USC is a highly accomplished seriously academic school and the people out there who resent their success such as Janet should try looking inward at why they feel compelled to lash out at 18 to 22 year old young people who have worked very hard to get in to one of the most competitive universities in the country.
"one of the most prestigious Universities & Academic Research Centers", "a highly accomplished seriously academic school." Ha. Man, you guys bring the lulz. Still sounds like a bunch of rich kids who weren't smart enough to get into UCLA causing problems for the LAPD. The fact that its referred to as a "sit-in" is unbelievable. A huge disservice to the sit-ins of the 60's. What were they fighting for? Oh yeah. Their right...to paaaaaaaaaaaartay.
USC
Not so fast, Drew, my friend. From 2006:
"At the same time, USC has made huge strides. In 1996, only 12,778 high school seniors applied, forcing USC to admit 72percent. This spring, the admissions office received 33,979 applications and admitted 25percent - the same admissions ratio as UCLA.
During that time, average SAT scores of admitted USC students have climbed about 150 points, to 1,374 this spring (adjusted for the new test). The same average SAT at UCLA was 1,339."
