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Those who haven't should take a look at Paul Pringle's book Bad City, which just came out.

It's a pretty good look at the recent scandals that seem to have sprouted like weeds at USC.  The first one was Puliafito, the Dean of Medicine who was actively using and supplying drugs before he was quietly eased out the back door.  That overlapped with Tyndall, the gynecologist who's cost the university more than $1.1B in settlements so far.  Finally, there's Varsity Blues, which affected a number of schools (including Stanford), but mostly of course USC.

Pringle also talks about the cozy relationship between the LA Times (his newspaper) and USC, which are both major institutions in the LA Area.  As newspapers like the Times have been weakened, their ability to conduct investigative reporting has been reduced, which affects all of us.

(Speaking of Varsity Blues, John Vandemoer's book Rigged Justice is a good account of the Varsity Blues situation from his viewpoint as a Stanford coach.)

I read Pringle's book and I was somewhat surprised that I was not surprised by any of those shenanigans, if that makes sense.  He did a good job of exposing the malfeasance by his own editors at LAT.

[qwerty49]

Those who haven't should take a look at Paul Pringle's book Bad City, which just came out.

It's a pretty good look at the recent scandals that seem to have sprouted like weeds at USC.  The first one was Puliafito, the Dean of Medicine who was actively using and supplying drugs before he was quietly eased out the back door.  That overlapped with Tyndall, the gynecologist who's cost the university more than $1.1B in settlements so far.  Finally, there's Varsity Blues, which affected a number of schools (including Stanford), but mostly of course USC.

Pringle also talks about the cozy relationship between the LA Times (his newspaper) and USC, which are both major institutions in the LA Area.  As newspapers like the Times have been weakened, their ability to conduct investigative reporting has been reduced, which affects all of us.

(Speaking of Varsity Blues, John Vandemoer's book Rigged Justice is a good account of the Varsity Blues situation from his viewpoint as a Stanford coach.)

I read Pringle's book and I was somewhat surprised that I was not surprised by any of those shenanigans, if that makes sense.  He did a good job of exposing the malfeasance by his own editors at LAT.