<p>Equating USC with AOL was my line - USC is marketing and growing itself but doesn’t have the underlying infrastructure - housing. AOL never had the capacity to handle all of the people who dialed in during the 90s, consequently people were “bumped off” the service after a certain amount of time.</p>
<p>Has Nikias resigned? I thought he was out of town but Garrett was mentioned TWICE yesterday as the “acting president” of the university. I’ve never heard the term used in that way before and I don’t see anything, although I doubt the trustees would act to publicly and unceremoniously dump a president. But this is definitely a trustee-level issue at this point.</p>
<p>I too am embarrassed and angry, with a mix of sorrow as well. The library was open until midnight and yet the Campus Cruiser only ran until 10pm (?). Consequently a good, hard working kid gets beaten to a pulp on his way home from a study session. Completely and totally unnecessary and absolutely inexcusable. The university should’ve thought this kind of thing through a LOOONG time ago.</p>
<p>I am out of town and couldn’t make the service (but would’ve liked to be there) and while it sounds like the USC suits said all the right things, frankly, I’ll believe it when I see it. These kinds of issues are absolutely unacceptable, made worse by the fact that the university has a $3.9 billion endowment and now charges each kid over $60,000 per year.</p>