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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What should USC do about its Arnold Schwarzenegger Institute?

    I n the last two years, USC has been hit with scandal after scandal. The former medical school dean saw patients after smoking meth. There were decades of overlooked complaints about a campus gynecologist.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 7, 2019 • 1 min read

    In the last two years, USC has been hit with scandal after scandal. The former medical school dean saw patients after smoking meth. There were decades of overlooked complaints about a campus gynecologist. Coaches took bribes to help grease the admission of rich students.

    Journalist Ann Louise Bardach says there’s another scandal that needs attention: the school has an institute named after former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and there’s a full professorship attached to that. Schwarzenegger paid $20 million to have the institute named after him.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Ann Louise Bardach

      editor-at-large for Los Angeles Magazine

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Game of Thrones is almost over -- tragedy or relief?
    1. 0:00Former federal prosecutors sign a letter saying Trump obstructed justice
    2. 10:58Riot Games workers protest forced arbitration for sexual harassment claims
    3. 18:42What should USC do about its Arnold Schwarzenegger Institute?You’re reading this
    4. 28:17How the CEO of Sun-Maid came up against the ‘raisin mafia’ when he tried to modernize the raisin industry
    5. 42:05‘Game of Thrones’ non-watchers celebrate the end of the series
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