<p>Not sure if everyone is aware but the school has an out of control drinking and partying problem which has resulted in many sexual assault cases as well which now has lead the school to be under investigation - Here is the article with also the list of schools - </p>
<p>USC is one of 55 schools under investigation. One of the other schools is UC Berkeley as well. I don’t know if you’d make the same thread for that institution. </p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, I think the university has done a piss-poor job in terms of handling sexual assault and it does, in fact, have a drinking problem. But this is not specific to USC. Sexual assault is an epidemic and binge drinking is often a problem across campuses with significant Greek activity.</p>
<p>Except Sarah Lawrence College, apparently. How the heck did it get on that list? I don’t get that.</p>
<p>ya I would make that thread because any school on that list has people who are high up running the institution that should be fired…</p>
<p>This is an issue at nearly every school and will happen regardless of this “investigation”. </p>
<p>In one of the cases in question, one girl was “raped” off campus by her boyfriend of a year after she provided him (underage) alcohol and then claimed rape 1 year later. USC found no evidence other than a he-said/she-said story a year old. What was the university supposed to do?</p>
<p>my point is that the school has gotten out of control with alcohol and partying</p>
<p>ever since I got here incidents have happened more and more every year</p>
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<p>It’s not a mystery that there is a correlation between alcohol and rape. But again, this is not campus specific. USC should be taken to task for its own failings, but the university is not an island. A thread like this would be better served in a general forum, where parents and students can talk about the dangers posed by campuses that turn a blind eye toward underage drinking.</p>
<p>@4orce That’s what I’ve noticed -it’s a problem at most campuses, yet only some are put under the spotlight.</p>
<p>First - it’s a problem on many campuses. Even my own alma mater (top ranked but not on that list) had to ban Greek pledging for Freshman because of the adjustment period.</p>
<p>But Heisenberg, I’ve noticed that almost all of your posts are to talk about how bad USC is. One of them the moderator closed to further posts. If you dislike USC this much, why not go back to Chapman which you implied in another thread is more close knit and nurturing. You said you came to USC just for the film and entertainment contacts but I’m starting to wonder if you found what you are looking for. I’ve yet to hear you say anything positive about your experiences as a Trojan.</p>
<p>For the most part - my student has seen the “drinking” and “partying” but it didn’t rise to the same level you present. There are rowdy students on campus (as evidenced by the damage done to the fountains during the senior run) and there are quiet academically focused students. And there are every type of student in between. For sure the school is in the middle of a large city and has close to 40,000 students (undergrad and grad) enrolled. So given the population it would be like saying “don’t go to Chicago” (or New York, or fill in the blanks) because some segment of a population is doing something to excess even as the rest of the population is not.</p>
<p>USC is big enough where those who want to party (at their peril given the academic load) can find one - and those who don’t, find plenty of other things to do and space to do it. But “party” doesn’t quite define the school I’ve seen when on campus. But, again, I can see how it might seem that way given how much smaller Chapman is.</p>
<p>However - one caveat - when I was at Chapman I noticed the campus was filled with signs for an organization to prevent sexual assaults on that campus - and calling it a problem. So as you can see - USC is not isolated in this respect. That list of 55 universities is very telling - mostly because they under-report the problem. Other colleges are dealing with the problems head on.</p>
<p>BTW - the campus isn’t promoting this stuff - it’s a factor of the students who choose to do these things.</p>
<p>These colleges are under investigation. None have been proven guilty of these charges. Also on the list are Harvard, University of Chicago, Dartmouth, Swarthmore, Princeton, Michigan and U.C. Berkeley. These are highly selective “dream” schools for many students. </p>
<p>It is unfair to condemn a college before an investigation has even begun.</p>
<p>EVERY COLLEGE in the USA has a drinking “issue” and increased reports of sexual assault.USC is just larger. The root cause is the change in the drinking laws and change in the acceptance of “casual sex”. Since beer and alcohol are the “same”, the kids all drink vodka/everclear/whiskey etc often mixed in high caffeine drinks so they get drunk fast and quickly and are much more likely to die/get alcohol poisoning. Also, our society is bombarded with assumptions that casual sexual encounters are a the norm. Many of the assault cases at colleges have been as another noted…a he said/she said where large amounts of alcohol are involved and memories/stories are fuzzy. There is NEVER an excuse for sexual assault but many "cases " are not true assaults.</p>
<p>As a physician, I strongly believe our drinking laws need to be changed to make beer legal at age 18. Most kids will then prefer the “legal” alternative and it is difficult to become dangerously drunk on beer before becoming nauseous. Alcohol poisoning deaths in Europe are less and binge drinking less. The decrease in alcohol related automobile deaths in the USA is mainly due to police crackdown on DUI and improvement in cars as opposed to the change in drinking age. Several college presidents have petitioned for making beer legal at 18 and I agree.</p>
<p>Obviously this is just my opinion but also what I have seen in emergency rooms. All parents need to counsel their children no matter which college they attend.</p>