<p>$ 1 7 5 Million.</p>
<p>It should be worth noting that this is USC's fifth gift exceeding $100M... and no other American University has even received four gifts exceeding $100M.</p>
<p>I think once this has been applied, it will be safe to say that USC is undisputably the #1 film school, without any talk of NYU or UCLA (which has always been third).</p>
<p>Awww he surpassed Walter Annenberg's donation! Yep, this story is running in the Daily Trojan sometime soon.</p>
<p><--- amazed at the generosity</p>
<p>Don't see that just having more money will DEFINITELY make the school change it's ranking/rating. Folks will always say what they want about ratings & rankings. It's clear that USC has & will continue to be a major film school, no matter what # folks wish to attach to it.</p>
<p>well, rankings are always a shallow way to judge school quality, but money is a huge part of the ranking criteria...</p>
<p>and that said, money does make things better. There were a lot of major improvements done that the engineering school really needed when viterbi gave his $52 million and the difference was really quite noticable (for the better)</p>
<p>our president sample has raised over $4 billion dollars for USC in the past decade and a half. just utterly amazing, really.</p>
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<p>Spoken like a true Trojan...</p>
<p>Are you flaming in a college confidential forum? Wow...</p>
<p>Will somebody please pay the bRuin for the pizza so he can leave?</p>
<p>and whats that supposed to mean? </p>
<p>its awesome how much school spirit SC and it shows in our alumni giving.</p>
<p>"Spielberg applied for admission to the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television three separate times, and the prominent school later awarded Spielberg an honorary degree in 1994. Two years later, Spielberg became a Trustee of the University and has since tirelessly devoted himself to supporting USC."</p>
<p>he isn't a bruin, he's from that other school with no football team this year.</p>
<p>Holy mackrel that's a lot of money. Alas it comes as my kid is going out the door of the film school.</p>
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<p>Read it again:</p>
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<p>But,</p>
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<p>What insinuations are trying to be made here? Hm?</p>
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<p>Bingo. Even after $35 million, Marshall Business School still carries a rather mediocre reputation per dollar, and the school's 2.85 GPA curve isn't helping. Although the school's facilities are damn nice.</p>
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<p>Yeah...after the Tennessee disaster, I'm looking forward to next season...</p>
<p>USC usually gets unfairly shafted in the rankings, so it's good that it's offset somewhat by the giant barrels of cash the school rakes in.</p>
<p>And, at least we get to look forward to good football this year. And next year. And so on ad infinium. You'll get to see some this season, too...</p>
<p>...at the Cal-'SC game :)</p>
<p>"And, at least we get to look forward to good football this year. And next year. And so on ad infinium. You'll get to see some this season, too..."</p>
<p>It wont last forever...enjoy it while you can. : )</p>
<p>As long as there's good football while I'm a student and alum, I'm happy.</p>
<p>George Lucas hasn't made a good movie since the first Star Wars :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>HA! How about all the movies he's PRODUCED? Hm?</p>
<p>PRODUCED != directed :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Ha, that's true. But the amount of money he's made off of countless Star Wars licensing deals means he's a shrewd businessman. Perhaps a better businessman than a filmmaker.</p>
<p>Too bad he didn't give $175 to Marshall. :(</p>
<p>indiana jones was good.</p>
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<p>agreed. The new Marshall Strategic Plan looks like it'll help alot, but the school is still looking for a big donor to make the naming contribution on the new building.</p>