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...ANGELES--The University of Southern California (USC) admitted 330 scholastically unqualified athletes during the last decade, according to a report issued Monday by the University's president, James H. Zumberge...
...USC department of athletics directed the athletes' enrollment, the report said, approving their admissions on the strength of their athletic skills alone...
Each of the men's and women's varsity teams had at least one of the athletes, a majority of whom played football and none of whom met USC's minimum academic requirements, the report said...
Most of the 330 dropped out before their senior years, a USC spokesman said, adding that very few of them had met graduation requirements...
Last year 32 assaults, 38 robberies and six rapes were reported on the USC campus. Two weeks ago an 84-year-old emeritus professor of biology was stabbed repeatedly in her office. She was listed in serious condition in California Hospital...