Bribery, greed: All for a little bit of Ivy League

Bruce and Davina Isackson

Bruce, the president of a real estate firm in California, and his wife Davina allegedly paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars so their daughter could falsely be portrayed as a soccer player so she could get into USC. When that hit a snag — “On or about February 17, 2016, an assistant athletic director at USC e-mailed the women’s soccer coach that the application had been diverted to the regular admissions process due to a ‘clerical error’”– they apparently found a way to get her into UCLA.

Here’s what allegedly happened next:

On or about May 20, 2016, Ali Khosroshahin, the former head coach of women’s soccer at USC, forwarded the falsified soccer profile, ACT score and transcripts on CW-1’s behalf to Jorge Salcedo, the head coach of UCLA men’s soccer. Khosroshahin wrote: “soccer player/student manager. I have attached her profile, player explanation, transcripts for both high schools and ACT scores…will make sure she has registered with the NCAA.

Please let me know if you need any additional information[.]”

The Isacksons were apparently thankful for the “rough ride” they had just experienced:

On or about June 28, 2016, the UCLA student-athlete admissions committee approved the ISACKSONS’ daughter for provisional admission that fall. CW-1 notified the ISACKSONS via e-mail the following day. DAVINA ISACKSON responded, copying BRUCE ISACKSON and their daughter: “I know it has been a rough ride but I thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul for your persistence, creativity and commitment towards helping [our daughter].”

TL,DR: Lauren Isackson - Women's Soccer - UCLA

 

And presidents.

 

One of the greatest scenes in cinema history.

 

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You only cover our sport when we take a six-figure bribe.

 

People are inherently obnoxious. Kids can get that way all on their own.

 

he didn't just buy his way into Harvard, and $2.5 million seems pretty cheap. It's not like they'll take the money from anyone and let their kid in. Kushner shows just what a real swamp politics is. His father is a grifter and sleaze bag like Donald. And Ted Kennedy was more than happy to help.

As for dubious constitutionality, it is if you don't understand it. Being against affirmative action because it discriminates is a slack-jawed response to it.
Where you have disparate treatment of a group of people over a decent period of time, what is the proper remedy? You can't really fire the people that got the jobs instead of the discriminated group, they are not the guilty parties. And you can't give those not hired money, because you don't know who they are. Because they are not just the ones who didn't get the job. They are also the people that knew DowChemicals wouldn't hire so why apply and be insulted. So in the next round of hiring and for a while, give the aggrieved party some Reserved places at the table as long as they otherwise qualify generally. Do the same for those that suffered from disparate impact.

The dubious part of AA is putting it in place where the government or the business mandates it without a formal finding. Should the Mayo Clinic be forced to hire African American doctors because historically their physician ranks were almost all nonAfrican American. Cant fault the Mayo Clinic if the best medical schools would admit blacks, and if the best teaching hospitals would hire them as residents and interns, and the best research companies couldn't find qualified African American doctors...

What Kushner shows is that Harvard is a shitshow without self-respect, just like politics.

 

Harvard, Yale, USC I can understand, but Wake Forest? Good school, but not at that level.

Carmela Soprano's pie approach was much cheaper.

In what way did Carmela threaten Joan?

 

Affirmative Action is not always simply admitting someone of certain color/identity who has lesser credentials.

When I worked on the Affirmative Action programs in undergrad and law school, our affirmative action programs gave no "credit" for being of a certain class, what we did was administer a color-blind program, which meant everyone who was disadvantaged, whether black/hispanic/asian, or white, could apply and credit was given for extra-curricular activities and circumstances that may give a greater understanding of the student's performance. Is someone who say was Felicity Huffman's daughter has a GPA 3.8 but hasn't worked a day in her life a better candidate than someone who has a GPA of 3.5 but works 40hrs/wk trying to help support a family of 4?

 

"Dad, would you agree that parents should love their children unconditionally?"

"Absolutely."

"Well, dad, I want to go to Harvard. You know what you have to do."

 

Does this mean Aunt Becky will be starring in a series of women's prison movies for Lifetime?