A statue of Tommy Trojan on the USC campus in South Los Angeles. Columnist Earl Ofari Hutchinson says the university is ignoring state law by continuing its policy of legacy admissions.

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By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Contributing Writer

Interim University of Southern California President Beong-Soo Kim was matter of fact when he made clear that USC would continue its policy of legacy admissions.

Kim said “It seemed perverse to us that, in considering two equally qualified applicants, that we couldn’t consider that one of them had a relative who had attended USC and really, really wanted to come here as their first choice.”

Soo Kim didn’t seem fazed by the fact that USC was openly breaking the law. California banned the use of legacy admissions as of Sept. 1. As with any lawbr

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