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Reply to gopiscrap (Reply #86)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 08:17 AM

Mar 2019

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USC students linked to admissions scandal can't enroll in classes, get transcripts, university says [View all] nitpicker Mar 2019 OP

immediate expullsion...if awarded diplomas, revoke the diplomas beachbum bob Mar 2019 #1

did they do that to all the athletes that graduated on the sanctioned sports programs? CreekDog Mar 2019 #89

good move vlyons Mar 2019 #2

Closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. bernie59 Mar 2019 #3

If the students did the work and got their grades legitimately then I think .... Botany Mar 2019 #4

Nope.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #33

If they did the work, they deserve the credits and the transcripts obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #5

If they got in fraudulently they should get nothing rpannier Mar 2019 #7

Even the ones who didn't know? jberryhill Mar 2019 #10

Yes, it's fruit from the poisoned tree.... getagrip_already Mar 2019 #24

Yes they should rpannier Mar 2019 #26

So the Dreamers should be deported? jberryhill Mar 2019 #45

Straw man argument sdfernando Mar 2019 #49

Every argument being made is the same as conservatives do toward the DACA kids Blue_Adept Mar 2019 #51

I replied to your point in your other reply rpannier Mar 2019 #53

I thought of that treestar Mar 2019 #64

The majority of those that are here "illegally" are overstayed visas and the like Blue_Adept Mar 2019 #65

But are they congruent with Dreamers? treestar Mar 2019 #66

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds..." LanternWaste Mar 2019 #70

Ah, speaking of hobgoblins jberryhill Mar 2019 #72

That is a ridiculous comparison. fleur-de-lisa Mar 2019 #74

+1000 nt Javaman Mar 2019 #13

What're your views on DACA? Blue_Adept Mar 2019 #27

What about the kids from Louisiana who got into Ivy League schools. Igel Mar 2019 #76

Absolutely.. Maxheader Mar 2019 #15

They need to be booted out before end of semester. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #17

no, no credit for grades earned... getagrip_already Mar 2019 #25

I agree. Ill gotten gains obtained through fraud. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #29

tuition refunded then? CreekDog Mar 2019 #87

How can we trust that they did the work? tulipsandroses Mar 2019 #35

we really should stop saying he went to "Wharton" ProfessorPlum Mar 2019 #62

Point taken tulipsandroses Mar 2019 #78

neither do I ProfessorPlum Mar 2019 #82

yeah if they passed the classes without cheating then they get the credit CreekDog Mar 2019 #90

If the kids actually did the work Sgent Mar 2019 #6

Disagree rpannier Mar 2019 #8

"Whether they knew or not, they still should not have gotten in" jberryhill Mar 2019 #11

Well done Lucky Luciano Mar 2019 #12

They are 17 and over. Not 10. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #18

How could the students not know? SomewhereInTheMiddle Mar 2019 #34

I agree. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #44

Depends on the situation Pachamama Mar 2019 #83

Interesting. SomewhereInTheMiddle Mar 2019 #84

welcome to DU gopiscrap Mar 2019 #86

Thanks SomewhereInTheMiddle Mar 2019 #95

Well, that is a different situation. Apples and starvation Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #21

The difference is.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #38

Oh, a personal dig, how nice jberryhill Mar 2019 #46

Except..... LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #54

It's a fair question rpannier Mar 2019 #52

That sounds much like a conservative view of DACA... Blue_Adept Mar 2019 #28

It's the same logic - they can't admit it jberryhill Mar 2019 #48

Pretty much. Blue_Adept Mar 2019 #50

I find it interesting that you equate rich privilege with people trying to save their own lives. nt Javaman Mar 2019 #57

Hey, according to folks in this thread, they broke the law. So throw the book at them. Blue_Adept Mar 2019 #58

because everything is a nail, right? nt Javaman Mar 2019 #59

That seems to be the case here Blue_Adept Mar 2019 #60

wow, just wow. Javaman Mar 2019 #63

No one is "equating" those two things jberryhill Mar 2019 #61

I don't think it is that stark a difference treestar Mar 2019 #67

Because if they don't punish the kids TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #9

I wouldn't call it punishment. It's rectifying a wrong. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #20

Or like deporting a Dreamer jberryhill Mar 2019 #56

Dreamers were young children. Not bordering on adulthood who didn't know they weren't born here. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author CreekDog Mar 2019 #88

that's like letting a bank robber go because he used the money to build an orphanage. nt Javaman Mar 2019 #14

Lets pretend Sgent Mar 2019 #30

the orphanage should be sold or given over to the state and the robber goes to jail. Javaman Mar 2019 #55

And what, exactly, would you do to the orphans? jberryhill Mar 2019 #47

They need to be booted out. Period. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #16

Yes.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #39

Sounds like an interesting potential lawsuit madville Mar 2019 #19

Anyone who is 17 and older, knew. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #22

No, their tuition should not be returned. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #32

and you're drawing on your experience in contract law? CreekDog Mar 2019 #93

I'm drawing on my experience in common sense. Their tuition, based on fraud, will not be returned. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #96

If they were 18 and signed fraudulent documents knowingly SHRED Mar 2019 #23

Actually.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #43

This is the same principal as not using nazi "medical" reasearch from holocaust camps..... getagrip_already Mar 2019 #31

I think a better analogy is a bank robber having his car confiscated by police. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #41

Big cheaters always win. There will be no punishment for the super rich. nt NCjack Mar 2019 #36

The university has got to be wondering how deep this goes. Lars39 Mar 2019 #37

I posted my reply before seeing yours. You and I are thinking the same thing tulipsandroses Mar 2019 #42

I think more investigation needs to be done tulipsandroses Mar 2019 #40

I Can't Believe RobinA Mar 2019 #68

Hate for which demographic here? on rich people or white people? The kids or...? Apple Fritter Mar 2019 #69

Good... Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #71

What happened to "Due Process" for these students. mackdaddy Mar 2019 #73

No longer a liberal value jberryhill Mar 2019 #75

Question: how many years back are they going to review? Miigwech Mar 2019 #77

Investigated for what ? MichMan Mar 2019 #80

USC was part a participant in this as well. bernie59 Mar 2019 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Mar 2019 #85

I look at all the posts in the thread trying to figure out how hard they can punish the students CreekDog Mar 2019 #91

You have a point Hekate Mar 2019 #92

A lot of meanness in these threads, too obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #94