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AS USC PRESIDENT Beong-Soo Kim enters the second year of his tenure, he insists that things are only looking up for his beleaguered institution.
He sat down with L.A. Material reporters Tomo Chien and Matt Hamilton to discuss his vision for USC, its lingering financial troubles, and the challenges he inherited from his predecessors. Megan Jordan, the school’s communications chief, was also present, and occasionally chimed in. Portions of this interview are cited in a new L.A. Material investigation into the untold story of how USC almost ran aground — and Kim’s improbable rise.
A transcript of the interview, lightly condensed for length, is below.
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