USC names Dr. Carol Lynn Folt as its new president

She comes to USC as the school is embroiled in a nationwide scandal involving cheating and bribery for students to gain admission.

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On Thursday's show:

• Interview with new USC president-elect Carol Folt
• Trump’s new executive order has to do with free speech rights on campus -- so why are some 1st Amendment advocates worried?
• Zot Zot! The big team repping California in this year in the NCAA tournament? The UC Irvine Anteaters

On Thursday's show: 

• A proposal for more rent control in the state.
• How the closure of a major thoroughfare is affecting the surrounding community.
• Rain and road repairs.
• Thomas Fire and SoCal Edison.
• UC Irvine March Madness.
• March Madness H2O.

On Thursday's show:

• playwright and actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson ("Lackawanna Blues")

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