| George Lucas donates $175 million to USC | |
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Quote: LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, who honed his skills as a young film student at USC, is giving a little something back to his alma mater -- $175 million. The gift from the Lucasfilm Foundation is the largest in the school's history, USC officials announced Tuesday. His donation topped the previous school record of $120 million, made in 1993 by Walter Annenberg. Lucas, 62, graduated from USC in 1966. The foundation is giving $75 million for the construction of a 137,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art home for the university's acclaimed cinema school. The remaining $100 million is to be used to endow the school. "I discovered my passion for film and making movies when I was a student at USC in the 1960s, and my experiences there shaped the rest of my career," Lucas said in a statement. "I'm also an ardent advocate for education at all levels and encouraging young people to pursue their ambitions by learning. I'm very fortunate to be in a position to combine my two passions and to be able to help USC continue molding the futures of the moviemakers of tomorrow." A groundbreaking ceremony for the school's new building is scheduled for October 4. Lucas' gift was announced just hours after the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena said he would be the grand marshal of next year's Rose Parade. You woulda thought the money would have been spent on making a real lightsaber  _______________ - Even if Carlsberg made "w*nkers", Christiano Ronaldo would still be the biggest "w*nker" in the world |
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Mindrith Pride - Student 
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Quote: aye. or gone to something useful... like cancer research... Education isn't useful? yes. this is film education, i was talking about things like cancer research, you know. actually help people. like kenyon said, they already have a lot of money Quote: It was just a god-damn thank you, that's all. "thank you" will suffice, im sure. Thats just my view, 175, million dollars is a lot of money. _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] |
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CuZzA - Student 
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It was just a god-damn thank you, that's all. _______________ - Even if Carlsberg made "w*nkers", Christiano Ronaldo would still be the biggest "w*nker" in the world |
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Kenyon - Lord of the Dance 
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USC has enough money. The tuition fees there are off the charts. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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Quote: aye. or gone to something useful... like cancer research... Education isn't useful? _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Mindrith Pride - Student
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aye. or gone to something useful... like cancer research... _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] |
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