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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle Openings 1978 from page two him this: he has an obligation to tell me what he thinks the student views on any given issue are, and then he has an obligation to tell me his own personal iew. Chronicle: When the plan was presented to Institutional Council last spring for the August rock conceit in Rice Stadium, you were not overly favorable to the idea Gardner: Well, let me tell you about that. When Craig Harmon first spoke with me (about the concert) he indicated that it would be held in the spring, that it would be for the students and their guests and that it would be a rock group that would not attract the more extreme elements to the campus. So that's what I was told. A week before the Institutional Council meeting in May, I was told there was to be no rock com ert in the spring it was to be held in August; secondly, that it would not be principally for the students that there'd be 47,000 people coming. What are the financial arrangements? What have been the experiences of other universities with these kinds of concerts, in the summer, in the stadium? We didn't have the kind of background data and information I thought necessary for me to support it. I said, here are the pros and here are the cons and under the present arrangement it doesn't seem to be the thing to do. Now under a different set of circumstances, it may be possible. I mean, if it were scheduled for the Special Events Center, I probably would have gotten a ticket myself I know my kids would have. But that's not what was being proposed. Chronicle: What do you think of the Chronicle? Gardner: I think it's getting better. In the last two years I think the Chronicle has made a conscientious effort to try and report what's going on and has done much better job than say, three or four years ago. Secondly, I think the general accuracy of the Chronicle has improved. There's less editorializing in news articles; and thirdly, I think they make a conscientious effort to be responsible. They make mistakes, but so what? That's alright as long as they correct them. When the Chronicle takes exception to an administrative decision, it never hurts me. Now, if their facts are wrong, I'll try and correct them, but their opinions are their own. Chronicle: How important do you think it is to keep the Chronicle under student control? Gardner: I think it's preferable. The argument was made three years ago that it could never be financially independent. I didn't believe that then, and I don't believe it now. I think it is for all intents and purposes. I think as long as the student newspaper has on its staff people who are generally reflective of the variety of v iew and attitudes of our students, and make a conscientious effort to report what's going on and do it fairly, we're much better off having a student newspaper that's part of the campus, funded in part by the students, than hav ing a student newspaper that's written and has no obligation to the students. Chronicle: Do you forsee that happening? Gardner: Not unless the newspaper becomes a captive group of any particular viewpoint and teases to Ik- a student newspaper. In that case, I'd move it off like that. Chronicle: Just how gcxxi a school is the University, anyway? Gardner: It's a muc h better sc hool than the state, by and large, believes it is. We would rank the top 25th to the top 30th university in the United States. Now that's not true of every Page department; there are some departments here that w ould rank in the top five or ten; and there are departments that would rank on the lower end. But on the average, we fall somewhere between 25 and 30. It's a good solid place. Chronicle: Measured by what? Gardner: I take into account the quality of the faculty, the adequacy of our library, the sufficiency of our laboratory and clinical space, the degree of freedom that exists, the type of research that's going on, the quality of the graduate students we attract those are the things we tend to measure. A good many people tend to think that size, in and of itself , tends to carry more negative than positive connotations. But I look at a university such as ours where we have 22.000 students, 3,000 faculty and 7,000 employees and see that as carrying more positive rather than negative connotations. Because of our size we are able to offer a variety of things and engage the very best people. Because of our size we have library resources that are unmatched in the Intermountain Thw West. Because of our size we have a variety oi programs and alternatives from which the students can choose programs that in smaller institutions are simply not present. Because of our size we are able to inv ite some of the most distinguished scientists, scholars and statesmen from throughout the world to lecture, to visit, to offer seminars. Because of our size we have all those advantages. But the students have to seek those opportunities, and they ought to. They ought to find out who's visiting this campus, who's lecturing, w ho's performing in music, dance, theater and attend. They ought to go sit in on other courses in which they're not enrolled, just to hear the lectures, to take advantage of what's here. 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