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Show Page 6 University Journal Tuesday, April 14, 2009 -- ! I Speaker highlights need of education for economy By DeANA LITTLE FOR THE JOURNAL Wells Thursdays Fargo Business Speaker Series confronted students with the importance of education and stated that the economic workforce situation is a result ol the lack of education. Speaker Richard D. Rcinhold, founder of SOS Temporary Staffing, talked about the changing woik force in the American woik place. ol Rcinhold said students in the School Business are the future leaders of the economy. He said there is a lot of woik to be done with business, and if it isnt done, the U.S. will continue to lose its share in the I global market place. In high schools today there is a dropout rate, and only 65 percent of men and 73 percent of women graduate, Reinhold said. The primary reason why the United States is having problems with education and rank lower in education than other industrialized countries is because they spend less time in the classroom and less time focusing on core subjects, he said. You probably went to school about 0 Reinhold said. days a year, (Other) industrialized countries have their students go 306 days and ... that means that they are spending well over 50 percent more days in school. In addition, there are several hundred nt ERIC POOLE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Radios RadioWest, interviews former Utah Governor Michael O. Jones Theatre on Thursday. Leavitt spoke about his time as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and secretary of Health and Human Services. Doug Fabrizio of National Public Leavitt in the Randall L. 170-18- By AMANDA MITCHELL FOR THE JOURNAL Renowned ournahxt Doug Fabrizio inters lowed lormer Utah Governor Michael O Leavitt live from the SUU campus on Thursday for his public radio show RadioWest. About 80 people were in attendance for the interview in which Leavitt discussed healthcare, his time as adnunisti ator ot the Environmental Piotection Agency and secretary of Health and Human Services and the Obama adnnn stiation Fabt izio asked Leav itt about what it was like when he was asked to be part ot the Bush administration. He said he was at hrst unsuie it he should accept the position, but s nd it was overall a very good experience. It was a greal opportunity, he It gave me te said opportunity to understand firsthand how government works on a national level." He also said he enjoyed the experience of livn g and working in the nation's capital As a city, Washington, DC., is a remarkable tribute to the American people, in its design and the way it's maintained." he said. He also spoke well of all of the people he worked with Washington. DC., is also full of i smart, capable people, many of whom could do anything, but chose public service... and theres something very noble about that, he said. Then he spoke of woiking as the secretary of Health and Human Services during George W. Bushs second term as president. Leavitt made it very clear that he supported Bush's policies. As the president, you have to think in increments, not in or even increments, he said. One of the policies he had to work closely with as secretary of Health and Human Services was healthcare. Leavitt supported Medicare Part D, a federal healthcare program that went into effect during his term as HHS secretary. Leavitt said he was critical of the Obama administrations current take on healthcare. He said there are three fake cures that other people support that he does not believe wall improve healthcare. The first, he said, is let the free market handle it. The second is let the bureaucracy handle it. I was a part of that bureaucracy once, and I know that they cant work it out all on their own, he said. The third fake cure that he explained is spending more money. When I was born, 4 percent of the economy was spent on healthcare, 50-ye- ar he said. When my oldest son was born, 8 percent of the economy was spent on healthcare Now, w'hen my grandchildren are being born, 16.5 percent of the economy is being spent on healthcare. When their children are born, it could be nearly 30 percent. We cant be a global leader and be spending that kind of money. At the end of the interview, thousand peopleclassi fied as functionally illiterate, which means it is difficult for them to operate in a normal life, he said. Each year in Los Angeles, there are 300,000 students who are given a special which states they attended diploma, high school but that their grades werent good enough to get a regular diploma, Rcinhold said. Many of these people do not have the basic skills that might put them in the functionally literate category, he said. Rcinhold said as a result workers, such as dropouts and functionally illiterate, are unable to do the technical obs available in the woik place. Furthermore, he said people who are incarcerated in jails or prisons are also a problem, because 80 percent of them have a literacy problem; they are either illiterate or functionally illiterate and are involved in welfare and unemployment We cannot compete with other countries in the world with this work force, he said. Reinhold said to be successful in the job market, students should be graduating with a marketable skill because companies are not doing the training anymore. General degrees are tine, he said, but if you want a real competing job you not only have to have a marketable, but a realistic skill. For more on suunews.com. this to the ham in me. When he was asked w'hat one piece of advice he would give tojournalism students, he said to listen Interviewings not that hard, I dont think, if you pay attention, he said. to Speaker Richard D. Reinhold, part of the Wells Fargo Business Speaker Series, addresses the importance of education in the workforce at Thursday's discussion in the Sharwan Smith Center Starlight Room. reasons to advertise in the tiraduationSummer Issue of the Dp U MOVE IRS OTV KMAL Joy 5000 H$Per .7- -" : sPa Oq RiQf nan act "oZrlf go RadioWest senior producer Elaine Clark thanked the audience saying the interview was a success because of the hospitality of Southern Utah University students and faculty. After the interview, Fabrizio answered questions for students about his career as a journalist. He said he became interested in journalism because he was involved in drama in high school and at the University of Utah. He said that the story telling aspect of broadcast journalism was what appealed to him. the beginning, the The story middle and the end thats the essence of journalism, he said. He also said broadcasting, appealed 1 43s story, is tih Rising c u-edu s3rti. mac Una Sey 3b out SUu and c Cit,. Torres at |