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Show Thursday, January 16, 2014 Page 7 University Journal Forum Continued from Page 1 In an article published by the Salt Lake Tribune in November, Wyatt was quoted as saying, (SUU is) not a hangout for Democrats throwing pots. Wyatt said he received a lot of backlash and took the time at the forum to explain what he meant. It was supposed to be a joke, he said, Im a Republican, and that laughing. statement was sort of making fun of Republicans. Wyatt went on to explain that he wrs joking about the fact that many people do not know what the words liberal arts does not always mean mean. Liberal Democrat, and the arts are not always painting or ceramics, he explained. Sometimes, in Utah, when you say Im going to a liberal arts school, people look at you and say, ... Why? ...whats wrong with you? he joked. Wyatt said it is an honor to be the state liberal arts school. We have something to offer thats incredible, he said. I hope that without erasing that designation, we can come up with something really brief and quick so that everyone can get the idea of what were really about and what were striving for. Budget Cuts Wyatt had to perform budget cuts as president during his time at Snow College. Accdrding to an article in the Deseret News in 2008, Snow faced up to eight percent in budget cuts during his time at the college. SUU employees asked if they could expect the same kind of cuts. d Wyatt said he does not believe in budget cuts. He said whenever he made cuts at Snow, he would make it a conversation. across-the-boar- had a pizza Marvin Continued from Page 1 Wyatt told a story about when he was president of Snow College and visiting with the student body president. He said the student body president told him he hated Warheads candies, and Wyatt countered that if he had ten Warheads, he would be able to put all of them in his mouth. Wyatt said the student body president jumped up and got him ten Warheads, and Wyatt ate them. The sourness wasnt the problem, Wyatt said. It was the mixture of flavors that wiped me out. . . After that, I . I would sit down with one dean (at Snow College), and they would tell me where they thought a cut should be made, he said. They were great supporters and helpers, and we were able to work through the budget cuts. Concerning SUU, Wyatt said he didnt believe there would be a need for as drastic cuts as there were at Snow College, but if he did have to make budget cuts, he would make it a conversation to adjust the budget to meet SUUs greatest needs. I believe those kind of decisions are institutionalized decisions, he said. They need to be conversations. SUU has great deans, professional staff and people who can manage their divisions. EDGE Wyatt said there are things he likes about the EDGE program. Experiential learning is the only way to learn, he said. Its the difference between sitting in a classroom, learning about dancing, and then actually going out and dancing. Dancing is the learning part. Wyatt said there are clearly some questions in students minds about the EDGE program. What we need to do is a better job helping students enjoy (the program), he said. This is something that could really draw students. Ill challenge and engage in discussions about the EDGE project. Wyatt said he will challenge faculty on how to make students appreciate the EDGE project by facilitating conversations and improvements. The students need to find the value so they can apply it more, he said. Wyatt said some students dont quite understand how good it is at SUU. He said he has always thought it is a quality institution. I believe it is the best undergraduate experience you can have anywhere for hundreds of miles, he said. I think it is I couldnt taste. Snow Dodge, vice president for Colleges Finance and Administrative Services, has worked with Wyatt for about six years and said Wyatt was incredibly involved with students at Snow College. Dodge said Wyatt was called to be a bishop for The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-da- y Saint at one of the wards by Snow College and students would move into different apartments simply so they could be a part of his ward. Dodge said Wyatt was well read and was an honest person with a great sense of humor. This story continues online at suunews.com. uif 1 ! .j' International Students A faculty member from the audience asked Wyatt if he was brought into SUU to decrease the Saudi-studepopulation. Wyatt said he did not want to decrease the number of students from Saudi-Arabi- a In fact, he said he wanted to increase international students to at least five percent of students. I am committed to international student experiences, he said. However, Wyatt said he did want to have them from a variety of countries instead of just one. Wyatt said this was for financial stability as well as academic progress. He explained that when an international student population is concentiated from one place and something happens where those students no longer can come to the university, there is a financial loss. Wyatt said students also receive a richer education with a variety of cultures at the university. I would love to see this university have many different perspectives, he said. Wyatt said he is not encouraging a reduction, but an expansion of international students. I would encourage that (SUU) be drawing (from) a more broad global range, he said. The best (program) is a program that draws students in as equal numbers as possible from different regions throughout the world. Financially, it makes sense not to put all your investments in one account. nt This story continues online Continued from Page at suunews.com. need to finish college, she said. Wrong. As many women work (in Utah) as men do. Although many are shocked with the numbers that have surfaced about Utah housing the top two worst-payin- g cities in the nation for women, Walker said it should not be a surprise. Since there are fewer women who finish their degree, those women will get lower-payin- g jobs, she said. Weve accepted the idea that women stay at home and dont work, she said. One of the reasons for women dropping out of college Walker cited was they were getting married and stalling families. Walker said there is nothing wrong with getting married. Uallier 1 You may say, Well, six percent isnt much, but every hundreds percent represents of students, so it is a big percentage drop, Walker said. Walker said there needs to be a push in attaining a higher degree, since the same amount of men and women begin to attend college. It isnt about entering college, she said. Its more about finishing college. Walker said that to fix this problem, we must fix the ideas that the Utah community and women have about females and higher education. We train too many women to think, If I get married, I dont This story continues online at suunews.com. Rush Week gives SUU chance to meet Greeks It is currently Rush Week for students receive an invite. all of the Greek organizations After the invite-onl- y dinner, member the a of members get together again on campus. As the Greek community, I know and decide who will receive how important Rush Week is a bid, an invitation to join for Greeks and for students the organization. If a student interested in joining either a receives a bid, they have the fraternity or sorority or just in choice to accept it or deny it. getting to know more about If they accept, they become a them. Some students do new member and learn about the organization. not know what it means Heather Garcia, the to rush, so Im here to GURU the explain president of the United process. said Rush Week is a time Greek Council, there are many benefits when students have the of being in the Greek opportunity to come to Greek events to find community at SUU. out more about the Being a member is a and what great way to learn how organizations to run an organization they do. The steps for rushing and work with other not aie fairly simple. If a organizations, student is interested necessarily just Greeks. GINA in joining one of the Your sorority or ... FOSSILE sororities or fraternities fraternity is a home from on campus, all that home, away student would have to do is go Garcia said. You will never feel to its events during Rush Week. alone, and you will always have A students attendance at their that home to go to while youre events lets the members of the here at SUU. To Garcia, rushing is not about oiganizations know that you are interested in joining. making a commitment to an All of the oiganizations have organization. Students who rush activities all week long, and can always change their minds during Rush Week or the new they all end with an invite-onl- y dinner or activity of some kind. member process and not join. is dipping The members of the sorority or Rushing your fraternity get together to decide hands in the cookie jar, Garcia who they think would be a good said. It is about meeting the fit for their organization; those sisters and brothers. PHOTO COURTESY OF HEATHER GARCIA Members of Alpha Phi, Chi Phi, Delta Psi Omega and Sigma Chi pose for a picture after the Meet the Greeks activity Monday. 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