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Show Hatch Al Photo corlesy of Reed Criddle Reed Criddle, director of choral studies Music Al found "especially lovely" about Johnson was his ability to neutralize the sometimes-bloated opinions of the "quirky" professors that can often lead to disagreements. Johnson's approach to keeping opinions under control enabled a warm, friendly and open environment that was conducive to student success. Rytting stepped in to finish the summer semester, teaching a second-block theory class after illness took Johnson away from his job. Volunteering to stay on through the semester is a move Rytting made to be helpful to the department, but there was more to it than that. He has wanted to try some "theory innovations," by teaching all levels of music theory, instead of having separate professors teach each level. "This semester will give me a better handle on whether these ideas are smart or not," Rytting said. Experimentation like this may seem unusual for a university, but Rytting feels strongly that the ability to try new things, rather than being set in strong tradition and habit, is the best way to provide music students to get the most valuable education. "The motto for my career has always been to show performers what the rational study of music has to offer them," Rytting said. The decision for Reed CRASH COURSE Criddle to lead the orchestra, while less experimental, has more than one advantage. The monumental work of Carmina Burana that the department plans to showcase this semester will involve instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers. Putting this together, the department will be tapping resources throughout the UVU School of the Arts, the community and four local high schools. Giving Criddle the opportunity to lead the choral and instrumental groups involved with the work, said Donna Fairbanks, music department chair, was "an obvious choice." Criddle is elated to have an opportunity like this after being on faculty here for only a year, noting that his expectations of the huge potential of a position at UVU are now being realized. His main instrument may be his voice, but he is a trained conductor with a wide variety of experience under his belt. "What I look forward to," Criddle said, "is to bring a different perspective to the symphony orchestra that perhaps the UVU students have not seen." While each decision made after Johnson's departure may have had many reasons behind them, one thing remains constant: the needs of the students and the value of their experience here are always taken seriously. grandchildren," Hatch said. Social Security took up a large part of the discourse, closely followed by Medicaid and Medicare. Representative Camp quoted statistics showing 10,000 baby boomers retire every day. "Medicare will go broke in the year 2024, which is five years sooner than expected, just from last years projections," Camp said. "These baby boomers represent a huge jump in the number of people in the pool of benefits." Senator Hatch had some strong statements to add to this topic. "I do not believe we can continue down this path," Hatch said. "This spending and funding of entitlements is unsustainable." Camp emphasized the bottom line and the need to control spending as well. "Our national debt is nearing 100 percent of our gross domestic product," Camp added. "This makes growth impossible, we are barely even keeping up." In his opening remarks, Senator hatch referenced the debt debate between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, and the ethics of a national debt. "Even two of our greatest founding fathers couldn't agree on this topic," Hatch said. "But they talked it out and made a compromise." "People think that word (compromise) is a bad word, but it will take people from both sides to work together in order to get things done," Hatch added. Camp discussed some of the challenges facing businesses that cause hesitation in job creation and expansion. "There has been 4,500 changes to the tax code in the past decade," Camp said. "That's an average of one per day. How can you do business when you don't know what the rules are going to be?" Along with slowing the constant change, Hatch contends that the opening up of free trade agreements, and the United States competing on a global scale, will be a vital part of our economy. Hatch and Camp both spoke about some of our best trade partners with the most potential. "South Korea has been a great partner for us," Hatch said. "Panama has always been good to work with and they are becoming a center for finance, and there's Columbia, who is now the third largest economy in South America." "We have worked very hard on these free trade agreements that are just waiting for the presidents approval," Hatch said. Hatch's argument for these free trade agreements was based in part of what he believes are bad trade partners. He highlighted China as a country that takes advantage of not having a set guideline for trading with the United States. "In a conversation I had with a Microsoft executive once, he said that their profits would double if only China would buy software instead of using pirated versions," Hatch said. The forum closed with questions from the audience, including a question about the upcoming presidential election and who the Senator endorses. Hatch started to respond as Holtz-Eakin added that it could not be Camp. "This is important because I think we need to find the right republican for the job," Hatch said. "We need leadership from the White House to fix these problems and we have not been getting it. I have said in the past that I believe Mitt Romney is that guy." This response drew the only negative reaction from the crowd throughout the presentation, when someone near the back called out `Romney-Care.' The real deal with the DOW BY ANNE SQUIRE News Writer Music majors study music theory and nursing students study anatomy. In a college setting, students are required to pick a major and then study it in-depth. Amidst the focus on specific majors, students overlook the importance of what is transpiring in the world outside of UVU, especially when it comes to watching the economy. One aspect of the economy students may not pay attention to, is the stock market. One may hear phrases such as "The DOW lost today" or "The DOW gained" but it takes basic understanding to know what these phrases mean. For starters, the DOW Jones is an index, or a grouping of 30 major companies' stock. The companies included in the DOW are not fixed, and companies can be booted if they do not meet certain choice criteria. Current members include Walt Disney, Wal-Mart, AT&T and Microsoft, to name a few. The DOW's oldest members are ExxonMobil and Proctor & Gamble. The DOW is closely watched throughout the world because it reflects the state of the U.S. economy, which influences all of the world. The purchase of stocks from these companies will show how confident investors are in our economy. Dr. Amir Kia, an economics professor in the Woodbury School of Business, says that the DOW is what investors think about the economy based on how they buy or sell their stocks. While there are some cases of speculative investing, more often than not the investments made into these major companies are quite calculated. "Investors in the market are highly educated. The DOW can reflect [their] expectation in the future," Kia said. 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