It's a great opportunity for the students to do something for the environment.

Last year, I went to the UCLA-Illinois game and didn't like the environment. It was quiet. The students weren't into it. There was no enthusiasm, no atmosphere. But I went to the Ohio State-Iowa game. What a difference. It was a great atmosphere. Iowa City was crazy.

What kind of citizens are we creating if we bring students up in an environment of constant surveillance? Schoolchildren for hundreds of years have done fine walking down the hall under the watchful eyes of teachers. There are so many educational demands and unmet needs, so you have to wonder if this is really the best use of limited resources.

Students seem to be very in favor of the green fee. The environment is something that's important to everyone.

We wanted to create an environment where students feel they left Korea behind.

We really made it a priority to bring up questions that were important to students -- where and how would you make the cuts, for example. Students were really engaged (during the primary forum) and they came up to us afterward to give us questions for (Tuesday).