>> ALL RIGHT.
SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T
EXPECT TO SEE, A PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN THE COUGS AND THE
HUSKIES.
YES, WE HAVE BOTH PRESIDENTS
FROM THESE FINE INSTITUTIONS
HERE WITH US IN OUR PAC-12
NETWORK STUDIOS AND WE'RE
EXCITED.
KIRK SCHULTZ AND ANAMARI.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH.
YOU'RE BRIDGING A GAP THAT'S
NEVER BEEN BRIDGED BEFORE.
TELL ME ABOUT THE YES, IT'S
POSSIBLE INITIATIVE AND WHAT
INSPIRED YOU TWO TO START
WORKING TOGETHER.
>> I THINK US TWO TOGETHER WITH
OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS
AROUND THE STATE WERE REALLY
CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW,
STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS, THEY'RE
PICKING UP NEWSPAPERS AND
HEARING ABOUT THE ONLY WAY THEY
CAN GO TO COLLEGE IS TO, YOU
KNOW, RACK UP HUGE DEBT LOADS.
IT'S UNAFFORDABLE.
IT'S UNATTAINABLE.
AND THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
AND WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED THAT
STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS DON'T
GET CAUGHT UP IN THIS -- IN
WHAT, AT LEAST IN OUR STATE, IS
A MYTH.
AND SO WE WANT THEM TO KNOW IF
THEY WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, IF
THEY WANT TO GET A FOUR-YEAR
DEGREE, THAT IT IS POSSIBLE.
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT BE
SURPRISED THAT WASHINGTON AND
WASHINGTON STATE ARE PARTNERING
ON ANYTHING, EVEN A CAUSE LIKE
THIS.
WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION ON
CAMPUS?
>> OUR REACTION'S BEEN VERY VERY
POSITIVE.
WHEN I TALK TO ELECTED
OFFICIALS, WHEN I TALK TO
MEMBERS OF OUR ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION, THEY'RE PLEASED
WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
AND THEY'VE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT
THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
CONVEY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FROM A SPORT
SIDE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU
KNOW, A GOOD YEAR WOULD BE TO
BEAT THE HUSKIES IN EVERYTHING.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN,
BUT I THINK THERE'S A SENSE OF
WORKING TOGETHER ON ISSUES OF
IMPORTANCE WITH THE STATE BUT
THEN COMPETING FOR THE APPLE CUP
AND CONTINUING TO HAVE THAT FUN
COLLEGE RIVALRY WHICH I THINK IS
PART OF WHAT MAKES COLLEGE
SPORTS AS SPECIAL AS IT IS.
>> THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE
PARTNERSHIP.
AND I'M CURIOUS, ARE THERE OTHER
RIVAL UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THAT MAYBE COULD OR
SHOULD DO SOMETHING THAT
WASHINGTON AND WASHINGTON STATE
IS DOING?
>> I THINK WE'RE KIND OF LEADING
THE COUNTRY.
AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO BE
SECOND PLACE, THEY CAN FEEL FREE
TO DO THAT.
I DO THINK, THOUGH, IN ALL
SERIOUSNESS WHEN RIVALRIES OCCUR
THERE'S MEDIA ATTENTION AROUND
THERE.
AND SO OFTEN A LOT OF THE RIVALS
OUT THERE DO THINGS TOGETHER,
STUDENT GROUPS DO THINGS
TOGETHER.
THEY BUILD HOUSES OR DO OTHER
THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY AT THOSE TIMES TO
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE THINGS
IN EVERY SINGLE STATE.
>> IT IS FUN TO BE LEADING, BUT
WE WANT AS MANY FOLLOWERS AS
POSSIBLE.
AND WITH OUR STATE WE ALSO ARE
HOLDING HANDS WITH OTHER PUBLIC
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS AS WELL AS
THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
TECHNICAL.
WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE RIVALRY
THAT ATTRACTS A TON OF ATTENTION
ACROSS THE STATE, EVEN INCLUDING
PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GO TO OUR
UNIVERSITIES.
>> YEAH.
>> AND SO WE HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE HAVE THIS MOMENT WHERE
THE LIMELIGHT IS ON US, AND WE
WANT IT TO BE ON OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES, BUT ALSO ON THE
POTENTIAL STUDENTS THAT WE MIGHT
HAVE.
>> I LOVE THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
AND SO FOR PEOPLE WATCHING WHO
WANT TO FIND OUT MORE,
POSSIBLEWAY.ORG?
THAT'S THE WEBSITE TO GO TO.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
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