Hit television show American Idol is the perfect example of this. Thousands of hopefuls sing their heart out (sometimes very badly) for a shot at the brass ring of fame. Now, it looks like all you have to do is log on to eBay and make a bid.

It will be a process. The heart and soul of our college is our faculty, and we've already found a quite a few faculty who say they are interested in coming here.

If you look at the example of either television or radio and how long it took to get the spread of those media, the Internet is happening now. Revolution is going on here.

Let me give you an example, ... I worked at a television station in Minneapolis back in the 1980s and part of the 1990s. During our first years there, our two boys got in fights at school. You know what caused it? Some of the kids assumed that if we were from the South, we were members of the (Ku Klux) Klan.

That's a perfect example of what happens when you marry television and music badly. It's not what ALICE was ever about.

We're keeping coaches in place. Dana Altman sets the example. He understands you can accomplish just as much at Creighton as you can at Big State U. His program has been in postseason play for eight consecutive seasons. And kids in the Midwest see Valley schools playing in sold-out arenas, taking on the best teams in the nation, and getting more television exposure. It's coming together for us. We're having a bunch of programs mature at the same time.