"I don't believe we need anyone going around with a tape measure," he said.

The president responded favorably to the idea of an All-Arts Pass. BYU offers an $85 All-Sports Pass to students, who can use the pass for admission to any ticketed NCAA event on campus. BYUSA has been researching the possibility of a similar student pass for fine arts and performing arts events. Administrators are evaluating the research, said Nathan Ward, assistant director of student leadership.

Samuelson is also a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which owns BYU, and a student asked his advice on balancing time and drawing closer to Jesus Christ.

Samuelson counseled him to aware of what he called "the myopia of the proximate" and keep focused on three or four things most important to him. After telling the student to emulate Christ, he said, "I'm thrilled to be at BYU, where we can have this kind of dialogue without worrying about political correctness."

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