My name's Mark Peecher, and I wanted to just briefly introduce myself to you before we start on this journey together. There's not really a better place I can think of than right here on the fourth floor of the Business Instructional Facility at the Gies College of Business. I'm in this part of the wing, there's a lot of faculty offices, but where we're gathered right now is a museum almost, a tribute to and historical look at the amazing accounting firm of Arthur Andersen. Just to my right, in behind some glass, there's these really, sort of, ominous double doors made of heavy wood that says, Arthur Andersen & Co. The doors are not open. They are closed doors. And the reason they're closed doors is because the Arthur Andersen firm was trying to convey to clients that when they brought sticky and thorny accounting issues to them, that they could count on Arthur Anderson to treat that information with the utmost confidence and professionalism. And at the same time, Arthur Andersen, and we'll learn more about this in the course about how it was creating fantastic value for the economy. For Arthur Andersen, 2 plus 2 always added up to 4. They weren't going to cut corners or allow client management to overestimate or overreport incoming assets. When you have an auditor that's adding verification value to financial statements, that's an important lubricant for our capital markets. It grows our economy. It makes our markets more efficient. You will find that diving into the course, headfirst, is the best way to go. Keep up with the materials. Ask questions and don't ever hesitate to reach out to me, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. And if I don't, my teaching assistant will. Again, it's my pleasure to be your instructor for this course.