November 15-22, 1999
"Food has much more than just biological meaning to people. For some people, it's a friend. For some people, it's a best friend. For some people, it's an only friend."
-- Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders Director Kelly Brownell, "Eating's Complexity Can Set Dieters Up for Disaster," The Dallas Morning News, Oct. 29, 1999.
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"It's a very serious epidemic we're dealing with."
--School of Medicine professor Dr. Jack Elias, "City Schoolkids Suffer Highest Rate of Asthma," New Haven Register, Nov. 1, 1999.
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"Every culture has to find Mary [the Mother of Jesus] for themselves. Today there is the feminist Mary and the right-wing conservative Mary among others. She's always been our way of figuring out what we need."
--Divinity School professor Margot Fassler, "Mary Revisited: Scholars, Artists, Even Filmmakers Question Traditional Thinking About Jesus' Mother and Offer Updated Images of a Real Woman Who Could Have Lived Today," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3, 1999.
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"It may be the case that even a brief period of low-dose amphetamine abuse in early adolescence or early adulthood can produce profound cognitive deficits that may persist for a couple of years or more after amphetamine use has ended."
--Neurobiologist Stacy Castner, about a study on amphetamines she co-authored, "Amphetamine Abuse," The Hartford Courant, Nov. 2, 1999.
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"It's a great place. There's about 20 acres of salt marsh preserved behind it."
--Assistant Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs Michael Morand, about Hemingway Cove in Fair Haven, "Condo Owners Establish Special Services District," New Haven Register, Nov. 4, 1999.
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"[In 'Religion and the Mind,' Harvard professor Alan Heimert] took all of the existing categories for understanding religion, the American Revolution and what he called 'the meaning of America' and stood them on their heads."
--Religious historian Harry S. Stout, in the obituary "Alan Heimert, 70, Professor and Expert on Early America," The New York Times, Nov. 3, 1999.
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"It would be a happy ending if we can win the Ivy championship this year. That would make everything feel great. But I look back and say, 'Wow, I can't believe that this could happen to me.' I'm thankful everyday for everything I have here at Yale and I'm definitely going to miss it when it's gone."
--Yale Bulldogs quarterback Joe Walland, "Right Moves," Connecticut Post, Nov. 5, 1999.
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"Whenever the law tries to restrict the amount of private money sloshing through the political system, it creates ... big problems. Most obviously, it reduces the amount of political debate. While money isn't speech, it makes effective speech possible, especially in an age of mass media. Less money, less speech. Do we really want equality at the cost of shutting down debate?"
--Law and political science professor Bruce Ackerman, from his article, "Forget Finance Reform, Issue Vouchers Instead," The Record (Bergen County, NJ), Nov. 1, 1999.
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"The message from this research shouldn't be that it's now O.K. to take speed because there's a drug that can reverse it."
--Neuroscientist Dr. Patricia Goldman-Rakic, "Hope for Reversing Damage from Drugs," The New York Times and elsewhere. Nov. 2, 1999.
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"[Subconsciously feeding elders positive images about aging may] change their mood or self-confidence and that impacts their behavior."
--Epidemiology and public health professor Becca Levy, "Aging Walkers Hit Stride With Positive Feedback," Connecticut Post, Nov. 2, 1999.
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"This is an interesting hypothesis that should go on to be tested in animals with detailed recording techniques and in humans with a variety of techniques before it's put into practice."
--Neurobiologist Dr. David McCormick, "New Brain Theory May Explain Parkinson's," The Washington Post, Nov. 1, 1999.
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"In the ancient world if what you wanted to do was hype your guy, a story of a miraculous birth was the way to do it."
--Religious studies professor Dale Martin, "Christ's Virgin Birth Has Parallels in Other Religions," The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), Oct. 29, 1999.
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"Being able to do large ensemble shows is a privilege of working at Yale."
--School of Drama professor and director Liz Diamond, from a preview of her production of Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal" at the Yale Repertory Theatre, The New Haven Advocate, Oct. 28, 1999.
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"The first element [in revitalizing urban neighborhoods] is some form of real estate tax relief. [Subsidies are also important] but federal subsidies are scarce and local subsidies are scarce and getting scarcer."
--Urban planning professor Alexander Garvin, "Tax Breaks, Subsidies Preserve Neighborhood Diversity, Expert Says," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Oct. 30, 1999.