Yale Bulletin and Calendar

December 13, 1999-January 17, 2000

Volume 28, Number 16

. . . In the News . . .

"We are in a very different place. Who would have ever thought that Philip Morris would stand up and say, 'Nicotine is an addictive substance'?"

-- School of Medicine Dean Dr. David Kessler, "Tobacco Battle Goes to High Court," Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nov. 29, 1999.

"Be sure doctors wash their hands before they examine you as well as after."

-- School of Medicine professor emeritus Dr. Howard Spiro, "How To Survive a Hospital Stay," New Choices, Dec. 1999/Jan. 2000.

"Judge Jackson may have been surprised by the impact of his findings of fact [in the Microsoft case] and how much they seem to have emboldened the states especially."

-- Legal scholar and economist George L. Priest, "Plaintiffs' Rift Disturbs Microsoft Judge," The New York Times, Nov. 24, 1999.

"[Vanguard Group founder John] Bogle was the guiding spirit behind making index fund investing broadly available to American investors. And that democratization of capital has been one of the most important phenomena of the 20th century."

-- International Center for Finance director William Goetzmann, "Who Was the Century's Greatest Investor?" AP Online,
Nov. 24, 1999.

"This could be the final push. We could convert cancer into a chronic disease and cut mortality in half. We're close to understanding cancer."

-- Yale Cancer Center director Dr. Vincent T. DeVita Jr., "Yale Doctor To Help Lead Cancer Fight," New Haven Register, Nov. 29, 1999.

"People hold onto this idea that the best way to raise a child is for the father to go to work outside the home and for the mother to stay home and care for the children. It is not really a possibility for most people. ... You feel guilty enough being a parent. You don't need to have this additional guilt laid on you if you have made a decision that both husband and wife are going to continue their careers."

-- Early Childhood Education Program associate director Nancy L. Close, "Tips on Locating Quality Child Care," The New York Times, Nov. 28, 1999.

"My research shows that about half the species of lady beetles are toxic. [While children shouldn't ingest them], we don't think that touching them is a problem."

-- Entomologist Charles Remington, "Ladybugs Find a House Can Also Be a Home," The New York Times, Nov. 28, 1999.

"The AT&Ts and MCIs of the world, they have their hands so full with North America and Europe, they could easily rationalize doing China later."

-- Yale School of Management Dean Jeffrey E. Garten, "Telecom in China: Tough One To Call," The Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, Nov. 22, 1999.

"What we believe is that [the brains of] dyslexics are trying to find another way to get at the sound of the word."

-- Pediatrician Dr. Sally Shaywitz, "Dyslexia and the New Science of Reading," Newsweek, Nov. 22, 1999.

"It doesn't matter much whether the interval [between killer asteroids] is a little longer. The point is, this is something that could wipe us out and could happen at any time."

-- Associate research scientist in physics David Rabinowitz, "A Little Less To Worry About From on High," U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 6, 1999.

"If the [World Trade Organization] talks are successful in reducing trade barriers even further, we will all be so intertwined that the vast problems and promise of the middle 60 percent of the world's population will also become the problems and promise of the rich minority. ... [A]ccess to markets cannot be separated from connection to the societies in which those markets are embedded. That is part and parcel of globalization."

-- Center for International Security Studies director Paul Kennedy, in his article "Two Hard Questions Need Answering in Trade Wrangle," The Houston Chronicle, Dec. 2, 1999.

"Data from across the U.S. indicates that each one percentage point increase in a state's gun-ownership rate has been associated with a 3 percent drop in violent crime."

-- Law School senior research scholar John R. Lott Jr., in his Letter to the Editor, The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 22, 1999.

"I was raised on our family dairy farm in Downers Grove, Ill., 30 miles from Chicago. ... It was interesting moving from milking cows to singing opera."

-- School of Music professor Sherrill Milnes, "From Milking Cows to Master Classes, an Opera Star Considers His Career," New Haven Register, Nov. 28, 1999.

"More-democratic societies are less likely to go to war than less-democratic societies."

-- Human Relations Area Files president Melvin Ember, "Anthropologists Debate Whether, and How, War Can Be Wiped Out," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 3, 1999.

"What [the protestors against the World Trade Organization] charge is that it kind of removes democratic accountability. It's not that it doesn't have to answer to anybody, but that it answers to a particular set of people -- that is, primarily U.S.-based multinationals and banks."

-- Sociologist Lawrence P. King, "Seattle Under Siege," New Haven Register,
Dec. 1, 1999.

"It's fine when I'm completely immersed in either of the two different worlds [acting and academia], but when they begin to conflict or merge it gets a bit confused."

-- Yale College student and actress Claire Danes, "The Guide: Harrowing Role for Danes," Belfast News Letter, Nov. 19, 1999.

"[World Trade Organization officials were] not amused at American democracy in action. ... It's very easy now to paint all environmentalists as crazies whose views are not worth paying attention to."

-- Center for Environmental Law & Policy director Daniel C. Esty, "Clinton, Trade Ministers Try To Save Talks," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 2, 1999.

"I think there are enough barriers to participation for those struggling kids that you don't want to make grades another obstacle."

-- Psychologist Joseph Mahoney, about his study showing students in extracurricular activities were less likely to drop out of school, "Few Studies Done on Result of Pass-to-Play Policies," The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), Dec. 1, 1999.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Yale boasts three Rhodes Scholars

Bulldog coach, players cited for championship season

Interior Secretary will push to expand U.S. parks

Finding sheds new light on the alphabet's origins

Squash courts refurbished with alumnus' gift

Sons' gift establishes visiting professorship

Mandelbrot is appointed Sterling Professor

Former YSN dean is new master of Silliman College

McCain vows to reform government, military as president

Gary Hart warns of impending attack on U.S. mainland

Exhibit features children's books by Connecticut authors

Art Gallery exhibit explores mysterious prints

Students' new creation protects children from loaded handguns

Former tennis star wins prestigious Silver Anniversary Award

Former Bulldog urges Bears to enjoy life off playing field

Film expert's book tells of 'Scrooges' past and present

Architects in training tackle Shanghai project in China Studio

Nathan Jacobson, noted for work in abstract algebra, dies

Sheffield Fellow to discuss 'Internet Learning'

Community invited to help build labyrinth

Study questions who is choosing oophorectomy option

Grant from HHMI will support graduate education in sciences

Talks will explore relationship between faith and science

Sights of the Season

Security Procedures for Recess

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