March 17, 2000
"We don't ask how much it costs to train pilots on a flight simulator. Why are we insisting on saving money when it comes to training surgeons? People die on a regular basis because surgeons aren't trained well enough."
-- Professor of surgery Richard M. Satava about the high cost of virtual-reality surgery simulators, "Teaching Surgery Without a Patient," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 25, 2000
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"Comprehending the magnitude of pain that accompanies some medical conditions is very difficult for those who have not themselves suffered."
-- Clinical professor of surgery Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, in his article "A Munch Moment: 'The Scream' or 'The Whimper'," The New York Times, Feb. 27, 2000.
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"This is not your usual child who has a penny collection or an interest in dinosaurs. An Asperger's child graduates to other things that become much more unusual. I know of someone who knows the name of every member of Congress, the wife's name, and the street address, the children's names, their dates of birth, the whole nine yards."
-- Child psychiatrist Dr. Fred Volkmar, "Social Insecurity: Asperger's Syndrome Sometimes Behind Awkward Behavior," The Boston Globe, Feb. 27, 2000.
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"If the year was 365.00 days, everything would be hunky dory."
-- Assistant professor of astronomy Bradley E. Schaefer, on the need for Leap Years since the Earth's rotation is 365 days, 5 hours, §
"There really is something magical about the laying on of hands of a physician."
-- Dermatologist Dr. Irwin M. Braverman, "Art & Arteries: Examining Paintings, Medical Students Learn To Be More Observant Doctors," The Hartford Courant, March 1, 2000.
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"There is a difference between the people actually enslaved, and those bringing the lawsuit. The question is: Would the courts recognize the latter?"
-- Law school professor Jules Coleman, on a proposed class-action suit on behalf of slaves' descendants, "Two Harvard Profs Examining Possible Suit, Legislative Action," The Associated Press, March 1, 2000.
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"Of course, you need to look at this with a degree of skepticism. But the fact that Philip Morris has said that this product needs to be regulated is historic."
-- School of Medicine Dean Dr. David A. Kessler of the company's decision not to oppose government regulation of tobacco, "Executive Says Philip Morris Is Open to Some Regulation," The New York Times, Feb. 29, 2000.
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"[From] this notorious camp, Chernokozovo, reports are very horrifying. There are witnesses that I have separately examined and talked to that confirm each other's account and each other's story and the story is that of prolonged beating, deprivation of food and sanitation and then on occasion more severe tortures and rape."
-- Medical School professor Dr. Ramin Ahmadi, "Refugees in Chechnya and Ingushetia Tell of Beatings, Torture and Killings by Russian Soldiers During the Prolonged Fighting in the Region," National Public Radio, Feb. 27, 2000.
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"Access to marriage itself is a civil right, and it's very starkly illuminated in American history by the fact that slaves could not marry legally."
-- Historian Nancy Cott, "Rights of Matrimony," The New Haven Advocate, Feb. 24, 2000.
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"Most people don't realize how little physical activity they actually get and how important it is to use every opportunity they have to be active."
-- Psychologist Kelly Brownell, "Bodyworks: To Boost Your Fitness, File a Flight Plan; Taking the Stairs Can Help You Build Muscles and Burn Calories," The Washington Post, March 7, 2000.
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"If we want the diversity of the country to be benefited by philanthropic money, then we have to encourage greater diversity in philanthropy, and I think we do that not by coercing people who own great fortunes into doing things, but by encouraging them to give in the most imaginative possible way."
-- Research scholar Peter Dobkin Hall, "Bill Gates' Scholarship Fund of $1 Billion for Minority Students and Whether It Promotes Equitable Educational Opportunity," National Public Radio, March 7, 2000.
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"You might as well close your eyes. All the information you have to hit the ball is in your brain when the ball is at the halfway point to the plate."
-- Professor emeritus of physics Robert K. Adair, "The Hit Doctors; Researchers Have Plenty to Say About Baseball, Especially When It Comes to Giants' New Park," The San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 28, 2000.
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"This is exploitation in the worst possible way for everyone involved. These shows take advantage of the most base voyeuristic instincts in people. It's like the Romans watching the Christians being fed to the lions."
-- Professor of psychiatry Harvey L. Ruben, on television shows that will send contestants to a deserted island or confine them in a house, where the audience can watch as they compete against each other, "Reality Bites Back; Networks Eat It Up," U.S. News & World Report, March 13, 2000.
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"There's no point in attacking the WTO because it's only a facilitator."
-- Professor of economics T.N. Srinivasan, "World Trade Protesters Were Misled, Yale Economist Says," New Haven Register, Feb. 26, 2000.
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"We cannot conduct serious historical work if the setting is not conducive to bringing all historians together."
-- Historian David Montgomery, about the Organization of American Historians' boycott of a St. Louis hotel charged with racism, "Scholarly Meetings in the Crossfire," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 25, 2000.
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"Seattle was no accident. It signaled the end of trade negotiations as we have known them."
-- Yale SOM dean Jeffrey Garten, "Marketplace," National Public Radio, March 8, 2000.
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"I get bummed when people lump us [in Connecticut] into the mid-Atlantic corridor. They put us in with northern New Jersey, but it's not the same at all."
-- Associate Director of the Office of Cooperative Research Alfred Brown, "Biotech Companies: A Growth Industry," The Hartford Courant, Feb. 27, 2000.
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"[T]he things political scientists study differ so much from one another that it is highly unlikely that any 'one size fits all' theory will do the job."
-- Political scientist Ian Shapiro, on the debate over rational choice theory, "Making a Science of Looking Out For No. 1," The New York Times, Feb. 26, 2000.
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"During the war the campus was converted into a military base. It was practical and it was patriotic. There were fewer students coming to Yale because students were drafted and training was needed for the war, like being a chaplain, being a doctor."
-- Chief research archivist Judith Ann Schiff, "George W. Bush Childhood Home in New Haven Houses Yale Offices Today," The Associated Press & Local Wire, March 6, 2000.
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"One aspect of our mission [at Artspace] is to sort of redefine what really are art spaces."
-- Director of licensing Helen Kauder, "A Space of One's Own," New Haven Register, March 5, 2000.
48 minutes and 46 seconds long, "Cyber Fans: Watch Out on Tuesday," New Haven Register, Feb. 28, 2000.