Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 21, 2000

Volume 28, Number 29

In the News

"[For centuries] marriage may have supported women and children but it also served to control them. Now there's a strong case to be made for the argument that marriage is no longer the obvious model for almost everyone to follow."

-- Historian Nancy F. Cott, "Unmarital Bliss," Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 9, 2000.

"The idea that you are going to restructure the IRS without changing the basic tax law that they've got to administer is like thinking you can turn a Winnebago around without taking it out of the garage. It just can't be done."

-- Law professor Michael J. Graetz, "New IRS is Kinder, Gentler," Dayton Daily News, April 10, 2000.

"Doctors don't raise the issue [of sexual problems] because they feel women are not prepared to talk. Women don't raise the issue because they don't want to impose on the doctor or because they haven't had experience in talking about it."

-- Ob/Gyn professor Dr. Philip Sarrel, "Health News," The Detroit News, April 11, 2000.

"And from now on, I'm a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. It may end up to be a burden, but today it's awfully sweet."

-- Playwriting instructor Donald Margulies, the day he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, "Yale Playwright Wins Pulitzer After 2 Misses," New Haven Register, April 11, 2000.

"For them to go from nothing to something that is going to have an impact on West Nile Virus this summer, that would be a challenge for the best existing mosquito control system."

-- Entomologist Durland Fish, "The New Bugs of Summer Bring New, Exotic Infections," USA Today, April 13, 2000.

"Everyone should take a course on classical thought of some kind -- be it philosophy, literature, politics or history -- because it's too easy to view modern journals as the entirety of collected wisdom on a subject, which they are not. Much of what current thinkers advocate has been said before, and often with more grace and clarity."

-- Yale College junior Ben Trachtenberg, in response to a question on the most important courses for college students to take, "Extra Credit," The Washington Post, April 11, 2000.

"By my own measures, I ended up doing fabulous. The whole point was basically to see whether or not this theory works."

-- SOM professor Edward H. Kaplan, about the success of his theory for picking winners of the March Madness college basketball tournament, "Yale Professor Predicts Odds," The Associated Press, April 6, 2000.

"The current level of stock prices is not only unrealistically high, it's economically damaging. Inflated asset values distort managerial decisions, they distort compensation structures, they distort job choices and they increase inequality. Overvalued markets make us feel good, but they're not healthy for us."

-- Economist William Nordhaus, "Leaders Warn Poorly Educated Students Could Slow High-tech Economy," Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, April 6, 2000.

"I'm not troubled by companies patenting games. I don't think it will stop the march of science. Patents encourage research, because you need to describe exactly what you did. I see it as a very positive thing."

-- Director of cooperative research Jonathan E. Soderstrom, "Green Genes: Once We Map the Human Genome, Who Will Pay the Toll?," New Haven Register, April 6, 2000.

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

Scientist Jennifer Doudna wins prestigious Waterman Award

Two young scientists honored with Presidential Early Career Awards

Accreditation panel concludes that 'Yale is as good as they come'

Study offers new clues about autism

Baseball commissioner Selig to speak at events

Noted educator David Tyack to deliver the Giamatti Lecture

Producer describes 'grinding' work behind 'Law & Order'

Radiologist is honored for his achievements

School of Medicine study shows boom in demand for radiologists

Yale's Toumey Forest expands by 450 acres through exchange

Art gallery exhibit explores artist's dramatic style change

Student-run production explores the more carefree days of Eugene O'Neill's life

Memorial service is planned for chemical engineer Charles Walker

Nursing professor Judith Krauss is appointed to governor's commission

Annual Perlis symposium will feature experts on computer programming language

Kaplan will discuss national strategy for HIV prevention as Omega Rho Lecturer

Remembrance gathering for Chester Kerr

Communiversity Day 2000

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