Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 28, 2000

Volume 28, Number 30

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"Southerners come in lots of different colors and lots of different heritages. You can't just pick one . . . and call it the flag of all people."

-- Professor of history Glenda E. Gilmore, "Flag Flap Stretches Beyond South Carolina," The Christian Science Monitor, April 18, 2000.

"There are studies linking elevated breast levels of DDT with associated cancers. DDT was banned in the '60s, but we just can't seem to get it out of the environment or the food chain."

-- Assistant clinical professor of ob/gyn Dr. Susan Richman, from her letter to the editor, New Haven Register, April 16, 2000.

"There's a tremendous influx of energy, and there's an amazing creativity and spirit and drive and fervor and interest. We're right on the cusp, I think, of an extraordinary revitalization of the churches in this country."

-- Director of the Institute of Sacred Music Margot Fassler, about recent musical innovations in church music reflecting a larger interest in religious worship, "Churches Make Their Own Music," The New York Times, April 16, 2000.

"These are either the joys or the sorrows, depending upon one's point of view, of a federated system in which one circuit's decision does not bind another."

-- Professor of law Judith Resnik, about conflicting court rulings in lawsuits brought by disabled professional golfers in different states, "Conflicting Rulings Keep Cart Issues in Courts," The New York Times, April 18, 2000.

"It's about our fantasies of beauty and order. There was a time, not so long ago, when housewives were expected to wash the floor every day, when flower arranging and decoupage were considered normative things to do. It's at the moment you don't have to do them, or when they can be understood as voluntary activities, that they become attractive fantasies. It's a common human habit."

-- Assistant professor of English Laura Morgan Green, about the popularity of home decorating television shows, "Home Decorating Shows Tap Canadians' Fantasies," The London Free Press, April 17, 2000.

"There are no magic words you can tell a patient to make her feel better. It is important to not treat [a miscarriage] as a surgical procedure or to say, 'You'll have others.' One baby doesn't sub for another. Some women have lost babies 10, 20 years ago, and they still think about that loss."

-- Obstetrics professor Dr. Michael R. Berman, "Miscarriage; Sadness, Guilt, Anger May Linger After a Pregnancy Ends Unexpectedly," The Washington Times, March 26, 2000.

"The prevailing wisdom six months ago or three months ago was that if you bought 10 companies, it didn't really matter if nine went bankrupt, because if one of them made a lot of money it would make people rich."

-- Yale School of Management adjunct professor David DeRosa, "Collapse of Many Dot Com Shares Portends Shakeout in Internet," Agence France Presse, April 15, 2000.

"It may be a wonderful tomb [at Giza] but it can wait for another generation. The delta cannot wait."

-- Professor of Egyptology William K. Simpson, about the Egyptian government urging archaeologists to excavate the Nile River delta before rising water and urban sprawl make it impossible to do so, "Egyptologists Urged to Save Nile Delta Treasures From Urban Sprawl," Agence France Presse,
April 1, 2000.

"Work is a good friend. You may get tired, but you don't get lonely."

-- Sterling Professor Emeritus at the Child Study Center Dr. Albert J. Solnit, who recently resigned as Connecticut's Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, "Mental Health Official Solnit to Step Down," The Hartford Courant, April 1, 2000.

"We are making him an actor on our stage, not on his own. I'm afraid that is a bit of trauma that we have added to his immense loss."

-- Professor of psychiatry Dr. Kyle Pruett, about Elian González, "A Boy's Life: A Child Psychologist Comments on Elian González and the Impact of all the
Attention He Has Gotten," NBC News,
April 16, 2000.

"There have to be rules, and if a child breaks the rules, make different care arrangements."

-- Assistant clinical professor Michele Goyette-Ewing, about children at home without adult supervision, "More Latchkey Kids Means More Trouble," APBnews.com, April 14, 2000.

"It was a fascinating topic to think about but a very hard one to do experiments in. But now it may be possible to do experiments in the next decade or two."

-- Biologist Sidney Altman, about research on RNA's role in the creation of life, "Nobel-Winning Biologist Expects Leap in Knowledge," The Columbus Dispatch, April 2, 2000.

"It's a frustrating and difficult issue. It's a pity it has become so contentious."

-- Professor of pediatrics Dr. Myron Genel, about legislative debate on organ transplant allocation policies, "Transplant Officials Ponder Next Move in Policy Seesaw," American Medical News, April 24, 2000.

"There have been major gains in our efforts to inform health care providers and parents [about diagnosing autism]."

-- Psychiatrist Fred Volkmar, "Autism's Wake-Up Call," Connecticut Post, April 13, 2000.

"They said that poking is a search, and that no one else feels up your luggage in this way. That sounds pretty reasonable to me."

-- Professor of law Akhil Amar, about the Supreme Court's ruling against the Border Patrol's exploratory handling of luggage, "Court Outlaws Baggage 'Squeeze Searches,'" The Recorder, April 18, 2000.

"Without having a complete theory of the cycle, scientists try to estimate how intense the cycle will be."

-- Professor of astronomy Sabatino Sofia, about forecasting the sun's activity, "Stormy Weather," New Haven Register, April 13, 2000.

"What we have now are monoliths like Disney."

-- Historian Max Page, about the rebuilding in Times Square, "City Lore; The Man With the X-Ray Eyes," The New York Times, April 2, 2000.

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

Yale unveils 'Framework for Campus Planning'

Department of Political Science adds eleven new faculty members

$3 Million dollar grant to fund research on mental disorder

Talk by Nobel laureate to highlight Student Research Day

Conference to explore link between science, religion and nature

Alanna Schepartz named Harris Professor

Chertow is honored for environmental work

Football player gives advice on achieving potential

Author tells of goal to change 'archaic' publishing process

A job loss can affect the health of older workers, says study

Study confirms irregular fetal heartbeats are not a cause for panic

Yale College juniors selected for honors by Council of Masters

Sledge reappointed Calhoun College master

Search committee formed for dean of Divinity School

Scholar on families and illness joins nursing faculty

Ten physicians are elected to Yale Faculty Practice board

Center has announced winners of the first Wilson Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities

'Witness,' a documentary based on Yale's Holocaust testimony archive, wins film award

Free screening for anxiety, depression

Talks explain how to apply for NIH grant

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