Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 5, 2000

Volume 28, Number 31

In the News

"It's stressful on all freshmen to try to balance academics and social life. You have this big glob of time and energy to throw at something; it's finding out where's your glob that's the stressful thing."

-- Freshman Eric Maltzer, "Freshman Stress," The New Haven Register, April 23, 2000.

"It may have more the quality of a fad than anything else. There isn't the atmosphere supporting heroin use that there was in the late 60's and early 70's."

-- Professor of child psychiatry Dr. David F. Musto, "Face of Heroin: It's Younger And Suburban," The New York Times, April 25, 2000.

"This is the misconception of our time in terms of word origins."

-- Associate librarian Fred R. Shapiro, about the common belief that a moth inspired the term 'computer bug,' "If There's a Bug in the Etymology, You May Never Get It Out," The New York Times, April 22, 2000.

"The legal system has a sense of thoughtful due process in which all avenues should be explored [in child custody cases]. This can go on for years, this process for looking for a perfect solution, while children's lives don't stand still. A child's custodial situation is treated in some ways as battles between stockholders in a company, where lawyers on both sides argue in court."

-- Director of the Child Study Center Dr. Donald J. Cohen, "In Custody Battles, Children Get Unequal Time," The New York Times, April 23, 2000.

"When people supported [dancer and choreographer Ralph] Lemon in the past, the thing that he was always asked was when can you bring 'it' to 'us,' as opposed to 'just come to us and create.' It was liberating for him and energizing for us."

-- Yale Rep managing director Victoria Nolan, about the development of Lemon's trilogy of dance-theater works, " At Yale, A Choreographer's Vision Rewarded," The Hartford Courant, April 23, 2000.

"It's an extraordinary event. In the past, the companies have stayed away from making, not only any claims, they've not even admitted that smoking causes cancer. They now say, 'O.K. We now know that it's a risk factor and this lowers the risk.'"

-- Dean of the Medical School Dr. David Kessler, about a tobacco company's test-marketing of a smokeless cigarette, "R.J. Reynolds Steps Up Test-Marketing of its Experimental Smokeless Cigarette, Eclipse," National Public Radio, April 21, 2000.

"America spends 14.5 percent of its national income on health care. That's more than 40% more than its closest competitor in the world. Yet 44 million Americans are uninsured at any one time. And we've got doctors angry about managed care, nurses in short supply and hospital administrators under great pressure."

-- SOM professor Theodore R. Marmor, "Intensive Caring," New Haven Advocate, April 24, 2000.

"My first thought is that I seem to be the only one among those present whose last name puts him into the same class with Big Bird."

-- Sterling Professor Emeritus of History Jaroslav J. Pelikan, jokingly explaining why he was the spokesman for the group of celebrities, including the TV character, chosen as "Living Legends" who were feted as part of the celebration of the 200th birthday of the Library of Congress, "'Legends' Help Library Celebrate," USA Today, April 25, 2000.

"I just want to make enough money so that I can wear a new pair of socks each day."

-- Student Joshua Newman, about the goals for his venture capital firm, "Bishop Packs up as Net Billionaires Move in; San Francisco Diary," The Daily Telegraph (London), April 22, 2000.

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

Conservationist's gift establishes environmental studies professorship

More attention to the environment is needed, EPA administrator says

Graduate students honor their mentors with a new award

Twelve individuals honored for improving town-gown connections

Mammograms lower rate of breast cancer recurrence, study finds

Talk marks opening of center for children exposed to violence

Scholar decries abuse of women to create pornography

Baseball commissioner talks about players' responsibility

Event examines life, work of controversial Yiddish writer

Student drama centers on play once charged with being obscene

Exhibit to explore how artists depicted Africa in 20th century

Satellite images aid study of environmental threats in Africa

Celebration of Russian literature on view at Beinecke

Architecture project benefits 'fragile' city neighborhood

Yale student groups honored for service to community

Yale Physicians Building to be city's newest art exhibit space

Graduate student scientists sharing their research at two-day symposium

Agrarian Studies marks 10th year with conference

In thanks,Yale physician receives Yankees baseball

English Department alumni will consider 'Prospects for the New Century'

Memorial service to celebrate life of John Blassingame

Divinity School Search Committee Correction

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