October 27, 2000
"[Serbian leader Slobodan] Milosevic certainly would not have fallen had the army and police chiefs stood by him. But neither they nor the other significant segments of the Serbian establishment could be persuaded to stick with damaged goods."
-- Bradford Durfee Professor of History Ivo Banac in his article, "Can Serbia's New Leader Escape Milosevic's Legacy?" The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 11, 2000.
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"The greatest good for the greatest number has finally become measurable and more objective."
-- Professor Emeritus of Political Science Robert E. Lane, "Happy Hunting; Researchers Delight in Determining What Brings Us Joy," The Boston Globe, Oct. 11, 2000.
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"Schools are under pressure to identify (special ed) children."
-- IBM Professor of Psychology & Education Robert J. Sternberg, "Soaring Growth of 'Special Ed' Kids Raises Questions of Bias, Unfairness," Investor's Business Daily, Sept. 28, 2000.
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"These days, you work with people over time, and try to work with people on incentives that include jobs and housing. We expect people to give something, too. There's a heavy judgmental quality to this business about the idea that someone has to hit bottom before you can help. I think it's legitimate to expect a certain level of responsibility from the individual -- to the degree they are capable and able."
-- Assistant clinical professor of psychiatry Michael Rowe, "Wills Vs. Ill: A Drinking Life," The Hartford Courant, Oct. 2, 2000.
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"We look for ways to reinvest in things that distinguish Yale's particular excellence. We want the outsides of the buildings to reflect the extraordinary activities taking place inside of them."
-- Associate vice president for facilities Kemel W. Dawkins, "Yale's Ambitious Renovation Program Tops Any Undertaken by a University," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 20, 2000.
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"By age 8 years, over 50 percent [of children who weighed less than 2 pounds at birth] are in special education or are receiving extensive resource room help. One-fifth have repeated a grade of school."
-- Professor of pediatrics & neurology Dr. Laura Ment, "Study: Preemies Face Risk of Brain Abnormalities," The Hartford Courant, Oct. 18, 2000.
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"Politics is a dirty business at its best. When you touch politics, it touches you back."
-- William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Stephen L. Carter, "A Cautionary View of Mixing Politics and Religion," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 9, 2000.
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"There's a bit of an Oklahoma land-rush feel to the examination of genomic sequence right now. Once all of the genes are identified, that's it for all of history. We're not ever going to have another period of discovery in human biology to match the one that we're in today."
-- Chair of the Department of Genetics Dr. Richard P. Lifton, "For Sale: The Book of Life," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 22, 2000.
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"[S]keptics have, for the last 150 years, actually helped promote the safety and effectiveness of vaccines through their insistence on calling attention to the genuine adverse consequences of vaccines, long before doctors have been willing to do so."
-- Associate professor of history Robert D. Johnston in his letter to the editor, "Comments on Vaccines," The New York Times, Oct. 10, 2000.
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"If you don't pick up a baby when he is crying, you can build up his levels of stress and distress. Responding to your child's needs is not spoiling."
-- Clinical professor of psychiatry Dr. Kyle Pruett, "U.S. Parents Condone Spanking, Survey Finds," The Toronto Star, Oct. 6, 2000.
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"I think Gershwin was serious competition for them, because [composer and critic Virgil Thompson] and other composers of that era were very interested in establishing an Americana, an American music, with a classical orientation. And Gershwin, with a musical theater background, where the music was already accepted -- not only accepted, but popular -- is a kind of threat."
-- Battell Professor of the Theory of Music Allen Forte, "Play at Alvin Theatre, 'Porgy and Bess,'" National Public Radio, Oct. 8, 2000.
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"[A] political party that comes to share power as a result of discontent with the political system -- however legitimate and understandable -- does not and should not automatically gain international legitimacy."
-- Associate director, International Security Studies, Ted R. Bromund in his letter to the editor, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," Foreign Affairs, Sept. 2000.
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"Inhaling pure oxygen gas is beneficial for people suffering from illnesses that compromise the function of lungs and the cardiovascular system. While it isn't dangerous or harmful, for the average healthy person, ingesting extra oxygen will have a greater psychological effect than anything else."
-- Professor of orthopedics Dr. Peter Jokl, "A Keep Fit Regime Out of Thin Air; The Use of 'Low Oxygen' by Professional Athletes Has Encouraged High Street Gyms to Invest in 'Punishment Chambers,'" The Daily Telegraph (London), Oct. 9, 2000.
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"A lot of motivation for going online [to buy a car] is people don't want to get ripped off."
-- Associate professor at the School of Management Fiona Scott Morton, "Study: Internet Car Shopping Can Save Consumers Money," The Associated Press, Oct. 8, 2000.
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"We want to become the first global school of the environment because the world is going global, environmental issues have gone global."
-- Dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies James Gustave Speth, "School Looking Back -- And Ahead; Yale's Forestry Program Celebrates Centennial, Enjoys Expanded Mission," The Hartford Courant, Oct. 6, 2000.
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"It's true, there are geopolitics involved [in choosing the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature] because obviously the academy doesn't want to give the prize to many writers from the same region in a row. And one has to recognize that. But I think that it is time for a Latin American to receive it. I think the last Latin American was Octavio Paz, and that was a number of years ago."
-- Chair of the Department of Spanish & Portuguese Roberto González Echevarría, "Speculation About the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature," National Public Radio, Oct. 12, 2000.
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"A lot of the stuff I teach in the way of American decorative arts could have an audience [online]."
-- Chair of the Department of the History of Art Edward S. Cooke Jr., about the new University Alliance for Long-Distance Learning, "Going Back to Yale -- Online," The Hartford Courant, Sept. 29, 2000.
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"People need to understand that light-hearted teasing may leave lasting complications. This could be useful for clinicians trying to understand how people internalize negative questions about themselves."
-- Assistant professor of psychiatry Dr. Carlos Grilo, "Study Links Eating Disorders With Teasing," New Haven Register, Oct. 12, 2000.
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"We know that psychiatry is not quite a predictive science, and no amount of training will eradicate violence in our society. However, by having an informed and educated work force, with clear zero-tolerance policies and procedures in place, it should help lessen the likelihood and minimize the trauma when and if violence might erupt in the workplace."
-- Clinical instructor in psychiatry James N. Rascati in his letter to the editor, "City Confronts Problem of Workplace Violence," New Haven Register, Sept. 29, 2000.
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"Had Judge [James A.] Parker been more probing of the Justice Department's nebulous assertions [against accused spy Wen Ho Lee], the detention order would not have been entered. If the judge was deceived, he should begin sanctioning proceedings. If not, he should accept responsibility."
-- Professor of law Steven Duke in his letter to the editor, "Blame in the Lee Case," The New York Times, Sept. 19, 2000.
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"Until recently, [the stock market] was one step down, two steps up. And people developed this faith that markets automatically rebound from crashes."
-- Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics Robert Shiller, "Chat Rooms Witness Crisis of Market Faith After a Bumpy Week," The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 16, 2000.
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"Loss is one of the things I've always been interested in exploring in my plays -- how we as humans deal with it. And a catalyst for loss is often change. Because with the beginning of something you're often mourning the loss of what preceded it."
-- Lecturer in English & theater studies Donald Margulies, "'Dinner With Friends' Friendly Shock Therapy for All," The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA), Oct. 4, 2000.
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"[Choosing what measures to take to save a very premature infant] are incredibly difficult decisions that only parents can ultimately make in consultation with their physicians, the baby's physicians and God. But they need all the information."
-- Associate professor at the Child Study Center Dr. Bradley Peterson, "Preterm Babies Have Lower IQs: Study," Calgary Herald, Oct. 18, 2000.
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"This is an exciting finding and incredibly surprising because the bone marrow has never been considered as a source of liver cells."
-- Assistant professor of laboratory medicine & pathology Dr. Diane Krause about the discovery that bone marrow contains cells that could grow new livers, "How Bone Marrow Could Grow You a New Liver," Daily Mail (London), Oct. 10, 2000.