Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 14, 2003|Volume 31, Number 18

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"[Benjamin] Franklin never insulted anybody, except on purpose."

-- Edmund Morgan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, "Book Honors Ben Franklin; Biographer Talks About Famous Statesman at Yale," New Haven Register, Jan. 19, 2003.

"Rather than thinking of affirmative action in terms of diversity or compensation, we should see it as a structural remedy for a structural problem: as a means of eradicating the caste structure that now mars our society and that has its roots in slavery and the segregation of Jim Crow. By giving blacks a greater share of the privileged positions of society, affirmative action improves the relative position of the group that lies at the bottom of the heap."

-- Owen Fiss, Sterling Professor of Law, "'Aye' to Affirmative Action," New Straits Times (Malaysia), Jan. 29, 2003.

"Students much prefer studying in dorm rooms to coming over and looking at slides or displays."

-- Susan Williams, curator of visual resources at the University Library, about the popularity of Yale's extensive archive of digital images, "Art History Without Slides; Digital Images Offer Professors Flexibility in Teaching, But Creating Collections Is Difficult," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 24, 2003.

"There is a basic common sense to the U.S. democracy. War may be necessary under certain circumstances, the people feel, yet it must have limits -- and it must seem rational and fair."

-- Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, in his article "Philadelphia Experiment Shows What Americans Really Feel On War," The Australian, Jan. 27, 2003.

"Last year, the United Health Foundation ranked Connecticut the fifth healthiest state in the nation. Now budget cuts jeopardize this position, posing a serious threat to the state's ability to meet head-on the numerous public health challenges before it."

-- Michael H. Merson, dean of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, in his article "State Budget Cuts Jeopardize Public Health," The Hartford Courant, Jan. 27, 2003.

"Power-hungry bureaucrats and cowardly competitors are trying to re-establish the meddlesome, cozy, competitor-coddling arrangements that prompted Congress to deregulate the [airline] industry 25 years ago. If they succeed, they will dismantle the competitive markets that have saved consumers billions of dollars since."

-- Michael E. Levine, adjunct professor at the Law School, in his article "Bureaucracy Overreaches; Airlines' Proposal Would Benefit Consumers, Boost Competition," USA Today, Jan. 27, 2003.

"Smart people are more at risk for being foolish because they think they're not."

-- Robert J. Sternberg, the IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, "Wise Fools; Yale Professor Explores How Smart People Can Be Stupid," New Haven Register, Feb. 4, 2003.

"People often accuse the Supreme Court of ignoring majority will by striking down laws passed by democratically elected legislatures. They forget that by narrowing what legislatures can fight over in especially divisive areas like religion and abortion, courts actually help working majorities form."

-- Jack M. Balkin, the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law & the First Amendment, in his article "A Ruling The G.O.P. Loves To Hate," The New York Times, Jan. 25, 2003.

"[Machu Picchu] was like the Taj Mahal. It was an expression of wealth and power for one group of people. Once they lost their power and wealth, it could not be sustained."

-- Richard Burger, professor of anthropology, "Largest Exhibit in U.S. on Incas Opens," The Associated Press, Feb. 6, 2003.

"The future of America is in the knowledge industries. Even car manufacturing plants use robotic technology. They don't create all the old assembly-line jobs. Biotech will create a substantial number of jobs and people who will need services."

-- Bruce Alexander, vice president & director of the Office of New Haven & State Affairs, "The New Powerbroker; How Bruce Alexander is Changing New Haven -- Without Your Noticing," The New Haven Advocate, Feb. 6, 2003.

"The fact that an innocent person gets saved from execution shouldn't be taken as evidence that the [judicial] system worked. ... [T]here are multiple failures in the system and you have to be crazy to feel secure that we haven't missed such errors in other cases."

-- Bruce Shapiro, lecturer in Yale College, "Most Floridians Stand By Death Penalty," The Tampa Tribune, Jan. 25, 2003.

"The vast majority of people who deliver babies prematurely are largely white, middle-class. It can happen to anybody from (former) President Kennedy's wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, to the poor rural person who doesn't receive any (prenatal) care. Everybody's at risk."

-- Dr. Charles Lockwood, chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Education Needed About Preterm Births," United Press International, Jan. 30, 2003.

"It's impossible to imagine the Web becoming a popular success without the mouse. Toddlers paint pictures with them and great-grandparents check e-mail with them."

-- Joshua Mosher, support specialist in Information Technology Services, "The Mouse Rolled; Device That Changed the Way We Use Computers Has Been in the House For 20 Years," New Haven Register, Jan. 27, 2003.

"On balance 2002 was a bad year for free trade, and 2003 could be worse."

-- Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Center for the Study of Globalization, "Will the Doha Round Implode in 2003?" Forbes, Feb. 3, 2003.

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

Stamp honors legendary Yale football coach

New test proves better than SAT at predicting college success

Peers and players applaud Meredith's winning ways

CBS executive talks about TV news in 'a world of infinite choice'

Event highlights alternative approaches to law

School of Architecture exhibit showcases design team's work

Katz and Katz bringing talents to Kramer Initiative programs

Terry Lectures examine human quest to exorcise 'demons'

Production of rarely seen play celebrates expatriates' collaboration

Yale physician contributes to artist's show linking art and science

Program Honors Accident Victims

Dwight Hall names two new staff members

Yale Books in Brief

Campus Notes