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December 12, 2003|Volume 32, Number 14|Five-Week Issue

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"It was the [civil rights] activists' darkling faith that gave them the courage to face dogs and mobs with the intentionally coercive yet loving nonviolence that so astonished liberals and segregationists alike."

-- Jim Sleeper, lecturer in political science, in his book review "Faith and the Struggle for Social Justice," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 16, 2003.

"Sunspots tend to decay. Flares use up a lot of energy."

-- Sabatino Sofia, professor of astronomy, noting that October's geomagnetic storms will be less potent when the sun rotates this way again next month, "Flare Up; Sun Unleashes Energy That Can Affect Earth," New Haven Register, Nov. 9, 2003.

"There are competitors to mutual funds -- like exchange-traded funds -- that are competing on the basis of transaction costs and liquidity. And now, we're trying to protect mutual funds by raising their transaction costs and reducing their liquidity."

-- K. Geert Rouwenhorst, professor at the School of Management, about measures to address short-term trading abuse in mutual funds, "A Band-Aid for the Fund Industry's Broken Leg?" The New York Times, Nov. 21, 2003.

"The meta thing hanging over all of this is the general constitutional question of whether or not states can discriminate against same-sex couples. In the near term it's a state constitutional question. In the longer term, it will loom as a U.S. constitutional question."

-- William N. Eskridge Jr., the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence, about the legalization of same-sex marriages, "Mass. Gay Marriage Ruling Changes National Legal Landscape," The Associated Press, Nov. 20, 2003.

"Natural selection has provided us no defenses against the hazard of dietary excess because our ancestors knew nothing of it. Efforts to combat with medication our natural tendency to gain weight when low physical activity demands and an abundant calorie supply permit us to do so are efforts to dismantle the core of human metabolism."

-- Dr. David L. Katz, associate clinical professor of epidemiology and public health and of medicine, in his article "The Scarlet Burger," The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 19, 2003.

"There are companies like Ford Motor where you have Volvo and Jaguar and other tremendous businesses operating in Europe and others parts of the world. They don't engage in a lot of flag waving right now, and you can see that it's put strains on U.S. firms operating abroad as well as their openness to our markets, regardless of what's manufactured there, our ability to sell into some of those markets certainly is going to be hurt, and some of the image around our goods."

-- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the School of Management, "Anti-Americanism Hurting Corporate America," "Money & Markets," CNNfn, Nov. 20, 2003.

"Any husband who treated his wife the way God treated Israel [in the Old Testament], his wife would put him in jail."

-- John Collins, the Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism & Interpretation, "God's Woman Trouble," Newsweek, Dec. 8, 2003.

"The government used to think we were confrontational. But it is changing its view and we now have a licence to continue our advocacy work in China. ... Without public involvement and community initiatives, China will be fighting a losing battle against the [AIDS] pandemic."

-- Dr. Yanhai Wan, postgraduate fellow in the World Fellowship Program, about his AIDS advocacy work in China, "Small Steps on the Road To Averting a Catastrophe," South China Morning Post, Dec. 1, 2003.

"Fifty years ago, communities were more intact. People went to church in their own communities, your school teacher was also your Sunday school teacher, and you saw people you knew in the market. Now people travel 50 miles to go to work, or 30 miles to go to church. You get in your car and go home. My colleagues, female professors, work all day, work all night, and go home to work on their articles. Someone would have to fling himself on the hood of our car for us to notice him."

-- Valerie Maholmes, the Harris Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry, on why so many singles pay for online matchmaking services, "The Canadian Website That Has Christians Logging On for Love: Cyberspace Is Replacing the Church Picnic as the Place To Meet a Mate," The Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 30, 2003.

"While television has made it virtually impossible to remain ignorant of the suffering of distant others, it has not guaranteed a corresponding expansion of a sense of responsibility to alleviate it. Seeing is not enough. These problems require compassion and, even more, a sense of moral obligation to address the suffering of strangers."

-- Jeffrey Alexander, chair of the Department of Sociology and Ron Eyerman, professor of sociology, in their article "A Test of Moral Conscience; Does the Suffering Around the Globe Matter to the Top Dogs?" Newsday (New York), Nov. 30, 2003.

"When you move into the CEO role, you're aware of the importance of followership in ways that are scary."

-- Dr. David Berg, clinical professor of psychiatry, "CEOs of the Future Get Formal Training To Take Giant Leap; One Lesson: Rules Change After You Take Charge," USA Today, Dec. 1, 2003.

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

John Pepper named V.P. for Finance & Administration

Yale expands Homebuyer Program

Professorship honors former Yale president

Students win Rhodes, Marshall Scholarships

Roland Betts named Corporation's senior fellow

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS

DeVane Lectures to investigate meanings of keywords

Yale is site of state's first high-efficiency fuel cell power plant

Yale department adds a personal touch to holiday giving

Artworks created in captivity donated to Yale Art Gallery

Symposium to explore issues of 'space and race'
Journalists offer perspectives on global events, world leaders

Friedman says globalization's rules have replaced those of Cold War

Gourevitch calls for 'greater clarity' in coverage of international issues

Bumiller describes media's battle to cover a secretive White House

Scientists find oldest definitively male fossil

Group prenatal care benefits preterm infants, study shows

Studies say newer psychiatric medications not cost-effective

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