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"Science the process is objective. But scientists are people, and they aren't objective."
-- Jacques Gauthier, professor of geology and geophysics and of ecology and evolutionary biology, "Whatchamacallit," The New York Times, March 20, 2005. §
"We don't want a student to hack into our building management systems just because they can."
-- Jerry Hill, director of systems engineering at the Office of Facilities, on a project to introduce computer-controlled energy and other systems in 210 campus buildings, "The Rise of Smart Buildings," Computerworld, March 14, 2005.
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"Colon, prostate and breast cancer have screening. There's no way to screen for lung cancer. ... To find people with early stage lung cancer, you need to distinguish between benign and cancerous tissue. ... Now with CT scan, screening would lead to unnecessary surgery for benign lesions. It would cost $15 billion a year for the 50 million current and past smokers in the U.S."
-- Dr. Lynn T. Tanoue, associate professor of internal medicine, "Lung Cancer Cannot be Detected Before Symptoms Appear," New Haven Register, March 13, 2005.
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"We think we're going to need something like $100 million over 10 years, minimum [to make Connecticut a center for stem cell research]. Everybody understands it's going to take a bigger commitment."
-- Dr. Robert J. Alpern, the Ensign Professor of Medicine and dean of the School of Medicine, "Scientists Say Connecticut Needs $100 Million for Stem Cells," The Associated Press, March 14, 2005.
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"You can think of [Machu Picchu] as the Incan equivalent of Camp David."
-- Richard Burger, professor of anthropology, about the Andean city's role as a summer retreat, "Mysterious Machu Picchu; Tulsa Exhibit Offers Look at 400-Plus Incan Artifacts," The Sunday Oklahoman, March 13, 2005.
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"I understand why we want to incentivize the purchase of bicycle helmets, but do we [in Connecticut] really need to provide an incentive for winter boat storage, the sale of repair or maintenance on vessels, or ocean marine insurance? (I admit that I am impressed by the success of the boat lobby.) I understand why we do not tax admission to municipal arenas, but shouldn't people who belong to private clubs pay taxes for admission and for their locker rentals? Why are we subsidizing private airports? Memo to the governor: here's a few bucks for schools."
-- Robert Solomon, clinical professor of law, in his article "Why There's No Newspaper Tax," Connecticut Law Tribune, March 14, 2005.
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"We get from poetry something that we cannot get elsewhere. Why should we care about anything but for that reason? We live in a culture of short takes and sidebars and poetry is something that wants deliberately to slow us down, to make us question and I think that's why it's valued."
-- J.D. McClatchy, editor of The Yale Review and adjunct professor of English, "J.D. McClatchy Discusses the Poetry Nominees for the National Book Critics Circle Awards," "Weekend Edition Sunday," National Public Radio, March 13, 2005.
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"I believe global economic development ought to be accorded far more attention than it usually gets, given its importance to economic growth and the battles against terrorism, disease and the drug trade. But the focus on dramatic increases in foreign aid could be an overreach and an ill-advised diversion from other critical approaches to alleviating poverty."
-- Jeffrey E. Garten, dean of the School of Management, in his article "Don't Just Throw Money at the World's Poor; High-Profile Proposals To Boost Aid Seem Like Political One-upmanship," Business Week, March 7, 2005.
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"People who are schoolhouse-smart tend to get a huge advantage from society, but [the SAT tests] put at a disadvantage kids who are smart in other ways. There may be a whole lot of people who could make valuable contributions to society ... and they never get a chance."
-- Robert J. Sternberg, the IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, "Toward a Truer College Measure," The Hartford Courant, March 12, 2005.
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"Some [Iranian] people would be able to talk about their own drug addiction or their family member's, but they find it incredibly difficult to talk about homosexuality in any way. If you're not acknowledging its existence, you're certainly not going to be developing any programs [for preventing AIDS among that population]."
-- Kaveh Khoshnood, assistant professor of epidemiology and public health, "Iran Tackles AIDS Head-On, 2 Young Doctors Lead Establishment of Clinics," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 13, 2005.
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"It's a much more dangerous way of intaking alcohol. If you inhale this, if you snort this, these things are all the same. They're not going to change."
-- Dr. Gail D'Onofrio, associate professor of surgery, about a machine that proportedly allows people to avoid hangovers by inhaling alcohol, rather than drinking it, "Alcohol Vaporizer Targeted," The Hartford Courant, March 14, 2005.
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"This [parent coaching] is so American. We want a quick answer, we want to do it yourself. ... If parent coaches are here to comfort and support parents, that's wonderful, as long as they don't think they're doing more. If you really need to change a child in any way, this is not going to do that."
-- Dr. Alan E. Kazdin, the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology and director of the Child Study Center, "With Mayhem at Home, They Call a Parent Coach," The New York Times, March 13, 2005.
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"After the (Veterans Memorial) Coliseum goes, I'd love to see the creation of a smaller, more intimate, less menacing arena. I think a town needs an arena, but it needs one that works."
-- Douglas Rae, the Richard S. Ely Professor of Organization and Management, "Gone But Not Forgotten," New Haven Register, March 13, 2005.
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"I know of no previous case where [Congress has acted to interfere in a decision by a state court, as in the Terri Schiavo case]. But that doesn't mean it's clearly a violation of every principle in the book, that it's never been done before. Lots of things have never been done before that -- and they might be constitutionally. They also might be very bad policy. They might open up the proverbial can of worms in all sorts of other areas, so that's why it's complicated. I think we're in somewhat unchartered waters here."
-- Akhil Reed Amar, the Southmayd Professor of Law, "Legal Issues Involved in
Congress' Attempt To Intervene in the Terri Schiavo Case," National Public Radio, March 20, 2005.
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"International adjudication is an important tool in a post-cold war, post-9/11 world."
-- Harold Hongju Koh, the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law and dean of the Law School, decrying a U.S. decision that denies the World Court jurisdiction over domestic capital cases, "Disputing World Court, U.S. Pulls Out of Protocol; Decision Centers on 51 Doomed Mexicans," The International Herald Tribune, March 11, 2005.
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"Stocks should beat bonds on average, but everybody's taking more risk, so it's not guaranteed that you'll come out ahead. ... If things go well and you leverage up and buy more stocks, you definitely can cure the [Social Security] problem. But it is a bet on things going well."
-- Roger Ibbotson, professor in the practice of finance at the School of Management, "Despite History, Stocks Are No Sure Bet," St. Petersburg Times, March 13, 2005.
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"Capital markets are based on the sensible premise that investors should be free to choose the level of risk they want to take. Outside of the world of academic lawyers, it is widely accepted that regulators can't prevent risk-taking and need not: The financial markets regulate themselves in this regard, by pricing risk. (Riskier investments promise greater returns.) The government's role is to make sure that entrepreneurs make the proper disclosures."
-- Jonathan Macey, the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law, in his review of David Skeel's book "Icarus in the Boardroom," "Bookshelf: A Risky Proposition," The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2005.
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"[The power of brain imaging reflects] the illusion of explanatory depth. If people see something, they are often deluded into thinking they understand it better than they really do."
-- Frank Keil, professor of psychology and of linguistics, "While Brain Imaging Offers New Knowledge, It Can Be an Illusion," The Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2005.
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"Your computer is not a toaster -- even a smart toaster with chips and sensors -- even though you can put something into it and have it come out processed according to your instructions. A computer that is a voting machine consists of hardware and software. Mistakes in the chip design and manufacture can lead to bugs. Operating systems have bugs. We all have the experience of our computer crashing from time to time for no apparent reason. And, the software that enables election officials to list races and candidates and tabulate the votes can have troubles."
-- Michael Fischer, professor of computer science, and Christina Spiesel, senior research scholar at the Law School, in their article "Only a Paper Trail Will Verify Our Votes," New Haven Register, March 16, 2005.
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"It's the captain of the ship's responsibility to know [about misdealings within their company]. If they say it's too complex for them to understand, say, 'Thank you very much, give us your back pay.'"
-- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the School of Management and professor of the practice of management, about the "CEO as victim defense," "Ebbers' Luck Runs Out in Sweeping Victory for Feds; Ex-CEO's Testimony and 'CEO as Dupe' Defense Fail To Sway Jury," USA Today, March 16, 2005.
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"Social Security provides a vital kind of insurance. The real issue lurking behind this debate [over replacing it with personal accounts] is whether we should have a program that provides the bedrock protection against economic risk."
-- Jacob Hacker, the Peter Strauss Family Assistant Professor of Political Science, "Social Security as Dramamine," The New York Times, March 20, 2005.
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"[A recent contention that Abraham Lincoln was gay] matters for those in lesbian and gay studies a great deal. It challenges one of the fundamental prejudices that we continuously communicate: The stage of public life is owned by normative sexuality. Maybe Lincoln can serve as the poster child for a much fuller understanding of the 19th century."
-- Jonathan D. Katz, executive coordinator of the Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies, adjunct associate professor of women's, gender and sexuality studies, and of the history of art, "The Interpretation of History Is at the Heart of C.A. Tripp's Contention that President Lincoln was Gay ... WASN'T He?" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 20, 2005.
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