Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 15, 2005|Volume 32, Number 26

In the News
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"Presidents and Congress use the income tax the way my mother used chicken soup, as a magic solution to solve all the nation's political and economic problems."

-- Michael Graetz, the Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law, "Tax Mess Gets a Cleanup Plan," Newsday, April 3, 2005.

"We're going through something very similar in real estate that we did with stocks. It's driven by the same forces: that investments can't go bad; that it has the potential to make you rich; that you'll regret it if you don't do it; that it looks expensive but is really not."

-- Robert J. Shiller, the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, "Post-Dot-Coms' Hot Market; In U.S., the Can't-Miss Allure of Real Estate," The International Herald Tribune, March 26, 2005.

"If [women] can fix a particular space that has our stuff in it, it tells us that we exist and that this is who we are. ... The key thing is getting away from friends, family expectations, intrusions, [having the] freedom not to have to be nice and accommodating."

-- Marianne LaFrance, professor of psychology, "An Office of One's Own," Ottawa Citizen, March 31, 2005.

"[Poet Walt Whitman] was writing at a time when the national character was still largely unformed, and 'Leaves of Grass,' more than any other book in our history, helped give shape to the idea of The American. ... He wanted not so much to heal or save his countrymen as to reveal them to themselves."

-- J.D. McClatchy, editor of The Yale Review and adjunct professor of English, in his article "An American Bard at 150," The New York Sun, April 1, 2005.

"People shouldn't have to have money to get justice. And in my own case, everyone should do something at least once in their life just because they think it's right."

-- Lea Brilmayer, the Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of International Law, on why she is working for free as Eritrea's legal representative before the International Court at The Hague in its claims of war crimes committed by Ethiopia, "Court in the Crossfire," Financial Times (London), April 2, 2005.

"There are different issues [facing the Catholic Church] in different parts of the world. In this part of the world it's pretty obvious we have the pedophile crisis that still has to be worked through, and more largely there's the issue of leadership of the church, and how our parishes and church agencies are going to be staffed if the current vocational trends continue. In Europe, the church is challenged to show it's relevant and meaningful in a world that in some ways has moved beyond its Christian roots. And in the Third World, you have issues of the relationship of the church to the social order, and issues of poverty that are not going to go away."

-- Harold W. Attridge, the Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament and dean of the Divinity School, "For Next Pontiff, Daunting Challenges Await," The Boston Globe, April 3, 2005.

''Forensic evidence that we have from the skeletons and other remains of slaves in the North, including Connecticut, demonstrate that slavery was every bit as harsh physically as it was in the South. You find compression fractures of vertebrae from carrying heavy loads, the evidence of being struck -- with broken bones, and the inability of breaks to heal.''

-- Robert P. Forbes, lecturer in history and associate director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition, "A Second Look at History," The New York Times, April 3,2 005.

"Schisms, like divorces, take a long time to develop -- and reconciliations take even longer. It will be a celebration of the legacy of Pope John Paul II and an answer to his prayers (and to those of all Christians, beginning with their Lord himself) if the Eastern and Western churches can produce the necessary mixture of charity and sincere effort to continue to work toward the time when they all may be one."

-- Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, on the late pope's efforts to heal divisions between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches in his article "The Great Unifier," The New York Times, April 4, 2005.

"Climate change and other forms of environmental degradation will leave the scientific and technological community with some very hard-to-solve or even unsolvable problems. Right now, we should be imagining, innovating, developing and planning for a post-petroleum society; that would be an intellectually fascinating thing to do, in addition to being a vital service to society. Instead, we are fighting wars and ripping up wildlife refuges so that people can drive SUVs!"

-- Joan Feigenbaum, professor of computer science, "View from the High Ground: Yale's Joan Feigenbaum," Technology Research News, April 6, 2005.

"Benchmarking could inspire all sorts of socially desirable behavior. ... Many students have inflated beliefs about how much their peers imbibe. When students discover that few of their peers have more than five drinks at a party, they drink less."

-- Ian Ayres, the William K. Townsend Professor of Law, and Barry Nalebuff, the Milton Steinbach Professor of Management, in their article "Peer Pressure," Forbes, April 11, 2005.

"The last thing we need is to put more distance between parents and their children."

-- Dr. Alan Kazdin, the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology and director of the Child Study Center, on the trend toward putting children in distant, sometimes separate, sections of the home, "No Dessert For You! Now Go to Your Tower," The New York Times, March 31, 2005.

"Those who would like to see the U.N. totally marginalized -- or even extinguished -- rejoice in pointing to its failures in preventing or quickly resolving many serious conflicts that have occurred since it was created. These critics speak as if the U.N. had power of its own with which to address and solve the crucial issues of peace and security. They overlook the fact that it is solely up to the member countries' leaders to make the key decisions."

-- Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Center for the Study of Globalization and professor in the field of international economics and international relations, in his article "A World Without the U.N.? Ernesto Zedillo Calls for UN Reform," Forbes, March 28, 2005.

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

Team uses lasers to control specially modified fruit flies

Financial aid increased for Ph.D. students

Exhibits recount Yale's history and the contributions of its alumni

Visitor Center enjoys pride-of-place as it showcases Yale

Event will bring together staff, students to help city groups

Kim Bottomly has been named as a deputy provost . . .

Zedillo appointed envoy to U.N.'s summer summit

Yale undergraduates make impressive showing in . . .

Cycle of August Wilson plays to conclude with 'Radio Golf'

Next Yale Rep season features new plays . . .

Monthly injections of naltrexone in combination with therapy . . .

Researchers identify a protein in the kidney that regulates . . .

Conference pays tribute to ethicist Margaret Farley

Panel and exhibit mark 30th anniversary of fall of Saigon

Event honors individuals who have contributed to women's health

Conference will consider future of controversial Voting Rights Act

Culture and community

Event highlights new research on AIDS

YALE CANCER CENTER NEWS

World-renowned researcher Foss to join staff

Student's internship earns her accolades in Westinghouse contest