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October 1, 2004|Volume 33, Number 5

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"[The executive director of an ethics commission is] a wild card who is looked upon with suspicion by the political community. They're afraid he'll investigate them."

-- Dennis E. Curtis, clinical professor of law, "Ethics Panel Has Its Work Cut Out," The New York Times, Sept. 19, 2004.

"The fact of the matter is, there is a lot of discussion in the last four weeks before an election. A lot more. A good citizen should expose themself to this conversation when it occurs and not opt out of it. We're going in the wrong way, on both sound-bite democracy and the erosion of the only ritual we have left."

-- Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, on the trend among states to offer early voting, allowing citizens to cast ballots weeks before the election, "Early Voting Changes Campaigns," The Mercury News, Sept. 12, 2004.

"As those who have lived away from home would know, fighting alone in the cold is the loneliest experience ever. With the temperature at -15 degrees Celsius, I have to totter through the snow with a couple of two-inch thick textbooks in my bag. Frequently the wind is so strong that I have to pause so that I'm not blown away. Narrowing my eyes against the wind, I see my parents and my sister at home. They are probably sleeping but since I have chosen to be here I must fight. And I know I am not alone."

-- Daniya Ponganutree, freshman in Yale College, in her article, "King's Scholar in New Haven," Bangkok Post, Sept. 14, 2004.

"Entering a science requires commitment and curiosity from a young age -- not hours of television and video games."

-- Susan Froetschel, tutor in the writing program at Yale College, in her article, "Why Science Matters," The Hartford Courant, Sept. 21, 2004.

"Dedicated physicians who live by today's four principles of medical ethics -- beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and justice -- and who unquestioningly embrace the ancient Hippocratic injunction to 'do good or at least do no harm' need to examine the ways in which the nobility of their calling can be subverted by forces not only from without but also from within. ... No association or guild was more complicit in the rise of Nazism and the desecrations committed by its leaders and followers than the profession of medicine, in the form both of its organizations and its individual members [who supported the eugenic movement].

-- Dr. Sherwin Nuland, clinical professor of surgery, in his article, "The Death of Hippocrates," The New Republic, Sept. 13, 2004.

"What's interesting about almost all the battleground states is that there has been an ethnic or urban-rural division within the state that has led to competing partisan camps. And there's a rough population balance between them."

-- Donald Green, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Political Science and director of the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, "Bids Boil Down to 10-State Slugfest; Candidates Throw Bulk of Cash at Swing Votes," The Boston Herald, Sept. 19, 2004.

"It's sort of taken as gospel that as you get older, you get weaker, you can't do as much. But that doesn't have to be. ... A lot of what is attributed to aging is probably attributable to disuse atrophy, and not age. What we really need to do is encourage people to become physically active, as active as possible."

-- Dr. Peter Jokl, professor of orthopaedics, "Older Runners Pick Up the Pace," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sept. 19, 2004.

"Obviously somebody who goes to a zoo is looking for convenience. Most people going to a zoo are looking for a family-type experience and a comfortable park-like experience away from the pressures of urban life. They don't want to have to work to find the animals. And they want it to be relatively easy."

-- Stephen R. Kellert, the Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Social Ecology, about visitors' complaints that some zoo environments make the animals too hard to see, "Out of Their Element," The Hartford Courant, Sept. 14, 2004.

"While outsourcing does cause some layoffs, it also leads to insourcing to the U.S. In fact, a study by Global Insight (USA) has found that global sourcing contributes significantly to GDP in the U.S., adding $33.6 billion in 2003.

-- Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Center for the Study of Globalization, in his article "Uncertain Future for Free Trade," Forbes, Sept. 20, 2004.

"Boards right now are financially risk-averse, legally risk-averse and reputationally risk-averse. Rather than encouraging boldness, boards have arms folded, anxious to look as if they're being watchful. But the result is that CEOs can't let their hair down and show vulnerabilities and ask for help, which is a key aspect of being courageous."

-- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean at the School of Management, "Everything You Wanted to Know About Courage ... But Were Afraid to Ask," Fast Company, Sept. 2004.

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

Yale boasts three MacArthur Fellows

YSN receives $2.5M grant for research center

As Yale College dean, Salovey will be 'voice on campus' . . .

Reunion focuses on law education in an era of globalization

Satirists rarely reformers, says scholar of genre

Conference looks at influence of Henry Fielding

New database to help link women mentors and mentees

Estonian librarian learns about American system as Yale intern

Exhibit features modernist furniture of the Depression era

City-Wide Open Studios festival celebrates its seventh year

Talks will explore century-long evolution of psychoanalysis

Renewed support will promote center's goal of improving care for elderly

Surgeon earns award for studies on link between aging and tumor growth

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