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"Divestment of Connecticut's investments in Sudan will not, by itself, rescue the people of Darfur. But by supporting this measure the legislature would give voice to Connecticut's outrage. ... We know about what is happening in Darfur. Failure to act cannot be blamed on ignorance, only on apathy or moral cowardice. Someday, our children will ask what we did about the slaughter in Darfur. We must be able to tell them that the people of Connecticut did not stand idly by, that our state did not profit off of genocide."
-- Kenneth Harbaugh, student at the Law School, in his article "What State Can Do To Help Darfur: Divest," Hartford Courant, April 13, 2006.
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"[A role-playing game that allows virtual sex with minors] would not be [illegal] under child pornography laws because no actual child was used in the act. Child pornography laws receive special treatment under the First Amendment because children are sexually abused and people traffic in the results of that abuse."
-- Jack Balkin, the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, "Phony Kids, Virtual Sex; Makers of the Online World 'Second Life' Grapple With Adults Pretending To Be Sexually Active Children," CNET News.com, April 12, 2006.
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"The hard political reality in this country is that most people simply do not want to spend money on a preschool program [such as Head Start] that will serve only other people's children. I doubt if the United States would have public schools today if they were created for the poor alone."
-- Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Director Emeritus of the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy, in his article "A Growth Investment; Quality Preschool Has Become Essential to Helping All Children Become the Adults They Deserve To Be," Sacramento Bee, April 23, 2006.
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"It seems that India has prioritized economic growth over environmental protection. In fact, investing in the areas of clean drinking water and reducing indoor pollution will greatly enhance its performance in this regard."
-- Daniel C. Esty, the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, on a survey that ranked India 118th out of 133 countries based on their environmental performance, "Yale Prof in Capital to Finalise Research Programme With TERI," India Express, April 13, 2006.
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"So we're looking at a moment in which we're being told that the defense of our citizenship demands us to deny the basic civil and human rights of others in our midst [through tougher immigration laws]. That is the logic of the vigilante and not the logic of a democracy."
-- Alicia Schmidt Camacho, assistant professor of American studies, "Living in the Shadows," New Haven Independent Online, April 14, 2006.
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"Lawrence versus Texas was a case in which the United States Supreme Court struck down a Texas sodomy statute that only prohibited sodomy between individuals of the same sex. So it went up to the court as a gay rights case. And I think most people expected that that case would come down as an equality case about gay rights. Instead, what the court did is it flipped over and analyzed it in terms of liberty, and it said that we all as individuals within the United States have a right to sexual privacy, and that pertains whether we're straight or gay or bisexual or what have you. ... So ironically, by jumping up a level of generality, to look at what brought us together rather than what drove us apart, the court was able to protect different sexual orientations."
-- Kenji Yoshino, professor of law and deputy dean of the Law School, "The Charlie Rose Show," PBS, April 20, 2006.
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"The weapons of mass destruction have, in fact, been found. They're people with unshakeable faith in the coming showdown between good and evil. Left in their hands, the world is headed to a clash of Armageddons."
-- Irshad Manji, fellow in International Security Studies, in her article "Doomsday Politics Makes Sense to True Believers," The Globe and Mail, April 17, 2006.
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"Everyone was aware that some big shot was coming, but we did not expect the man himself. Then Hitler came through, fanning his signature sloppy salute to the crowd. ... I knew I was looking evil in the face. And it looked like my next-door neighbor or a friend of the family, perhaps a bit old-fashioned but solid. ... I was still an atheist, as I am now, but that day in Breissach I became a Calvinist atheist. Human beings are capable of great good, but I know that the capacity for fathomless evil is equally human, and it wears a smiling face."
-- Edmund Morgan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, describing a moment from a visit to Germany in 1938, "What They're Famous For," History News Network (WA), April 17, 2006.
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"Allografts [donated bones] are safe and effective, and don't sacrifice normal bone to repair body parts that are diseased or broken. Needing to use a patient's own tissue or bone for reconstruction can increase their hospital stay and prolong rehabilitation."
-- Dr. Gary E. Friedlaender, professor of orthopaedics, "Orthopedic Researchers Discuss Role of Gene Therapy and Stem Cells at Conference," Health & Medicine Week, April 20, 2006.
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"We've known about [global warming] since the late 1970s and we've done very little about it. So a quarter century has passed, a quarter century of neglect of knowledge, a neglect of the climate change and now we are faced with a real crisis situation. ... The compelling science on this issue has been accumulating rapidly, like a big snowball going down the hill. It is overwhelmingly compelling. In many cases, the same personalities have been the critics for this almost 30 years now. They are so isolated at this point as to be irrelevant. The issue really has shifted from the scientific debate to an economic debate and an equity debate."
-- James Gustave Speth, professor in the practice of sustainable development and dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, "CNN Presents 'Melting Point,'" CNN, April 22, 2006.
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Blocker returning to Yale to lead School of Music
Yale historian receives special Pulitzer citation
YCIAS officially renamed as MacMillan Center
New program offers employees back-up child care
President of China Visits Yale
Campus will welcome 18 new Yale World Fellows this fall
FACULTY HONORED
Eight faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Theoretical physicist Girvin named to National Academy of Sciences
Bresnick is new member of American Academy of Arts and Letters
Alexander, Galvani and Valis . . . winners of Guggenheim Fellowships
Historian Amanat selected as Carnegie Scholar
Former airline official to lead Yale's labor-management initiatives
Yale students reduce their energy use by 10%
Anatomy lessons: Faculty testing new method of teaching medical students
'Silent Spring' author is focus of Beinecke Library exhibit
Inaugural play festival features new works by Drama School students
Three students win Morris K. Udall Scholarships . . .
Joint library project to preserve historic sound recordings . . .
Yale Press and Yale Rep launch major competition for new dramatic works
Study to explore lasting effects of early health habits
Fund and lecture named for noted neurologist
In Memoriam: Dr. Thomas T. Amatruda Jr.
Yale Dramat's 'Side Show' tells true tale of vaudeville stars . . .
Weiswasser Lecture will explore HIV prevention in teens
Student Research Day will feature Farr Lecture and . . . presentations
Symposium will explore advances in chemistry and biology
Yale College juniors honored by Council of Masters
Learning the art of wrong thinking
New memorial lectureship at Cancer Center honors Dr. Paul Calebresi . . .
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