“I hate to see
this spacecraft end in doom, but there's no other
choice.” Louis Frank, the Roy J. Carver/James
Van Allen Professor of Physics in the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences, mourning the fact that
the Galileo spacecraft had to be deliberately crashed
into Jupiter because it became low on propellant
required to keep its data transmission antenna pointed
toward Earth (The Gazette, Sept. 20).
“No one has a good theory that explains the
drop. Police take credit for it, but we don't know
the answer.” David Baldus, Joe B. Tye Professor
of Law in the College of Law, referring to the drop
in America's murder rate-at the lowest since the
mid-1960s (Washington Times, Oct. 4).
“We're on track, barring any economic downturns
or other significant world events, and we are grateful.” Susan
Shullaw, vice president of communications and campaign
support, UI Foundation, showing optimism that the
foundation can meet, or even exceed, the University's
fund-raising campaign goal (The Gazette, Oct. 4).
“I'm really excited to be riding with THE bike
boy.” Colleen Chapleau, associate director for
the Iowa Marrow Donor Program and the Adult Blood
and Marrow Transplant Program at University Hospitals'
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, celebrating her
opportunity to ride with five-time Tour de France
winner Lance Armstrong in October in Washington,
D.C., to raise awareness for cancer research (Iowa
City Press-Citizen, Oct. 8).
“I don't know that that's an argument I would want to get into.” Wilfrid Nixon, professor
of civil and environmental engineering in the College
of Engineering, worrying that a plan being studied
by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, to charge
tuition based on student majors might hurt enrollment
in engineering and might cause humanities professors
to feel resentment that their courses were deemed
somehow less valuable than engineering classes (The
Gazette, Oct. 9).
“We are all amazed when we discover that no
two humans are exactly the same. Sometimes we have
extra parts and sometimes we were shortchanged. No
two faces are alike—it's the same inside.” Ronald
Bergman, professor emeritus of anatomy in the UI
Carver College of Medicine, discussing medical anomalies
(Los Angeles Times and Newsday.com, Oct. 14).
“People seem to believe that pay is the most
important motivator for everyone-except themselves.” Sara Rynes-Weller, John F. Murray Professor of Management
and Organizations in the Tippie College of Business,
disseminating study results that suggest there's
a tendency to answer surveys in socially desirable
ways and it's more acceptable to say money doesn't
matter (Chicago Tribune, Oct. 19).
“There's never been a find anything like this
in Iowa.” David Brenzel, program associate at
the UI Museum of Natural History, voicing the significance
of the museum's latest coming attraction—a giant
Ice Age sloth skeleton discovered last summer in
southwest Iowa (Omaha World-Herald, Oct. 22).
“Although we have been advised by legal counsel
that it would be unconstitutional to ban vulgar T-shirts
from Kinnick Stadium, that does not mean that we
have to condone them. In fact, we condemn them.” David
Skorton, University president, calling for Iowa fans
to stop uncivil and dangerous behavior before, during,
and after football games (Los Angeles Times, Oct.
23).
“Work has become something like a modern religion,
a way we establish our identity and find meaning
and purpose.” Benjamin Hunnicutt, professor
of leisure studies in the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences, suggesting that work is the central
value of our culture-especially for baby boomers (Everett [Wash.] Herald, Oct. 24).
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