“Keeping the
humidity regulated at home is important because you
can’t always do so at work.” Roger
Ceilley,
adjunct clinical professor of dermatology and syphology,
Carver College of Medicine, advising winter skin
care should include keeping relative humidity in
the home at 30 to 35 percent (Sacramento Bee, Feb.
2).
“Grant Wood said you don’t need to go
to Europe to look for subject matter. He decided
that you can make great art from what’s already
here.” Pamela Trimpe, curator in the University
of Iowa Museum of Art, discussing how Wood rejected
the abstract art forms of his day and clung to his
realistic roots in the Midwest (Investor’s
Business Daily, Feb. 4).
“My own personal advice is to live your dream.
But don’t be surprised if you’re fired.” Lea
Vandervelde, professor of law, College of Law, suggesting
that employees who write about work-related issues
in a way that reflects negatively on their private
employers might find little protection from the courts
(USA Today, Feb. 7).
“It’s not rocket science. If somebody
needs to go to the restroom, they need to go to the
restroom. And that’s what’s good for
them.” Christopher Cooper, associate professor
of urology, Carver College of Medicine, boiling down
research that surveyed elementary school teachers
to find out whether they grant restroom breaks often
enough and whether a lack of breaks leads to increased
bladder problems (Knoxville News Sentinel, Feb. 9).
“It won’t make you a lot of friends
in Iowa.” Peverill Squire, professor of political
science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, commenting
on how Rep. Jim Nussle (R-Iowa) will have some explaining
to do regarding proposed federal budget cuts in farm
subsidies (NationalJournal.com, Feb. 9).
“It does have the character of a piece of
artwork, like some kind of performance art. But at
the same time, I don’t think it was an act
of convenience that he put his novel together this
way.” Howard Collinson, director of the University
of Iowa Museum of Art, referring to Jack Kerouac’s
famous draft-on-a-scroll of On the Road, recently
on display in the museum, the only venue on the manuscript’s
four-year tour to display the entire length of the
scroll (Baltimore Sun, Feb. 15).
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