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“We probably all know someone who bought the little red sports car, dumped his wife, and all that. I just don't think there are that many of them.”

Sam Cochran, clinical professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education and director of University Counseling Services, speaking about the rarity of the stereotypical mid-life crisis often seen in the media (Los Angeles Times, Oct. 15).

“Rural communities can make money because we’re blessed with a lot of wind and corn.”

Tom Cook, professor of occupational and environmental health in the College of Public Health, remarking how Midwest resources can go a long way toward advancing renewable energy and easing climate change (Mankato Free Press, Sept. 23).

“The problem is that the patient has not been determined to be incompetent, and nobody wants to take away the autonomy of someone who is not impaired.”

Geri Hall, professor in the College of Nursing, discussing the difficulties faced by families when a relative has Frontotemporal Dementia, which attacks slowly and results in behavior often misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder (Honolulu Star Bulletin, Sept. 19).

“Older people mistakenly think they have to live with pain.”

Keela Herr, professor of adult and gerontological nursing in the College of Nursing, addressing misconceptions that make it difficult to treat chronic pain in older adults (Health News Digest, Sept. 18).

“They have this sense of manifest destiny to promulgate, to proselytize, to spread the word everywhere, every day, throughout the world.”

Stephen Bloom, professor of journalism and mass communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, discussing the surplus of “schluchim,” members of rabbi-and-wife emissary teams of Chabad-Lubavitch, a growing Hasidic branch of Judaism (Los Angeles Times, Sept. 11).

“I've got patients who have said to me, ‘You’ve saved my life with this drug.’”

John Strauss, professor emeritus in the Carver College of Medicine, saying that some patients with severe acne find acceptable risk in taking the acne drug Accutane, which one study linked to elevated risk for potential heart and liver problems (Jackson Hole Star Tribune, Sept. 10).

“(Mao Zedong) was more farsighted than he is given credit for today.”

Judy Polumbaum, professor of journalism and mass communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, commenting on the chairman’s legacy in China, particularly his defense of China’s independence and his promotion of sexual and social equality (China Daily, Sept. 8).