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October 20, 2000
Volume 38, No. 5

• Text of President Mary Sue Coleman's October 3, 2000 Convocation address

• Musicians find a home: The Maia Quartet settles in Iowa

• New benefits web site helps users weigh options and minimize errors

• University study celebrates 30 years of a community's heartfelt help

• Speakers Bureau: No desks, no papers, no quizzes

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Homecoming 2000: Parade, fireworks, and 'the game is won'

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Getting to work, and parking when you're there

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InSite: University of Iowa News Services

• "Quote.....Endquote"

• News Briefs

• Fairs celebrate health and wellness

• President Coleman presents technology innovation award to business professors

• Longevity Awards presented for October

• Bulletin Board

• Calendar

• Deaths

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Offices and Awards

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Ph.D. Thesis Defenses

• Pubs. and Creations

• Coffee and conversation

• Tuition assistance available for employee development

• Staff tuition grant application for spring 2001

TIAA Cref Unit Values

Staff Development Courses

The University of Iowa Homepage

"Quote.....Endquote"

"It means the FDA believes PMS exists." Susan Johnson, associate dean of medicine administration and professor of obstetrics and gynecology/epidemiology, rejoicing in the government’s approval of Fluoxetine, the first drug for severe premenstrual syndrome (Arizona Republic, July 7).

"We have such an expectation of artifice that we cling to those moments when the candidates seem to be acting without consciousness." John Durham Peters, professor of communication studies, finding meaning in the sighs, shrugs, and scowls of the presidential candidates during the debates (Chicago Tribune, Oct. 8).

"If there is a surprise, it is that the race is still so close, with the election less than four weeks away." Forrest Nelson, professor of economics, theorizing that the Iowa Electronic Markets have refused to fluctuate in the wake of two presidential debates because the traders heard no surprises in those debates (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 12).

"Success breeds more success, and people like to back winners." Michael Lewis-Beck, professor of political science, explaining why a lead in the polls is a major asset to a presidential candidate as the campaign draws to a close (The New York Times, Oct. 16).

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