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“The best recourse is for people to work on their relationships.” Margaret Brinig, professor of law, analyzing grandparents’ options in light of the recent ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court denying them the legal right to visit their grandchildren (Iowa City Gazette, Sept. 7).

“There are girls who are resistant to the [sexual] messages. The ones who don’t buy into them have moms who encourage them to talk about what they are seeing, and they also have a strong relationship with a male who didn’t encourage the boy craziness.” Meenakshi Gigi Durham, associate professor of journalism and mass communication, offering encouragement to the parents of girls in these days of sexually explicit media (Iowa City Gazette, Sept. 9).

“You go away thinking.” Carla Carr, director of external relations in the College of Liberal arts and Sciences, summing up the tone of the college’s Saturday Scholars lecture series (Iowa City Press-Citizen, Sept. 9).

“I think...young families are busy in ways that they weren’t busy 20 years ago. There are dance recitals and soccer games and fall baseball tournaments and junior high and high school activities that extend much longer and many more days.” Bob Bowlsby, athletic director, looking for the cause of the recent decline in football season ticket sales (Iowa City Press-Citizen, Sept. 10).

“This is scary from a lot of perspectives. There’s no doubt there will be a strong call for tightening borders and putting in surveillance to make sure these things can’t happen. We will ask ourselves, ‘Where is the balance between civil liberties and securities?’ It’s absolutely stunning beyond belief.” David Redlawsk, assistant professor of political science, taking stock of some of the many ways in which the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon will change American life (Iowa City Press-Citizen Special Edition, Sept. 12).

“We can all identify with being human and being vulnerable to random attacks. People will feel fearfulness and hopelessness. They will question the meaning of life.” Julie Corkery, assistant director of University Counseling Service, predicting the emotional impacts that the September 11 attacks may have on students, faculty, and staff (Iowa City Press-Citizen Special Edition, Sept. 12).