“Cut up your credit
cards, get rid of your checkbook, don’t shop
by yourself.” Donald Black, professor of psychiatry,
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine,
speculating that tough love may be far more effective
than pills at treating compulsive shopping—despite
a recent Stanford University study that suggests
the condition can be cured with a pill (Money, November
2003).
“It’s a real quick society. People don’t
have time anymore to read through large amounts of
information.” Venise Berry, associate professor
of journalism, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
explaining why many newspapers are focusing more
on shorter stories rather than longer investigative
pieces (Investors Business Daily, Nov. 25).
“This is a really big deal for the college,
but also for all of nursing.” Melanie
Dreher,
dean of the College of Nursing, expounding on the
benefits of a new medical database created by the
college that contains updated nursing standards and
soon will be distributed to nurses worldwide (Omaha
World-Herald, Dec. 1).
“As baby boomers age, there’s going
to be a larger portion of the population at risk
for elder abuse because there’s going to be
a larger older population.” Gerald
Jogerst,
associate professor and interim head of family medicine,
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine,
stressing the need for increased reporting of elder
abuse and consistency among state laws that resolve
the cases (ABC News, Dec. 2).
“If a child is
sitting in class and has to go to the bathroom and
isn’t allowed to, they’re going to have
a hard time concentrating on anything except not
wetting their pants.” Christopher S.
Cooper,
associate professor of urology, Roy J. and Lucille
A. Carver College of Medicine, suggesting that forcing
children to “hold it in” until scheduled
breaks may be detrimental to their education as well
as their health (The Virginian-Pilot, Dec. 5).
“My kids feel no compunction about listening
to Pink Floyd or the Beatles or even Simon & Garfunkel....So
there must be some musical values from that period
that are proving to be of enduring appeal.” Winston
Barclay, assistant director of Arts Center Relations,
defending Rolling Stone magazine’s list of
the top 500 rock songs, which has been criticized
for being too heavy on tunes from the 1960s and 1970s
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dec. 6).
“If our parents are well informed about policies
and where to refer their children in certain situations,
they can be our partners rather than our adversaries.” Belinda
Marner, assistant vice president for student services,
expressing support for a nationwide trend among parents
of college students that has them taking an increasingly
activist role on campus (Arizona Republic, Dec. 7).
“They can’t have kitchen grills, toaster
ovens, space heaters, or halogen lamps. And they
can only have a four-cubic-foot refrigerator. Some
have tried to plug things into the air-conditioning-only
outlets, which can blow the circuits.” Maggie
Van Oel, director of residence services, noting that
despite skyrocketing electrical usage in UI residence
halls in the past five years—attributable to
a burgeoning number of electronic devices—some
appliances are forbidden (Rock Island Argus, Dec.
8).
“You can go to Vermont and have a civil union,
but you can’t, until now, go to another state
and have a civil union divorce.” Ann
Estin,
professor of law, College of Law, observing that
an Iowa county judge unknowingly granted—but
ultimately let stand—a divorce for a lesbian
couple who obtained a civil union in Vermont, even
though Iowa is one of 37 states that bans same-sex
marriages (The New York Times, Dec. 12).
“Trust no one.” Douglas Jones, associate
professor of computer science, College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, warning that computerized voter
machines are highly susceptible to abuse and that
old-fashioned paper methods offer the best defense
(Newark Star-Ledger, Dec. 15).
“The culture moves so fast, digests itself
so fast, that you’ve lost quite a bit of momentum.” Mark
Andrejevic, assistant professor of communication
studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, calculating
that the 10-month hiatus between the American
Idol season finale and the store arrival of an album recorded
by one of the TV show’s finalists was too long,
causing dismal sales for the recording (The New
York Times, Dec. 18).
“Our emergency room is still seeing as many
walk-in cases as they were before.” Rita
Liddell,
program associate, Joint Office for Marketing and
Communications, University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics, disclosing that the UI hospitals actually
saw a 20 percent increase in patient volume in the
emergency room during December due to the flu, confirming
that the virus has not loosened its grip in Iowa
(Omaha World-Herald, Dec. 31).
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