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“Now that Miley Cyrus has performed a pole dance in hot pants, you might want to check that your 8-year-old doesn’t want to follow suit for Halloween.”

Gigi Durham, associate professor of journalism and mass communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, saying that certain Halloween costumes may be served to legitimize little girls as sex objects (Iowa City Press-Citizen, Oct. 14).

“This is one of those exciting events that makes you very proud to be a part of The University of Iowa.”

Joseph Buckwalter, professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation in the Carver College of Medicine, speaking at the dedication of the Institute for Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, which will help patients ranging in age from pediatric to geriatric (Iowa City Press-Citizen, Oct. 10).

“Even if you have a small community bank trying to get people into homes, the fact that six hours after writing the mortgage they sell it on some sort of derivatives market means that their incentives are completely upside down because they have no obligation to service those loans. They make all their money on the front end.”

Colin Gordon, professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, discussing the complications of ensuring fair lending for all borrowers when so many lenders now sell their loans on the secondary mortgage market (St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 8).

“This is just one in many visits to Iowa by Republicans this time around who are testing the waters, seeing how they play in this precampaign stage.”

Cary Covington, associate professor of political science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, commenting on Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty’s headlining appearance at a Republican event in Iowa in November (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Oct. 7).

“[Workplace violence is] undercounted in general and not all that simple. What we don't have a good sense of is how often there is threatening behavior or harassing behavior.”

Corinne Peek-Asa, professor of occupational and environmental health in the College of Public Health, saying the ambiguous definition of workplace violence can result in fewer reports from harassed employees (Reuters, Oct. 5).