Here is a sampling of quotations from Cornell University faculty, students and staff that have appeared recently in the national news media:
"People tend not to understand anything about human psychology. We say that you have a public life and a private life. In fact, they're often one and the same. What you see with O.J. Simpson is a weird moment when we get to see both together. That this well-spoken man could be a wife beater and a murderer. What's most amazing is we are sitting around talking about some football player as if he is an adequate measure of what we as a culture cherish. That's very frightening -- and it's very American."
-- Kenneth A. McClane, the W.E.B. DuBois Professor of Literature, in the Philadelphia Daily News, Dec. 9.
"Unfortunately, Starr has not conducted himself with great judgment in keeping his distance from politics. He has supplied the ammunition to those who want to attack him on partisan grounds."
-- Charles W. Wolfram, the Charles Frank Reavis Sr. Professor of Law, commenting on James Carville's outspoken criticism of Whitewater independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr, in a Boston Globe wire story that appeared in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Dec. 15.
"It's a Catch-22. To get women into [higher] positions initially will not happen by 'natural' processes. It will take outside forces, such as a shortage of qualified men and an increase of qualified women. And it will take laws such as affirmative action and equal employment opportunity. Perhaps we should call it a glass door rather than a glass ceiling, where trail-blazing women help other women enter and, similar to the Old Boys Network, create an Old Girls Network."
-- Heather Haveman, associate professor of organizational behavior at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, in a Chicago Tribune wire story in the Tulsa (Okla.) World, Dec. 8.
"Companies were discovering that the traditional branding boundaries were breaking down. . . . Branding has been a double-edged sword. It gives the consumer a lot of additional choices, and many (hotel chains) communicate exactly what they offer. Others create confusion because you can't tell by the name. The average person doesn't know what the brand represents. It's a failure to position the brand in the market place."
-- Chekitan Dev, assistant professor of hotel administration, discussing hotel marketing in a Knight-Ridder wire story that appeared in the Baton Rouge, La., Sunday Advocate, Nov. 3.
"It's easy to get caught up in the commercialism of the marketplace. Holiday overspending can put a damper on many an otherwise festive occasion by adding to the . . . pain of credit 'hangover' in January."
-- Barbara J. Bristow, extension associate in the Department of Consumer Economics and Housing and housing and project director of Money 2000, which teaches money management skills and provides financial counseling, in the Orlando Sentinel, Nov. 28.
"In any country, any community, there's no single cause of nutrition problems. That's why communities must be trained to take that local diagnosis and take proper action."
-- David Pelletier, professor of nutrition policy, in an article on the global war on hunger, in the Denver Post, Nov. 9.