Here is a sampling of quotations from Cornell University faculty, students and staff that have appeared recently in the national and international news media:
"A war will break out if China thinks it is losing Taiwan permanently."
-- Thomas Christensen, assistant professor of government, discussing U.S.-China relations in the Christian Science Monitor, April 4.
"Snacks can also sustain your energy levels by stablilizing your blood sugar, the fuel required by your body's cells."
-- Christina Stark, extention associate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, in an article about snacking in Fitness Magazine, April 1997.
"The question is, how much of that body fat can you do something about? You can't change your height, and in some measure you can't change your body fat."
-- David Levitsky, professor of nutritional science and psychology, commenting on whether fears of being overweight are overblown in American society, in the cover story of the April 21 issue of Newsweek.
"People are living longer, but we're measuring it in months. The number -- 'tell me how many years I'm going to get out of these drugs' -- we're not going to get."
-- Dr. Jeffrey Laurence, AIDS researcher at Cornell Medical Center and a consultant to the American Foundation for AIDS Research, in an Associated Press story April 5 about AIDS drugs and recently undetectable levels of HIV in former basketball superstar Magic Johnson.
"I just don't think we can count on boomers to retire later."
-- John H. Bishop, associate professor of industrial and labor relations, discussing the aging workforce in the March 24 issue of Business Week.
"I came out of the jungle to get training and arms and go back and join with the people and win the struggle. But when our dreams did not come true, we had to change our strategies. We are weak. That's why we need high tech: they have an army; they have power; they have money. This is a new kind of warfare we are fighting, Internet warfare."
-- Htun Aung Gyaw, former Burmese jungle fighter now a master's degree candidate and Cornell Library staffer, discussing the ongoing pro-democracy struggle being waged by him and other activists from his native country, now known as Myanmar, in The New York Times, April 8.
"If you're prepared to let kids experiment with their allowances and live with the consequences of their decisions, they're more likely to come up with fairly sensible spending patters."
-- Jennifer Birckmayer, a senior extension associate in the Department of Human Development, in the April issue of Parenting Magazine.