Soundbites

Here is a sampling of quotations from Cornell University faculty, students and staff that have appeared recently in the national and international news media:

"I still have roll issues, major roll issues."

--Student Howard Wein, principal chef at Hotel Ezra Cornell, in a feature article about the student-run event in The New York Times, April 8.

"The range is your primary kitchen tool. A commercial range is great, because you can cook larger quantities when entertaining. You have a more powerful broiler, and most have convection ovens. I prefer gas, because you get a lot more control over the heat."

--Brian Halloran, executive chef at the Statler Hotel, in Investor's Business Daily, April 6.

"There is an amazing amount of detail to tend to. It's just like a corporation: You have to keep track of a lot of things, and at the same time delegate and trust your people."

--Raghu Gopalan, a senior who was managing director for Hotel Ezra Cornell, in a feature about the student-run event in The New York Times, April 8.

"It is a pumpkin."

--John Kingsbury, professor emeritus of plant biology, quoted in an Associated Press wire story about the results of the investigation of the McGraw Tower pumpkin, April 2.

"We'll look very carefully at these data and see if there is any statistical difference between their behavior when we're transmitting. But at the moment there's no obvious feature that stands out."

--Kurt Fristrup, research associate in the Laboratory of Ornithology, discussing experiments using low-frequency sounds to study humpback whales, on CNN News, March 31.

"But to sustain a company over time, one of the most important things for you to be able to do is manage people .... one of the dark sides of the entrepreneurial personality is the difficulty of managing people."

--Deborah Streeter, the B. Failing Sr. Professor of Personal Enterprise, discussing what it takes to run your own company in The Wall Street Journal, March 30.

"It is very applied and ... intuitively appealing to freshmen who want to change the world."

--Alan Mathios, associate professor of policy analysis and management, discussing the popularity of human-service majors on college campuses, in the Christian Science Monitor, March 24.

"If labor unions organized 385,000 new members last year, there should not have been a drop in membership. I see more organizing activity than I've seen in 25 years. But the basic truth is it remains very difficult to organize workers."

--Richard Hurd, professor of labor relations, commenting on declining union membership in The New York Times, March 23.

"When people live with the risks of deer overpopulation, they begin to change their attitudes. They become realistic about the problem. When you've hit a deer with your car, or when you've contracted Lyme disease, you tend to accept the need to manage those risks."

--Dan Decker, associate professor of agriculture, discussing deer control in the Hartford, Conn., Courant, March 22.

"The current generation of 40- and 50-year-olds are very adept at psychological thinking and analysis and looking for terms of self-examination as they age. It's reflecting a kind of whining that baby boomers like to do: 'My problems are so big, and someone should deal with them.'"

--Elaine Wethington, associate professor of human development and sociology, discussing "the myth of the midlife crisis" in the St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press, March 15.

"We've become a nation of walking zombies. More than half the adult population of the U.S. is carrying a substantial sleep debt ... close to two hours every night for the average American."

--James Maas, professor of psychology, in the Financial Times of London, March 13.