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 “The lines of acceptable behavior get redrawn at sporting events. In, say, the workplace, people don’t go around chanting ‘Bulls—!’ when their bosses give them an annoying task. But at the stadium, the group subsumes your identity; you’re anonymous among 80,000 fans, so when the refs blow a call, cursing out loud seems O.K."
—Associate professor of psychology Christian End in Time magazine on the behavior of sports fans

“They slop the chemical onto the bed, wipe it around and let it dry. They’re not removing blood and infection. Contamination comes right through the sheets.”
—Dr. Edmond Hooker, assistant professor of health services administration, in Men’s Health magazine on the lack of cleanliness in hospitals

“It was kind of clear early on that while this was a state-of-the-art beautiful facility, the sound system probably wasn’t what we needed. It was a 12-year itch we were finally able to scratch.”
—Cintas Center director Mike Dunn in The Cincinnati Enquirer on the Center’s new sound system

“Wherever I turn, the popular media, scientists and even fellow philosophers are telling me that I’m a machine or a beast ... I’d like to suggest why I stubbornly continue to believe that I’m a human being—something more than other animals and essentially more than any computer.”
— Richard Polt, professor of philosophy, in a guest opinion column in The New York Times

"You don't have to be American to have the American Dream, but it is very much linked to the founding of this country—the idea that this would be a place where people would be free from all oppression. In fact, the Dream is most alive among new immigrants or people who want to come here.”
—Michael Ford, founding director of the Center for the Study of the American Dream, in the (Singapore) Sunday Times

“I don’t know who those people are. Are they swing voters?”
—Professor of political science Gene Beaupre in the Washington Times on the target audience for political ads that run at 4:30 a.m.

"It's tough learning to be an individual again when you've spent so much time depending on everyone else and them depending on you. We don't need special treatment, we just need consideration and to be treated as adults, not something out of the ordinary. Just respect.”
—Director for Veterans Affairs Nate Davis on WCPO.com about veterans’ transition to civilian life

“I think I have a better perspective now.”
—Desmond Dodd, marketing major from Atlanta, in The Cincinnati Enquirer after touring the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Cincinnati, one of seven stops on the Kappa Alpha Psi Freedom Walk

“I love our talent, I love our kids. I think they’re going to be better than outsiders think. For us, it’s about the practices and being able to manage those so that we’re playing better and better as the season goes on, and not being worn down.”
—Men’s basketball coach Chris Mack in The Cincinnati Enquirer on the team’s being picked to finish ninth in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll

“It’s not opening a new category. This is just a variation on a theme. Swiffer was a completely different concept.”
—Marketing Professor Tom Hayes in The Cincinnati Business Courier about Procter & Gamble’s new products Tide Pods and ZzzQuil

“Things took a step back in ’08. Companies did a lot more on-site. But gradually they are coming back. There is still that feeling of, ‘Hey, let’s celebrate the conclusion of a successful year and kick off the New Year in a big way.’ ”
—Cintas Center director Mike Dunn in Cincy Magazine about the persistence of corporate holiday parties

“This is the first time XU is hosting such an event. The idea came from an event my pro-life group in high school set up on the steps outside our church.”
—Students for Life President and finance major Jessica Albers in Catholic Beat about the Pumpkin Memorial on Oct. 7 that featured 500 lighted pumpkins in an anti-abortion commemoration

“It’s been a challenging year. I kept looking up into the heavens, waiting for the next shoe to drop.”
—Xavier President Michael J. Graham, S.J., in The Cincinnati Enquirer in his first public comments since the controversial events during and after the Crosstown Shootout in December 2011

"It's our identity as fans, experiencing the 'we-ness.’ A lot of those initial responses were pretty hostile. When you see other people respond in that hostile way, it models to you aggression and models to you the way the group is feeling. So, you need to hop on board."
—Associate psychology professor Christian End in The Washington Times about online Twitter threats toward Washington Redskins wide receiver Joshua Morgan over an incident when he flipped a football toward an opponent who had shoved him

“Xavier University values a diverse student body, not merely as an end in itself, but rather as a reflection and means of achieving important institutional values. Diverse students help to enrich the learning environment with a diversity of perspectives, experiences and viewpoints, facilitating the robust exchange of ideas and critical reflection that help prepare them for global leadership.”
—Chief diversity officer Cheryl Nunez in The Cincinnati Business Courier about increased diversity on college campuses

"It comes from something the Jesuits have been doing for 40 years. You can’t just talk about finances and development. You’ve got to have the community, the social justice piece.”
—Sustainability coordinator Ann Dougherty in The Cincinnati Business Courier about Xavier’s expanding focus on sustainability

“If it were a one-time borrowing, it would make sense. But not if it’s a repeated thing.”
—Finance professor Phil Glasgo in The Cincinnati Business Courier on consumers’ use of loans from payday lenders