On the record

"I don't know if it's more a reflection that these students don't feel the existing media are comprehensive enough or if they just actively want to raise awareness. But it's a good sign that students are passionate."

Chris Carroll, director of student media for Vanderbilt Student Communications, on the flurry of student publication activity on Vanderbilt's campus in recent years

The Tennessean, Nov. 26, 2001

""I guess I would respectfully dissent. We can go down that road without becoming a bankrupt society."

Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton, professor of pediatrics and law, on how she disagrees with her former colleague U.S. Sen. Bill Frist's stance that embryo cloning is inherently unethical

The Tennessean, Nov. 27, 200

"The very practical reason is to chill the temptations to abuse power. If [presidents] have a reasonable confidence that their misdeeds will be hidden forever, they will yield to temptation."

Hugh Davis Graham, Holland N. McTyeire Professor of History, on why the Presidential Records Act, which makes past presidents' papers available to the public and was recently suppressed by President Bush, is so important

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 18, 2001

"We're not interested in how to make a better cup of coffee. We're interested in understanding the secrets that the coffee bean holds vis-â-vis human health."

Peter Martin, director of Vanderbilt's Institute for Coffee Research

"I didn't think it was going to be this tough. You get close to the kids as you go through the years, and that's what makes it so tough."

Woody Widenhofer, on closing his Vanderbilt coaching career

Compiled by Kara Furlong

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