On the record

"My sense is if the state legislature was running for re-election, they would go down like a stone."

John Geer

professor of political science, on the current unpopularity of the Tennessee legislature, which furloughed state employees for three days in early July and raised the sales tax

"We're kind of losing our sense of professionalism here. There's sort of this developing shift mentality, and it's a little troubling to me and others who grew up in an era when your patients and their needs took primacy."

Fred Kirchner

associate dean for graduate medical education, on new guidelines that will limit the number of hours medical residents can work--and possibly the variety of experience they will receive

"I am cautiously optimistic that the worst is over, and that earnings will improve. Interest rates are low, inflation is low and the economy is growing. These are fundamental strengths."

Hans Stoll

the Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Professor of Finance, on optimism that the stock market will rebound

"I really don't think things will change until it becomes socially unacceptable on Vanderbilt's campus to do some of the things we see and hear every day. And it will not become socially unacceptable until white, straight, Protestant people are saying it."

Erin Turley

Vanderbilt senior at an anti-hate rally on campus last semester that inspired a new Vanderbilt course promoting diversity on campus

"They're used to being in charge, but this is my operating room."

Emma Underwood

on the "tight ship" she runs as manager of the Vanderbilt Hair Salon, patronized by many Medical Center and University employees

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