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Newsmakers |
Characteristics of centenarians Leonard Poon, the director of UGA’s Gerontology Center, was interviewed for the Time magazine cover story about living to the age of 100. Poon described the characteristics he has identified in the centenarians he studies: they are dominant, suspicious, practical and relaxed. “They want to have their way,” he says. “Many have their own gardens. They can their own vegetables. They’re living down to earth.” Consistent Zell Miller UGA political science professor Charles Bullock was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News in an article about Zell Miller’s appearance at the Republican national convention. Bullock pointed out that Miller’s support of Bush tax policy was consistent with Miller’s own political positions. “During his tenure as governor he was a big supporter of tax cuts,” Bullock said. In a Los Angeles Times story analyzing Miller’s keynote speech, Bullock said that “[Miller’s] anger seemed to resonate in the hall. The chattering classes don’t think it is an appropriate emotion, but it does tap into what many women and men on the street may feel.” Protecting against foreign invaders UGA ecologist Paul Hendrix was one of the experts interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered for an extensive feature on invasive species, from Zebra mussels to mute swans and Hendrix’s specialty, earthworms. Hendrix began with a message for fishermen: “You shouldn’t be dumping your fishbait out—bring it out with you when you come out of remote areas. Don’t just dump it on the streambank!” The worms generally sold as bait are European and Asian species, not native, and they are spreading rapidly in North America, where they are taking nutrients needed by native trees. Deal-making across the color line |
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