A Sampling of Clips for Aug. 27, 2010

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Big Users of Energy Using Conservation to Help Bottom Line
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug.  26 -- The lights are dimmer and the air conditioner is set a few degrees warmer than usual at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla, but customers and employees haven’t complained much about the energy-saving steps. (Quotes John Dilliott, energy and utilities manager at UC San Diego) More

Ranch Woman’s Altruistic Legacy in Danger
Coast News, Aug. 27 -- Few people have not been touched by the Scripps McDonald Center for Chemical Dependence, either personally or through a relative, friend or coworker. It is estimated that 25,000 patients have benefited from the program.  The treatment facility was founded in 1983 by Rancho Santa Fe resident Marianne McDonald, Ph.D., with a donation of $3 million to underwrite the design and construction of the building that bears her family’s name.  Today, the McDonald Center could very well be a thing of the past unless McDonald’s efforts to resuscitate it are successful.  (McDonald is a professor in the department of theatre and dance at UC San Diego) More

How Mother Teresa's Work Spurred Growth of 'Voluntourism'
The Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 27 -- Mother Teresa may be remembered most today – her 100th birthday anniversary – for her lifelong work with the poor.  But she also helped expand the modern notion of going on an overseas mission, encouraging ordinary people taking short breaks and volunteer on vacations. (Mentions UC San Diego). More

Longboard Event Mixes Surf, Sun, Song for Cancer Cure
Del Mar Times, Aug. 26 -- They came to surf, socialize, and celebrate - all the while raising funds for research at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. The 17th annual Luau & Longboard Invitational, held Aug. 22 at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, featured surf legends and "regulars" competing for the coveted 10-foot Takayama balsa and redwood Perpetual Winners Board. More

Opera Theatre, Pulitzer Collaborate to Present Brewer in Special Performances at "Stylus" Installation
STL today.com, Aug. 25 -- Opera Theatre of St. Louis and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts have announced their first-ever collaboration, with a performance tied to a spare but evocative installation called "Stylus," on view through Jan. 22.  (Mentions Shahrokh Yadegari of the theatre and dance department at UC San Diego). More

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