A Sampling of Clips for March 4, 2010

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Racist Incidents, Protests Spread at UC Campuses
ABC News, March 2 -- At UC Irvine, about 250 people gathered for a "student solidarity speakout" to condemn the recent spate of racist incidents at UCSD that targeted black students and another incident last month at UC Davis, which targeted a Jewish student with a swastika carved on her door, said Marya Bangee, an event organizer. More

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Black Community Lends UCSD Students Support
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 4 -- San Diego African-American and civil rights leaders Wednesday night expressed solidarity with UCSD students who are challenging classmates and administrators to improve the racial climate on campus. More

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Noose a Symbol of Terror, Not a Joke
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, March 4 -- A noose is no toy. It’s used for lynching. For killing people. For hanging them from trees or bridges or telephone poles or barnyard beams. In the dead of night, sometimes ...The people, taken from their homes ...The targets were African-Americans, mostly, killed by mobs to show the black community who was boss. In the West, Latinos and American Indians were hanged. “Nooses are regularly left as icons of intimidation,” said Jonathan Markovitz, a UCSD graduate and author of the book, “Legacies of Lynching: Racial Violence and Memory.” More

UCSD Students Debate Free Speech on Campus
10News, March 3  -- A recent string of racially charged incidents on the campus of UCSD has triggered a battle over free speech rights. More

Ire About Racism at UCSD is Misguided
San Diego News Network, Opinion, March 3 -- The recent events at UCSD have created a firestorm of controversy, and much of it isn’t surprising. That’s what you get when issues of race are discussed at length. But I fear that what is at the core of the argument is being convoluted by a cacophony of media stories that are fueling that firestorm. The simple fact is that the reckless actions of a misguided few are dragging an entire university through the mud. More

When “Done” is Not Enough
San Diego News Network, Opinion, March 3 -- The administration and faculty at UCSD began the year as they always do, looking inwards. This year, plans were begun to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the campus. Those plans have been diminished if not scuttled by this very public airing of what is its unfinished business. More

How Far Have We Come Since 'Bloody Sunday'?
NPR, March 3 -- This Sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the March on Selma, also known as "Bloody Sunday." It all started when police in Marion, Alabama shot Jimmie Lee Jackson, a young black man, during a voting rights rally. (Mentions UCSD) More

Not Just for Fuel Anymore: Hydrocarbons Can Superconduct, Too
Scientific American, March 3 -- Physicists have discovered superconductors based on other metals and even ceramics. The latest entry is one rooted in a hydrocarbon, which superconducts at a relatively high temperature compared with elemental metals. (Quotes UCSD physicist Brian Maple) More

High Hormone Level Linked to Cancer Death in Older Men
BusinessWeek, March 3 -- igh levels of a hormone called insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) are associated with an increased risk of cancer death in older men, a new UCSD  study has found. More

China Parliament Examines Growth, Living Standards
The New York Times, March 3 -- The Chinese leadership's efforts to engineer a trouble-free succession and push both economic growth and improved living standards in coming years move to the national parliament from Friday. (Quotes Barry Naughton of UCSD) More

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Berkeley World Premiere for Naomi Iizuka Play
San Francisco Chronicle, March 3 -- At 44,  Naomi Iizuka lives in San Diego with her partner and their 3 1/2-year-old son, and heads the graduate playwriting program at UCSD. She's back at the Berkeley Rep for "Concerning Strange Devices From the Distant West," which opened Wednesday, and is directed by Les Waters. More

The Cheap Al Gore
Huffington Post, March 3 -- The first time I gave a talk on climate change was back in 1995 when my dissertation advisor couldn't make a presentation at a senior's center - I went instead. The retirees were concerned about climate change, but one man's comment seemed to capture the mood; "Well, we don't have to worry about it because we'll all be dead by then." His sanguine attitude shifted a bit when I reminded him his grandkids would still be around. (Mentions UCSD science historian Naomi Oreskes) More

Monitoring the World’s Oceans
Discover Magazine, March 3 -- Each week, I write in this space about a different threat that will inevitably doom our oceans if we fail to act. But which threat is the most critical? At least climate scientists have agreed on a general consensus: most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely due to increased greenhouse gas concentrations as a result of human activities. UCSD’s  own Naomi Oreskes, in a 2004 Science essay, analyzed nearly a thousand abstracts published in the ISI database between 1993 and 2003 that contained the keywords “climate change.” More

Homegrown Power, Cleaner Than That Mass-Produced Stuff
North County Times. March 3 -- A residential fuel cell produces electricity more efficiently and with less carbon dioxide than a utility gas turbine ---- and no one in San Diego or Riverside counties has one. It's too new. The electricity-generation alternative didn't exist on a scale practical for home users until 2009. Models that produce 1 megawatt or more are already at work at UCSD and the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant, and hospitals sometimes use fuel cells for backup generation. More

UCSD Student Tests Positive for Tuberculosis
Del  Mar Times, March 3 -- A UCSD student tested positive for tuberculosis, prompting county health officials Wednesday to notify students, staffers and faculty members who may have been exposed. More

Student Directs Play About Chronic Health Conditions
La Jolla Light, March 3 -- The arts have served as a reflecting pool for humanity for thousands of years, casting back images of mankind's experiences and observations about life. Mary Plant-Thomas dipped her toe into this pool with her presentation of "To Be Diagnosed," a play recently performed at UCSD's Arthur Wagner Theatre. More

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