A Sampling of Clips
for Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, 2010

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Opinions Are Split on Fed Policy Move
The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 1 -- The Federal Reserve's move to print money to begin a new round of bond-buying, expected to be announced Wednesday, is aimed at lowering long-term interest rates to give the economy a lift. But inside and outside the Fed, there is an unusual divergence of opinions on how much good it will do—if any. (Quotes UC San Diego economist James Hamilton)
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Great Unwashed Raise Stink About Being Clean Enough
MSNBC, Oct. 31 -- Defying a culture of clean that has prevailed at least since the 1940s, a contingent of renegades deliberately forgoes daily bathing and other gold standards of personal hygiene, like frequent shampooing and deodorant use. (Quotes Dr. Richard Gallo, chief of the dermatology division at UC San Diego)
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Hasta la Vista, Arnold: What is Schwarzenegger's Legacy?
TIME Magazine, Nov. 1 -- Appropriately, the race to become the next governor of the richest state in the Union could well be a treatment for a Hollywood script: a multimillionaire taking on the wily scion of a political dynasty to succeed one of the biggest box-office stars of all time as governor of California. (Quotes UC San Diego economist Thad Kousser)
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Fed Eyes 'Binge Bond Buying' to Spur Economy
NPR, Nov. 2 -- The question that's been occupying investors for weeks is whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will launch a new round of economic stimulus. Most Fed watchers think it's a done deal. (Quotes UC San Diego economist James Hamilton)
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Study: Genes and Social Life Affect Politics
ABC 7, Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 29 -- Does genetics play a role in determining your political leanings? Scientists at UC San Diego and Harvard say yes. Their research finds a person's political preferences are affected by two things: First a gene called DRD4, second social factors. Those that have the DRD4 gene and have an active social life -- are more likely to be liberals. Researchers say this is true regardless of ethnicity, culture, sex or age.
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Candidates for Governor, Senate Hopscotch the State
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 30 — Candidates for governor and the U.S. Senate hopscotched around the state Friday, rallying their parties' supporters and urging them to vote as election day draws near. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser)
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Sempra Makes Donation to Birch Aquarium
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 29 -- The philanthropic arm of Sempra Energy has committed $600,000 to sponsor a new exhibit and education program at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Birch Aquarium. The donation is the largest ever made by the Sempra Energy Foundation to a nonprofit organization. It will help fund “Boundless Energy,” an outdoor exhibit focusing on harnessing wind, solar and wave energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
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UCSD Plans New Cancer Treatment Center
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 1 -- UC San Diego announced Monday that it has signed an agreement with a private company to build a $205 million proton therapy center that will be used for cancer treatment and scientific research. The center to be built with Proton Health Partners of San Diego would join a handful of others nationwide that offer a cancer treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2001 as a more precise method of attacking cancer cells with high doses of radiation while limiting damage to surrounding tissue.
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UCSD Campus' 'Sculpture Park' Called Unique
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 2 -- John Walsh, art historian, author and director emeritus of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, will speak about UC San Diego at 7 p.m. Thursday as "campus as sculpture park," unmatched anywhere in the world. The free event in the "UCSD by Design" series, will take place at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St. in La Jolla.
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UCSD Students Meet With Warren Buffett
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 30 -- He may be a legendary investor and one of the world’s wealthiest people, but it turns out Warren Buffett is also pretty good behind the wheel. “He’s a good driver,” said Tiffany Stone, a 20-year-old UC San Diego junior who traveled to Nebraska last weekend with 19 fellow students and two advisers for a private question and answer session with the Oracle of Omaha.
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Scripps Awards NPR's Ira Flatow Nierenberg Prize
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 2 -- Ira Flatow, long considered to be one of the nation's most eloquent and thoughtful science journalists, has been awarded the 2010 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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New Leader Named for Scripps-based Program
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 1 -- A marine-research program housed at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla has named a new director. James E. Eckman, a biological oceanographer and longtime science administrator from Arlington, Va., will start his job overseeing California Sea Grant on Jan. 3. The grant program funds marine research by scientists and engineers at universities on a competitive basis.
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Woman Found in Burning Car was Slain
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 1 -- A woman whose body was found in a burning vehicle at UC San Diego Friday was the victim of a homicide, the Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday. The woman has not yet been positively identified, but the vehicle’s registered owner, a Carlsbad resident, has been missing since Friday, said San Diego police Lt. Kevin Rooney. Investigators are trying to locate her estranged husband for questioning.
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County, UCSD Collaborate to Put Cameras
on Mount Woodson and Red Mountain
North County Times, Oct. 31 -- They never take a break. They never sleep, and they can see for miles and miles. And with Santa Ana-like fire conditions flirting with the region late last week, having round-the-clock, 360-degree vision is a key tool toward preventing the kind of destructive wildfires that ravaged the region and killed a dozen people in 2003 and 2007. Through a collaborative effort between San Diego County and UC San Diego, eight cameras have been placed on towers on Red Mountain in the Valley Center-Fallbrook region and Mount Woodson in the Ramona area.
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