A Sampling of Clips for 
April 01, 2004

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Study: 59% of Schizophrenics Not on Medicine
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 1- More than half of the people who need drugs to control their schizophrenia are not taking their medication as prescribed, leaving them vulnerable to further illness and leading to higher costs for hospitalization, according to a UCSD School of Medicine study. The study, published today, found that 59 percent of patients in the study group did not regularly take their anti-psychotic medication. (Quote by Dilip Jeste M.D., a UCSD professor of psychiatry and neurosciences and the study's senior author.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040401-9999-news_7m1schizo.html

Neil Morgan, Veteran San Diego Columnist, Says He was Fired
Associated Press, April 1-Neil Morgan, a veteran columnist and editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune, left the newspaper, saying he was fired after 54 years. Morgan, who has written more than 10,000 columns, often criticizing powerful figures in the local community, said Wednesday he was not told the reasons for his dismissal. He said he believes he was forced out for angering a senior newspaper executive who shared information with him about "a prominent San Diegan." Sixty boxes of Morgan's archives were moved to the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego on Wednesday, said Lynda Claassen, the library's director.
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune, April 1
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040401/APN/404010577

North County Times, April 1
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/01/business/news/19_08_204_31_04.txt

Faculty Row- Taxpayers Fund Million-Dollar Home Loans for UCSD Profs
San Diego Reader, March 25-San Diego is one of the most expensive places in America to buy a house. But thanks to funds provided by state taxpayers, academics at the University of California are able to dip into a $6.8 billion pool of cash to finance their home purchases on terms more favorable than those available to the average Joe. Since the year 2000, according to county records, nearly a hundred professors at UCSD have taken advantage of the program, which a spokeswoman says currently offers a variable interest rate of 3.8 percent on a 30-year mortgage. (Quotes by UCSD economics professors Roger Gordon and Michelle White.)
http://www.sdreader.com/php/m_potter.php3?mode=print&id=20040325

Kerry Criticizes Bush for Not Doing More to Combat Rising Gas Prices
National Public Radio, March 31-Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is criticizing the Bush administration for not doing more to combat rising gas prices. The Energy Department says prices hit a record high this week of more than $1.75 a gallon. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. Neither Kerry's proposals, nor the president's energy plan is likely to provide any immediate relief from high gas prices. Kerry told students at the University of California, San Diego campus Tuesday the long-run solution is innovation and alternatives to reliance on Middle Eastern oil.
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Ballot Drive Puts Stem-Cell Funding in Voters' Hands
San Francisco Chronicle, March 31-Supporters of a new initiative are collecting signatures for a statewide ballot measure that seeks to raise $3 billion for research on stem cells taken from human embryos. The initiative -- which would appear on California's November ballot -- represents a major new intersection of science and politics. For the first time, advocates are bypassing government officials and asking voters directly to approve public funding for controversial, cutting-edge scientific research. If successful, the initiative could change the U.S. scientific landscape and send a message that the White House faces significant dissent over its decision not to provide federal funds for some stem-cell research. (Quote by Lawrence Goldstein, a biologist at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/31/financial0829EST0025.DTL&type=health

The Thin Blue Line
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 31-Between two oceans - one liquid, the other mostly gas - lies a sprawling, convoluted place scientists call the air-sea interface. This is the boundary where the Earth's atmosphere rests upon its waters, a region that may be the most physically and chemically active environment in the world. But as profound as this area is, the particulars of the air-sea interface remain largely unknown, unexplained and unseen. (Quote by Daniel Rudnick, a physical oceanographer at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040331-9999-1c31boundary.html

Good Hygiene Wards Off Most Nail Infections
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 1-Since a number of hospitals started prohibiting health-care workers from wearing long or acrylic nails because of infection risks, fingernail hygiene has been cast into the spotlight. But there's no need for the average Joe or Jane to stock up on disinfectant and rubber gloves, say medical and cosmetology experts. (Quote by Francesca Torriani M.D., medical director of UCSD's epidemiology unit.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20040401-9999-news_1c1nails.html

Rule Would List Stock Options as an Expense
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 1-The nation's accounting policy maker yesterday proposed a rule that would require U.S. corporations to report employee stock options as an expense - a move that could slash billions in profits from company financial statements. The move is designed to provide shareholders with a more accurate picture, and to help curb the kind of executive compensation excesses that helped spawn corporate financial scandals at Enron, WorldCom and other companies. (Quote by Michael Willoughby, an accounting professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040401-9999-news_1b1options.html

New 'Prop. 187' Falling Short of Signatures Needed to Appear on ballot
North County Times, April 1-With less than a month to go, supporters of a controversial ballot initiative that would amend California's Constitution to deny most public benefits to illegal immigrants say they are nearly 200,000 signatures short of their goal. The so-called Save Our State initiative needs 598,105 valid signatures by April 29 in order to be put on the November ballot. Because many signatures are usually invalidated, supporters must collect many more than are needed. Backers said they had about 405,000 signatures as of Saturday. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a political science professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/01/news/top_stories/20_48_323_31_04.txt