A Sampling of Clips for 
April 06, 2004

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Where Plays Escape The Curse of the Unseen
New York Times, April 6-Every year regional theaters receive hundreds of unsolicited scripts from writers. Scripts usually go unnoticed since most theatres don't have the time or money to read through all of them, and the rewards of finding a good script are rare. Even so, there are quite a number of scripts out there that have passed through at least one level of professional scrutiny, which raises the question of how many worthy plays and playwrights exist under the public radar. One way for a writer to get noticed, it to send scripts to important playwriting departments including the University of California, San Diego.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/06/theater/06PLAY.html

Exercise Key to Teen Weight Problem - U.S. Study
Reuters, April 5-Exercise may be the key to keeping the pounds off adolescents and may help overweight children reverse some of the harm caused by being fat, two teams of researchers reported on Monday. On average, the children with normal weight had four minutes more of vigorous exercise over a single day than the overweight children, the team at the University of California, San Diego found. (Quote by Kevin Patrick M.D., a professor of family and preventive medicine at UCSD.)
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=4755256
&section=news

Similar article appeared in:
San Diego Channel News, April 5
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/2979319/detail.html

Washington Times, April 5
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040401-065930-6641r.htm

Chancellor of North Carolina State University Resigns
Miami Herald-Tribune, April 5-The controversial chancellor of N.C. State University, Marye Anne Fox, will most likely be the next leader of the prestigious University of California, San Diego. Her appointment is contingent upon approval by the University of California Board of Regents in a vote set for April 12. UNC President Molly Broad confirmed Fox's pending departure in a note Friday to members of the UNC Board of Governors, which oversees North Carolina's 16 public universities.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8361476.htm

Pricey Texts Strain Student Budgets
Christian Science Monitor, April 6-From California to New York, consumer advocates are sounding the alarm about skyrocketing textbook prices, exposing the sticker shock that is rattling 21st-century college students. Several students at the University of California at San Diego contributed to the report written by Calpirg, an influential California consumer organization that is demanding changes in the textbook industry. The report claims that publishers force professors to order unnecessary new textbooks.
http://search.csmonitor.com/search_content/0406/p12s01-legn.html

Mario Algaze
Art Nexus, April 2004-Mario Algaze's photographs are imbued with a haunting, lyrical quality that causes them to flicker in the mind like candles in the night long after the earth has been enveloped in darkness. His exhibit "Mario Algaze: Cuba 1999-2000" at UCSD's University Art Gallery, profiles his wanderings through Cuban cities including La Habana, Santiago de Cuba, Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus, and Matanzas.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/eclips/PDF/algaze_artnexus.pdf

Rise of the Machines: Students Test Robotic Skills at Tournament
North County Times, April 4-More than 250 students participated in Saturday's Botball tournament on the campus of Poway High School, including Paul Nguyen and Kenneth Winfrey of UCSD's Preuss School. Botball is a unique educational program designed to get students to use computing, engineering, design and math skills to build a robot.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/eclips/PDF/robot_nctimes.pdf

Poll: Kerry Favored on Financial Issues
Washington Times, April 2-A poll released Friday indicates voters trust presumptive Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry more than President Bush with their financial futures. The Los Angeles Times poll said while job creation has become a major election issue, Americans' pocketbook concerns extend well beyond the labor market. (Quote by Samuel L. Popkin, a University of California, San Diego political scientist.)
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SMMS Teacher Awarded $10K Science Grant
North County Times, April 6-San Marcos Middle School teacher Debra Brice has been awarded a $10,000 "grant for excellence" for innovation in science education from Toyota Motor Sales USA. Brice, who has been teaching 10 years, was cited for a program she developed and dubbed, "In the Footsteps of Roger Revelle," after the late Pasadena-born pioneering oceanographer and scientist. The program brings physical oceanography to students in "real time" from research ships at sea through a hookup with a broadcast band called Scripps HighSeasNet. Scientists from Scripps Institute of Oceanography in San Diego are taking part in the "Footsteps" project.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/06/news/inland/4_5_0421_07_24.txt

Kerry Campaign Hits UCSD
San Diego Business Journal, April 1-Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry landed some political punches when he campaigned at UC San Diego on March 30. With gas prices at an all-time high, the Massachusetts senator blasted President Bush for trusting big oil companies, not coming up with an energy policy to combat the problem, and hurting the economy.
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