A Sampling of Clips for
April 07, 2005
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Life Without
Insurance a High-Stakes Gamble
MSNBC, April 6-Recent years of soaring
medical and health insurance costs are preventing millions of
Americans from being able to afford health insurance. A study
by researchers at UCSD published Tuesday, predicts
that 56 million people in the U.S. - more than one in four American
workers - will be uninsured by 2013. More
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Contra
Costa Times, April 6
Voice
of San Diego, April 7
UCSD Gives
Up on its Chancellor's House
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 7-UCSD
officials are abandoning their six-month effort to raise money
to replace the uninhabited chancellor's residence on its La
Jolla Farms Road ocean bluff property. A letter went out this
week to members of the University House Task Force canceling
today's meeting and, in essence, dissolving the committee. (Quote
by UCSD Vice Chancellor of External Relations,
James M. Langley.) More
Bot Roams
the Seas
Wired, April 6-Oceangoing underwater
robots are the new fish in the sea scientists are using to explore
Earth's final frontier. The water bots are gathering data that
could provide valuable insights into climate change and other
environmental concerns. (Refers to research conducted by the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
More
A Better River Inside and
Out
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 7-Years
of sand mining and pollution from businesses and residents have
had their effect on the portion of the San Diego River that
runs through the East County community of Lakeside. However,
a group planning to build a park along the river wants to improve
the quality of the water that flows through it. As one of the
first steps in the project, engineering students from UCSD
will put in sensors so that information about water clarity,
temperature, acidity level and salinity can be sent remotely
to the conservancy's office in Lakeside. More
