A Sampling of Clips for 
April 24 - 26, 2004

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Study Finds Signs of Life in Ancient Lava
ABC News, April 24-Tiny, bacteria-like organisms made their home in hardened lava some 3.5 billion years ago, scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have reported in a finding that pushes the limits of when life is known to have started on earth. The microbes, known as archaea, dug into volcanic rock to form long tubes. A team from the United States, Norway, Canada, and South Africa found evidence of the lava-burrowing archaea in 3.5 billion-year-old rock in South Africa. (Quote by Hubert Staudigel, a research geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1094126.htm

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Financial Times, April 23
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CNN, April 23
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/23/science.lava.reut

A Composer and a Poet Swim With the Fishes
New York Times, April 25-PollyRhythym Productions, based out of New York, has created a multimedia presentation built around music and poetry, called "Oceanophony." It was first presented at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., last August, and it is to appear at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla on May 16.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/arts/music/25HIGH.html

China's Roaring Economy is the Envy of Asia
Copley News Service, April 26-As he embarks on his second year in office, Chinese President Hu Jintao faces a problem that President George W. Bush could only dream about: His economy is growing far faster than he wants it to. During the past three months, China's gross domestic product has galloped along with an annualized growth of 9.7 percent, after growing 9.1 percent in 2003. That growth rate has made China the envy of Asia, but also has raised red flags among economists who fear that the economy is running the risk of overheating. (Quote by Peter Cowhey, dean of the graduate school of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California San Diego.)
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Crisis in Higher Education
San Francisco Chronicle, Editorial, April 23-At exactly the moment that the University of California is raising fees and turning away qualified freshmen, it is also substantially raising the salaries of some top officials. Incoming UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Ann Fox will earn $350,000, some $70,000 more than her predecessor.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/23/EDGKS68PH41.DTL

North County Students Plan March for Affordable Education
North County Times, April 26-College and university students in North County plan to march Monday to the San Diego office of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to protest proposed cuts in state support for higher education. The North County students said they expect to be joined by colleagues from other campuses in San Diego County including UCSD, as well as by members of the CSU teachers union, the California Faculty Association. Other marches are planned in Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/24/news/top_stories/20_22_534_23_04.txt

Lewis to Leave UCSD For 'New Challenges'
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 25- Musical visionary George Lewis, the UCSD professor who in 2002 was awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" fellowship, is resigning in order to accept a teaching position at New York's Columbia University. Lewis, 51, will join the Columbia faculty as the Edwin H. Case Professor of Music this fall, barely three months after his June wedding to maverick musician, composer and sound artist Miya Masaoka.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20040425-9999-1a25varga.html

Real Men Knit, Real Women Lead Universities
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, April 23-There are boys in the La Costa Canyon High School knitting club. Instead of playing video games, these boys use needles and yarn to knit beanies. Meanwhile, UCSD's new chancellor is Marye Anne Fox, the first woman to head the UC system's world renowned local campus, often cited for its cutting edge efforts in scientific research. While the latter event certainly outshines the news that boys are knitting, both actually represent milestones in a 30-year effort to break down gender stereotypes that have hurt both genders in pursuing education.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040423/news_lz1e23dekoven.html

William L. Ashburn M.D.
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 23-Whether in the field of nuclear medicine or on a San Diego bandstand, William L. Ashburn M.D. didn't miss a beat. A swing-era musician in his spare time, he found his professional niche as a groundbreaking radiologist and longtime chief of the Division of Nuclear Medicine at the University of California San Diego. He died of prostate cancer Sunday at his home in La Jolla.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/obituaries/20040423-9999-1m23ashburn.html