A Sampling of Clips for 
April 23 ^rd, 2007

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Winning the Nutrition Game, With Help from a Coach
The New York Times, April 22 - A growing number of consumers are enlisting private, one-on-one nutrition coaches. Although many clients are motivated by a desire to lose weight, coaches say that others turn to them after learning that they have diabetes or high cholesterol levels — or because they wish to avoid chronic diseases later in life. Others want to deal with food allergies or to combat fatigue and sleep problems. (Quotes Cheryl L. Rock, a professor of family and preventive medicine at UCSD) More

Latin America Feels Pain of U.S. Housing Slump
The Wall Street Journal, April 23 -- The slowing U.S. housing market already has taken a bite out of the U.S. economy. Now, the fallout is spreading to Latin America. That's because home construction is the principal gateway industry for immigrants entering the U.S. labor market. (Quotes UCSD economist Gordon Hanson) More

Flying Lab to Test Pacific Skies for Dust from Asia
San Francisco Chronicle, April 23 -- A team from UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., began successful test flights last week aboard the government's newest high-altitude research aircraft. Within a few days, the team's leaders say, the Gulfstream V plane, financed by the National Science Foundation, will head to Anchorage, Alaska, and from there will fly over the ocean to Yokota Air Base near Tokyo on the first leg of its six-week mission capturing samples from pollution plumes. More

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Today's Green Students Are Well-versed in Eco-activism
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 21 -- Young idealists on college campuses have a history of throwing themselves into causes, from anti-war demonstrations in the 1960s to campaigns against Asian sweatshops in the 1980s. Today, they're crusading to preserve the planet in an environmental movement that has taken on new dimensions. Students, including many at UCSD, are engaged in what universities build, where they send e-waste such as unwanted computers and whether they buy renewable energy. The activists often are spurred on by administrators and faculty committed to “greener” campuses. More

Virginia Tech Tragedy Boosts Awareness
of Balance Between Freedom and Safety
North County Times, April 22 -- In the wake of Monday's shooting deaths of 32 people at Virginia Tech by a lone gunman who attended the university, the way society balances personal freedom and public safety is getting renewed attention. (Quotes Robert Mashman, UCSD's director of psychological and counseling services) More

Passes Could Boost Ridership to North County Colleges
North County Times, April 21 -- Local transit planners say a recent explosion in college bus ridership to UCSD could have significant implications for getting more students, teachers and college employees to ride the new Sprinter light rail line when it opens in December. More

Scientists Find Big Pile of Underwater Sand
North County Times, April 21 -- Scientists at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that offshore earthquake faults play a key role in determining where offshore sandbars are concentrated and pinpointing the best places to mine them for beach replenishment projects. More

Tech Coast Angels Pray Early Stage Investments Will Be Heavenly
San Diego Business Journal, April 23 -- Tech Coast Angels, a 270-member-strong group of early stage “angel” investors, took their expertise to the judging floor at the annual “Quick-Pitch” contest, where 15 finalists gave two-minute pitches on why the angels should invest in them. The overall winner of last week’s Quick Pitch competition, where companies are judged on style and content, was FaceFX, which created a software program used to touch up digital photography. UCSD Computer Science & Engineering professor David Kriegman and recent graduate Satya Mallick co-developed the program, which touts being user-friendly. More