A Sampling of Clips for
April 25, 2006
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Veterans Drawn Into Immigration Debate
Los Angeles Times, April 24 -- Three months after Lance Cpl. Marcial Rodriguez returned to Ohio from the fighting in Iraq, the U.S. House adopted a bill that would make Rodriguez's cousin a felon for being one of the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants. It is unclear how many soldiers find their loyalties similarly divided, but at a time when Pentagon has stepped up recruiting of Hispanics to fill recruiting quotas, experts say a crackdown on illegal immigration would undoubtedly cause resentment in the ranks. (Quotes Jorge Mariscal, director of Chicano studies at UCSD) More
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Shutting Down Alzheimer's
Scientific American, May 2006 -- More than a decade ago few people were optimistic about the prospects for defeating Alzheimer's. Scientists knew so little about the biology of the disease, and its origins and course were thought to be hopelessly complex. Recently, however, researchers have made tremendous progress toward understanding the molecular events that appear to trigger the illness, and they are now exploring a variety of strategies for slowing or halting these destructive processes. (Mentions research by UCSD) More
MIT Method Allows 3-D Study of Cells
Innovations Report (Germany), April 24 -- MIT bioengineers have devised a new technique that makes it possible to learn more about how cells are organized in tissues and potentially even to regrow cells for repairing areas of the body damaged by disease, accidents or aging. The method gives them unprecedented control over organizing cells outside the body in three dimensions, which is how they exist inside the body. (Other authors included UCSD professor of bioengineering Robert Sah and UCSD alumnus Travis Wassermann.) More
Safety in Numbers: Peculiar Bedfellows
Contra Costa Times, April 25 -- Lodi's mayor laughed when she heard the message on her answering machine asking her to run for Congress in District 11. It was not only the prospect of a bruising fight against well-funded, seven-term GOP incumbent Rep. Richard Pombo that prompted the chortle. It was also the district itself, a disparate collection of cities on opposite sides of the Altamont Pass, a geologic and commuter spillway between the Bay Area and the Central Valley. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson.) More
After Marches,
Latinos Eye Loftier Destination
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 23 -- After several weeks and a flurry of local and national demonstrations – including well-planned rallies that attracted Latinos of varied economic levels and citizenship statuses – community leaders have taken a closer look. Some say the emerging movement goes beyond protesting tough immigration legislation proposed in Congress. Increasingly, they see the potential for the rallies to become true civic engagement by Latinos. Some are even calling it a new civil rights movement. (Quotes Jorge Mariscal, director of Chicano studies at UCSD) More
UC Paid Top Executives More Than
$1 Million Not Disclosed to Regents
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 25 -- Over the past decade, the University of California violated its compensation practices hundreds of times, providing more than $1 million of undisclosed additional pay to executives, including the president, an independent audit has found. The audit showed how widespread the violations are within UC's senior management and is the latest blow for the university, which has been under attack in recent months for its opaque pay practices. (Mentions UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and Senior Vice Chancellor Marsha Chandler). More
UCSD Playwrights Hit, Miss
During Annual Showcase Fest
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 25 -- UCSD's graduate program in playwriting sounds tougher than medical school to get into. The three-year MFA program has just five students total, so competition is intense for the one or two openings each year. And the program's alumni include notable new voices such as the celebrated Naomi Iizuka, who's had work staged around the country; Kevin Weitzman, whose “Arrangements” debuted at UCSD and later played off-Broadway; and Andrea Stolowitz, whose “Knowing Cairo” played at the Globe in 2003. More
Allan Kaprow; Visionary
Helped Shape ‘Happening’
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 23 – The late Allan Kaprow, professor emeritus of visual arts at UCSD, was a visionary who established a new dynamic between art and life. He didn't even like to be called an artist, because some of what he envisioned was simply making the activities of life itself – traveling, brushing one's teeth – into the components of his work. “Un-artist” was his preferred term. More
Wheeler-Dealer
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 22 -- On July 7, 2004, thoroughbred trainer Dan Hendricks was indulging in one of his favorite recreational activities, riding at a Riverside-area motocross park. Taking a jump he had negotiated many times before, Hendricks lost control of his motorcycle and crashed. The impact crushed vertebrae in his back and did damage to the spinal cord that paralyzed him from the waist down. (Quotes Dr. Larry Marshall, Dr. A.R. "Babs" Moossa and operating room nurse Pat Morris, who were part of the UCSD surgical team that treated Hendricks.) More
Spray Robot Set for Atlantic Ocean
“Swim” to Assess Global Warming
All Headline News, April 24 -- The Spray robot will soon be launched to "swim" into a new adventure across the Atlantic Ocean from Greenland to Spain to help scientists assess global warming conditions. A self-propelled gliding robot, which is also an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), called Spray, is the joint venture of a few scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. More
