A Sampling of Clips for
April 27th, 2007
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McCain Enters
Presidential Race as an Outsider
Los Angeles Times, April 26 – Sen. John McCain, who formally announced his candidacy Wednesday, has staked out a career in oversight, investigation, reform and old-fashioned muckraking. He has done it aggressively, sometimes with personal attacks. Careers have been destroyed in the process. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Samuel Popkin) More
S.D. Convention's Gravitas Has Grown
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 27 -- Seven of the eight Democratic presidential hopefuls will address delegates to the three-day gathering that begins today at the San Diego Convention Center. (Quotes Sam Popkin, a political science professor at UCSD) More
A Rite of Spring: New Play Fest at UCSD
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 27 -- For the last several years, between the regional theater festivals in Louisville and Costa Mesa, UCSD's Department of Theatre and Dance has offered its Baldwin New Play Festival, performed in three on-campus theaters over two April weekends. The playwrights are MFA students, and the Baldwins are Del Mar arts patrons Ken and Ginger Baldwin. More