A Sampling of Clips for 
August 02 - 04, 2003

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UCSD names acting chancellor
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 1-Marsha A. Chandler was nominated Friday to be the interim chancellor of University of California, San Diego, where she is the second-ranked executive officer. Chandler would replace Robert C. Dynes, who is leaving to become the president of the University of California system, and would remain in the position until a permanent successor is hired.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20030802-9999_7m2chandler.html

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The San Diego Channel, Aug. 2
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/education/2376440/detail.html

Tri-Valley Herald, Aug. 2
http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10669~1548342,00.html

City News Service, Aug. 1
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Pain relief without pills; A topical cream containing an ibuprofen-like ingredient may avoid problems associated with oral medication.
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 4- Trans-Pharma Pharmaceutical Co. is developing a topical cream containing ketoprofen, a chemical cousin of ibuprofen (Advil), that has been found to decrease the common muscle soreness that peaks a day or two after exercise, without stomach discomfort. Researchers from UC San Diego assisted in testing the company's patented cream in on 32 men, ages 18 to 35.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-topical4aug04,1,7477013.story

Bewitched in Salem
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 1- Moshe Safdie has been designing public buildings for more than 35 years, buildings that balance grand gesture with lyrical elements of human scale. Safdie's first major project in San Diego, UCSD's Eleanor Roosevelt College, is expected to open in September.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/homes/news_mz1h3safdie.html

Mexican officials see hope in bill proposed to grant legal status
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 2- A Republican-sponsored immigration bill introduced in Congress last week is buoying hopes in Mexican President Vicente Fox's administration that millions of undocumented Mexicans living in the United States will be able to obtain legal status. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/news/news_1n2creel.html

Border Patrol's arrest of family outside consulate is challenged
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 2- Mexican officials filed a formal complaint with the Border Patrol yesterday after agents arrested a Mexican family on their way to the Mexican consulate in San Diego. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/metro/news_1m2family.html

Science seeing double
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 4- Researchers flocked to the annual Twinsburg, Ohio, Twins Day's Festival to find perfect subjects for showing contrast when conducting medical trials. (Quote by Brandon Macias, a research assistant at the University of California at San Diego.)
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Akron Beacon Journal, Aug. 4
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Opening night a pip(a) for society's 18th season
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 4- The La Jolla Music Society's annual festival opened its 18th season over the weekend with concerts that balanced tradition and innovation, glorious familiarity and enticing exoticism. Friday's sold-out opening concert featured music by Cambodian-born UCSD professor and composer, Chinary Ung. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/currents/news_1c4fest.html

'Country': Playhouse goes down a dark road
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 3- In "The Country," which makes its American premiere tonight at the UCSD La Jolla Playhouse, a troubled doctor and his wife flee London for a new life in the English countryside, only to watch their problems take root in unfamiliar soil.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_1a3country.html