A Sampling of Clips for 
August 13 - 15, 2005

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Utopia In a Cereal Bowl
U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 15 - The invention of cornflakes gave birth to a food giant, the Kellogg Co., and set off a cereal rush in Battle Creek, Mich. Yet the real story behind cornflakes is the history of the health-reform movement in America. The reformers were utopian thinkers, yearning for a society transformed by diet, free of disease, pure, a life filled with the bounty and simplicity of the Garden of Eden. This vision was in marked contrast to the reality of 19th-century America. (Includes quote by Hillel Schwartz, a UCSD cultural historian.) More

Latinos Work to Shore Up Border
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 14 - Although at times reviled for their stand, some Latinos are working with other groups to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies University at UCSD.) More

Harmony for Three Voices;
Southwest Chamber Music has Ambitious Plans for
a Cultural Exchange with Cambodia and Vietnam.
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 14 - If Southwest Chamber Music can raise the money, next year it will be the first U.S. group to participate in cultural exchanges with Vietnam since the Vietnam War ended in 1975 and with Cambodia since the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979. The first year, the Pasadena-based chamber group would take programs of music by Cambodian American composer Chinary Ung to both countries. Ung won the $150,000 Grawemeyer Award for Music in 1989 and has taught at UCSD since 1995. More

Waging War over the Constitution and Its Framers
Los Angeles Times, Book Review, Aug. 14 - Review of "War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency Hijacked the Constitution," by Peter Irons, a professor of political science at UCSD. More

Healing with an Icy Touch; Company's Procedure for Heart Arrhythmia Uses Frozen, Surgically Placed Catheter Tip
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 12 - CryoCor, a small San Diego-based company that raised $41 million in its initial public offering last month, has some cool technology to help people with irregular heartbeats. (Includes comments by Dr. Greg Feld, head of the cardiac electrophysiology program at UCSD.) More