A Sampling of Clips for
December 07 - 09, 2002
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Japan’s
military complex
Newsweek, Dec. 9 -- Kobe University
lecturers and Japan’s Self-Defense Force held the school’s
first –ever seminar on the national-security implications
of Japan’s pacifist Constitution, a document imposed on
the country by Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s American-led occupation
government in 1947. Leftist groups raided the dean’s office,
besieged the law school and demanded the class be canceled.
(Quotes Ellis Krauss, an IR/PS professor at
UCSD).
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Loss of
smell is nothing to sniff at, expert warns
Copley News Service, Dec. 9 –
A study by a San Diego State University psychologist tested
sense of smell in 2,500 people over age 53 and projected that
14 million people in the United States have lost much of their
ability to distinguish common odors. Terence Davidson,
director of UCSD’s nasal dysfunction
clinic was an adviser on SDSU’s research.
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SB scientist
receives lifetime achievement award
North County Times, Dec. 5 –
Scripps Institution of Oceanography marine
biologist Paul Dayton received the 2002 Diving
Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Underwater
Sciences award in recognition of more than 30 years of pioneering
underwater research.
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20021205/70050.html
Alameda
poet enters laureate fray
San Francisco Chronicle, Daily Datebook,
Dec. 7 – Mary Rudge will serve as the first-ever poet
laureate of Alameda. (Mentions Quincy Troupe’s
resignation from UCSD and his California poet
laureate post).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/12/07/DD237109.DTL
For Quincy,
the lessons may be just beginning
San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 9 --
Union-Tribune news assistant and recent UCSD
graduate Sharon Shapiro writes the "Slants & Rants"
column about her experience as a student of Quincy Troupe.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/currents/news_1c9slant.html
People who
live in glass houses
San Diego Union Tribune, Letters,
Pg. F-2, Dec. 8 -- In this letter to the editor about Quincy
Troupe's resignation from UCSD, a
79-yr. old questions how many other letter writers have any
idea about the "black experience."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_1a8artslets.html
Scripps
had little choice about losing its priceless collection
San Diego Union Tribune, Opinion,
Dec. 7 – Letters to the editor written by Scripps
Institution of Oceanography's Robert Knox
and Tom Collins.
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Choreographer
steps up to UCSD master’s program
San Diego Union Tribune, Pg. 4, Dec.
8 – British choreographer Yolande Snaith
will begin her teaching post next month in UCSD’s
Department of Theatre and Dance. She will develop a master’s
program in dance.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_1a8depoyen.html
How the
west was mapped
San Diego Union Tribune, Books, Dec.
8 – UCSD history and economics professor
Michael Bernstein reviews “Measuring
America,” a book on western expansion.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/books/news_mz1v8measure.html
County seeks
3,300 doses of vaccine for smallpox
San Diego Union Tribune, Pg. 1, Dec.
7 – San Diego County health officials have requested 3,300
doses of smallpox vaccine to inoculate hospital emergency and
public-health workers who might treat the first victims of a
bioterrorism attack. (Quotes Leland Rickman,
director of epidemiology at UCSD).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/metro/news_6m7smallpox.html
UCSD engineering
school to build world’s first outdoor shake table
San Diego Daily Transcript, Dec 9
-- UCSD’s Jacobs School of Engineering
is building the world's first outdoor earthquake simulator.
Professor Frieder Seible says the table will
allow engineers to test full-scale structures against powerful
simulated earthquakes.
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