A Sampling of Clips for 
February 04, 2005

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Research Finds New Clues to Crohn's Disease
Forbes, Feb. 3-UCSD Scientists have filled in a few more details in the complicated picture that makes up Crohn's disease. More

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Bedouin Sign Language
Points to Foundations of Grammar
Jerusalem Post, Feb. 1-Israeli and American linguists who have studied users of Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language (ABSL) say the 70-year-old language, which developed free of any outside influences, provides insight into basic questions about the way human language develops. (Refers to research coauthored by UCSD's Carol Padden.) More

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Hospitals: Poor Will Be Abandoned Under UCSD Plan
NBC San Diego, Feb. 3-UCSD Medical Center announced controversial plans Thursday to move its entire inpatient hospital to La Jolla. The move is facing strong opposition from other local hospitals in the area, which say they will be forced to absorb about 125,000 underinsured patients per year if UCSD leaves. UCSD officials disagree, saying the plan also calls for changes at the Hillcrest facility -- including a larger emergency room, a 23-hour observation site and more preventative-care services -- that will better allow them to serve the poor. (Quotes by UCSD's physician in chief, Dr. Thomas McAfee, Chief Executive Officer of UCSD Medical Center, Richard Liekweg and UCSD emergency room director, Dr. Gary Vilke.) More

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Religion Today
Miami Herald, Feb. 3-An ancient fortress, a burial box and a piece of cloth - historical remains related to the Bible never cease to provoke heated debate, whether the discoveries are thought to be tantalizing clues, cynical hoaxes or just archaeological mistakes. (Refers to research by Thomas Levy of UCSD.) More

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Points and Counterpoints
Seattle Times, Feb. 4-Here are some of the studies and data that Michael Crichton cites in his book "State of Fear" and how climate scientists respond. (Quote by Jeff Severinghaus, a geosciences professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

UC Davis Sees 4% Drop in Applicants
Sacramento Bee, Feb. 3-The number of community college applicants to the University of California, Davis, declined for the first time since 1998, a shift that campus officials blamed in part on state budget cuts. UCLA, UCSD and UC Santa Cruz also fielded smaller numbers of freshman and transfer applicants, while UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara saw their pools expand slightly. More

College Textbook Price Report Stirs Dispute
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 2-The age-old debate over the high cost of college textbooks heated up yesterday when a report criticizing "skyrocketing prices" was released by a California student advocate group. At a news conference at UCSD, math professor Daniel Wulbert expressed his frustration over how often publishers release new editions of textbooks with few content changes. More

UC Health Execs' Bonuses Criticized
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 4- University of California health care union workers are criticizing their employer for paying $2.4 million in bonuses to UC health care executives. UC officials said Wednesday that the medical centers are self-supporting and that compensation is funded by revenues. Even with the bonuses, officials said, UC medical center executives earn less than their counterparts at comparable centers. Morehealth care executives. UC officials said Wednesday that the medical centers are self-supporting and that compensation is funded by revenues. Even with the bonuses, officials said, UC medical center executives earn less than their counterparts at comparable centers. More