A Sampling of Clips for 
February 17, 2005

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Demands Rise for Tighter Oversight on Use of Stun Guns
New York Times, Feb. 17-Human rights groups and academic researchers are stepping up calls for safety studies and national standards governing the use of electric stun guns after a series of deaths as well as incidents in which the weapons were used against children. (Quote by Ted Chan, an associate professor of emergency medicine at UCSD.) More

CSU Wants to Grant Doctoral Degrees
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 17-California State University officials are seeking permission from the Legislature to offer professional and clinical doctoral degrees -- an academic responsibility currently reserved for the University of California. More

News Briefs from San Diego County
San Jose Mercury News, Feb. 16-University of California system service workers are not paid enough money to meet their basic needs, according to a study commissioned by a labor union. (Quote by Rogers Davis, assistant vice chancellor for human resources at UCSD.) More

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NBC San Diego, Feb. 16
Contra Costa Times, Feb. 16
San Diego Daily Transcript, Feb. 16

Heart Repair Linked to Migraine Relief
News-Medical.Net, Feb. 16-Migraine headache patients reported the painful attacks eased or even vanished after they underwent procedures to close abnormalities that allow blood to flow between the atria of their hearts, according to the results of two new studies in the current issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (Quote by Sotirios Tsimikas M.D., a professor of medicine at UCSD.) More

Climate Change: Menace or Myth?
New Scientist, Feb. 12-On Feb. 16, the Kyoto protocol comes into force. Whether you see this as a triumph of international cooperation or a case of too little, too late, there is no doubt that it was only made possible by decades of dedicated work by climate scientists. (Refers to research by Naomi Oreskes, a science historian at UCSD.) More

Work on Research Center Starting
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 17-The first tenants for UCSD's fledgling Science Research Park will break ground today on a new research center, marking what the university hopes will become a crossroads for academic and industrial collaboration. (Quote by Edward Holmes, vice chancellor for UCSD health sciences.) More

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San Diego Daily Transcript, Feb. 16

Brain Research at UCSD to
Be Enhanced by Imaging Technology
San Diego Daily Transcript, Feb. 16-Later this spring, UCSD's neuroscience program will enhance its ability to study and understand human brain function, particularly neurological and psychiatric disorders. (Quote by Roland R. Lee M.D., UCSD professor of Radiology in Residence.) More

Future Heartland
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 17-From UCSD's perspective, its future $100 million cardiovascular center next to Thornton Hospital promises revolutionary advances for preventing heart disease and stroke. But from the view of Scripps Memorial Hospital a half-mile away, the UCSD project is redundant and represents a misuse of scarce resources. (Quote by cardiologist Anthony DeMaria, director of the UCSD heart center and Leslie Franz, director of communications for UCSD health sciences.) More

Scientists Motivated to Speak Out
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 17-Jeremy Jackson, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is raising national awareness about environmental problems. Jackson's campaign is one example of how more scientists in San Diego County and elsewhere are reaching out to the public, often risking criticism from their colleagues and interest groups. (Quote by Jeff Severinghaus, a scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Married to a Theory
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 16-Research by UCSD physics professors, Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge, calls into question a basic tenet of the big-bang theory. More

College Student Airs Personal Porn Video on Campus TV
NBC Channel 4, Los Angeles, Feb. 17-A free-speech controversy is brewing on the campus of UCSD because of a student who made a porn video that aired on the school's closed-circuit television station. School administrators are staying out of the fight, saying it's up to the student government to determine if the student and the station violated any rules. More

If Archaeological Work
on Ancient Edom Holds Up, Some
Books About the Bible Need Rewriting
North County Times, Feb. 16-The Bible says Edom's kings interacted with ancient Israel, but some scholars have confidently declared that no Edomite state could have existed that early. (Refers to research conducted by Thomas Levy of UCSD.) More