A Sampling of Clips for 
February 21 - 23, 2004

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Scientists Study How to Keep Brain Awake
ABCNews, Feb. 21-An estimated 70 million people in the United States suffer from sleep problems, either because of disorders such as apnea and insomnia or just a lack of time devoted to slumber, the federal government says. At least 100,000 auto crashes and 1,550 traffic deaths a year are caused by falling asleep at the wheel. So how much sleep is enough? The typical recommendation is at least eight hours a night for adults. But in the February issue of the journal Sleep, Daniel Kripke M.D. of the School of Medicine of the University of California, San Diego, called on doctors to abandon that blanket prescription.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/ap20040221_681.html

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MSNBC, Feb. 22
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4314133/

CNN, Feb. 22
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/21/sleepy.brain.ap

Newsday, Feb. 21
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/health/wire/sns-ap-sleepy-brain,0,1401919.story?coll=sns-ap-health-headlines

San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 21
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/21/national1217EST0493.DTL&type=health

Boston Globe, Feb. 21
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2004/02/21/mysteries_of_sleep/

Associated Press, Feb. 21
* No link available online.

Contra Costa Times, Feb. 21
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/8009493.htm

Los Angeles Daily News, Feb. 21
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~1970983,00.html#

San Jose Mercury News, Feb. 21
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/8009493.htm

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 23
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/pp/04054/276481.stm

Miami Herald, Feb. 21
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/8009493.htm

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 21
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared/health/ap/ap_story.html/Health/AP.V3268.AP-Sleepy-Brain.html

Palm Beach Post, Feb. 21
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/health/content/shared/health/ap/ap_story.
html/Health/AP.V3268.AP-Sleepy-Brain.html

Revered UC Chief Honored at Service
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 21-Clark Kerr, the former University of California president and elder statesman of higher education, was remembered here Friday as a visionary whose dream of an affordable, high-quality college education for all Californians may now be at risk. Speaking at the memorial, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl said Kerr's legacy would be both the statewide master plan and a UC system that emerged from his era with three new campuses: UC San Diego, UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kerr21feb21,1,5028927.story

Vegetarians vs. Atkins: Diet Wars Are Almost Religious
New York Times, Feb. 22-The latest spat between Veronica Atkins, widow of Robert Atkins, the doctor who promoted a low-carbohydrate diet, heavy on the meats, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group that advocates vegetarianism shows how weight loss can be like a religious epiphany. Many doctors and historians have seen this phenomenon before. (Quote by Hillel Schwartz M.D., a cultural historian and visiting scholar at the University of California at San Diego.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/22/weekinreview/22kola.html?ex=1078030800&en=2d6ac2d438f0a5e2&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

Newsom Sheds Wonk Image -- Takes It to the Streets
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 22-Gavin Newsom was going to be the policy wonk, the San Francisco mayor who sweated the small stuff. Instead, he's sweating some of the biggest stuff of all. (Quote by Thad Kousser, a political scientist at UC San Diego.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/22/MNGEO53L67119.DTL

What Makes Us Human
NewScientist, Feb. 21- When the chimpanzee genome sequence is published, sometime in the next few weeks, what everyone will want to know is how it compares with ours, and what genetic differences set us apart from our ape cousins. But looking for "the genes that make us human", as people will doubtless be tempted to do, is not going to get us very far. As this special issue of New Scientist reveals, a simple gene-for-gene comparison is only the first step to finding out what makes humans so special. (Mentions research conducted by Ajit Varki of the University of California, San Diego.)
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Heading for Home
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 22- With Petco Park set to open in less than two weeks, Padres' majority owner John Moores, who has mostly declined media interviews over the past few years, is granting a few more. A string of anti-ballpark lawsuits and a political scandal are behind him. The once-blighted East Village warehouse district - his new home - is booming with activity, most of it sparked by his project. He donated millions of dollars to University of California, San Diego and as chairman of the University of California Board of Regents, has helped shape the state's higher education agenda.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/padres/20040222-9999-1n22moores.html

McAnuff Calls a New York Report `Pure Speculation'
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 21-Des McAnuff first came to the UCSD's La Jolla Playhouse as a 30-year-old wunderkind, a protege of Joe Papp, legendary founder of The Public Theatre in New York. Now, 21 years later, McAnuff is being mentioned as a potential new artistic director of The Public when George C. Wolfe steps down in the fall. McAnuff states however, that it is just speculation.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/currents/news_1c21des.html

Female 'Sex Potions' Help Heat Up Bedrooms
TheSanDiegoChannel.com, Feb. 20-Men have Viagra and now women have the gel and the patch to improve their sexual desire. New ways to improve sexual desire for women are being tested in San Diego. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego tested a tiny patch, which contained testosterone, on post-menopausal women who have experienced a decline in sexual interest. (Quote by Elizabeth Barrett-Connor M.D., a UCSD researcher.)
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/2863704/detail.html

Diagnosis by Laptop Extends Medicine's Reach
Copley News Service, Feb. 21-UCSD physician Brett Meyer M.D. and director of the UC San Diego Stroke Center Patrick Lyden M.D., launched the study, called STRokeDOC, to learn whether wireless high-speed Internet links can help specialists prevent damage in patients hundreds of miles away. They believe it can. Often called a "brain attack," strokes affect 700,000 people a year in the United States and kill 163,000. An estimated 4.8 million survivors live with disabilities. Strokes have estimated annual costs of $54 billion a year.
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Cheating in Sports Could Become Genetic
Copley News Service, Feb. 23-Some seriously pumped-up rats have set rodent records hauling weights up little ladders in a Philadelphia lab, where genetic engineering may be shaping the future of the National Football League. And that is not necessarily good news, scientists said. At a time when some athletes will do just about anything to make their bodies bigger, stronger and faster, gene therapy is a whole new frontier. (Quote by University of California, San Diego professor Theodore Friedmann.)
* No link available online.

Late Night Becomes Must-See-Me TV for Presidential Candidates
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 21-They have been the punch in the punch line and the TV jester's favorite fool, but after years of being fodder for late-night comedians, politicians are trying out a new role. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our next guest ... The Man Who Really Wants to be President. (Quote by Sam Popkin, professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20040221-9999-1n21tvpol.html