A Sampling of Clips for
February 25, 2004
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The Mind
is a Master of Art
The Daily Telegraph (London), Feb.
25-Do scientific laws underpin our appreciation of paintings?
David Derbyshire talks to Vilayanur Ramachandran,
a professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC San
Diego, who thinks it may be possible to define 'good'
art.
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Asian Cloud
Threatens Mideast
CNN.com, Feb. 25-A body of pollution
which has been identified in the skies across Asia is now threatening
to engulf the Middle East and make the planet a drier place,
a leading environmental scientist said on Tuesday. Veerabhadran
Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography at UCSD
said the major contributors to a worldwide circle of pollution
were Los Angeles, Delhi, Bombay, Beijing and Cairo.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/02/25/asia.cloud.reut
Similar
article appeared in:
ABC News, Feb. 25
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1052586.htm
A Whitney Biennale Gallery
New York Magazine, Feb. 23-Curious
about who's been chosen for this year's Whitney Biennial? New
York Magazine's got a gallery of work online by artists chosen
for the biennale, including UCSD alumni Olav
Westphalen. At the Whitney, he will be showing several
of his hand-carved, "folksy" statues of white-collar
criminals in handcuffs. In addition to Olav Westphalen,
Brody Condon (visiting faculty) and Liz
Craft (UCSD alumna) will also show
in this year's Whitney Biennial.
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/arts/articles/04/whitney/8.htm
Blunt and
Influential, Kerry's Wife Is an X Factor
New York Times, Feb. 21-In December
2002, when Senator John Kerry came home from his physical boasting
about his low cholesterol, his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, stared
at his screening results for prostate cancer and saw trouble
where he had not. Two days before Christmas, his doctor told
Mr. Kerry that his wife's fears were well placed; he was in
the very early stages of prostate cancer. Ms. Heinz Kerry may
well have saved her husband's life. But politically she may
be both an asset and a liability for his ambitions. While she
is known as a highly intelligent and devoted spouse who looks
after her husband, Ms. Heinz Kerry has a reputation as being
offbeat if not a little odd, and even some Democratic strategists
say that could complicate the Kerry campaign's efforts to make
the Kerrys appealing to voters. (Quote by Gary C. Jacobson,
a political science professor at the University of California
at San Diego.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/22/politics/campaign/22HEIN.html
UC Regents
Appoint First Woman Provost of System
Los Angeles Daily News, Feb. 24-University
of California officials picked the chancellor of UC Santa Cruz
to be the first woman provost of the system. M.R.C. Greenwood,
60, was appointed Monday by the UC Board of Regents to the position,
second-in-command to UC President Robert Dynes.
She said Dynes, who became president last fall
after serving as UC San Diego chancellor, persuaded
her to make the move.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~1977162,00.html#
Same article
appeared in:
San Jose Mercury News, Feb. 25
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states
/california/northern_california/8031432.htm
San Diego Union-Tribune,
Feb. 24
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040224-1814-ca-ucprovost.html
Bond Rating Downgrade Could Exact Political
Cost
San Diego Union-Tribune, Analysis,
Feb. 25-This week's downgrade of San Diego's bond rating is
a blow to civic prestige, but the damage is likely to reverberate
more deeply in the political arena than the economic - at least
in the short term. At one level, the move by Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services is a direct slap at the cheerful consensus
some civic leaders sought to generate in the face of 14 months
of negative news about the ballooning pension-system deficit.
(Quote by political scientist Steve Erie, director
of the University of California, San Diego's
Urban Studies and Planning program.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/cities/20040225-9999-1n25bonds.html
Cesar E.
Chavez Commemoration Breakfast & Parade
NBCSandiego.com, Feb. 25-Cesar E.
Chavez, as the late United Farm Workers founder and civil rights
hero, is honored with a series of events throughout the San
Diego region. In the spirit of Cesar E. Chavez and his dedication
for justice towards all people, UCSD Early
Academic Outreach Program and the San Diego Cesar E. Chavez
Commemoration Committee are announcing the Fifth Annual Cesar
E. Chavez Essay Contest and the First Cesar E. Chavez Media
Contest.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/community/2867811/detail.html
Mexico's
Success Called Key to Lowering Immigration
North County Times, Feb. 25-To stem
the tide of 1.2 million new immigrants, 400,000 of them undocumented,
who come to the country each year, United States officials need
to do a better job of enforcement and improving life in Mexico,
two immigration experts said Tuesday night. With 9 million of
the 32 million immigrants coming from Mexico, the key to stemming
the flow is to pump money into the Mexican government so people
will want to stay home, the two experts said. (Quote by Gordon
Hanson, an economics professor at University
of California, San Diego.)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/02/25/news/top_stories/2_24_0422_51_22.txt
