A Sampling of Clips for February 1^st, 2008

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Climate Change Threatens West's Water, World's Crops
USA Today, Feb. 1 -- The potential that global warming has to dry up water resources in the American West and the food supplies of 1 billion people in the poorest regions of Africa and Asia are the focus of two studies released today. One of the studies published in the journal Science found that nearly 60 percent of the changes in river flow, snow pack and winter temperatures in the West over the past 50 years are due to warming caused by human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas. (Quotes Tim Barnett, a marine research physicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD). More

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Hundreds of Profs Hold Green 'Teach-In'
Associated Press, Jan. 31 -- Global warming issues took over lecture halls in colleges across the country Thursday, with more than 1,500 universities participating in what was billed as the nation's largest-ever "teach-in." Organizers said the goal of the event, dubbed "Focus the Nation," was to move past preaching to the green choir, to reach a captive audience of students in many fields who might not otherwise tune in to climate change issues. (Mentions UCSD). More

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Movie Guide and Film Series
New York Times,Feb. 1 -- Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie trailers, showtimes and tickets: nytimes.com/movies. Introducing Bert Williams Here’s to movies and records! Without them the vaudeville comedian Bert Williams would have a secure place in theater history, but he would be present to us only through the rapturous descriptions of critics and contemporaries like W. C. Fields, who called him “the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew.” (Mentions Camille F. Forbes, Assistant Professor of Literature at UCSD). More

Local Museum Raid the Result of Five Year Federal Investigation
KPBS, Jan. 31 --  Tom Fudge: Last week, the prim, educated world of the American museum got a bit of a shock, and one of the shock waves reached us here in San Diego. The Mingei Museum, located in Balboa Park, was one of four California museums raided by federal authorities. They were investigating an art and antiquities smuggling ring. Investigators also raided the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, and the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. (Features interview with Heath Fox, assistant dean of arts and humanities at UCSD.) More

Prop. 91 Example of 'Screwy' State Politics
North County Times, Jan. 31 -- In a quirky, unintended result of California's initiative process clashing with its let's-make-a-deal politics, voters will consider an initiative Tuesday that is the product of a 2006 petition drive and was long ago abandoned by its sponsors. (Quotes Gary Jacobson, a political science professor at UCSD). More

10News Investigates Medical Identity Theft
KGTV, Jan 31 -- Isabella Depierro's nightmare began last fall.
"I got a call from the collection agency telling me, 'You didn't make this month's payment. You're past due. You need to make a payment,'" Depierro said. "I can't even explain to you how frustrated and violated I felt." Depierro received a bill from a collection agency -- first, $470 for a visit to the emergency room she never made. Then, a second bill came for services she never got. (Mentions UCSD). More