A Sampling of Clips for February 28^th, 2008

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Sharing the Wealthiness
Los Angeles Times, Opinion, Feb. 28 -- Hillary Clinton is out of money. She recently loaned $5 million to her own campaign just as Barack Obama was setting records by raising $32 million in January. As the two of them race ahead, winning the money game now is more important than ever. But where can she turn? Two words: Stephen Colbert. (Written by UCSD political scientist James Fowler) More

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Grumpy Old Men: Maybe It's A Question of Testosterone
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 26 -- They're bullish on testosterone here at the 6th Annual World Congress on the Aging Male. Physicians and researchers from around the world gathered to review the latest findings on what low levels of the male hormone means for men, how replacing it might help and why it hasn't caught on broadly. (Quotes Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, chief of epidemiology at UCSD) More

Shark Attacks Aren't the Story, Experts Say
MSNBC, Feb. 27 -- If sharks are so threatened in the world's waters, why are attacks on humans on the rise? Because the global population of humans is growing fast, so more people go to the beach, said George Burgess, curator of the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History. (Quotes Julia Baum, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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Worthy Antagonists
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 27 -- Almost everybody has seen Linepithema humile. Worker ants are 2 to 3 millimeters in length, less than one-tenth of an inch, with smooth, shiny brown skin. They are fast-moving, industrious and almost always found in numbers, quite often in houses. (Quotes David Holway, an associate professor of biology at UCSD) More

A Poisonous Mix for the Economy
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 27 -- It's been three decades since the nation suffered its last bout of stagflation: a combination of stagnant economic growth, rampant inflation and rising unemployment. (Quote UCSD economist Ross Starr) More

Roger Reynolds' Newest Work
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 27 -- For one night only, San Diegans will have the chance to experience Roger Reynolds' newest work in high-def and 5.1 surround sound. "Sanctuary," which premiered in November at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., will be shown Thursday evening at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UCSD. More

Late Poway Director Honored by UCSD
North County Times, Feb. 27 -- Floyd Gaffney, the longtime Poway resident who died last year after a brief battle with cancer, will be honored Feb. 29 at UCSD, where he was a founding director of the theater and dance department in 1971 and where he taught as a professor until his retirement in 1994. More

Workers at UC Campuses Plan Protest over Contract
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 28 -- Union workers at all 10 University of California campuses and five medical centers are planning a protest today to highlight an impasse in contract talks. (Mentions the UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest) More

Sanders Turns into Mr. Water
Voice of San Diego, Feb. 28 -- This year, the mayor is delivering messages publicly about the benefits of water conservation more frequently than he has before. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More