A Sampling of Clips for 
January 16, 2004

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AID Researchers Question Value of Costly Vaccine Trial
San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 16-In a rare public display of scientific discord, a group of 22 prominent researchers, including Douglas Richman M.D. of UC San Diego, has called into question a multimillion-dollar federal program to test a new AIDS vaccine in Thailand. The $119 million study, which began injecting volunteers in September, will test a theory that two different types of AIDS vaccine may work better together than alone.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/16/AIDS.TMP

They'll Put their Heart and Soul into Fund-Raising Effort
San Diego Union-Tribune, Burl Stiff, Jan. 16-UC San Diego has agreed to give $30 million in funding for a new building that will house a world-class cardiovascular center on the UCSD campus, provided an equal amount is raised through private philanthropy. (Quotes by UCSD Cardiovascular Center directors, Stuart Jamieson M.D., and Anthony DeMaria M.D.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/currents/news_1c16stiff.html

San Diego Scientists see New Opportunities in Space
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 16-A new craft to carry astronauts, a colony on the moon, missions to Mars and beyond - President Bush's call for the next era in space exploration has intrigued San Diego scientists. The goals Bush set this week could revolutionize astronomy, engineering and other disciplines and invigorate California's aerospace industry, scientists said. "Whenever the nation decides to do more in space, I think the economy of California benefits," said Wolfgang Berger, director of the California Space Institute at UCSD, which fosters connections between researchers in the University of California system, government and industry. (Quotes by James Arnold, a professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of California, San Diego and UCSD research physicist Richard Rothschild.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/news/news_1n16moonside.html

Successful, Rapid Protein Crystallization Possible With Technique Developed by UCSD Researcher
Germany Innovations Report, Jan. 16-An innovative method that allows increased success and speed of protein crystallization - a crucial step in the laborious, often unsuccessful process to determine the 3-dimensional structure unique to each of the body's tens of thousands of folded proteins - has been developed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and verified in tests with the Joint Center for Structural Genomics at The Scripps Research Institute and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation in La Jolla, California.
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-24846.html

UC Regents Call Certain Budget Cuts Unworkable
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 15-University of California regents generally support Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2004-05 budget proposal for UC, which includes about $372 million in cuts, but they say certain elements such as reductions in financial aid and faculty funding are unworkable. Some regents and administrators said they are concerned about a proposed increase in graduate student fees by 40 percent, which could discourage bright graduate students from enrolling at UC. A 40 percent increase means those living within the state would pay about $8,931 in total fees per year. (Quote by UC President Robert Dynes.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/news/news_1n15regents.html

Rescuer's Sacrifice Recalled
Sacramento Bee, Jan. 16-Last Sunday, a group of teenage boys was near a tidal pool at Caspar Headlands State Beach, just north of Mendocino, when a huge wave picked up Michael Blank Jr. and tossed him into the frigid ocean. Blank, a 14-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident, drowned that day, as did 56-year-old Phillip Smith, also of South Lake Tahoe, who had jumped into the water to try to rescue Blank. The two were traveling with a group from South Lake Tahoe's St. Theresa Catholic School. (Quote by Ron Flick, a research associate at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/8109960p-9042145c.html

Step Lively if you Want to See International Dance Festival
San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 15-There's still one more weekend left to catch the 11th annual Nations of San Diego International Dance Festival, Jan. 16 through 18, at University of California, San Diego's Mandeville Auditorium. Presented by the San Diego Dance Alliance, Nations is Southern California's largest ethnic dance festival, showcasing the rich cultural heritage and diversity of the San Diego region. The event features over one dozen dance troupes with more than 250 dancers and musicians.
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20040115tbi#

State Cuts Frustrate Students
Contra Costa Times, Jan. 16-Under the budget plan Schwarzenegger unveiled last week, it will cost more for those who do get into UC to attend, and there will be less financial aid available to applicants from middle-income families. "That makes it frustrating," said Clayton Valley High senior Madison Altamirano, who has applied to UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara. "We're doing our part. They should be able to do their part." The regents warned that the proposed budget cuts look even more severe in the context of the many cuts made in the last year.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/7725046.htm