A Sampling of Clips for 
January 20, 2006

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New Cardio Center, Expanded Emergency Dept. OK'd for Thornton Hospital
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 19- A new cardiovascular center will be built and the emergency room at Thornton Hospital in La Jolla will be expanded under a plan approved Thursday by the University of California Board of Regents. The Board of Regents voted to give budgetary approval to the $136.5 million project during its meeting at UC San Diego's Price Center. (Quote by UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox.) More

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San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 19

UC Regents Restructure
Pay Plan for Executives
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 20-A new salary structure approved by University of California regents yesterday sets the 10-campus system on a path to ramp up executive salaries and bring them in line with elite private and public universities. (Mentions UCSD.) More

UCSD gets Funding for Apartment Units
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 20-The initial funding for a $120 million apartment complex for UCSD transfer students was approved yesterday by University of California regents. More 

Anastasio Announces
New Los Alamos Managers
Contra Costa Times, Jan. 20-The new manager of Los Alamos National Laboratory has announced an all-star management team and board of governors, including UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, that will officially take the helm of the New Mexico nuclear weapons lab on June 1. More

UC Delays Sudan Investment Vote
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 20-University of California regents meeting at UCSD on Thursday stopped short of a decision to pull UC money immediately out of investments in Sudan but instructed their fund managers to express the university's concern about firms that have "significant business relationships" in the war-torn African nation. More

Similar articles appeared in:
Oakland Tribune, Jan. 20
Contra Costa Times, Jan. 20
Sacramento Bee, Jan. 20
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 20

The Real Costs
San Diego Union-Tribune, Editorial, Jan. 20-The lucrative package given to Chancellor Marye Anne Fox when she joined UCSD last year is a microcosm of what must be corrected by the regents on a systemwide basis. More

Declarations of Independence
Voice of San Diego, Jan. 20-Officials overseeing two agencies crucial to San Diego's exit from financial and legal crises are bristling at structural changes and political maneuvers that would allow Mayor Jerry Sanders more involvement into their affairs. (Quote by UCSD political scientist Steve Erie.) More