A Sampling of Clips for 
January 23, 2004

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UC San Diego Gets $30-Million Gift
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 23-The owner and founder of a financial services conglomerate has donated $30 million to support the recently established school of management at UC San Diego, officials announced Thursday. In honor of the donation from Ernest Rady, owner and founder of American Assets Inc., the school will be named the Rady School of Management. The gift includes $15 million for construction and $15 million to be used at the discretion of UC San Diego officials. The gift is the second-largest in UC San Diego history.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sbriefs23.2jan23,1,4512806.story

MBAs for Anoraks
The Economist, Jan. 24-Although some feel there are enough business schools in America today, the UC San Diego School of Management, currently in construction, aims to differ sharply from its rivals. It will focus much more on educating managers who can launch and run science and technology firms. With a budget of $120m, including a $30m grant due to be announced on January 22nd by Ernest Rady, a property and banking magnate, UCSD's Rady School of Management will admit its first full-time class in 2005.
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UCSD School gets $30 Million Gift
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 23-Ernest Rady, an immensely private San Diego businessman, has given a $30 million gift to the University of California, San Diego's School of Management, which will now bear his name. The donation, which is the second largest in the 44-year-old university's history, was hailed yesterday by the dean as a landmark gift that will turn the business school "from inspired dreams into reality." (Quote by UCSD Acting Chancellor Marsha Chandler.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040123-9999_1b23ucsd.html

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TheSanDiegoChannel.com, Jan. 22
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/education/2786714/detail.html

KFMB.com, Jan. 22
http://www.kfmb.com/results.php?storyID=21747&is=y

City News Service, Jan. 22
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San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 22
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/sddt/20040123/lo_sddt/giftof30millionprovidesmomentumforucsdbusinessscho

North County Times, Jan. 23
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/01/23/news/top_stories/1_22_0421_31_50.txt

 

Wildfire Survivors Begin Road to Recovery
ABC News, Jan. 23- Allyson Roach and Rudy Reyes have endured multiple surgeries and treatments at the UC San Diego Medical Center as they recover at from burns suffered last fall during Southern California's firestorms. (Quote by Daniel Lozano M.D., the UC San Diego burn center's clinical director.)
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040123_139.html

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The Associated Press, Jan. 23
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Newsday, Jan. 23
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-wildfires-forgotten-victims,0,7143893.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

Miami Herald, Jan. 23
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/7776890.htm

Bond a Solution, or Business as Usual?
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 23- In his campaign to win voter approval of a $15-billion debt measure on the March ballot, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger portrays its bipartisan support as a major break from political gridlock in Sacramento. Yet the proposal reflects an enduring mainstay of business-as-usual in the state capital: A bipartisan unwillingness to confront the politically tough choices of higher taxes or drastic spending cuts, analysts say. (Quote by Steven P. Erie, director of UC San Diego's Urban Studies and Planning Program.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold23jan23,1,7889613.story

Chalmers Johnson Discusses American Military Presence Around the World
National Public Radio, Jan. 22- In his State of the Union address this week, President Bush praised the American servicemen and women serving abroad to defend the country. Q & A with Chalmers Johnson, professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego.
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Water Authority to Consider Pulling Plug on Desalination Deal
San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 21-The County Water Authority has recommended pulling out of a deal to develop a desalination facility at a Carlsbad oceanfront facility and wait to see if local municipalities can make it work. The CWA board of director is scheduled to decide on the issue Jan. 29. (Quote by Steve Erie, director of urban studies at the University of California, San Diego.)
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Chile: Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future
Copley News Service, Jan. 22-Ricardo Lagos Escobar, president of Chile, was in San Diego for a speech to the Institute of the Americas at the University of California San Diego, where he received the UCSD Medal. He was interviewed later by members of the San Diego Union-Tribune's editorial board.
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Illegal Immigrants Cite Bush Proposal as Reason for Coming to U.S.
Copley News Service, Jan. 22-More than half the people accused of using phony documents to sneak into the country through the San Ysidro, Calif., port of entry in recent days cited President Bush's recent proposal to give temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants as their reason for coming. Bush's plan, designed to match willing workers with willing employers, would provide temporary legal status to illegal immigrants working in the United States and others outside the country if they can show they have a job offer. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego.)
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