A Sampling of Clips for 
January 28, 2004

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UCSD Opens State-Of-The-Art Eye Center
TheSanDiegoChannel.com, Jan. 27-San Diegans will now have access to a new center devoted to treating eye diseases. The University of California, San Diego's new glaucoma and retina centers will provide more than eye care -- they may also one day provide cures. The red carpet rolled out for the dedication of the Hamilton Glaucoma and Joan and Irwin Jacobs Retina centers. The $9 million facilities will initiate research and provide treatment for San Diegans with eye diseases. (Quotes by William Freeman M.D., the director of the Jacob's Retina Center and Robert Weinreb M.D., chairman of the Hamilton Glaucoma Center.)
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/2798020/detail.html

Freshman Applications to UC System Fall 4 Percent
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 28-For the first time in more than a decade, freshman student applications to the University of California system have dropped, particularly among international and out-of-state applicants. While the decrease is small - roughly 3,100, or 4 percent fewer than a year ago - UC officials said they are concerned about the numbers. UCSD, which still received the second highest number of applications in the system, had a 4.7 percent drop in freshman applications. (Quote by Mae Brown, director of admissions at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/news/news_1n28uc.html

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Freedom is Such Music to his Ears Former Soviet Larionov Nears End of NHL Career
USA Today, Jan. 28-Growing up in the former Soviet Union, in the hardscrabble industrial town of Voskresensk, Igor Larionov and his family listened clandestinely to Voice of America radio broadcasts for half an hour each night. In that brief window to the outside world, the hockey prodigy developed a passion for the truth, freedom and rock 'n' roll. (Quote by Robert Edelman, a Russian history professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
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Shock Therapy Makes Comeback but Remains Controversial
Seattle Times, Jan. 28-The electrical current throbs from one side of the skull to the other, scrambling circuits along the way, inducing a brief seizure. When it's over and the anesthesia wears off, patients often are subdued, confused, sometimes unsure of where they are or why. Then, sometimes, the remarkable happens: Severely depressed people feel better than they have in years. (Quote by Loren Mosher M.D., a professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2001844934_healthshock28.html

Advancement or Abuse?
La Jolla Light, Jan. 15-At UCSD research facilities, fruit flies have helped scientists link protein to brain neuron system gridlock. Mice and rabbits have been instrumental in the development of a gel that accelerates healing for diabetic wounds. Mouse studies have helped scientists learn how the body forms new blood vessels. Progress has been made in curing Alzheimer's with gene therapy approaches first used on monkeys. Despite these and made at UCSD and several other research facilities in La Jolla, the call to end the use of animals in medical research is as loud as ever.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/eclips/PDF/advancement.pdf

Canadian Delegation Visits UCSD Tech Hubs
Daily Transcript, Jan. 27-Senior government officials and business executives from Alberta, Canada, visited the campus of University of California, San Diego, on Tuesday to discuss potential technology research relationships, according to university officials. The delegation, led by Alberta's Minister of Innovation and Science Victor Doerksen, visited UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, also known as Cal-(IT)2.
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