A Sampling of Clips for 
July 03 - 06, 2004

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The Road More Heavily Traveled
Los Angeles Times, July 5-Detours and disruptions on Interstate 5 are
becoming increasingly common and costly. A vital commercial artery that crosses three states and links three countries, Interstate 5 is outdated, worn
out and overwhelmed with traffic along much of its 1,381-mile length. (Quote
by Steve Erie, a UC San Diego professor who specializes in transportation.)
http://www.latimes.com/la-me-thefive5jul05,1,7684657.story

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KTLA Channel 5, Los Angeles, July 5
http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/la-me-thefive5jul05,0,7579186.story?
coll=ktla-news-1

Hopes of Office Lure Migrants Home
Los Angeles Times, July 4-On June 15, President Vicente Fox proposed a law
to allow Mexicans in the United States to cast absentee ballots in federal elections. Currently, Mexicans with dual citizenship or residency must be in the country to vote. If passed, the measure could have a significant impact on the 2006 presidential election. It could enfranchise a potential electorate of nearly
10 million in the U.S., half of whom are legal residents or American citizens. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, a professor and immigration expert at UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexelex4jul04,1,1589306.story

Our Political Pipe Dream
Los Angeles Times, July 5-Mere hours after South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle, a Democrat, took to the Senate floor last month to plead with his colleagues for a renewed commitment to inter-party civility, news broke that Vice President Dick Cheney had dropped the F-bomb on a senior Democratic senator as the Senate had gathered two days earlier for its annual group photo. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a political science professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-et-abcarian5jul05,1,5776577.story

The Power of Five
New Scientist, July 3-There is something the matter with matter. Around the world, several research groups have reported seeing a particle that does not fit comfortably with our standard picture of matter. As if that wasn't bad enough,
the only group of researchers to predict the existence of this particle hold to a
picture of physics so radical that most physicists just can't swallow it.
Suddenly, what was once a quiet backwater of physics has become a raging debate. (Refers to research led by Aneesh Manohar and Elizabeth Jenkins of
the University of California, San Diego.)
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Father and Son's Measurements Point to Global Warming
Los Angeles Daily News, July 3-Charles David Keeling pioneered the measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere almost a half-century ago on
a Hawaiian mountaintop. Decades later his son, Dave Keeling, devised a way to gauge atmospheric oxygen, the other half of the global respiratory cycle. Together, with two lifetimes of work, mostly at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, this innovative duet has given science a bedrock
for studying climate change, a foundation whose importance increases as concern grows over rising temperatures, melting glaciers and other apparent effects of the buildup of "greenhouse gases," particularly carbon dioxide.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2251254,00.html#

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North County Times, July 6
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/07/04/special_reports/
science_technology/20_33_287_3_04.txt

Local Hospital Makes 'Best In The Country' List
NBC Channel 7/39, San Diego, July 2-U.S. News and World Report's list of the top hospitals in the country included one San Diego hospital. UCSD Medical Center ranked No. 8 in respiratory disorders, No. 22 in rheumatology, No. 36 in kidney disease and No. 44 in gynecology. UCSD Medical Center was the only local hospital to make it onto the list. (Quote by Tom McAfee M.D., Chief of Medicine at the UCSD Medical Center.)
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/health/3489265/detail.html

Cognitive Effects of Trauma Minimal in College Students
Psychiatric News, July 2-A recent study found that although life for some
college students is stressful and can lead to mental health consequences, it appears that their cognitive performance is not seriously impacted by serious psychological trauma. The study was led by Murray Stein, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. Results appear in the May Psychiatric Research.
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/39/13/32?maxtoshow=&HITS=
20&hits=20&RESULTFORMAT=&stored_search=
&FIRSTINDEX=0&tocsectionid=Clinical*&
displaysectionid=Clinical+and+Research+News&journalcode=psychnews

We've Been Bamboozled' About Cholesterol Risks
Newsday, July 6-Buried in the back pages of a leading medical journal recently was a study that raised serious questions about whether cholesterol-lowering drugs are useful for women who are otherwise healthy. The study didn't get a lot of media attention. But its results were surprising - especially considering how many millions of women are taking drugs known as statins to lower their cholesterol. (Quote by Beatrice Golomb M.D., an assistant professor of
medicine at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/
ny-dsrabin3881826jul06,0,2220153.column

Trade Swamping Our Infrastructure
Sacramento Bee, July 4-It's virtually a testament of faith among politicians, economists and editorial pundits that trade is good and more trade is
presumably better. Of late, however, this buoyant sentiment is being met with a guarded "yes, but ..." response from California's trade professionals. In "Globalizing L.A.: Trade, Infrastructure and Regional Development," Stephen
Erie of the University of California, San Diego describes the "catalytic role of infrastructure" in fostering economic growth.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/v-print/story/9884438p-10806643c.html

The Reincarnation of Jerry Brown
San Francisco Chronicle, July 4-Mayor of Oakland for five years, Jerry Brown says his East Bay tenure has given him a new perspective on laws and crime
-- a perspective he wants to bring to the position of state attorney general.
Brown plans to run for California's top law enforcement job in 2006. Longtime observers of Brown's career say he's reinventing himself again -- this time as a law-and-order candidate -- but Brown scoffs at such talk, saying it's the
byproduct of people who haven't carefully examined his 30 years in politics. (Quote by Samuel Popkin, a political science professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/04/INGKA7BHJ9116.DTL

Rap on Tabletop, Send an E-Mail
San Jose Mercury News, July 5-French physicists have figured out how to rap
on tabletops to communicate with CDs, lights or most other nearby electric or electronic devices. The inexpensive new technology has the potential to turn kitchen tables, desks, windows or other rigid surfaces into remote-control
panels with hundreds of touch-sensitive spots. (Quote by William Kuperman, a professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/
technology/personal_technology/9083289.htm?ERIGHTS=-4164038045737812698mercurynews

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San Luis Obispo, July 5
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/business/
technology/9083289.htm

Proof Through the Night
Oakland Tribune, July 4-With a deeply divided electorate, the polarizing USA Patriot Act on the books and a "war president" dividing the world into those with us and those against us, many Americans feel the flag -- and displays of patriotism in general -- represent someone else's political ideology. (Quote by Michael Schudson, a sociologist at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1865~2252655,00.html#

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Tri-Valley Herald, July 4 http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10669~2252655,00.html#

Early Sierra Melt Brings Concern
Contra Costa Times, July 4-There was no shortage of snow here last winter.
But under a withering sun, the snowmelt started in mid-March, in what appears
to be one of the earliest onsets of the melt in almost 90 years. Some scientists suspect it is another sign that climate change is eroding the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the state's main source of water. (Quote by Jessica Lundquist, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/science/9078642.htm
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Baltimore Sun, July 4
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.yosemite04jul04,0,5395001.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

Houston Chronicle, July 3
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/nation/2660212

Scientists in Region Want to Take Lead on Stem Cell
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 4-In labs from San Diego to Pasadena,
scientists are trying to make Southern California the world center for stem-cell research - a young and controversial field that could lead to revolutionary treatments for some of the world's most devastating diseases. (Quote by Larry Goldstein, a stem-cell researcher at UCSD who helped write the bond initiative that will be put before voters in the fall.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040704/news_1n4cellmain.html

New Creams Can't Turn Back the Clock like Botox
Salt Lake Tribune, July 6-It's easy to become lost to the world of anti-aging cosmetics, a vast and chaotic bazaar where hundreds of creams, lotions and gels vie for the dollars of 90 million Americans eager to turn back the clock. But are over-the-counter creams as effective as medical procedures? Dermatologists and plastic surgeons agree that many off-the-shelf potions do reduce wrinkles, but aren't as effective as Botox. (Quote by Mark Rubin, an associate professor
of dermatology at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://166.70.44.66/2004/Jul/07062004/tuesday/181312.asp

An Affordable Housing Boom
North County Times, July 3-With explosive development in San Marcos driving a surge in affordable housing, some economists believe the requirement that developers build low-cost housing benefits a small segment of the population while hurting the majority. (Quote by Majorie Flavin, an economics professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/07/04/business/news/
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No Strings Attached
Copley News Service, July 5-With a few exceptions, the wires dangling from today's electronics are endangered species. A handful of emerging wireless technologies can do almost anything today's twisted copper wires can do.
Some things they can do better - and they can do some things wires can't. (Quote by Laurence Milstein, a wireless researcher at the University of
California San Diego.)
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