A Sampling of Clips for 
July 13, 2004

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Illegal Immigrants Receive a One-Way Ticket to Mexico
Los Angeles Times, July 13-The first repatriation flight of Mexicans caught illegally crossing the Arizona border landed here Monday evening, kicking off a new deportation program that could return thousands of border crossers deep into Mexico. U.S. officials say using planes to ferry Mexicans home - rather than dropping them off at the border - will save lives, keep migrants away from smugglers and discourage repeated attempts at sneaking back into the United States. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, a professor and immigration expert at UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-deport13jul13,1,5212132.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Same article appeared in:
San Jose Mercury News, July 13
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/
9141693.htm?ERIGHTS=6658103952167875567mercurynews

Biologists Discover Cell's Defense Mechanism
Washington Times, July 12-Biologists at the University of California in San Diego have discovered a new mechanism that allows cells to fight a class of toxins. The discovery, published in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could pave the way for more effective treatments for bacterial diseases such as pneumonia, strep throat, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever and toxic shock syndrome. (Quote by study leader Raffi V. Aroian, an associate professor of biology at UCSD.)
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040712-060544-9578r.htm

No Dial Tone? That May Be the Future
Newsday, July 13-Pick up the phone in your home, listen for a few seconds and think about what a dial tone means to you. Specifically, the dial tone is designed to let you know the line is working. But, indeed, one could argue that the comforting drone has taken on the role once filled by the town crier, assuring villagers that all is well. (Quote by Diana Deutsch, a psychologist at the University of California, San Diego, who specializes in the perception of sound.)
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-etsecw3888975jul13,0,3638859.story

Video Tools Fight Crime, but Privacy is at Issue
Chicago Tribune, July 11-Financed with $34 million in federal Homeland Security money, Chicago's Cook County is installing a system to give public safety officers across 128 municipalities and Chicago unprecedented video surveillance and communication capabilities. They'll have access to video from government cameras mounted on poles or traffic lights, cameras placed in police cars and fire trucks and, they hope, access to privately owned cameras in banks and even parking lots. Privacy advocates say the plan is another step toward an all-seeing governmental Big Brother. But a bigger threat to privacy, they say, is Little Brother--or the individuals, companies and marketers that can use surveillance technology for commerce. (Quote by Larry Smarr, director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UC San Diego.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0407110238jul11,1,6442951.story

San Diego Surgeons Restore Vision for Ukrainian Family
San Diego Channel 10, July 12-A journey for four Ukrainian sisters -- all with eye deformities -- began in San Diego eight years ago. They traveled to San Diego to undergo surgery at the University of California, San Diego's Shiley Eye Center because each sister had a genetic condition where their tear ducts were blocked. Eight years later, one of the sisters, Ulana, returned to the Shiley Eye Center because her own infant daughter needed to undergo surgery for the same condition. Lesia, Ulana and Viktoriya are all staying with William Selezinka M.D., a former UCSD eye surgeon who regularly opens his home to patients, physicians and medical students from Ukraine. (Quote by Don Kikkawa M.D., an ophthalmologist at UC San Diego.)
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/3520814/detail.html

Sharing Good Medicine
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 13-Seventeen of an average 84 lung transplants in the state annually are performed at UCSD, which U.S. News & World Report recently ranked eighth among the top 50 hospitals in treatment of respiratory illnesses. One transplant led to a life long friendship between a patient and Cecilia Smith M.D., then an M.D. at UCSD specializing in treating patients with lung illnesses.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/roberts/20040713-9999-1c13ozzie.html

Gibson Packs Lyricism in 'Suitcase'
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, July 13-Melissa James Gibson's new play, "Suitcase or, those that resemble flies from a distance," has just opened at UCSD's La Jolla Playhouse, with the creative team and most of the cast from the original New York production. "Suitcase" is not as lovable as Gibson's debut work, "[sic]," which was a surprise hit off-off Broadway in 2001 and made its West Coast debut here last season at Sledgehammer Theatre. But like its predecessor, "Suitcase" suggests the presence of a genuine talent. If you're interested in the future of the American theater, this is not a play you should miss.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20040713-9999-1c13suit.html

A New Low for Bad Cholesterol
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 13-If you think your cholesterol level is low enough, think again. Millions more people at higher risk of heart disease are being advised to dramatically reduce their LDL, or bad cholesterol, even if it means taking aggressive doses of drugs to do it. (Quote by Theodore Ganiats M.D., a professor at UC San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/20040713-9999-1n13heart.html