A Sampling of Clips for 
July 19 - 21, 2003

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The State;Seal Summit Called in Battle for Beach; Scientists and agencies seek solutions in the long-running takeover of popular La Jolla spot.
Los Angeles Times, July 21— For nearly a decade, much of the Children’s Pool beach in swank La Jolla has been off-limits to humans because harbor seals decided it made a nifty resting spot. Scientists from the county health department, Sea World amusement park, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the state Fish & Game Department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will meet to search for ways to accommodate the seals while returning more of the beach to human use.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-seal21jul21,1,3259474.story

Evaluation of troubled retirement fund looms
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 20—Mayor Dick Murphy did some verbal gymnastics when he recently called for a pension reform commission – praising San Diego's retirement board while hinting its days may be numbered. (Quote by Ann Parode, a city retirement trustee in the mid-1990s and campus counsel at UC San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/metro/news_1m20retire.html

A warning issued on emergency room use
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 21— San Diego County has a message for people who crowd busy emergency rooms with simple ailments. If it is not a true medical crisis, go to an urgent-care center or community clinic instead. Otherwise, you could delay treatment for people with life-threatening conditions. (Quote by Dr. Jim Dunford of UCSD, medical director for San Diego's 911 system.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030721-9999_1m21psa.html

Theater in the rough; Playhouse program lets playwrights fine-tune their works
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, July 20— Playwrights rave about Page to Stage, the Playhouse program that brings playwrights to the theater for monthlong creative residencies. Their work with directors, actors and literary advisers culminates in three weeks of performances in the Mandell Weiss Forum Studio before a live audience. Page to Stage has proven a bridge-builder to the local community, the UCSD campus and the Great White Way.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_1a20stage.html

SD UCSD Funding
City News Service, July 18—Six projects led by faculty at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering were awarded a combined $300,000 today to help bring their ideas to market. (Quote by Doug Ramsey, senior public information representative at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego.)
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A growing number of students trading dorms for condos
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 21—A growing number of UCSD students are living in kiddie condos, homes purchased by parents as an investment while their children attend college. Fueled by historically low mortgage-interest rates, astute parent investors and a limited supply of on-campus housing, the kiddie condo movement is creating a class of not-so-poor students.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/news/news_1n21housing.html

Oceanographer collects data on Arctic sea life, climate
Copley News Service, July 21— James Swift, an oceanographer with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, will lead a research cruise in the Chukchi Sea, that will collect vital measurements of the ocean’s chemistry, temperature and sea life.
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Q&A: Richard Helmstetter, senior vice president, chief of new products, Callaway Golf
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 20— Richard Helmstetter is a senior vice president and chief of new products at Callaway Golf Co. In this interview, he refers to research conducted by UCSD engineers.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/metro/news_m1m20bizqa.html

Obituary Rosalyn Tureck; Pianist celebrated for her interpretations of Bach
The Independent (London), July 21—Rosalyn Tureck, one of the most striking pianists of the second half of the 20th century, died on July 17. Tureck, who was a Professor of Music at University of California, San Diego from 1966-72, was celebrated above all, for her inspiring, if controversial, interpretations of Bach.
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=426232

Carson, ho! Chargers move camp from La Jolla to L.A. suburb
The Associated Press, July 19—After holding summer practices in cool ocean breezes the last 27 years at the bucolic University of California, San Diego, Southern California's only NFL team, the San Diego Chargers, is moving training camp some 110 miles up the freeway to Carson, an industrial suburb of Los Angeles.
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Article also appeared in:
The Boston Globe, July 19
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/200/sports/Carson_ho_Chargers_move_camp_f:.shtml