A Sampling of Clips for 
July 23 - 24, 2003

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Fed governor calls 0% interest rate an option Price stability remains big concern during recovery
USA Today, July 24-In a speech to the Economics Roundtable at the University of California, San Diego, Federal Reserve Governor Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the already-low inflation rate could keep falling even if the economy picks up as hoped in the second half of the year, making it vital for the Fed to keep interest rates low or even cut them to zero.
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Financial Times (London), July 24
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The Associated Press, July 23
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Los Angeles Times, July 24
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wrap24.1jul24,1,6190170.story

The Washington Post, July 24
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38036-2003Jul23.html

The Bond Buyer, July 24
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Channel NewsAsia, July 24
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Bulletin's Frontrunner, July 24
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Group blasts 'unethical' medical school surveys
Copley News Service, July 23- UCSD and a dozen other medical teaching schools compel graduating students to answer sensitive questions online - such as about their debts and whether they were sexually harassed during training - a national consumer group charged yesterday.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, July 23
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030723-9999_1m23survey.html

Pooling the risk
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 23- European scientists think they have found compelling evidence linking the chemical chlorine to children's asthma, though some U.S. experts are skeptical. (Quote by Dr. Stephen Wasserman, a UCSD professor of medicine and an asthma specialist.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20030723-9999_1c23chlorine.html

Girls find a track to the future
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 24- More than 100 girls from Southern California, including Chula Vista, Oceanside and Poway, packed their bags to spend this week through Saturday at the University of California, San Diego. They're learning biology, chemistry, physics, geology and computer science through workshops, lectures and field trips.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/metro/news_2m24trek.html

Members of the Commission on California Governorship
The Associated Press, July 24-California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante believes the little-known Commission on the California Governorship must seek direction from the state Supreme Court to determine if a recall ballot will include possible successors to Gov. Gray Davis. Members include University of California President Richard Atkinson, former chancellor of UC San Diego.
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Social criticism in America; Provocative exhibition trumpets political view of midcentury work
Plain Dealer, July 22- You have to admire Bram Dijkstra for being a spoiler. A professor emeritus of American and comparative literature at the University of California, San Diego, Dijkstra is trying to upend time-honored perspectives on art history with his pugnacious and argumentative exhibition, "American Expressionism," on view at the Columbus Museum of Art.
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Earnings Round-up; Sun earnings decline 80% in 4th quarter
San Francisco Chronicle, July 23- Sun Microsystems Inc. reported an 80 percent drop in net income Tuesday as the technology giant struggled with sluggish quarterly sales that caused it to miss Wall Street earnings estimates by a penny. The company, who is pushing into other arenas such as education, reported key customers were signed during the past quarter, including the government of Belgium, Home Box Office and UC San Diego.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/24/BU280766.DTL