A Sampling of Clips for
July 5th, 2007
* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office
Dodging the Guest-Worker Bullet
The Wall Street Journal, Opinion, July 5 -- The Senate's bid to reform U.S. immigration policy ended last week, not with a whimper but with a bang. After defections on both sides of the political aisle, the grand bargain collapsed. The bitterness of the debate and the political heat the bill's sponsors endured suggest there is little hope Congress will reconsider comprehensive changes in immigration any time soon. (Written by Gordon Hanson, director of the Center on Pacific Economies at UCSD) More
The Quiet Force
Los Angeles Times, July 3 -- For years Corina Villaraigosa has been her husband's calming force. She's attended to their children while working full time across town in Montebello. She filled their home in Mount Washington with colorful folk art and painted the walls a vibrant yellow. She's kept everything in order, even down to Villaraigosa's shirts. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More
'Helicopter Parents' Still Hover Even as Grads Pound Pavement
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 5 -- For years, college officials have tried to cope with “helicopter parents,” so named because of their tendency to swoop onto college campuses to fix their child's roommate problems or dispute a grade with a professor. (Quotes Andrew Ceperley, director of UCSD's career center) More
Authorities Offer Advice for a Safe Fourth of July
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 4 -- Anticipating a busy, hot Fourth of July at beaches and poolside, health and safety officials yesterday urged people to stay cool and hydrated, avoid rip currents and stay away from fireworks. (Quotes Dr. Colleen Buono, attending physician at the UCSD Medical Center) More
Three Women Share Different Points of View on Abortion
KPBS, July 4 -- Today, we introduce you to three young women, including a UCSD student, all with different points of view on the abortion issue. Full Focus reporter Joanne Faryon asked them about regret, the law and whether they believed there was common ground in this very divisive issue. More
The Evolving American Identity
KPBS, July 3 -- Some people who have examined this question say that being an American means making a choice. It means choosing to make a commitment to a political ideal and a way of life. This is different from other nations in which bonds of ethnicity, faith and memory hold people together. Tom Fudge interviews Michael Schudson, author of “The Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life.” He teaches communication and sociology at UCSD and is a professor at Columbia University's Journalism School) More
La Jolla Makes Waves in Stem Cell Research
La Jolla Light, July 3 -- Just weeks before President Bush vetoed legislation for the second time that would have provided federal funding for research involving human embryonic stem cells, a California court decision ensured that such research would get underway like never before. (Quotes Karl Willert, director of UCSD's core stem cell facility) More
Breaking News: A Convenient Hybrid
San Diego Reader, July 5 -- When ex-Vice President Al Gore parachuted into town to give a speech at UCSD on May 21, many locals seemed starstruck. Four thousand free tickets to Gore's "multimedia lecture," based on his Inconvenient Truth, the documentary bemoaning global warming, were snapped up within hours of their availability at the UCSD box office. More
Briefs
North County Times, July 3 -- UCSD theater professor Jorge Huerta will be honored later this month in New Orleans with a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Huerta, who also serves as an associate chancellor and chief diversity officer at UCSD, is the first Chicano theater professor to receive this award. He began teaching at UCSD as a junior professor in 1975. More