A Sampling of Clips for
July 13th, 2007
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Obama's Extra Hurdle?
The Wall Street Journal, Opinion, July 13 -- The Barack Obama phenomenon has just about everybody asking: Is America ready for a black president? Overlooked in the conversation, however, is the fact that Americans have already weighed in on black leadership -- and they like it enough to vote for it. (Written by Zoltan Hajnal, professor of political science at UCSD, and author of "Changing White Attitudes Toward Black Political Leadership") More
More Migrants Die as U.S. Tightens Border Security
The New York Times, July 13 -- Tougher security along the U.S.-Mexico border is forcing migrants to take more dangerous, remote routes to cross into the United States and pushing up the number of deaths in the desert. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, an immigration expert at UCSD) More
Things We Can All Do to Stop Global Warming
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 13 -- With our daily routines of work, shopping, cooking and getting the kids to and from school and sports and piano lessons, stopping global warming is not high on most of our “to-do” lists. But with summer here, we might look back to last year and be reminded that this is an issue that does affect us all. (Written by Naomi Oreskes, a professor of science history at UCSD) More
AAUW Branch to Send Seventh-graders to Tech Trek Science and Math Camp
North County Times, July 13 -- The Escondido-San Marcos branch of the American Association of University Women will send two seventh-grade students to a math and science camp called Tech Trek from July 15 through 21 at UCSD. More