A Sampling of Clips for
July 31st, 2007
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From 'Background' to Forefront
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 29 -- A background building is how San Diego architect Rob Wellington Quigley describes his new Student Services Center on the UCSD campus, completed this spring and awaiting its first back-to-school onslaught of students in a few weeks. A background building is how San Diego architect Rob Wellington Quigley describes his new Student Services Center on the UCSD campus, completed this spring and awaiting its first back-to-school onslaught of students in a few weeks. More
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Fowl Territory
National Journal, July 27 -- Today's pundits feel free to confer lame-duck status on the occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue no matter how much time is left in their terms. The Houston Chronicle, the largest paper in Texas, pronounced the state's favorite son a lame duck on the day in 2005 that he took the oath of office for the second time. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Samuel Popkin) More
UCSF Accused of Mistreating Lab Animals
Forbes, July 31 -- The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seeks to stop research experiments at UC San Francisco until officials can guarantee compliance with the federal Animal Welfare Act, which requires humane care and treatment of animals. (Quotes Dr. Lawrence Hansen, a professor of neurosciences and pathology at UCSD and a member of the Physicians Committee) More
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Superimposed Last Supper Reveals New Figures
News8, July 30 -- An Italian computer technician says he was just curious when he took Da Vinci's Last Supper painting, reversed it, and now claims to see new images in it. Now, so many people are checking that websites connected to it have been crashing. (Quotes UCSD researcher Maurizio Seracini) More
Cultural History Is Woven into New Arts Center Exhibits
The San Diego Union Tribune, July 28 -- Jessica Horton curated “Weaving Connections,” which includes 30 pieces by American Indian basket weavers from the 1880s to the 1940s, a time of robust cultural exchange between indigenous artisans and California settlers and tourists. “It said that if a weaver wove a rattlesnake into her basket, she would be struck blind,” said Horton, who majored in art history and political science at UCSD. More