A Sampling of Clips for 
June 29, 2004

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Hard to Conceive
Washington Post, June 29-Article written by Suz Redfearn, who after two and a half years of trying to get pregnant through Western medicine, turned to Eastern medicine for a cure. (Refers to a 2001 University of California, San Diego study, published in Fertility and Sterility.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13240-2004Jun28.html

As Globe Breathes and Warms, Two Generations of Keelings Stand a Watch
Associated Press, June 28-Charles David Keeling, 76, pioneered the measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere almost a half-century ago on a Hawaiian mountaintop. Decades later, his son, Ralph Keeling, devised a way to gauge atmospheric oxygen, the other half of the global respiratory cycle. Together, with two lifetimes' work, mostly at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, this innovative duet has given science a bedrock for studying climate change, a foundation whose importance increases as concern grows over rising temperatures, melting glaciers and other apparent effects of the buildup of "greenhouse gases," particularly carbon dioxide, CO-2.
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Affirmative Reaction in San Diego
Chronicle of Higher Education, July 2-The Preuss School, a public charter school developed and directed by the University of California, San Diego, was the campus's response to the University of California's elimination in 1995 of the consideration of race in admissions. College preparation, Preuss students will tell you, is no cakewalk, even with a course designed to guide them through the admissions process. This year Preuss students ranked second in San Diego County in academic performance. (Quote by Cecil W. Lytle, provost of UCSD's Thurgood Marshall College and chair of the Preuss School's Board of Directors.)
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i43/43a00701.htm

Protein Therapy May One Day Ease Arthritis Sufferers' Pain
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 29-Diseases in which the body attacks its own tissue are among the most difficult to understand and treat. But in the case of one such disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, UCSD researchers may eventually be able to re-educate the body, teaching it to halt its self-destructive ways. (Quote by Salvatore Albani M.D., a professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04181/338811.stm

Officials Nearer to Selecting UC Chief
Oakland Tribune, June 29-University of California officials are moving closer to naming a new chancellor at UC Berkeley, but the process has been temporarily halted while UC President Robert Dynes takes some time off because of the death of his father. http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1726~2241565,00.html#

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Alameda Times-Star, June 29
http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1486~2241580,00.html#

San Mateo County Times, June 29
http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11268~
2241546,00.html#

Genetic Art Crosses Line, Says FBI
Boston Globe, June 29-The tale began last month in Buffalo with a frantic call to 911, when artist Steven Kurtz's 45-year-old wife died of cardiac arrest in her sleep. The paramedics who responded were alarmed by Kurtz's laboratory, where he kept a machine for analyzing the genetic makeup of food, along with various strains of bacteria. Kurtz's work was confiscated, and at least eight other artists have been called before a federal grand jury. Supporters who have created a defense fund for Kurtz say they believe he is being investigated for possession of biological agents. (Quote by Natalie Jeremijenko, a professor of visual arts at the University of California, San Diego.)
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Schwarzenegger to Speak at GOP Convention
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 29-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has scored a prime-time speaking role at the Republican National Convention in New York City, party officials said Monday. Schwarzenegger, who has said he won't stump outside the state for the Bush/Cheney ticket, will speak on the second night along with First Lady Laura Bush and education secretary Rod Paige. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, political science professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/election
2004/9034174.htm?1c

Time is Running Out as Budget Deadline Nears
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 27-The end of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's drive for an on-time budget came yesterday not with a bang or a whimper, but with the realization that simply processing an agreement could take eight or nine days. Legislative leaders, still optimistically reporting progress, said after an hour-long meeting with the governor that there is no agreement yet on at least four major issues. Democrats are urging $500 million more for higher education, restoring proposed cuts by Schwarzenegger that caused the University of California and California State University to turn away 11,400 eligible freshmen.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040627/news_1n27budget.html

Usenix: Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Test Web Site Performance
Computer World, June 29-Students and developers at Google Inc. have jointly created an open-source tool designed to better predict the effect on real-world Web site performance if changes are made to things like network infrastructure. Called Monkey, the tool first captures data from actual client sessions, inferring various network and client conditions -- what its creators call the "monkey see" portion of its work. It then attempts to emulate those conditions for server tests -- a process called "monkey do." (Quote by Yu-Chung Cheng, a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2004/0,4814,94199,00.html