A Sampling of Clips for 
June 29, 2005

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Small-Biz Bankrupts, Beware
Forbes, June 29-A study coauthored by Michelle J. White, an economics professor at UCSD, has found that residents of states with the most liberal bankruptcy exemptions--meaning individual bankrupts get to keep more of their assets--are one-third more likely to start their own businesses than those in states with miserly exemptions. More

Robotic Teacher Enthralls Toddlers
NBC San Diego, June 24-An experimental robot teacher is being tested on toddlers at the UCSD's early childhood education center. More

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Life Detection Instrument on the Road to Mars
Red Nova, June 29-The dry, dusty, treeless expanse of Chile's Atacama Desert is the most lifeless spot on the face of the Earth, and that's why scientists from the University of California, Berkeley joined a team of NASA scientists there earlier this month. (Mentions research led by Jeff Bada at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Part Three: Struggling for
Diversity at the University of California
Voice of San Diego, June 29-Richard C. Atkinson was president of the University of California when affirmative action was banned with the passage of Proposition 209. In this condensed version of a speech that he gave last month at the University of Michigan, he describes UC's experience and lessons learned, and makes recommendations for the future. More

San Diegans Mourn Death Of Wal-Mart Heir
Channel 10, San Diego, June 28-San Diegans who knew Wal-Mart heir John Walton are paying tribute after learning of his death in the crash of an experimental plane in Wyoming. (Mentions donation to UCSD.) More

Date with a Comet
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 29-At 10:52 p.m. Sunday, a tiny NASA spacecraft called Deep Impact will plunge into a comet, exploding into its interior and potentially revealing a piece of the solar system that hasn't changed in 4 billion years. Looking inside comet Tempel 1 should offer a glimpse of rock and ice unchanged since the birth of the solar system. (Quote by Jeffrey Bada, a researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Pets Are Her Project
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 29-In Maggie Houlihan's household it's all about the animals. The city councilwoman and retired UCSD librarian is surrounded by them - two dogs, nine cats, five birds, 40 turtles, nine tortoises, 15 rats and four rabbits. More