A Sampling of Clips for 
June 09, 2005

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How Young Is Too Young To Diagnose Autism?
Wall Street Journal, June 9-Many specialists say autism isn't identifiable in most children until at least 18 months of age, when the behaviors that are the common hallmarks of the disorder are more apparent. But thanks to new research, specialists are exploring whether children diagnosed at even younger ages might fare even better. (Refers to research by UCSD.) More

Intelligent Discussion
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 8-Teaching Darwinian evolution in public schools is again under attack. Local scientists, doctors and professors are now talking about 'intelligent design'. (Quotes by UCSD professors Christopher Wills, Dr. Mark Tuszynski, Dr. Joshua Fierer, Dr. Ajit P. Varki and Scripps Institution of Oceanography marine chemist, Jeffrey Bada.) More

White House Defends Editing of Climate Reports
USA Today, June 8-The White House on Wednesday defended the actions of one of its key staffers who's publicly accused of editing government reports to downplay the link between "greenhouse" gases and global warming. (Quote by Naomi Oreskes, a researcher at UCSD.) More

Drugs: New Reality for U.S. Leagues
International Herald Tribune, June 9-In the antidoping world, it is known as The List, which includes every banned substance from steroids to beta-blockers, from human growth hormones to erythropoietin, from diuretics to insulin. (Quote by Theodore Friedmann, director of the human gene therapy program at UCSD.) More

Climate Evidence Finds us Guilty as Charged
New Scientist, June 11-Pattern of changes in ocean temperatures almost perfectly match simulations of human effects on regional climate, ruling out natural causes. (Quote by Tim Barnett, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Goodbye to a Sea Giant
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 9- A kelp-harvesting firm based in San Diego for 76 years will move its operations to Scotland. (Quote by Paul Dayton, a professor of marine ecology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Oceanside Resident to Participate
in Round Two of Baldwin Park Protest
North County Times, June 9-Oceanside resident and anti-illegal-immigration advocate James Chase said this week that he will be a featured speaker at a rally in Baldwin Park on June 25, as the organizing group protests a monument inscribed with language group leader Joseph Turner calls "seditious and anti-American." (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the center at UCSD.) More

The Magical Mystery Tour
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 9-Animator Hayao Miyazaki digs deep into his subconscious to excavate wondrous, animated dreamscapes in his new film "Howl's Moving Castle." (Quote by Ramie Tateishi, an instructor in writing at UCSD.) More