A Sampling of Clips for
June 05, 2003
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Saving the
seas
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 5 –
Overfishing, pollution and relentless coastal development are
imperiling America's ocean waters, and the nation needs a radically
new approach to protecting them, a landmark report stated yesterday.
The Pew Oceans Commission called for a renewed commitment to
the health of the oceans, focusing reforms on protecting and
preserving marine ecosystems rather than enacting narrow laws
to save individual species. "If there ever was a time for
the nation to increase its investment in ocean science and research,
that time is now," said Charles Kennel,
director of University of California, San Diego’s
Scripps Institution of Oceanography and one of 18 Pew commissioners.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/news/news_1n5oceans.html
Similar article appeared
in:
BBC,
June 4
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2958870.stm
Three studies
monitor flow of sewage
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 4 –
Three scientific studies now under way are examining how and
why sewage contaminates the country’s southernmost beaches.
Eric Terrill, a project scientist of University
of California, San Diego’s Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, reported to the state Regional Water Quality
Control Board that Scripps has established a Coastal Ocean Observing
System using Doppler radar and other sensing devices. "Our
intention is to have real-time warning capability, to work with
public health agencies and, in the future, to guide policy management,"
Terrill said. Ocean Imaging Corp. and San Diego
State University's School of Public Health are also conducting
studies in this research using different methods.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030604-9999_6m4ocean.html
Similar article appeared
in:
Mercury
News, June 4
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/6012267.htm
Articles also appeared
in:
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, June 4
Associated Press, June
4
Is there
a Doctorate in the house?
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 4 –
Neal Matthews, a freelance writer in San Diego, chronicles the
procedure of defending final dissertations at University
of California, San Diego’s Scripps Institution
of Oceanography for several of the 25 doctoral candidates. (Quotes
Art Miller, Dave Hilton, and
Dave Checkley of UCSD’s
Scripps Institution of Oceanography).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/currents/news_mz1c4phd.html
Storage
Methods Come and Go, but Tape Holds Its Own
New York Times, June 5 – When
it comes to storing data, magnetic tape would seem to represent
the past but while the declining cost of hard drives, optical
technologies like DVD's, and research into new storage methods
like holography are all potential threats to tape, few storage
experts are predicting its demise. "I've been asked if
tape will disappear for a long time," said Gordon
F. Hughes, the associate director of the Center for
Magnetic Recording Research at the University of California,
San Diego. "But I fundamentally don't think it's
any different than the idea that radio will be pushed out by
television."
More see attached file...tape
Educational-TV
Chief Launches Cable Program
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 5 –
Jerry Starr, director of Pittsburgh Educational
Television is now producing a monthly public affairs program
called “Homefront”. His goal is to give voice to
scholars at Pittsburgh's many institutions of higher learning
and to have diverse panels that are able to discuss a specific
issue. “Homefront” will continue in production until
the show takes a break over the winter while Starr teaches a
course on the politics of public broadcasting at the University
of California, San Diego.
http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20030605owen0605fnp2.asp
A New Voice
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 5 –
University of California, San Diego graduate
Sean Griffin's 'Snow Queen' provides fuel for the La Jolla Symphony
& Chorus. As winner of this year's Thomas Nee Commission,
named for the organization's music director emeritus, Griffin
wrote the ambitious vocal and instrumental piece that will be
led by choral director David Chase.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/night_day/news_mz1w5sean.html
