A Sampling of Clips for 
June 28 - 30, 2003

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Latest Asian import: pollution
Denver Post, June 29— Increasingly polluted ill winds blow from China each spring, dusty gusts that permit industrial pollution to hitchhike thousands of miles and taint America's air. (Quote by V. Ramanathan, the Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1483956,00.html

Competition Heats Up for Slice of Biotech Industry
Los Angeles Times, June 29—Aiming to diversify, states reliant on manufacturing and agriculture are romancing new industries such as biotechnology. Many states think they can tap the expertise of their universities to form clusters of start-up firms. In La Jolla, an active venture community financed discoveries from UC San Diego and Scripps Research Institute.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-biotech29jun29,1,5934975.story

Lightning
Science News, June 28— Lightning, most awesome of the spectacular forces of nature, has yielded some of its mystery to science. But not all. (Refers to study found in Science by C.E. ZoBell of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.sciencenews.org/20030628/timeline.asp

Twists in dope study
Sunday Herald Sun, June 29— Long-term marijuana use has little effect on the central nervous system, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found the only side effect is minimal malfunction in the areas of learning and forgetting.
* No link available online.

Sand levels higher than expected in North County
North County Times, June 29— The summer sandman has come early to many North County beaches. From Oceanside to Del Mar, lifeguards have noticed beaches growing wider by the day, just in time for the beach season. (Quotes Bob Guza, a professor with UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2003/20030629/54145.html

Our border war
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 27—Unmanned aviation vehicles made in San Diego will soon be deployed along the Mexican border. These UAVs were used in our recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Article written by Fred Krissman, a guest scholar at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/opinion/news_mz1e27kriss.html

The Affirmative Action Decision;
What's Still Unsaid;
The new ruling is ambiguous on who gets counted and why
NewsDay, Opinion, June 29— For a quarter century, the ambiguity of the Supreme Court's famously tortured Bakke opinion has ruled admissions at the nation's most selective universities. A single justice's swing vote set up the uncertain compromise. (Written by John D. Skrentny a professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego and author of "The Minority Rights Revolution.")
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpskr293349439jun29,0,300044.story

Climate-Related “Greening” is not Enough to Meet Population Demands
EarthVision, June 29— Large regions of Earth have been “greening” in recent decades because of global climate changes that have brought more rainfall, better growing temperatures, and more sunlight, according to recent findings. (Cites research by Charles D. Keeling and Stephen C. Piper of UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.earthvision.net/ColdFusion/News_Page1.cfm?NewsID=24933&start=1

Silicon Beach
North County Times, June 29—Evolutionary genetic changes in humans don't happen at random, according to a new study from UC San Diego that may spur development of cancer treatments.
http://www.nctimes.net/news/2003/20030629/63039.html

A bold vision
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 29—New work is the lifeblood of the theater. The theater cannot flourish without new work; it cannot survive without it. (Quote by Walt Jones, chair of UCSD's prestigious theater department.). http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_mz1a29theate.html

Social Commentary
Bram Dijkstra tackles a subject close to his heart in 'American Expressionism'
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 29, Opinion Robert L. Pincus—"American Expressionism: Art and Social Change 1920-1950" is a passionate plea as much as it is a book. Bram Dijkstra, an accomplished cultural and art historian and professor emeritus in comparative literature at UCSD, exhorts us to look anew at a loosely knit group of painters who emerged in the 1920s and 1930s.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/books/news_mz1v29expres.html

Survival of the fittest
Sunday Tasmanian, June 29—Exercise gives the body vigour for the physical demands of sex. The beneficial link is documented in numerous studies, according to the American Council on Exercise. (Cites study by the University of California, San Diego.)
* No link available online.

Can’t Find a Summer Job? Blame All the Layoffs
New York Times, June 29— With the national unemployment rate hitting its highest level in nine years in May, at 6.1 percent, many high school and college students looking for entry-level positions or internships are facing one of the toughest markets in years. (Quotes William Wells Cimarosa who will be attending graduate school in the fall at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/nyregion/29CONN.html