A Sampling of Clips for June 26^th, 2009

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Did You Hear? CO2 Makes Fish Ears Bigger
MSNBC, June 25 -- Listen up! Carbon dioxide being absorbed by the oceans is having a puzzling effect on fish — their ears get bigger, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. More

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U.S. Professor Witnesses Iranian Dissent
NPR, June 26 -- Professor Babak Rahimi recently was in Iran working on a book about the development of the Internet there. Rahimi, who teaches Iranian and Islamic studies at UCSD, discusses with David Greene the upheaval in Iran following the disputed presidential elections. More

New UCSD Alumni Book Club Offers Forum for
Discussing Political Issues Ignored by Mainstream Media
North County Times, June 25 -- The UCSD Alumni Book Club was created to focus on current and emerging issues, both domestic and international, facing the United States that aren’t being covered by the mainstream media. Books are selected from the federal government's book list, and although largely fiction, they are strikingly more factual than the government and media lead one to believe. More

Health Care Reform -- a Political Kick Ball
San Diego Daily Transcript, June 25 -- The future path of health care for Americans is starting to show some direction. President Obama signals that major reform in providing and paying for medical services is at the top of his domestic agenda. Now Congress must produce. (Quotes Richard Liekweg, CEO of UCSD Medical Center) More

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