A Sampling of Clips for
March 17, 2004
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University
of California Facing $1.6 Billion Shortfall
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 16-The
prestigious University of California is rich in history but
low on cash, with four years of state funding cuts boosting
student fees while shrinking campus spending. Normally, regents
pass a budget request in November and revise it in the summer
after legislators pass a state budget. But this year with the
financial turmoil attending California's multibillion-dollar
deficit, regents have yet to pass a budget, instead adopting
a set of guiding principles with the top two being a pledge
to maintain quality, as well as access and affordability.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040316-1417-ca-uc-stickershock.html
New Scientific
Field Spawning Tech Jobs
Dallas Morning News, March 17-With
the tech industry slow to hire, experts point to a nascent field
called biomedical informatics as a potential source of new jobs.
Biomedical informatics uses complex computer databases and equations
to sort and analyze biological data such as the results from
pharmaceutical clinical trials. (Quote by Maryann Martone,
associate adjunct professor of neuroscience at the University
of California, San Diego.)
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Burn Victim
Back in the Saddle
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 17-Chuck
Paul, a Crest resident, was an avid bicyclist and guitar player
before he suffered from burns on more than 25 percent of his
body in the October wildfires. Now, he rides his bicycle three
times a week to Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, where he undergoes
hours of physical therapy. He had spent three weeks at UCSD
Medical Center's burn unit, then a week in the rehabilitation
center at Grossmont Hospital after the wildfires. He's now receiving
his physical therapy in outpatient treatment at the La Mesa
hospital.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040317-9999-news_7m17paul.html
Our View:
Immigration Policy Based on Hypocrisy
North County Times, Editorial, March
17-Researchers have found two realistic strategies that could
reduce illegal immigration from Mexico. Both would reduce the
incentive for workers to come to the United States illegally.
One tactic would be to invest in targeted areas of Mexico and
create jobs in the regions that send the lion's share of undocumented
immigrants to the United States. The other would be for U.S.
authorities to actually enforce the law at workplaces, which
are easier places to control than the 2,000-mile border, and
which, after all, are the places that offer the lure that draws
undocumented workers here. (Quote by UCSD immigration
expert Wayne Cornelius.)
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/03/17/opinion/editorials/3_16_0421_03_11.txt
