A Sampling of Clips for 
March 17, 2005

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Cities Vie in Stem Cell Quest
San Francisco Chronicle, March 17 - Several California cities jumped into the great Proposition 71 headquarters derby Wednesday, the deadline for filing formal bids to become the capital of the state's $3 billion stem cell enterprise. Decision makers within the stem cell institute have been privately suggesting the Bay Area and San Diego, both hotbeds of biotech research, as the preferred locations. San Diego touted a stunning view of the Pacific from the posh Torrey Pines area of La Jolla - and free office space from which to enjoy that view. The proposed San Diego site is vacant space in a building just across the street from Torrey Pines golf course and within a mile of the Scripps Research Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Burnham Institute and UC San Diego. More

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San Diego Union-Tribune, March 17

Regents Discuss UCSD Medical Plan; Critics Fear for Poor
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 17 - University of California regents appeared to like what they heard yesterday about UC San Diego's long-term medical service plan, which would transfer major health care treatments from its Hillcrest hospital to La Jolla. The plan has received considerable criticism from some San Diego health care providers and elected officials, who say indigent patients would be abandoned. (Quote by Edward Holmes, UCSD Vice Chancellor for Health Services.) More

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NBC 7/39, March 16

Skepticism About Global Warming Wanes with New Research
San Diego Daily Transcript, March 16 - The British newspaper The Independent wasn't shy last month in asserting the significance of the latest climate change news from Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Tim Barnett and David Pierce. The headline of the paper's Feb. 19 article read "The Final Proof: Global Warming is a Man-Made Disaster." Barnett and Pierce will be the first to tell you, however, that this is not the final proof. In their line of work, such a finish line is never reached. Science deals in empirical evidence rather than the proofs of mathematics. More

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College Heights Herald, March 17

Beyond Steroids: Designer Genes
Washington Post, March 17 - Today, as a series of muscular baseball superstars troop to Capitol Hill for what is sure to be a well-publicized congressional hearing, the word on everyone's lips (and possibly in a few hips) is: steroids. But in a few years, some scientists suggest, the phrase whispered among would-be home-run hitters and Olympic contenders could well be: gene doping. (Quote by Theodore Friedmann, director of the gene therapy program at the University of California at San Diego.) More

Casting Call Continues Chicano Soldier's Crusade
San Jose Mercury News, March 17 - Charley Trujillo is looking for a few good men, fit and ready for military duty -- on the silver screen. The actors casting call represents the latest venture for the San Jose author, who is making ``Dogs from Illusion,'' a movie about the Vietnam War. Based on his 1994 novel, the independent feature film will mark a first-time directing turn for Trujillo, a veteran who lost an eye in the war and was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. (Quote by Jorge Mariscal, professor of humanities and literature at the University of California, San Diego.) More

Clarifying the Source of that 'Risque' Video
San Diego Union-Tribune, Letter to the Editor, March 16 - With the recent controversy surrounding a risque video shown on UCSD's Student Run Television (SRTV), it appears that some confusion has developed between SRTV and the university's broadcast station, UCSD-TV. Let us clarify the distinction. More