A Sampling of Clips for 
March 19 - 21, 2005

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A Ride Into Sciences
Pasadena Star News, March 20-Many of the girls who attended the Sally Ride Science Festival at Caltech on Saturday will not grow up to become scientists. Even fewer will become astronauts like the UCSD professor herself. But after rubbing shoulders with Ride and other accomplished female scientists, they will at least know that it is possible for a woman to become a microbiologist, an ecologist or an aeronautical engineer. More

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Contra Costa Times, March 21

Life Isn't Just as You Want It? Remix It!
MSNBC, March 28-The weirdness bar was set pretty high at last week's Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) in San Diego. Even so, a lot of the techie presenters cleared it with room to spare. These certainly included the University of California, San Diego, professor who spoke of unleashing "feral robotic dogs" on contaminated landfill sites. More

Of Mighty Mice & Super Men
Newsday, March 20-The future is fast approaching as scientifically altered genes in animals may soon have an impact on athletes and the world. (Quote by Theodore Friedmann, director of the Program on Human Gene Therapy at UCSD.) More

New Bankruptcy Law May Cause Surge in Filings
MSNBC, March 20-The expected passage of bankruptcy reform legislation could lead to an unprecedented spike in Chapter 7 filings over the next six months, perhaps even doubling the typical rate seen in the region, according to attorneys and industry observers. (Quote by Michelle J. White, an economist at UCSD.) More

Forum Examines Impact of Growth
China Daily, March 21-The Chinese economy is expected to grow at an annual rate of 8 percent during the period of 2006 - 2010. (Quote by Barry Naughton, a professor at UCSD.) More

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Asia Pulse, March 21

GOP Maneuver in Schiavo Case Stirs Controversy
Seattle Times, March 19-An extraordinary, 11th-hour maneuver by congressional Republicans to intervene in the Terri Schiavo saga had no legal precedent and was unlikely to withstand a court challenge, analysts said yesterday. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a political-science professor at UCSD.) More

Bleak Forecast for Ski Industry
Rocky Mountain News, March 19-Colorado's $2 billion ski industry could be dead by 2050 unless radical steps are taken to address global warming and save the state's prized champagne powder. (Quote by Daniel Cayan, director of the climate research division at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

UCSD Study Questions Preuss Achievements
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 20-When UCSD's Preuss School earned top academic marks from the state this week, the stellar ranking seemed to validate the campus and its premise: Rigorous curriculum, dedicated staff and strong university ties can help disadvantaged students defy their demographics and excel in the classroom. But a recent report raises questions about whether Preuss students would succeed with or without the school's influence. (Quotes by UCSD Provost and Preuss founder Cecil Lytle, and UCSD professor and member of the Preuss board of directors Julian Betts.) More

Bid to End Trauma Unit Stirs Study Call
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 20-Prompted by UCSD's plan to close acute and trauma care at its Hillcrest medical center by 2020, San Diego County officials want to analyze where tens of thousands of patients from the south and central zones will ultimately receive medical treatment. More

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KFMB, March 21

Solomon's Choice? Jobs vs. Housing, Part 2
Voice of San Diego, March 21-San Diego wrestles with a housing emergency while at the same time being pressured to provide opportunities for job growth. The result: a tug-of-war over the remaining undeveloped or under-utilized industrial land as housing developers want to move in. (Quote by Duane Roth, executive director of UCSD Connect.) More

Experts Air Worries on Mexican Economy
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 19-Mexico has failed to sustain the economic and political advances promised a decade ago by the North American Free Trade Agreement and the election more than five years ago of a president from an opposition party, several Mexico experts declared yesterday. (Quote by Jeffrey Davidow, president of the Institute of the Americas at UCSD.) More

China's Rise: The Blueprint
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 20-"It is glorious to get rich." When the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping first uttered those words in 1978, China was one of the poorest nations on Earth. (Quote by Susan Shirk, a professor of international relations at UCSD who recently wrote a book on China's economic policies.) More

Doctors Focus on Curbing Mistakes
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 19-Five years after a national report blamed 98,000 preventable deaths annually on hospital mistakes, an author of the study told health providers in San Diego County yesterday that the system is a long way from correcting the problem. (Quote by Dr. Joseph Scherger, director of the UCSD-based San Diego Center for Patient Safety.) More