A Sampling of Clips for 
March 08 - 10, 2003

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UCSD Takes on New School of Thought
San Diego Business Journal, Mar. 10 – It’s been a half-century since one of the nation’s large research universities started a major business school of this type. Many say Robert Sullivan, the founding dean of University of California, San Diego’s new Graduate Management School, is perfect for the job, touting him as possessing one of the best start-up mentalities in academia today. Sullivan is an internationally acclaimed expert in entrepreneurship, knowledge management, and venture financing.
http://www.sdbj.com/tofilesdbj.htm?user/user.fas/s=614/fp=3/tp=45?T=open_article,528098&P=article

The Healthy Man; Being a grumpy old man is no joke
Los Angeles Times, Mar. 10 – Sometimes geriatric grouchiness may be a sign of a serious problem: depression, which afflicts about 15% of older Americans. But mental health experts say that depression among the elderly needn't be so common because it is not a normal -- or inevitable -- part of aging. For most seniors, it can be successfully treated using a wide range of therapies. (Quotes Dr. Dilip V. Jeste, director of geriatric psychiatry at University of California, San Diego).
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Marchers in East L.A. Oppose War
Los Angeles Times, Mar. 10 – Several hundred antiwar marchers gathered Sunday morning in East Los Angeles to protest the prospect of war with Iraq. Chanting "recruit us for college, not for war!" the demonstrators included hundreds of college and high school students, senior citizens and families, and they elicited honks from passing cars as they marched two miles from Atlantic Boulevard to Salazar Park. (Quotes Jorge Mariscal, an East L.A. native and Chicano studies instructor at University of California, San Diego).
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Internet helps researchers
Copley News Service, Mar. 10 – Modern maps of the brain, increasingly intricate and complex, are creating a cascade of images and data that scientists are finding hard to manage. Several university labs are making their research available to neuroscientists on the Web. The University of California San Diego is coordinating a national computer network that could become a model for how scientific research is shared. (Quotes Mark Ellisman, a neuroscientist at UCSD).
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Groups clash over use of ultrasound to deter abortions
Houston Chronicle, Mar. 9 – Anti-abortion activists are thrilled about detailed ultrasound images that are used as a high-tech way to change minds about abortion. Abortion rights groups oppose the practice, arguing that ultrasound becomes a manipulative weapon when put in the hands of religious activists trying to persuade pregnant, vulnerable women. (Quotes Dr. Dolores Pretorius, a professor of radiology at the University of California at San Diego).
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/1809345

Rock 'art' Researchers Settle Thaw Point
Sun Herald (Sydney), Mar. 9 – There are many theories about how rock formation patterns emerge and maintain themselves. Now, two researchers from the University of California, San Diego, have published convincing evidence in the journal Science that it is the freezing and thawing of the soil, common in polar and alpine areas, that drives the system.
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A new angle on traffic congestion
San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 9 – University of California, San Diego’s professor and director of the computer vision lab Mohan Trivedi and his team are trying to determine whether a network of highway cameras, sending digital images over a high-speed, wireless Internet connection, could work well enough to help coordinate response to traffic emergencies. Highway cameras are nothing new but Trivedi's equipment is more sophisticated, generating a 360-degree image that is processed by a computer to show multiple angles. (Mentions Scripps Institution of Oceanography).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030309-9999_1m9traffic.html

Anti-war activism alive and well on campus
San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 10 – The dozen or so students gathered in the Literature Building at the University of California, San Diego to debate the relevance of the United Nations. They bemoan what they perceive as President Bush's dismissal of the millions around the world protesting the threat of war. They represent the small, yet intense political movements slowly gaining momentum at colleges across San Diego. (Quotes UCSD’s literature professor George Mariscal and history professor Daniel Widener).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030310-9999_1m10activist.html

What’s with the W?
San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 9 – This article talks about the significance of the letter ‘W’. (Quotes David Noel Freedman, a professor of history and Judaic studies at University of California, San Diego).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/currents/news_mz1c9w.html