A Sampling of Clips for 
March 27, 2006

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The New Hot Zones
Newsweek, April 3 -- Books, films and a slick ad campaign make global warming the topic du jour. In the din and clamor of issues competing for public attention, there's an inner circle of causes that virtually define good citizenship. The quasi-official gatekeeper to this pantheon is the Ad Council, which deploys more than $1 billion in donated media time and space each year for a few dozen carefully vetted, slickly produced messages. Last week a new issue got the Ad Council's blessing, a potential catastrophe that could make college dropouts the least of our worries: global warming. (Quotes Richard C. J. Somerville, a climatologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

As Dynasty Evolved, So Did Power in L.A.
Los Angeles Times, March 26 -- This is a story about power in Los Angeles, and how one family — patriarch Gen. Harrison Gray Otis and three generations of Chandlers who succeeded him — seized it, wielded it, nurtured it and eventually forfeited it. From their empire's rough-hewn beginnings to its peculiar, drifting end, it was extraordinarily intertwined with the city itself. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie.) More

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Immigration dominates southern US politics
BBC News, March 27 -- There are 18 candidates vying for the chance to fill Randy Cunningham’s safe Republican seat in Washington. With such a crowded field, you may have thought the mainly Republican contestants would by trying to outdo each other on political integrity: promising to make up for the sleaze of the recent past. Instead, the campaign rhetoric is focused on immigration. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

Digital Dissection
Science News, March 25 -- The same medical technology used to image brain tumors and torn knee ligaments is taking the field of marine biology to a new dimension by allowing anyone with Internet access to examine fish as never before. (Cites UCSD's Keck Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Opinion: Column by Catherine Seipp
Los Angeles Times, March 26 – There were a lot of tears around here last week when my 16-year-old daughter, Maia, got rejected first from UCLA and then from UC Santa Barbara. We knew UCLA was a longshot — it's far more selective than when I was there, back in the days when teenagers could still innocently apply (as I did) to just one college and get in. Still, she thought it an ominous sign that the first place she heard from turned her down. (Columnist’s daughter was accepted at UCSD, her first choice.) More

From A to Z, There’s No Telling Who We Are
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 26 -- The Big Apple has one. The Windy City does, too. So does the home of the Kentucky Derby. And Indianapolis. And L.A. and London, Cleveland and Melbourne, Australia. These select cities have their own encyclopedias – compendiums of knowledge about local people, places and events – the myriad details that have shaped their roles on the world stage. San Diego has no such thing. There's no single-volume source to turn to when asking about the trivial or profound that defines this region. (Quotes UCSD history professor Abe Shragge.) More

East/West Festival at Sushi
Looks to the South, and Lux Boreal
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 26 -- The tiny Studio Theatre at SDSU is the kind of venue that shows dance artists who don't have a big or even a moderate reputation. Audiences, who fill the 100-some seats and often spill over onto mats on the floor, consist mainly of performers' friends and the dance community – choreographers, dancers and others who so love the art form that they'll take a chance on an unknown company. (Quotes choreographer and UCSD professor Allyson Green.) More

Program Helps Students Gear Up for College
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 26 – Merary Santillan is in middle school, yet she has already made the connection between college and career. She wants to study marine biology and work with animals. “Maybe with Shamu in SeaWorld,” said the seventh-grader, also an aspiring singer. Merary, 12, is getting some pointers on how to create a road map to success in school and beyond. She is among 700 sixth-and seventh-graders at Washington Middle School who are getting an early start in college preparation. (Mentions conference for girls at UCSD.) More

Performing Arts League
to Honor Two at Annual Star Awards
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 26 -- The San Diego Performing Arts League's 15th annual Star Awards will be held May 22 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. The event recognizes volunteers who support local music, dance and theater. (Mentions UCSD professor of classics and theater Marianne McDonald, a previous Gold Star recipient). More