A Sampling of Clips for 
April 30 - May 02, 2005

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A Surge South of Mexico
Los Angeles Times, May 1-The flow of Central American immigrants bound for the United States has surged 25% or more this year, say government and aid agency officials, who point to a sharp climb in deportations, injury reports and need for assistance as the basis for their estimates. (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD.) More

Cities Strut their Stuff in Bid for Stem Cell Home
San Francisco Chronicle, May 2-It began quietly enough with technical evaluations of floor plans and parking availability. But then a four-city search of proposed headquarter sites for the state stem cell program blossomed into a kind of municipal beauty pageant this weekend. (Mentions proposed stem-cell site at UCSD.) More

S.D. Makes Pitch to House Institute
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 2-San Diego's business boosters did their best yesterday to make it hard to say no to their proposal to put California's new stem cell institute on Torrey Pines Road. (Quotes by UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and UCSD stem cell researcher, Larry Goldstein.) More

Brains Wide Shut
New Scientist, April 30-When it comes to understanding human consciousness, even if a kindly alien handed us the answer, we'd be no better off. (Article written by Patricia Churchland, a professor and chair of philosophy at UCSD.) More

Shake and Quake
Washington Post, May 1-"Earthquake! Life on a Restless Planet," an exhibit at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, demystifies a powerful force of nature. More

Getting More Girls Along for the Ride
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 2-When UCSD Professor Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman astronaut in space in 1983, she naturally was the only woman in that five-member crew aboard the shuttle Challenger. Of course, as a physicist, Ride was used to being in a distinct sexual minority. Far fewer women than men historically have studied science and engineering, particularly at advanced levels. More

Hollywood on Crusade
Washington Post, May 1-On Friday, the British director's $130 million Crusader epic "Kingdom of Heaven" -- which previewed at Pasadena's Pacific Paseo theater last month -- is scheduled to open in about 8,000 theaters worldwide. (Quote by Nancy Caciola, a professor of history at UCSD.) More

Schwarzenegger Has
New Man, Same Message on Education
San Francisco Chronicle, April 30-The appointment of Alan Bersin as California's next education secretary sent a strong signal Friday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger remains committed to the notion that the chief ill of public schools is an entrenched, tenure-based hierarchy that rewards time over achievement among teachers. (Quote by Randall Souviney, director of the Teacher Education Program at UCSD.) More

Faster Wi-Fi Handoff Arrives?
Wi-Fi Planet, April 28-Wi-Fi client devices, such as a laptop computer, will connect to the strongest available signal. But when the signal degrades and data packets begin dropping, the client device sends out a SOS on all channels looking for another access point, a process that could take as long as one second. (Refers to research conducted by UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering.) More

UCSD Researchers Working to Make Highways Safer
North County Times, April 30-In today's fast-paced world, it's not easy for drivers to keep their attention on the road, but technology being developed at UCSD's Jacob School of Engineering may change that. More

UCSD Can't Afford to Rebuild Chancellor's House
NBC San Diego, April 29-UCSD is putting its chancellor's house on the market after conceding earlier this month it would be unable to raise the $7.2 million needed to rebuild the home. More

Don't Give Up on Saving Historic UCSD House
San Diego Union-Tribune, Editorial, April 30-University of California President Robert Dynes should reconsider his decision to sell the historic Spanish-style house on La Jolla Farms Road that, until recently, had been the home of UCSD chancellors for over three decades. More

'Bear' Sculpture to Arrive at UCSD, Bit by Giant Bit
San Diego Daily Transcript, April 29-UCSD announced Friday that "Bear", artist Tim Hawkison's rock sculpture, will arrive in pieces beginning May 10. More

The CAFTA Conundrum
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 1-The Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, which would eliminate most tariffs between the United States and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, plus the Dominican Republic, is causing debates between politicians. (Quote by Richard Feinberg, an international political economy specialist at UCSD.) More

Woodpecker Thought Extinct is Found
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 29-The ivory-billed woodpecker, once prized for its plumage and sought by American Indians as magical, was thought to be extinct for years. Now, it's been sighted again and conservationists are exulting. (Quote by Dave Holway, a UCSD biologist and bird enthusiast.) More