A Sampling of Clips for
May 18, 2004
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Blue Whales
Sing at Same Pitch, Study Says
National Geographic News, May 17-
Luciano Pavarotti they're not, but if blue whales ever build
up a repertoire they could give the Italian opera singer a run
for his money. The cetaceans have perfect pitch according to
a study conducted by San Francisco State University physicist
Roger Bland. So perfect, in fact, that it's impossible to tell
individuals apart from their calls. John Hildebrand,
an expert on marine, mammal acoustics at the University
of California San Diego's Scripps Institution
of Oceanography in La Jolla, said Bland's finding correlates
with his own observations. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/05/0517_040517_bluewhales.html
Mercury and Tides Climb,
as Climate Change Rises on Global Agenda
Associated Press, May 17- Global temperatures
are climbing, glaciers retreating, oceans expanding. "It's
getting dangerous," says a 75-year-old man watching his
Pacific island beach disappear. This is the first story in a
three-part series on the impact, science and politics of climate
change. (Quote by Walter Munk, a professor
at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
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UC Doles Out Broken Promises
to Students, Princely Sums to Administrators
Los
Angeles Times, Opinion, May 18-These are hard
times at the University of California. There's so little money
available that student fees have been increased and UC has had
to turn away eligible students. Ah, but it's not all bad news.
It turns out there is money to raise the six-figure pay of top
university administrators. Marye Anne Fox was
hired in April as chancellor at UC San Diego
for $350,000 a year, nearly $70,000 more than was paid the previous
chancellor, current UC President Robert Dynes.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-meister18may18,1,5690507.story
Before Brown
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 18- UCSD
ethnic studies professor Robert Alvarez Jr.
was a Stanford University graduate in the late 1970s digging
into his family's past in Lemon Grove when he discovered its
place in the history of desegregation in the United States.
Alvarez's research became the basis for an Emmy-winning KPBS
film, "The Lemon Grove Incident," which was first
broadcast nationwide in 1985 and continues to be discussed in
classrooms and forums. "The Lemon Grove Incident"
has been getting more attention this year because of the 50th
anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme
Court decision that banned segregation in the United States.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040518/news_1n18grove.html
O'Brien
and 'Wife' Win Drama Desk Awards
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 18-A
prestigious Drama Desk Award for the 2003-04 season went to
the La Jolla Playhouse-sprung "I Am My Own Wife" for
outstanding play. Its sole actor, UCSD graduate
Jefferson Mays, took the Drama Desk award for outstanding solo
performance. The Drama Desk prizes are generally considered
predictors of the Tony Awards.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20040518-9999-1c18awards.html
Europe Faces
Recession Threat as Oil Prices Surge: Matthew Lynn
Bloomberg, May 17- Experience shows
that expensive oil and recessions are like Ross and Rachel in
the television series Friends: they aren't always a couple,
but they usually wind up with each other in the end. Oil prices
are at their highest in a decade and a half, and the world's
financial leaders have started to fret about it. The two main
views on the threat posed by surging oil prices is that either
they matter now, or they may matter soon. (Quote by James
Hamilton, a professor of economics at the University
of California, San Diego.)
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
10000039&cid=lynn&sid=ayb7se6C2RJU#
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in:
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