A Sampling of Clips for
May 19, 2004
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Dustin Hoffman
Advocates Stem Cell Research
USA Today, May 18 - Dustin Hoffman's
roles in Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie and Rain Man challenged
our perceptions of what it is to be a parent, a man and a brother.
Now Hoffman is using that same sense of humanity to appeal to
California voters to support stem cell research. (Includes quote
by Larry Goldstein, professor of cellular and
molecular medicine at the UCSD School of Medicine.)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2004-05-18-hoffman_x.htm
Oil Prices
Likely to Keep Rates Low
USA Today, May 19 - When the Federal
Reserve begins to raise interest rates, perhaps as early as
next month, one factor that likely will keep the increases slow
and small will be elevated oil prices. (Includes quote by James
Hamilton, an economics professor at the University
of California-San Diego.)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/fed/rates/2004-05-19-fedoil_x.htm
San Diego
Student Protest
City News Service, May 18 - A student
protest over university fee increases caused some road congestion
in the Torrey Pines area Tuesday and led to about a half-dozen
arrests for failure to disperse, officials said. The peaceful
demonstration began at the UCSD campus on Gilman
Drive around noon before proceeding onto nearby streets, according
to San Diego police. As a precaution, Caltrans crews shut down
ramps connecting Interstate 5 to La Jolla Village Drive for
about 90 minutes.
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Injured
S.D. Surgeon Makes Amazing Comeback
KFMB (Channel 8), May 18 -A San Diego
surgeon's life changed in an instant when an accident at home
nearly stripped him of an incredible career. Meet UCSD's
Chief of Vascular Surgery, Steve Sparks, who
made the most of a very difficult situation and is a better
man because of it.
http://www.kfmb.com/healthcast/details.php?storyID=25407
Serendipitous
Switch
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 18 -
San Diego's Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology
had barely opened for business when it was overtaken by the
events that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. What had
begun in the summer of 2001 as a Pentagon-funded program to
foster new technologies in "crisis consequence management"
shifted its focus to a slightly different mission: to spur innovations
in fighting terrorism. (Mentions UCSD astrophysicist
Rick Puetter, graduate student Robert
Pina and the Jacobs School of Engineering.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040518-9999-1b18ccat.html
