A Sampling of Clips for 
November 05 - 07, 2005

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Researchers Look to Create a Synthesis
of Art and Science for the 21st Century
New York Times, Nov. 5—As an actor and a founder of the politically active Electronic Disturbance Theater, Ricardo R. Dominguez is an unlikely faculty member at the nanoscience, wireless and supercomputing laboratory that opened its doors here on the campus of UCSD on Oct. 28. More

San Diego to Choose a Mayor, Again
NPR, Nov. 4—Voters in San Diego will choose a new mayor next week. Whomever is elected on Tuesday will inherit a massive budget deficit, a fractious city government and the ongoing scrutiny of federal investigators. (Q & A with Steve Erie, a political science professor at UCSD.) More

Violence Against
Border Control Rises Sharply
NPR, All Things Considered, Nov. 4—Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited the US-Mexico border this week, and afterward he said that the government would, as he put it, `gain control of our borders.' (Quote by Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD.) More

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KPBS News, Nov. 6
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Maverick Trails Ex-Chief in Mayor's Race
CBS News, Nov. 6—Voters fed up with San Diego's financial mess and political corruption came within a whisker of electing surf-shop owner Donna Frye as mayor on a stunning write-in campaign a year ago. (Quote by Steve Erie, a political science professor at UCSD.) More

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Washington Post, Nov. 6

A Beach Town Dr. Seuss Might Prescribe
New York Times, Nov. 6—With its hilly, winding roads lined with oceanside mansions, La Jolla, a beach community 15 minutes north of downtown San Diego, deserves its ritzy reputation, but the longtime home of the late Ted Geisel (a k a Dr. Seuss) has its laid-back side as well. (Mentions the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Scans Show Loss of Brain Tissue with HIV
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 7—Neurologists who study AIDS have watched, waited and worried for nearly a decade about the long-term effect of HIV on the brain. They've known that the drug cocktails that so effectively extend lives don't protect the brain very well from the virus. (Quote by Dr. Igor Grant, director of the neurobehavioral research center at UCSD.) More

Political Ads Often Aim to Confuse
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 6—With eight complicated issues on the ballot and so much being spent on them, the climate is especially ripe to muddy the campaign waters. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a professor of political science at UCSD.) More

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KTLA, Nov. 6 Parties

Go Toe-to-Toe Over Union Dues
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 5—Republicans and Democrats are pouring money into the Prop. 75 campaign, which could affect labor's pull in Sacramento. (Quote by Thad Kousser, a political science professor at UCSD.) More

Teachers Often Identify ADHD
USA Today, Nov. 6—Although most parents know attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is common, finding out that their child may have it is usually met with either alarm or denial. (Quote by Martin Stein, a professor of pediatrics at UCSD.) More

Menopause: Beyond Hot Flashes Timing is Everything When it Comes to Hormones
Time Asia, Nov. 7—Ever since the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) concluded three years ago that the long-term use of the hormones estrogen and progestin to prevent heart disease was not worth the associated health risks, women have been frustrated and confused about what to do as they go through menopause. (Quote by Dr. Cynthia Stuenkel, an associate physician at UCSD.) More

San Diego May not be
Ready for the Underdog as Mayor
Contra Costa Times, Nov. 7—In the final days of her campaign for mayor of the nation's seventh-largest city, Donna Frye is being asked about her image as a lightweight surfer chick. (Quote by Steve Erie, a political science professor at UCSD.) More

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Monterey Herald, Nov. 6
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 6

Promise of Federal Flu
Money Starts Local Pulses Racing
Voice of San Diego, Nov. 7—When Maurizio Zanetti, a professor of medicine at UCSD came into his office on Tuesday, his first visitor was a fresh-faced young researcher named Robert Johnson. The young scientist was brandishing a newspaper clip that announced a plan by President Bush to make available $7.1 billion in federal aid to help avoid a massive flu pandemic. More

Trash and Burn
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 5—Cast-iron bathtubs and other junk will be sledgehammered into near oblivion, cooked into a fiery liquid and then turned into art tonight at Fallbrook’s Historic Iron Pour event. At the center of the event will be a cupola, an iron-melting furnace built by San Diego sculptor Toby Flores, an instructor at the UCSD Crafts Center. More

UCSD Television
Station Temporarily Taken Off Air
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 5—A campus television station that has been at the center of a UCSD controversy over pornography and free speech was temporarily shut down Thursday night. More