A Sampling of Clips for 
November 13 - 15, 2004

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Governor, Mexico Far From a Good Fit
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 14-Since his inauguration nearly a year ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has rallied U.S. troops in Germany, attended a state funeral in Austria, dined with the king of Jordan at his palace, toured ancient
sites in Israel and joked with the Japanese prime minister in Tokyo. But there is one conspicuous omission from his foreign sojourns: Mexico. (Quote by Gordon Hanson, a professor of economics at UC San Diego.)
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Many Genes Play Role in Alcoholism
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 15-In years past, people debated whether alcoholism was a disease or a moral failing. Today, it is abundantly clear that not only is it a disease, but also one with a strong genetic component. (Refers to research by UCSD.)
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Candidate Takes San Diego by Storm
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 14-Donna Frye is in the lead for San Diego Mayor, but officials are still counting votes from the Nov. 2 election, and it could take weeks to get through 147,000 write-in ballots and an additional 110,000 absentee and provisional ballots. (Quote by Steve Erie, a political science professor at UC San Diego.)
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Desert Saint
Boston Globe, Nov. 14-When Gordon Sato was sent to an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as a teenager during World War II, he learned to cultivate vegetables in the dry California dirt. Today, the 76-year-old Sato is using that experience to help the people in a drought-racked, war ravaged nation grow food in their own desert. (Refers to research conducted by Sato during his time at UCSD.)
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/11/14/desert_saint/

Michael Dell: Thinking Out of the Box
Business Week, Nov. 22-Ever since he decided to drop out of the University of Texas to run his PC's Limited in 1984, Michael S. Dell has taken full advantage
of his rivals' refusal to see him as an innovator. (Quote by Gary Fields, a professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_47/b3909024_
mz072.htm?chan=sb

Effective Treatment for Fever Syndrome Caused by Cold Exposure
Medical News Today, Nov. 14-Autoinflammatory syndrome became a hot protocol for research labs in 2001 after investigators at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine discovered the mutated gene that caused FCAS*. Now, the same UCSD team reports in the November 13, 2004 issue of the journal Lancet, that they've found an effective treatment - one that inhibits an abnormal immune response that leads to symptoms in FCAS-affected patients.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=16337#

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Hispanic Toll in Iraq Higher than Expected
Houston Chronicle, Nov. 12-The casualty rate for Hispanic Texans in Iraq has been out of proportion for their population or their enlistment rate. That is also
the case for Hispanics nationally, although it's not clear why. (Quote by Jorge Mariscal, a professor of literature at the University of California at San Diego.)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2898701

Burn Victims Face Physical, Emotional Healing
Contra Costa Times, Nov. 13-Burn victims such as the men who survived Tuesday's fuel pipeline explosion in Walnut Creek face a long, painful recovery and physical and emotional scars that can last a lifetime. (Quote by Pat Choothesa, an educator at UC San Diego Regional Burn Center.)
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Marijuana Research Hasn't Created a Buzz
Sacramento Bee, Nov. 15-California voters' decision this month to pay for embryonic stem cell research isn't the first time the state has stepped in to fill a national funding void for controversial scientific studies. (Quote by Igor Grant, a psychiatry professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/11431646p-12345884c.html

Lab Construction to Tap Stem Cell Fund
Sacramento Bee, Nov. 14-Up to $300 million from the state's newly adopted stem cell research program will be spent in the first five years building, leasing and creating new lab space, largely because of President Bush's 2001 restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell studies. (Quote by Larry Goldstein, a professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/11422135p-12336399c.html

Political Rebel Rides Wave in San Diego
San Jose Mercury News, Nov. 14-Donna Frye, 52, is the "surfer chick'' environmentalist who could become San Diego's next mayor. If she does, it will be a major upset to the city's staid political establishment. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a political-science professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
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Despite Early Storms, El Niño Could Bring Drier Winter, Experts Say
Reno Gazette-Journal, Nov. 14-October storms got the season off to a surprisingly strong start, but experts warn that this year El Niño could produce a drier rather than wetter winter for Northern Nevada and the Sierra. (Quote by Dan Cayan, a climate expert with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/11/14/85275.php?sps=rgj.
com&sch=LocalNews&sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=
RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_news

Sammy Studios Funds UCSD Game Lab
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 12-Carlsbad-based video game creator Sammy Studios has given the University of California, San Diego more than $290,000 to support the university's Experimental Game Lab at the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts.
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College Etiquette Class
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 15-After sitting through an hour-long lesson on business etiquette and networking skills, Kathryn Nguyen was all stressed out. As a biomedical science graduate student at UC San Diego, Nguyen said she had long been told her research, not her social graces, would get her a job.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041115-9999-1m15manners.html

Is Chocolate 'Mouse' Served with Cheese?
San Diego Union-Tribune, Diane Bell, Nov. 13-Even at England's venerable Oxford University, literacy can be a challenge. Or so UCSD Vice Chancellor Mary Walshok recently discovered.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/bell/20041113-9999-7m13bell.html

Beeps, Blips and Bloops Ring True for Gadgets
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 15-Technology's bounty of conveniences is arriving equipped with a symphony of innovative and distinctive chords. Playful beeps. Thudding clanks. Warm and fuzzy rings. (Refers to research by Donald Norman, a professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego.) http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/personaltech/20041115-9999-lz1b15beeps.html

A Walk to Remember
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 14-About 1,200 people gathered under drizzly skies to participate in the 5-kilometer walk hosted by the San Diego chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. (Quote by Leon Thal M.D., chairman of the University of California, San Diego department of neurosciences.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041114-9999-1m14memory.html

Swearing-In Day Poses Mayoral Riddle
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 12-With so much doubt about the outcome of the San Diego mayor's race, no one has mailed out invitations just yet for the Dec. 6 swearing-in ceremony. (Quote by Steve Erie, a political science professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/cities/20041112-9999-1n12whatif.html

Even the Grinch is Smiling
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 14-Tradition is what the holidays are all about. And in San Diego County entertainment we have plenty of holiday traditions, including several performances taking place at UCSD.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041114/news_lz1a14list.html