A Sampling of Clips for
November 19, 2004
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UC Fee
Hikes OKd, Again
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 19-University
of California regents voted Thursday to raise undergraduate
student fees by 8% and graduate fees by 10% for 2005-06, the
fourth consecutive school year that UC students will have faced
such higher costs. (Quote by Christopher Sweeten,
a third-year student majoring in ethnic studies at UC
San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucregents19nov19,1,5187858.story
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KTLA,
Nov. 19
Contra Costa Times, Nov. 19
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San Jose Mercury News, Nov. 19
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NBC
Channel 7/39, San Diego, Nov. 19
San
Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 19
Study: Language Determines Music Skills
Discovery Channel, Nov. 18-The native
language of an individual not only influences whether or not
the speaker will have perfect pitch, but it also affects any
instrumental music that the person might compose, according
to research conducted by Diana Deutsch, a professor
of psychology at the University of California, San Diego.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041115/pitch.html
Judy Woodruff's
Inside Politics
CNN, Nov. 18-A former surfer is making
a political splash in California. (Quote by Steve Erie,
a professor of political science at the University of
California, San Diego.)
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/enews/articles/2004/11_22_cnn.asp
11 Local
Net File Sharers Targeted
Newsday, Nov. 19-Perhaps taking a
cue from recording companies, the major film studios this week
began suing those suspected of making popular movies available
for download. (Refers to research conducted at the University
of California, San Diego.)
http://www.nynewsday.com/business/ny-bzpira194047156nov19,0,5639455.story?coll=nyc-business-headlines
UCSD's Holmes
Appointed to Commission
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 19-A
third San Diegan has been named to a statewide commission that
will oversee a $6 billion stem cell research initiative passed
by California voters on Nov. 2. Dr. Edward Holmes,
vice chancellor for health sciences and dean of UCSD's
School of Medicine was appointed by UCSD Chancellor
Marye Anne Fox to serve on the Independent
Citizens Oversight Commission for Prop. 71.
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UCSD Cancer
Center Nearing Early 2005 Completion
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 19-
Construction of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD
Cancer Center is 90 percent complete. The approximately $104
million, 270,000-square-foot clinic/administration building
and laboratory/research facility is being built on the University
of California, San Diego campus in La Jolla.
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Trade Seen
as Job Engine
Daily Breeze, Nov. 19-Southern California's
only hope for a rosy economic future is to expand the number
of "logistics" and trade jobs -- ranging from truckers
and warehouse workers to freight forwarders, couriers and airline
pilots -- a panel of top regional experts said Thursday. (Quote
by Steve Erie, an urban affairs and infrastructure
expert at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/1202726.html
Dance Film
Looks Deftly at the Dark Side of Passion
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 15-Locals
John Malashock and UCSD-TV director John
Menier team up for a second successful time to produce
"Love & Murder," a dance film which drew inspiration
from songs by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041115/news_1c15mala.html
Amgen Opens
$100M Venture Fund in San Diego
North County Times, Nov. 18-Looking
to profit from the large local biotechnology industry, biotech
giant Amgen Inc. has opened a $100 million venture capital fund
in San Diego. Duane Roth, then chairman of
Biocom and now director of UCSD Connect, said
Thursday that he and other Biocom officials met with Amgen executives
several months ago to convince the company that it would profit
from setting up a venture capital fund in San Diego.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/11/19/
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