A Sampling of Clips for 
October 05, 2005

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The Time Is Now: Bust Up The Box!
New York Times, Oct. 5-Computing is breaking out of the beige box. Millions of miles of fiber-optic cables are weaving together software that lives on the Internet and data moving at the speed of light into a single global fabric. (Quote by Larry Smarr, director of Calit2 at UCSD.) More

Getting Going
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 5-If you're in your 40s, you are probably pulling down a bigger paycheck than ever before, and your portfolio has never been fatter. And yet, if research by economists and psychologists is any guide, you have never been more miserable. (Quote by David Schkade, professor of management at UCSD.) More

Youth Drinking Affects Brain Size
About.com, Oct. 5-Previous research has shown that alcohol-use disorders are associated with abnormalities of the prefrontal cortex, thalamus and the cerebellar hemispheres in adults. These same brain structures are known to be actively maturing during adolescence. An examination of adolescents and young adults with alcohol-use disorders has found that a smaller prefrontal cortex is associated with early-onset drinking. (Refers to research by UCSD.) More

Federal Money to be Used to Study Microbes
Boston Globe, Oct. 5-A University of Massachusetts microbiologist was awarded nearly $22 million in federal money for research that could lead to new methods for harvesting energy and cleaning polluted sites. Lovley's team will collaborate with other universities including UCSD. More

Bush Defends Miers from His Own
San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 5-It is a measure of how far off course his presidency has strayed that President Bush spent nearly an hour discussing his priorities with reporters Tuesday and hardly brought up Iraq, Social Security or taxes. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a political scientist at UCSD.) More

Local Researcher Funded
Voice of San Diego, Oct. 5-Thomas Kipps, Deputy Director of Research at Moores UCSD Cancer Center, was awarded a $6.25 million grant from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. More

Arts Commission
Chairwoman Patricia Rincon Resigns
North County Times, Oct. 5-Commission for the Arts Chairwoman Patricia Rincon announced her resignation Monday, citing other professional obligations. Rincon, who did not speak from the dais at Monday's meeting, told commissioners the demands of her job as a UCSD dance instructor and as a director of her own dance company were driving her decision. More

'They're Both Fighting to be the Outsider'
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 5-Almost from the moment she joined the City Council, Donna Frye's image has been that of the maverick, admired by supporters for principled stands, dismissed by detractors as ineffective, bordering on irrelevant. (Quote by Thad Kousser, a political scientist at UCSD.) More