A Sampling of Clips for 
October 17, 2003

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Panel Named to Advise on New UCSD Leader
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 17- A committee of regents, faculty, staff and a student has been named to advise University of California President Robert Dynes in his selection of a new leader to fill his recently vacated position heading UC San Diego. Members will have their first meeting today at UCSD, where they will meet in closed session with groups of faculty, staff, students and community representatives to gather information for the search.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_1m17ucsdpick.html

UCSD Latino Group Says Campus Climate Is Hostile
NBCSandiego.com, Oct. 16- Some Chicano and Latino students and workers are saying the climate at the University of California at San Diego is unwelcoming. The group UCSD Chicano/Latino Concilio released a critique of the school's environment that was subtitled "A Legacy of Institutional Neglect." The students and university employees that make up the group maintain that any improvements made to ensure Latino academic success are symbolic, not structural.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/education/2559452/detail.html

News Briefs from San Diego County
Associated Press, Oct. 16-Hispanic students and university employees have delivered a report criticizing the University of California, San Diego for creating an atmosphere they said is unwelcoming to them. The critique, "A Legacy of Institutional Neglect," was issued by the UCSD Chicano/Latino Concilio and charges the university has made symbolic improvements but not structural ones to boost Hispanic academic success. UCSD administrators said they would carefully consider the recommendations.
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Same article appeared in:
San Jose Mercury News, Oct. 16
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/7030052.htm

Sarasota Herald Tribune, Oct. 16
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031016/APN/310160941

Chemical Genetics Sheds Light on Plant Growth
Genomics Journal, Oct. 17-By taking a fresh approach to an old problem, University of California, San Diego biologists and colleagues at other institutions have found a new gene essential for plant growth, a discovery that could lead to the design of better herbicides and even novelty plants. (Quote by Yunde Zhao, assistant professor of biology at UCSD.)
http://www.separationsnow.com/basehtml/SepH/1,,6-5-6-0-35075-ezine-0-8,00.html

Marshall Rosenbluth
The Times (London), Oct. 17-Marshall Rosenbluth was an outstanding scientist affectionately known as "the pope of plasma physics" because of his contribution to nuclear fusion. Between 1960 and 1967, he taught physics at the University of California at San Diego. Rosenbluth died of pancreatic cancer on September 28, 2003, aged 76.
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Unions Here Walk Fine Line
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 17- As head of an American Postal Workers Union local in San Diego County, Tom Wood has been asking members to do what they can to help striking grocery workers in their cause. He has urged them to walk the picket lines outside Vons, Ralphs and Albertsons stores. When labor groups held a rally yesterday to support the grocery workers, Wood was there. (Quote by Gary Fields, an assistant professor of communication at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20031017-9999_1b17unions.html

Shopper Response May Sway Outcome of Southern California Supermarket Strike
The Press-Enterprise, Oct. 17- The Southern California supermarket strike, like any strike or lockout, is a battle of attrition. The union wants to cause enough economic damage to the grocery chains that Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons return to the negotiating table to work out a deal. The chains want to hold out for a deal that benefits their bottom line, but they risk losing revenue and loyal customers. (Quote by Julian Betts, labor expert and professor of economics at UC San Diego.)
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Peregrine Again Delays Fiscal Results
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 17- Peregrine Systems, which emerged from bankruptcy in August, said yesterday its long-awaited financial results for the fiscal year that ended more than six months ago will be delayed for two more months. (Quote by Michael Willoughby, a professor of accounting at the University of California San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20031017-9999_1b17prgn.html

Why California Voters Got it Right
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Oct. 17-UCSD professor Sean Smith defends the California voters' decisions in the gubernatorial election and rebuts claims that voters were not able to discern reality from entertainment.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/opinion/news_mz1e17smith.html

Today's Events In Washington
The Bulletin's Frontrunner, Oct. 17-The Institute for International Economics (IIE) hosts a luncheon meeting to discuss upcoming leadership decisions at major international economic organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization, whose selection decisions IIE believes need to be substantially improved. The discussion will be led by Professor Miles Kahler of the University of California at San Diego.
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