A Sampling of Clips for 
October 24, 2003

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UC Chief Defends Admissions Rules, Cites Diversity as Goal
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 24-University of California President Robert Dynes offered a vigorous defense Thursday of admissions practices that allow many students who score below average on the SAT entrance examination to attend the system's most prestigious campuses, even as high-scoring students are rejected. The UC president, who stepped into the system's top job in June after more than a decade shepherding the UC San Diego campus as its chancellor, strongly backed the thrust of the system's approach to admissions.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dynes24oct24,1,3706794.story

SD UC Rankings
City News Service, Oct. 23-UC San Diego is ranked 16th nationally on a list of the 100 best values in public education, the University of California announced today. Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine first ranked schools based on freshman SAT or ACT scores, admission rates, student-faculty ratios and other measures of academic quality.
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Range of SAT Scores Raises Questions About the Admissions Policy at UCSD
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 24-Nearly 800 students whose SAT scores were below the1293 average of all applicants were admitted to UC San Diego last year, 58 percent of whom were underrepresented minorities. While an equal number of students with higher SAT scores were denied admission, UCSD officials emphasize that students with lower scores made up only 4.7 percent of all admitted students. Most admitted students had good grades and SAT scores that were closer to or surpassed the 1293 average. UCSD Admissions Director Mae Brown defended the policy, saying UC's responsibility as stated in California's Master Plan of Higher Education is to accept students from among the top 12.5 percent of high school graduates, a group that isn't limited to those with outstanding grades and test scores.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20031024-9999_7n24ucsd.html

$4 Million Grant to Aid Disaster Response Plan
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 24-Drawing on the region's expertise in wireless communications, UCSD and the VA San Diego Healthcare System have landed a $4.1 million federal grant to transform the way emergency crews respond to terrorist attacks and other disasters. (Quote by Dr. Leslie Lenert, director of the project and a professor of medicine at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20031024-9999_7m24wiisard.html

Group United in Commitment to the Community
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 24-When residents of San Diego's Lincoln Park had become fed up with the recent string of crimes in the area, local pastors called a meeting and Black Men United was born. Today the group is led by Julius Philips, an assistant community health representative at the UCSD Cancer Center, who has volunteered by conducting surveys and administering basic health tests to poor men, women and children.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/rowe/20031019-9999_mz1c19rowe.html

Interview: Mikkal Herberg of UCSD, on Case Against ChevronTexaco in Ecuador
Minnesota Public Radio: Marketplace, Oct. 23-In Lago Agrio, Ecuador, California-based ChevronTexaco Corporation is accused of polluting the land, poisoning families and killing their animals. The lawsuit, which got under way in Ecuador this week, is widely seen as a test in an emerging area of international law. Mikkal Herberg teaches international politics and energy at the University of California, San Diego, and he's familiar with this case.
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Center Stage
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 24-Sharks, fishes and stingrays: In celebration of its centennial, Scripps Institution of Oceanography is hosting an "Oceans of Fun" open house from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow on the Scripps campus.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_2m24fyi.html