A Sampling of Clips for October 14^th, 2008

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Quiet Political Shifts as More Blacks Are Elected
The New York Times, Oct. 14 – Political analysts say electoral gains are quietly changing the political landscape, increasing the number of black lawmakers adept at crossing color lines as well as the ranks of white voters who are familiar, and increasingly comfortable, with black political leadership. (Quotes Zoltan L. Hajnal, a political scientist at UCSD) More

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Businesses Bank on Solar Power
CBS News, Oct. 14 -- With so many large organizations putting solar panels on their roofs, you would think that it's because solar power is cheaper than the grid. But a closer look shows that it's not that simple. UCSD has embarked on a series of solar installations on campus. More

A Guiding Glow to Track What Was Once Invisible
The New York Times, Oct. 13 – Nowadays, using optical microscopes, biologists can see what was once invisible with the help of a fluorescent protein that is the focus of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. The prize was awarded to Osamu Shimomura of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts and Boston University, Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Roger Y. Tsien of UCSD. More

Art Exhibit Takes Interactivity to New Level
MSNBC, Oct. 14 -- Interactive art is still trying to gain the widespread respect of the art world, with some arguing true art is completely controlled and written by the artist. (Quotes Sheldon Brown is the director for the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts at UCSD. More

For the Love of Animals
WXEL, Fla., Oct. 14 -- "The rescued dogs, cats, rabbits and horses who live with so many of us today ultimately owe their survival" to British reformers, writes UCSD Professor Kathryn Shevelow in For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement. These men and women, she writes, "forced the law for the first time to become responsive to the plight of animals." More

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Chimps: Not Human, But Are They People?
Wired News, Oct. 14 -- As a population of West African chimpanzees in the Ivory Coast that just two decades ago numbered 10,000 and accounted for half of the world's population dwindles to just a few thousand, scientists are calling for a looser definition of personhood that would include our close evolutionary cousins. (Quotes Pascal Gagneux, a UCSD primatologist) More

Critic of Airport Expansion in San Diego
Talks About Hhow Air Travel has Changed
KPBS, Oct. 14 -- UCSD economist Richard Carson has been an outspoken critic of airport expansion plans that were put forward by the San Diego airport authority. These Days host, Tom Fudge, joins me now to bring us up to date, as the world of the airlines has changed with the times. More

Increase in Vacant Office Space Points to Recession
North County Times, Oct. 14 -- Vacant office space spiked during the third quarter in yet another indicator that North County has entered a recession. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

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