A Sampling of Clips for 
September 25, 2003

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Now on CD, an Inexpensive Method of Genetic Testing
New York Times, Sept. 25- UCSD researchers James La Clair and Michael D. Burkart have proposed a system for molecular screening that uses a conventional computer CD-R drive and an inkjet printer. The two men hope their system will enable individuals to do the kind of genetic testing that is now limited to well-equipped laboratories.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/technology/circuits/25next.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1064504643-DsEhYDMg4Suu4FowSsXUVQ

Scientists Track How Bees Communicate
Washington Times, Sept. 23-A team of biologists working in Brazil may have found clues to resolving the longstanding mystery of how some bees communicate. The study by researchers from the University of California, San Diego and the University of Sao Paulo focuses on why some species, such as honeybees, communicate the location of food with dances in their hives and why other bees simply leave scent trails from the food source to the nest.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20030923-054555-6203r.htm

Recall Finds Loopholes In Campaign Finance Law
Washington Post, Sept. 25- Six-figure donations from labor unions, regulated state industries, Indian casinos and the wealthy have become commonplace in the campaigns of Davis, Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante and Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger in the first election under a new state law that was supposed to limit contributions to $ 21,200. The current recall reveals loopholes that need to be amended in campaign finance law. (Quote by Gary C. Jacobson, a political scientist at the University of California at San Diego.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60327-2003Sep24.html

Protein Finding Helps Explain Gene Defect's Role in Huntington's
BetterHumans, Sept. 24- A gene linked with Huntington's disease has now been linked with a defective protein that blocks the transportation system for signals and protein cargoes in the brain. Researchers from University of California, San Diego have for the first time shown that a defective huntingtin protein causes neuron damage by gumming up and blocking traffic along axons.
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2003-09-24-2

Ocean Science Focus at Gathering
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24- About 5,000 oceanographers, marine technicians and ocean policy experts from around the world are in San Diego for an annual ocean science meeting called Oceans2003. At the event, historians from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla will discuss the institution's 100th anniversary and its contributions to ocean science.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/metro/news_6m24adbriefs.html

Stepping Out Alongside the Tracks
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25- In addition to the challenges of establishing a new life in an unfamiliar country, Yolande Snaith's tenured position at UCSD comes with a big assignment: to establish a cross-disciplinary MFA program in dance that would draw on theater, a major focus of the campus' graduate arts education.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/night_day/news_mz1w25tracks.html

Intrigue a Novel Concept at the Scripps Institution
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 24-Visitors to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which celebrates its centennial this month, have access to handful of novels in which SIO, or a facsimile thereof, is the scene for assorted fictional adventures. The following are summaries of some of the novels available.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/scripps/20030924-9999_1c24singular.html

Stem-Cell Laws Put State in Vanguard
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25- California moved toward cementing its role as the national hub for stem-cell research yesterday with the signing of new laws establishing a registry of embryos donated for research and directing the Department of Health Services to establish guidelines for scientists. (Quote by Larry Goldstein, a professor and stem-cell researcher at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20030925-9999_1n25stem.html

Red Tide Brings Murky Change to Ocean
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25- For the past few weeks, the waters off much of Southern California have turned a strange brownish-red. It's a phenomenon known as red tide - a sudden overpopulation of phytoplankton or algae, microscopic plant cells crucial to the oceanic food chain. (Quote by Peter Franks, a professor with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030925-9999_7m25redtide.html

Researchers Say Whaling Altered the Food Chain
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sept. 25- A study scheduled for release today sets forth a radical and potentially important new idea: An ecological chain reaction dating to industrial-scale hunting of whales in the North Pacific a half-century ago has driven the widespread decline of Alaskan seals, sea lions and otters that have puzzled scientists for decades. (Quote by Jeremy Jackson, a scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla.)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/141208_whales25.html

Lagoon Foundation Gets $80,000 for Nature Center
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25- The Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation's long-delayed education and nature center could open in the spring now that the nonprofit group has secured $80,000 from the city. The foundation is working on a program with UC San Diego's Regional Workbench Consortium, which studies how environment and development interrelate regionally and globally.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/metro/news_1mc25agua.html

Russian Educators Canvass Campuses
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25-- A delegation of Russian educators, who are observing all levels of education available in the United States to get ideas, was impressed with our technology and our focus on students' welfare - but not with our math. The tour ends tomorrow at the University of California, San Diego where they will focus on graduate programs.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/metro/news_1mi25russ.html