A Sampling of Clips for 
August 02, 2002

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What Young Voters Want
The Washington Post, Editorial, Aug. 2, Pg. 23 – This opinion article stresses the importance of First Vote, a crusade started by Jane Eisner. Her aim is to encourage young people to vote during election time. (Quotes UCSD professor of communications Michael Schudson).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33984-2002Aug1.html

Female-dropout study focuses on engineering
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 2 – Female students are more likely to drop out of engineering studies than their male counterparts because they perceive math and science skills as innate and not learned abilities, according to a UCSD study co-authored by assistant professor of bioengineering Sangeeta Bhatia. Bhatia and assistant professor of psychology Gail D. Heyman will publish their study this week in the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_1m2engineer.html

Article also appeared in:
Copley News Service, Aug. 2

Senate gives final Congressional approval to trade bill
Copley News Service, Aug. 1 – The U.S Senate gave final congressional approval on Thursday to legislation freeing President Bush’s hand to negotiate international trade deals. UCSD professor of International Relations/Pacific Studies and director of APEC Richard Feinberg commented that the vote makes possible the negotiation of a hemisphere-wide Free Trade Area of the Americas.
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