A Sampling of Clips for 
February 2 - 4, 2002  
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Scientist's work points to long history of overfishing
Copley News Service, Feb. 4 -- A human history of over fishing had decimated the ocean's largest creatures. Article features Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor and researcher, Jeremy Jackson.

Struggling at a Peak Moment
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 4, Pg. 2 -- Discusses UCSD professor Dr. John West’s research on the body’s response to altitude.

The Explosive Power of Silicon
ABC News, Feb. 4 -- UCSD scientists’ new discovery may lead to self-destructive computer chips. (Quotes UCSD professor Michael Sailor and mentions findings by UCSD researcher Frederic Mikulec).

Similar article appeared in:
New Scientists Magazine, Jan. 19

Inmate's operation at $1 million cost to taxpayers angers many
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 3, Pg. A4 -- The decision to give a heart transplant to a prisoner, while thousands of people are waiting for a new heart, has angered many. (Quotes UCSD professor, Dr. Lawrence Schneiderman).

San Diego thrives in recession
Copley News Service, Feb. 3 -- As the rest of the United States has plodded through ten months of recession, San Diego County has remained an oasis of economic growth. (Quotes UCSD professor Ross Starr).

War against drug cartels now touches tourist trips
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 2, B-1 -- A U.S. Treasury Department order against alleged drug cartel associates, prohibits U.S. companies from doing business with the targeted groups. (Quotes UCSD’s Center for U.S. Mexican Studies project coordinator, David Shirk).