A Sampling of Clips for 
January 12 - 14, 2002
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Climatologists predict the return of El Nino next winter
The San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 11, Pg. A3 -- El Nino -- the climate phenomena that produced near record rainfall and floods the last time it showed up -- is poised for a comeback next winter. (Quotes Scripps Institution of Oceanography director Dan Cayan and researcher David Pierce).  

Job gains to slow, houses to cost more
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 12, Pg. C-1 -- San Diego's economic cancer is unaffordable housing according to a consensus of panelists at the 2002 San Diego Economic Roundtable.(Quotes UCSD's Economics chair James D. Hamilton).

Troupe says he'll be Cutting out
The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 11, Pg. E-3 -- Profile of Quincy Troupe, UCSD professor of literature, in his capacity as creator, and artistic director of Artists on the Cutting Edge.

Growing Pains for Los Angeles' Airport
The New York Times, Jan. 14, A-10 -- The Los Angeles airport underwent its last major expansion in 1984, its capacity then was 40 million passengers a year. In 2001 it handled an estimated 62 million passengers. Under the mayor's plan, it is intended to handle 78 million passengers in 2025. (Quotes UCSD political Scientist and professor of urban planning Steven P. Erie).

Health Tips - Toxin Linked To Flesh-Eating Disease
United Press International, Jan. 14 -- Researchers have linked a powerful bacterial toxin to the rapid infection of soft tissue commonly called "flesh-eating" disease. Quotes UCSD assistant professor of pediatrics, Dr. Victor Nizet.

Fox's approval decline reflects poor performance, pollster says
Copley News Service, Jan. 13 -- A Mexican pollster says Vicente Fox suffered a major loss in public approval during his first year in office because he mistakenly thought his popularity would translate into successful legislation. (Held at UCSD Dean's Roundtable in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies).

New drugs in the pipeline hold hope for people with Alzheimer's
The Orange County Register, Jan. 12, Lifestyle -- Scientists say the intensity of Alzheimer's research, and the number of potential treatments in the pipeline, make it likely that a significant advance will be made this decade. (Cites UCSD researcher Michael Grundman, and neuroscientist Jody Corey-Bloom).

Launch looks distant for Scripps spacecraft
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 13 -- UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography developed the spacecraft Triana, once envisioned to be sent into space as early as 2000. Instead, it sits in a nitrogen-filled storage container in Maryland with no immediate prospects for launch. (Quotes SIO's Francisco P.J. Valero and Steve Geary).