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January 25, 2002
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Scientific findings run counter to theory of global warming
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 25 -- Two more scientific studies clearly contradict the global warming orthodoxy. (Cites a study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography).

Quake Center Given $10 Million for 5-Year Study
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 25, Part 2; Pg. 4 -- The NSF has awarded $10 million to the Southern California Earthquake Center for five years of research to better understand the physics of earthquakes and specific hazards in the Southland. (Quotes UCSD geophysicist and science director of the California Earthquake Center, Bernard Minster).

Risky Alzheimer's surgery could hold promise
CNN, Jan. 25 -- UCSD surgeons have performed an experimental gene-therapy procedure designed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. (Quotes UCSD professor of neuroscience, Dr. Mark Tuszynski, who developed the procedure).

UCSD students seek a dialogue amid the storm
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 25 -- In an effort to foster interreligious understanding, the UCSD Unified Campus Coalition will meet next week. Jews, Christians, Muslims and Hindus will sit down, share a meal and have a carefully guided conversation.

Silencing dissenting campus voices
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 25, Opinion -- With the numbers of African-American and Latino students in the University of California system still below what they were before the passage of Proposition 209, conservative regents and faculty are on the offensive to close off the last remaining openings available to underrepresented students. (Opinion by UCSD associate professor of literature George Mariscal).

Riordan and Davis Widen Money Lead
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 25, Part 2; Page 1 -- Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and Gov. Gray Davis widened their fund-raising advantage in recent weeks, pulling away from their competitors in the race for governor of California. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steven Erie).