A Sampling of Clips for 
July 18,  2002

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Most powerful black executives
Fortune, July 22 issue – UCSD alumnus Al Zolar is ranked number 15 on Fortunes list of top 50 black executives.
See link below for chart
http://www.fortune.com/lists/blackpower/index.html?ref=cnnmoney

See link below for Al Zolar’s bio
http://www.fortune.com/lists/blackpower/snap15.html

New test reads cardiac distress signals
San Diego Union Tribune, July 18 – Research led by Alan Maisel, UCSD associate professor of medicine, found that a new test that measures the distress signal from a failing heart can save thousands of lives by helping emergency-room doctors avoid misdiagnosing the potentially fatal condition. The study was published in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/thu/news/news_1n18heart.html

Article also appeared in:
Copley News Service, July 18

Course puts American Indian heritage in focus
San Diego Union Tribune, July 17 – Feature on the Young Native Scholars, a six-week summer program for American Indian high school students. UCSD’s American Indian Outreach program and several other groups sponsor the program. (Quotes UCSD professor Alan Lechuza and Marc Chavez, American Indian academic coordinator at UCSD).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/metro/news_1mi17native.html

Breaking up L.A.
Los Angeles Times, July 18, Pg. 1 – The promises of boroughs is nothing new in Los Angeles. When the outlying areas start grumbling, downtown leaders vow to give them more voice and power. Then the promises are forgotten or small reforms are substituted for substantive power-shifting ones. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steven Erie).
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Sex focus on speculation, not evidence, in Van Dam trial
Los Angeles Times, July 18, Pg. 6 – There has been a surprising dearth of testimony in the David Westerfield trial about an issue at the heart of the case: sex. (Quotes UCSD psychiatrist Nasra Haroun).
* No link available online.

Cigarette marketers find new tactic
Ottawa Citizen, July 18, Pg. A14 – UCSD researchers found that teens with the most authoritative parents were more likely to be swayed by cigarette advertising and promotions than their peers with less authoritative parents. (Quotes UCSD family and preventative medicine professor John Pierce).
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Panel to discuss improving K-12 schools
San Diego Daily Transcript, July 18 – UCSD Vice Chancellor of External Relations James Langley will participate in a panel discussion on how higher education is to help improve K-12 education.
(Article is not available).