A Sampling of Clips for
July 17, 2006
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Meet the Press
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 17 -- Katie Couric’s schedule in San Diego was much the same as it was this week in Tampa, Fla., Dallas, Minneapolis and Denver: a “town meeting” to learn what local folks want in their network news shows, and a fundraiser for a local medical institution, in this case the Moores Cancer Center at UCSD. About 400 people paid $150 or more to have lunch in a sweltering party tent on the UCSD campus and hear Katie Couric's half-hour talk. She shared memories of her husband's fight against colon cancer, offered some light-hearted but ultimately serious anecdotes about her own televised colonoscopy, which inspired untold numbers of Americans to do the same, and praised the doctors and staff at the Moores Center. More
Lebanon Conflict a Perilous Gamble
The Chicago Tribune, July 16 -- U.S. and Lebanese officials are predicting no early end to a crisis that many fear could rapidly escalate out of control. In Tehran, most ordinary Iranians are convinced that Hezbollah's move was timed to ease pressure on Iran and its nuclear program at the Group of Eight summit and at the U.N. Security Council this week, said Babak Rahimi, who is on the Iranian and Islamic studies staff at UCSD, and is currently visiting Tehran. "That's the rumor here, that the timing of this is not a coincidence," he said. More
Rapid Brain Growth Seen Linked to Autism
International News Network, July 17 -- Infants whose heads suddenly begin to grow rapidly appear to be at risk of autism, perhaps indicating the increasingly common disorder may be traced to missed connections in fast-expanding brains, researchers said. The study, published in this week Journal of the American Medical Association, found autistic children’s skulls went from being smaller than 75 percent of children to larger than 84 percent of them at the end of the growth spurt, wrote lead author Eric Courchesne of UCSD. More
Kim Jong Il and His Generals
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, July 14 -- The July 4 missile firings by North Korea underline an important and potentially ominous development in North Korean politics: the increasing importance of the military in the country's national decision-making. (Written by Tai Ming Cheung, senior research fellow at UCSD-based Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation) More
Slice of S.D. History from Activist at UCSD
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 15 -- Beginning in the late 1960s, Herman Baca began filing away snippets of information and documents related to the issues he cared about. What he collected, it turns out, is a university-quality archive. Today, UCSD’s Mandeville Special Collections Library will unveil its collection of the Herman Baca Papers, purchased from Baca two years ago. More
Facility Dedicated for Disease Research
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 15 -- The La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology and the drug research firm Gemini Science dedicated a $43 million building Wednesday in their bid for further study of infectious diseases and disorders of the immune system. The four-story structure is at UCSD’s Science Research Park, just east of the John & Rebecca Moores Cancer Center. It will house the institute's 230 employees and about 40 researchers for Gemini Science. More
Busby Stays Upbeat About Fall Election
North County Times, July 15 -- Francine Busby's congressional campaign appears to be limping along, the signs pointing to a dwindling momentum in the Democrat's run. Her campaign coffers have shrunk dramatically. Several out-of-state political operatives working for her have moved on, and at least one group that backed her in the special election appears to be turning its attention and money to other races. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More
