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June 6, 2002
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Ocean drilling project creating seafloor observations
Oceanspace.net, June 6 – A new Ocean Drilling Program project is building observatories equipped with instruments, including seismometers, deep below the seabed that will allow scientists to continuously monitor and record information and gain long-term understanding of such geological hazards as tsunamis and major earthquakes.  Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor John Orcutt is a co-chief scientist on the project.
Ocean drilling

Walter Cronkite offers a word from the wise
Copley News Service, Neil Morgan column, June 5 – Feature on Walter Cronkite, a recent recipient of Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s second annual Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.
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Former astronaut warns against weapons in space
Hartford Courant, June 5 – The United States should not let heightened concern over national security since Sept. 11 accelerate the drive to base weapons in space, former astronaut and UCSD physics professor Sally Ride said Tuesday.
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Scripps Health settles fraudulent-billing claims
Copley News Service, June 5 – Scripps Health will pay $3.8 million to settle claims that its two La Jolla hospitals fraudulently billed Medicare for implanting experimental cardiac devices such as pacemakers in numerous patients a decade ago.  Mentions a 1999 UCSD Medical Center settlement.
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Making her move
San Diego Union Tribune, June 6 – Profile on former UCSD student Priti Gandhi.  (Mentions UCSD music professor Chinary Ung).
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