A Sampling of Clips for
November 30th, 2006
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Nov. 30, 2006
Pelosi Rejects Hastings for Leadership Position
Contra Costa Times, Nov. 28 -- In a revealing test of her leadership, House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday rejected a once-impeached congressman to head the House Intelligence Committee, a move that could blunt early criticism that she's paying only lip service to ethics reform. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More
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We Are How We Fight
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Nov. 30 -- We are still struggling with the war on terror, not just terror itself. Even as the recent elections have cast doubt on the administration's conduct of the war in Iraq, we must now consider the costs of the undeclared war on human rights and civil liberties being waged in our name. (Written by Alison Brysk, professor of political science at the University of California Irvine and Gershon Shafir, director of the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies at UCSD) More
The Stuff of Memories
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 30 – “You never know when you are making a memory,” said singer Ricki Lee Jones. In fact, there's almost never a time – or at least a waking moment – when you're not. “Even if you try to clear your mind, say by listening to a song, you're making memories about that song,” said John Wixted, chairman of UCSD's psychology department and a memory researcher. More
T. Rowe Price Gains an Entry to China
The Baltimore Sun, Nov. 30 -- As Wall Street scrambles to get a piece of China's burgeoning wealth, Baltimore investment manager T. Rowe Price Group Inc. won its first share with a historic deal to manage part of the country's social security fund. (Quotes Barry Naughton, a professor of Chinese economy at UCSD) More
UCSD Athena Seeks Nominations
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 30 -- UCSD Athena, an organization that promotes professional development of executive women in San Diego's technology and life-science sectors, is calling for nominations for its Pinnacle Awards. More