UCSD News

A Sampling of Clips for
November 3 ^rd, 2006

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Fisheries Face Collapse by 2048, Study Warns
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3 -- All of the world's fishing stocks will collapse before midcentury, devastating food supplies, if overfishing and other human impacts continue at their current pace, according to a global study published today by scientists in five countries. The authors are 14 marine scientists, eight of them from California institutions, including Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. More

Yes: Proposition 1D Is a Good Investment in our Future
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 2 -- Proposition 1D, part of the “Rebuild California” package on the Nov. 7 ballot, is a vital investment in our children's education, safety and future. This measure stands to directly and positively impact education in San Diego, as well as the entire California public education system. (Mentions UCSD) More

Key Democrat: Bush 'Out Of Touch' On War
NBC4, D.C. -- The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee said Thursday that President George W. Bush is "totally out of touch with Iraqi reality." (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

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Where Did the Party's Love Go?
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3 – Francine Busby, the Democratic nominee in the 50th Congressional District, was hot in the spring. In the fall, she's not. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

'Governator' not Ready to Say 'Hasta la Vista'
The Age, Australia, Nov. 1 -- With less than a week until Americans go to the polls, observers of Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign are already echoing one of the actor's most famous lines: he'll be back. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Sam Popkin) More

Could Brain Scans Become Campaign Tool?
Baltimore Sun, Nov. 3 - How do you make up your mind when you cast your ballot on Election Day? Scientists are scanning human brains to try to find out. And they're learning that "your brain on Bush" may be very different from "your brain on Kerry." (Quotes Darren Schreiber, a researcher at UCSD, who uses fMRI to contrast politically experienced and inexperienced voters) More

Starling Songbook
Audubon Magazine, November -- European starlings have huge repertoires of complicated songs. They may also have an ear for grammar. Researchers at the University of Chicago and UCSD recently taught the birds to recognize two syntactic patterns, one thought to be understood only by humans. More

Tweedledee Genes Studied in Fruit Flies
UPI, Nov. 2 -- UCSD biologists say disruptions in genes they call Tweedles make fruit flies short and stout like Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland. More

Scientists Observe Coherence in Excitons
UPI, Nov. 2 – UCSD physicists for the first time have observed the spontaneous production of coherence within "excitons." More

The Return of Daniel Ortega
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Nov. 3 -- Daniel Ortega ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990. He may do so again very soon. The leader of the Nicaraguan political party FSLN, better known as the Sandinistas, is no stranger to the spotlight – he went toe to toe for years with President Ronald Reagan. (Written by Jeremy Martin, director of the Energy Program at UCSD’s Institute of the Americas) More

Reading: Beyond Chinatown
San Diego Reader, Nov. 2 – Q&A with UCSD political scientist Steve Erie about his latest book “Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth and the Environment in Southern California.” More

Off the Mat?
San Diego CityBEAT, Nov. 1 -- Last month, the City Council learned from constituents that Mayor Jerry Sanders had cut funding from a swim team in the money-losing aquatics program and $300,000 for a community-cleanup program staffed by homeless people. In both cases, Sanders chopped the money without publicly alerting the council. Members of the council’s Budget Committee exchanged angry words over the flap with Sanders aide Julie Dubick. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More