A Sampling of Clips for 
October 12 - 15, 2002

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On scientific fakery and the systems to catch it
New York Times, Oct. 15 – Examines the key participants in the research misconduct case at Bell Labs that occurred this year as a result of fabricated and manipulated data. (Quotes UCSD Chancellor Robert C. Dynes).
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Marijuana study tries to bring facts to heated debate
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 14 – A UC San Francisco study on the beneficial effects of marijuana uses human subjects to provide answers to the controversial debate on medical marijuana. This is the first study sponsored by the UC managed Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research. (Quotes UCSD psychiatrist Igor Grant).
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Think school segregation is gone? Think again, says Peter Irons in 'Jim Crow's Children'
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 13 – A review on UCSD political scientist Peter Irons’ new book, “Jim Crow’s Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision,” which chronicles the legal history of the efforts to integrate public schools.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/books/news_mz1v13jimcro.html

When sound is red: making sense of mixed sensations
Washington Post, Oct. 14 – Research into synesthesia, the phenomenon whereby people experience different senses bleeding into one another, is teaching scientists important lessons about the normal brain and creativity. (Quotes UCSD neurologist V.S. Ramachandran).
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Trophy-takers leave incriminating evidence
Associated Press, Oct. 14 – UCSD psychiatrist J. Reid Maloy comments on “trophy-taking” which occurs when a criminal records or videotapes the crimes that he/she commits. Maloy is an expert on criminal psychology and is consulted on many high-profile cases.
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Neutrino hunters borrow military ears—and eyes
Science Magazine, Oct. 14 – The U.S. Navy gave physicists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Stanford access to a 250-square-kilometer array of underwater microphones located in the Bahamas in support of a study on high energy-neutrinos. The military had originally designed this piece of hardware for Cold War investigations. (Quotes Scripps acoustician Mike Buckingham).
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/298/5591/43

A question of will
Boston Globe, Oct. 15 – A neuro-scientific debate gives a modern twist to the age-old controversy of free will. (Quotes UCSD Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition V.S. Ramachandran).
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A call to quit the habit
Montreal Gazette, Oct. 12 – A study by UCSD researchers found that telephone counseling works for smokers who want to quit the habit.
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UCSD lecturers ready to picket today to support 1,000 strikers
San Diego Union Tribune, Oct. 15 – Dozens of UCSD lecturers are expected to picket this morning as more than 1,000 of their colleagues at five UC campuses continue a two-day strike to pressure their employer to compromise on contract negotiations.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/metro/news_1m15picket.html

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Los Angeles Times, Oct. 15
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VA secretary sees no rush toward war
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 13 -- Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi attended a conference at UCSD on Saturday that analyzed the role that the high number of military veterans have played and continue to play in this region.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021013-9999_1m13vets.html

UCSD runners excel in meet
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 13 -- Both UCSD’s men’s and women’s cross country teams took first-place honors in Saturday’s Division II section of the UCSD Triton Invitational.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20021013-9999_2s13loccol.html