A Sampling of Clips for
October 26th, 2006
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Campaign Ads on Oil Tax Mislead Public
MSN Money, Oct. 26 -- The campaigns for and against Proposition 87, which would tax in-state oil production as a way to fund alternative fuel research, have led to the most expensive initiative battle in California history. But all that money hasn't left voters any better informed. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Thad Kousser) More
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Coffee May Protect Against Diabetes
CBS News, Oct. 25 -- Drinking caffeinated coffee was found to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by as much as 60 percent in a newly published UCSD study that included people at high risk for the disease. More
China Gets Tough with North Korea
Yale Global Online, Opinion, Oct. 26 -- The North Korean nuclear test forced China’s leaders to choose between North Korea and an international coalition led by the US. Their decision to stand with the world instead of with its communist little brother is the silver lining of the crisis and ultimately may be more significant than whatever the North Koreans do. (Written by Susan Shirk, a professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD and director of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation) More
Headstrong
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct 26 -- Numbers don't explain how the human brain actually works. Or more important, how it makes humans human. To do that, you need to look at brains that don't work quite so well. That's the province of Dr. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, a 55-year-old cognitive neuroscientist at UCSD who, for more than two decades, has been exploring – and explaining – some of humanity's curiouser mental conditions, from people who still feel their missing appendages to those who see numbers in colors or smell sounds to patients who believe their families have been replaced by impostors. More
Eviction Expected for UCSD's Koala
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 26 -- The Koala, the notorious satirical publication at UCSD is under fire again. The student organization is slated to be kicked out of its campus office this morning. More
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Scientists Study Earthquake Swarms
UPI, Oct. 25 -- U.S. seismologists, including Peter Shearer of UCSD, have found earthquake swarms are not just clustered around volcanoes or geothermal regions but can occur in any seismically active area. More
On the Waterfront, a 'Milestone'
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct 26 -- With some conditions, the city's downtown redevelopment agency yesterday gave the Navy and developer Douglas Manchester the go-ahead they wanted before signing a deal to redevelop a prime chunk of the downtown waterfront. (Quotes Teddy Cruz, a board member and a Visual Arts associate professor at UCSD) More