A Sampling of Clips for
September 13th, 2006
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Jacobses Give Funds for UCSD Fellowship
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 13 -- Philanthropists Irwin and Joan Jacobs have donated $500,000 to UCSD to enhance San Diego's image in the Pacific Rim by establishing a fellowship for leaders from the Pacific and creating a center for studying Pacific economies. UCSD's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies announced the gift yesterday. More
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The San Diego Daily Transcript
Governor’s Comments
Were Leaked by Foe’s Camp
The New York Times, Sept 13 -- The campaign of the Democratic candidate for governor, Phil Angelides, said Tuesday that it was the source of audio files containing impolitic remarks by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Those remarks were the subject of a front page article last week in The Los Angeles Times, which led to an apology by the governor. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Thad Kousser) More
The Governor's Race:
Unions Ponder Strategy for Fall
Sacramento Bee, Sept 13 -- In their first meeting of the current political season, the public employee unions are getting together in Sacramento on Thursday to work out a strategy that figures to benefit state Treasurer Phil Angelides, the Democratic challenger to the Republican governor. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More
Declining Black Student
Population At UC Campuses
CBS 5, San Francisco, Sept. 12 -- Classes have started at some University of California campuses, and they are looking a lot different from those of years past. There has been a sharp decline in African American students, and at least one advocacy group is blaming the change on Proposition 209, the constitutional amendment approved by California voters in 1996 which bars discrimination or preferential treatment based on race or ethnicity. (Mentions UCSD) More
U.S. Foreign Policy After 9/11
KPBS, Full Focus, Sept. 12 -- UCSD's Peter Cowhey, dean of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies reflects on how American foreign policy has changed since 9/11 and its impact on our nation’s international relations. More
A Look at American Foreign Policy Since 9/11
KPBS, These Days, Sept. 12 -- Tom Fudge asks the experts about how U.S. foreign policy has changed in the last five years. Guests include Peter Cowhey, dean of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD and Michael Provence, professor of modern Middle Eastern history at UCSD. More Click here to listen to the program.
Steve Schick Continues
his Sound Trek across California
KPBS, Sept. 12 -- Host Tom Fudge talks with UCSD music professor Steve Schick about his experiences walking from the Mexico border to San Francisco to capture the sounds of the landscape. More Click here to listen to the program.
Fred N. Spiess, 86;
'Brilliant Innovator' in Ocean Science
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 12 -- For Fred N. Spiess, probing ocean depths was essentially twofold: building and designing new research tools and leading expeditions that yielded answers to the mysteries of the sea. His pioneering work at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography was best defined by his key role in 1962 in creating the Floating Instrument Platform to facilitate oceanographic research. More
Suit over Anti-Prop. C Argument Rejected
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 13 -- A judge rejected a lawsuit yesterday that sought to soften the ballot argument against Proposition C, an early stumble for Mayor Jerry Sanders' campaign to allow the outsourcing of more San Diego city jobs. Steven Erie, director of the urban studies program at UCSD, is one of the co-signers of the argument against Prop. C. More