A Sampling of Clips for
September 18th, 2006
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As U.S. Debates Guest Workers, They Are Here Now
Wall Street Journal, Sept. 18 -- President Bush is pushing for the U.S. to adopt its first formal guest-worker program since 1964, a contentious proposal that has helped stall broader efforts at immigration-law changes in Congress. The president says the program would respond to the strong demand for Mexican labor in the U.S., and would reduce the number of undocumented workers sneaking across the border to answer it. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, an immigration expert at UCSD) More
Most L.A. Buildings Not Checked
for Damage From Northridge Quake
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 17 -- Less than 20% of steel-frame mid- and high-rise buildings in Los Angeles have been inspected for possible damage caused by the 1994 Northridge earthquake despite evidence that the temblor weakened the buildings' structural support. (Quotes Chia Ming Uang, an expert on steel-frame buildings at UCSD) More
Baby Fat: Cute or Clue?
Orange County Register, Sept. 17 -- Given the national childhood obesity epidemic – and the growing body of research about weight-related health complications – baby fat is no longer dismissed as something a child will outgrow. (Quotes Dr. Philip R. Nader, professor emeritus of pediatrics at UCSD) More
A Higher Calling for Higher Education
Oakland Tribune, Sept. 17 -- Charter schools increasingly are finding a new ally in their mission to transform California's educational offerings: colleges and universities. It started in 1999, when officials at UCSD bargained with school district officials there to open a charter school on the campus. More
Suicide Rate a Concern for UC
Sacramento Bee, Sept. 17 -- UC's systemwide governing board agreed to take a harder look at mental-health programs on its 10 campuses. The Regents will review Wednesday a report led by Joel Dimsdale, a UCSD psychiatry professor. More
Marine Life Mysteriously Straying Far from Home
Dallas Morning News, Sept. 17 -- Call it a version of the Peaceable Kingdom gone awry. Biologists say it is a mystery why dozens of marine mammals, some sick and starving, have beached along the mid-Atlantic shoreline this summer in areas opposite where they would normally be found. (Mentions research by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More
Lessons Learned in South Pacific
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 17 – Enric Sala waited 36 years to see the ocean of his dreams. The day came last fall during an expedition to the remote Line Islands 1,000 miles south of Hawaii. Sala, a marine ecologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, began his first day by scuba diving in Kingman Reef – among the most remote of the Line Islands. More
Homeland Security, Get Ready to Rock!
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 17 – The Surveillance Video Entertainment Network is not likely to be hitting TV screens (or, for that matter, airport security checkpoints) near you anytime soon. But its creator, Amy Alexander, a UCSD assistant professor of visual arts, has taken SVEN to the streets and beaches of San Diego, borrowing from rock videos to tweak the nose of Big Brother. More