Public can review UCSD grad housing project
The North Campus Housing Project, which will accommodate graduate students at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is available for public review.
The project will include a maximum of 1,220 beds in approximately ten buildings on nearly 8.5-acres, located on the west campus, southeast of the North Point Drive and North Torrey Pines Road intersection.
A draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) document has been prepared for the project, which means that mitigation measures are included for some of the project’s impacts. The university has determined that the project will not significantly increase the impact on the environment, which was already accessed in UCSD’s 2004 Long Range Development Plan Environmental Impact Report.
The project can be viewed on-line at http://physicalplanning.uc
sd.edu/pub_notice.html. The state review period will extend from Sept. 8 to Oct. 9, 2006 at 5 p.m. Comments on the draft MND can be mailed to: Catherine Presmyk, UCSD Physical Planning, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0965, La Jolla, CA 92093-0965. For more information, call (858) 534-3860 or email [email protected].

Revelle Forum presents Sen. John Danforth
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and three-term U.S. Senator John Danforth will speak on Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., as part of UCSD’s Revelle Forum at The Neurosciences Institute.
Danforth, who is also an ordained Episcopal priest, will discuss his views on the changes in today’s politics and other divisive issues, which he also documented in several opinion pieces for the New York Times.
“I think people of broad political self-identifications have a real sense of respect for Danforth and for what he accomplished in his public life,” said Dan Atkinson, director of arts, humanities and languages at UCSD Extension. “He will be an interesting person to hear from, especially with his background as an Episcopal priest. He is uniquely positioned to understand both sides of the religious and political issues.”
In his new book, “Faith and Politics,” which was recently released, Danforth advocates for a more secular vision of politics, and hopes the country will return its focus to forming a common ground for all citizens.
A number of campus groups and the general public have been invited to the event, and a growing interest in political party identification and religious faiths is present on campus, according to Atkinson.
The talk will be followed by a book signing, and copies of “Faith and Politics” will be available for purchase.
The event will be held in the auditorium of The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, and advanced registration is recommended. Tickets are $35 per person.
For more information, or to register, call (858) 882-8000 or visit www.extension.ucsd.edu/revelleforum.

‘Reagan’ bandit arrested at UCSD
The “Ronald Reagan” bandit was arrested by University of California, San Diego (UCSD) police on Sept. 12 at approximately 3 a.m., after officers noticed him parked in a faculty spot.
Police officers had issued a warrant for Gerald Jones for allegedly robbing the Bank of America on Mission Gorge Road at gunpoint while wearing a Ronald Reagan mask. Jones has also been connected to other robberies in San Diego.
A UCSD police officer spoke with the driver of the parked car on Sept. 12, who identified himself as Gerald Jones. The officer ran a computer check on Jones, discovered the warrant and arrested the suspect. Police discovered a handgun and other evidence associated with area robberies in the vehicle.
“This officer was just doing good police work with something of a suspicious circumstance, with an individual parked out in a reserved parking spot at 3 a.m.,” said Lt. Lawrence McKinney of the San Diego Police Department.
The Ronald Reagan robbery was seemingly doomed from the beginning. After entering the bank and brandishing the gun, Jones dropped the weapon, according to police reports He then demanded cash from the teller and fled on foot to discover that his escape vehicle had been blocked by two delivery trucks. Jones removed his mask, argued with one of the drivers and then rammed his way free, according to police. Meanwhile, the dye pack placed with the money had exploded. Jones drove a few blocks and then abandoned his vehicle with the gun and mask inside.
On Sept. 13, the crime lab matched DNA from the Ronald Reagan mask to Jones. Jones is a felon whose past includes arrests for robbery using a firearm and assault with a deadly weapon. Detectives are continuing the investigation into Jones’ possible involvement in other robberies.

Acclaimed makeup artist will visit Alexander’s
Academy Award-nominated makeup artist Tina Earnshaw will hold free makeup consultations on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29 and 0, at Alexander’s Perfumes and Cosmetics, 7914 Girard Ave., from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Earnshaw, whose self-titled makeup line is sold in 50 stores, including Alexander’s, was nominated for her work with makeup in the films “Titanic” and “Shakespeare in Love.”
“It’s a lovely, new exciting line and its about making people look beautiful, that’s what it is,” Earnshaw said. “Everyone can look like a film star if they want to.”
She is also known for her work with actress Gwenyth Paltrow, as well as actor Tobey McGuire in “Spider Man 2.” Earnshaw recently finished work on the set of “Spider Man 3,” she said.
The makeup expert’s 30-year career began in the 1960s when she interned at Max Factor in London at age 16. Later, she moved into freelance makeup work for television before beginning her work with films in the 1990s.
Earnshaw launched her makeup line in 2004, and will give away some of her products with purchases on Friday and Saturday. For information about her makeup line, visit www.tinaearnshaw.com. To make an appointment, call (800) 326-1632 or (858) 454-2292.

Nobel laureate Sen will speak at UCSD
Amartya Sen believes that famine occurs not from a lack of food but from the inequalities built into its distribution. As a 9-year-old boy, Sen witnessed the Bengal famine in 1943 in which three million people died.
Sen has traveled far from those days of famine but the issue has not left him. Sen now teaches economics at Harvard University and is considered a leader in developmental economics. He received the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics and is called the “conscience of his profession.”
Sen will lecture about the “Illusion of Identity” at the University of California, San Diego’s Institute of the Americas on Thursday, Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m., in the Hojel Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The institute is located at 10111 N. Torrey Pines Road.
Sen has published work on gender inequality, methods for measuring poverty and inequality and how economic policies affect the well being of a community or nation. His books include “Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation,” “Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time)” and “Development As Freedom.”
For more information, visit http://humctr.ucsd.edu/ or call (858) 453-5560.

Shops help children
Two La Jolla stores will help children’s charities this week.
Today, from 5 to 8 p.m., Coldstone Creamery, 909 Prospect St., will host an “Ice Cream Social” with free samples and donations for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Truel’s of La Jolla, 2202 Avenida de la Playa, will hold a sale Sept. 28-30, with some proceeds for the San Diego Center for Children.