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October 21, 1996

Headliners

UCSC faculty have been called on lately by national and international television for their expertise, including anthropologist Susan Harding, who was a consultant during the planning and production of a new six-part PBS documentary called "With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America." Harding was one of a handful of consultants who worked closely on the production. . . . Also in anthropology, Adrienne Zihlman was videotaped by American Portrait Films of Pennsylvania for a piece on human evolution. . . .

The author of a comprehensive story on science and religion in the Los Angeles Times turned to cosmologist Joel Primack as her first source. Primack spoke of the ramifications as modern cosmology closes in on the beginning of the universe, and also discussed the relevance of Jewish mysticism. . . .

Earth scientist Bob Anderson was just the person to answer a question from a reader in Scientific American about how the wind creates ripples in sand. You can check out Anderson's reply in the "Ask the Experts" column at the magazine's new online site: http://www.sciam.com. . . .

Psychology's Anthony Pratkanis spent two days reenacting a classic social psychology experiment for a segment on "Dateline NBC." . . . And psychologist Barbara Rogoff spent two days with folks from the BBC, who interviewed Rogoff about her research projects in Guatemala and Salt Lake City, and about a Spanish class that she's teaching at Gateway School. . . .

Manuel Pastor, new chair of Latin American and Latino Studies, coauthored an opinion piece in the Christian Science Monitor about Argentina's economy in the wake of the removal of Finance Minister Domingo Cavallo. . . .

An article by economist Carl Walsh about New Zealand's central bank reforms and inflation-fighting successes appeared in Rhode Island's Providence Journal-Bulletin. . . .

A Monterey County Herald article on sea otters in Elkhorn Slough featured marine sciences master's student Jennifer Jolly, who talked about the animals' foraging behaviors. . . .

Marine biologist Burney Le Boeuf surfaced in a CNN report on great white sharks. . . .

San Jose Mercury News columnist Angelo Figueroa wrote about the students at Aromas School, and he mentioned UCSC's plans to publish the kids' bilingual book about the university.

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