UCSD Named One of Best Values Among Public Colleges

UCSD Named "Best Value" College

UC San Diego was named the 10th best value public college in the nation by Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, the university announced Tuesday.

The university moved up two spots from last year's list, which ranks schools based on cost and financial aid, average student debt, competitiveness, graduation rates and academic support.

Two other California universities were listed in the top 10 -- UC Berkeley snagged the number seven spot, and UCLA was ranked ninth.

The list of the top 100 schools will appear in the February issue of the magazine and on the publication's website at kiplinger.com.

Coronado-Based Sailor Killed

The U.S. Department of Defense Wednesday announced that a Coronado-based sailor was killed in combat in Afghanistan.

Petty Officer 1st Class Chad R. Regelin, 24, of Cottonwood, Calif., was killed in Helmand province Monday. He was assigned to Marine Special Operations Company Bravo as an explosive ordnance disposal technician, according to the Department of Defense.

Regelin was stationed at Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Navy officials said.

USS McClusky Leaves San Diego

The guided-missile frigate USS McClusky will leave San Diego Wednesday for a deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean to combat transnational organized crime.

The USS McClusky completed more than 20 drug seizures since the ship first deployed to the Eastern Pacific in 2000, which included disrupting cocaine shipments to the United States in 2009, Navy officials said.

The ship will deploy with a crew of 30 officers and 210 enlisted sailors who will conduct operations with Joint Interagency Task Force South, based in Key West, Fla., and Coast Guard District 11, based in Alameda, Calif., officials said.

On the ship will be two choppers from a Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron to provide aerial support, and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment will conduct boardings and other law enforcement operations, officials said.

"I am impressed with how hard the crew has worked over the past few months. We have been able to seamlessly integrate both our Coast Guard and HSL- 49 detachments, focused as one team, on one goal," said the ship's skipper, Commander Darren W. Glaser.

-City News Service