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Affirmative Action has taken some hard hits n California this past year. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that the chancellor t the Univeristy of California at Berkeley is currently developing a igh-profile outreach campaign for the next generation of minority students

In her continuing series of "post-war postcards", essayist Alice urlaud (FUR-low) talks to an American serviceman who describes the inner onflicts he dealt with as he guarded German prisoners of war.

NPR'S JOHN BURNETT REPORTS THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME HOPE OF RELIEVING THE AGRICULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCOURGE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN FIRE ANT IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.

Liane Hansen speaks with Washington Post reporter Nora oustany (boos-STAHN-nee) about the two Iraqi generals who defected last week rom the inner circle of Saddam Hussein. The generals have called for the verthrow of Hussein through pressure from the international community.

The United Nations women's conference in China begins tomorrow. NPR's Marykay Magistead spoke with officials on the American delegation to the conference and has this report.

Jacki talks to Barbara Hodgson, author of "The Tattooed Map," (Chronicle Books) a story about a woman who travels to Morocco and wakes up one morning with a mysterious map tattooed on her arm. She decides to follow the map and disapprears.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NAT HENTOFF, LONG-TIME COLUMNIST WITH THE "VILLAGE VOICE," ABOUT A $40,000 SURVEY FUNDED AND CONDUCTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, TO DISCOVER IF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY ARE DRIVEN CRAZY BY THE CITY.

NPR'S MARGO ADLER REPORTS THAT GETTING A PASSPORT FAST MAY CURRENTLY TAKE DAYS.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH INTERNATIONALLY SYNDICATED CHESS COLUMNIST SHELBY LYMAN ABOUT THE THIS WEEK'S START OF THE PROFESSIONAL CHESS ASSOCIATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP...PITTING 32-YEAR-OLD RUSSIAN GARY KASPAROV AGAINST 25-YEAR-OLD CHALLENGER VISWANATHAN ANAND (vis-WHAN-a-thon UH-NAND) FROM INDIA.

The Farmer's Market in Los Angeles has been going strong for ome 60 years now. It's a colorful collection of fruit stands and eateries. eekend Edition essayist Lester Sloan profiles the "mayor of the Farmer's arket"...a woman who has seen it all in her many years on the sidelines of one f the city's most distinctive landmarks.