Jimmy Chang

January 29, 2013

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to a series of burglaries along with several alcohol-related incidents over the weekend. According to IVFP Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy, a burglary occurred on the 6600 block of Sabad...

January 28, 2013

UCSB Disc Golf Builds Interest With Record-Breaking Fundraiser

By Jimmy Chang

UCSB Disc Golf Team founder Mike Sale will attempt to break the world record for most disc golf holes played in 24 hours next month as part of a fundraiser for the team to attend the National Collegiate Disc Golf Champio...

January 23, 2013

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to three burglaries and several alcohol- related incidents over the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. Officers responded to a reported theft on the 800 block of Camino Pes...

January 22, 2013

Homeland Security To Investigate Human Smuggling After Panga Boat Found In Goleta

By Jimmy Chang

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating the possibility of human smuggling after a 30-foot panga boat was found washed up on Goleta Beach last Friday morning. The fiberglass boat, which was discovered b...

January 16, 2013

CalPIRG Blends Solar-Powered Smoothies, Educates on Energy Efficiency

By Jimmy Chang

CalPIRG offered up free smoothies to students strolling by the Arbor yesterday as part of an effort to showcase the powers of energy-efficiency and affordability found in the solar-powered blenders that whipped up these ...

January 15, 2013

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

The I.V. Foot Patrol responded to several incidents this weekend, including a street fire, a fall from the beachside cliffs and other alcohol-related crimes. According to I.V. Foot Patrol Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy, a ...

January 14, 2013

Student-Led Group Sells Vietnamese Food to Support Cancer Awareness Event Relay for Life

By Jimmy Chang

This past Saturday afternoon, UCSB students participated in the Pho-ntastic Noodles fundraiser, an independently planned charity event to raise money for nonprofit organization American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life....

January 10, 2013

Churches and Volunteer Groups Open Doors to The Homeless During Extreme Low Temperatures

By Jimmy Chang

Santa Barbara County’s emergency warmth centers — coordinated systems of various churches, nonprofit groups, vol- unteers and county employees working together to shelter the homeless in the winter — have been unde...

January 9, 2013

Interdisciplinary Study Disproves Link Between Genetics, Diabetes

By Jimmy Chang

UCSB biomedical researchers recently discovered that Type 2 diabetes is triggered by alterations in cellular metabolism as opposed to predetermined genetics. Their findings were published on Dec. 27 in the open-access, p...

November 13, 2012

Estate To Possibly Be Turned Into Museum

By Jimmy Chang

Last year, philanthropist, art patron and heiress Huguette Clark passed away at the age of 104, leaving behind a 23-acre estate that is now the topic of a heated legal dispute. Clark left behind two different wills, writ...

November 8, 2012

Defense Attorney To Give Students Free Information On Legal Situations

By Jimmy Chang

The Associated Students Legal Resource Center is featuring local criminal defense attorney William Makler for a Q&A seminar on the best ways to handle legal issues tonight from 5 to 6 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. in Isla Vis...

November 7, 2012

New I.V. Residence Gives Discounts to Economics, Engineering Majors

By Jimmy Chang

October 25, 2012

Various UCSB Campus Organizations To Host Alternative Sober Halloween Weekend Programs

By Jimmy Chang

UCSB campus groups are offering various events this weekend designed to accommodate students who are striv- ing to steer clear of what is predicted to be Isla Vista’s biggest weekend event of the year. The Residence Ha...

October 18, 2012

Photography Professor Exposes Flaws of Juvenile Detention in New Book

By Jimmy Chang

UCSB photography professor Richard Ross published a new book — Juvenile In Justice — after five years of extensive research and photography on teenage delinquents within the American penal system. The book showcases ...