Yiu-On Li

April 18, 2024

We are Cannibalizing Ourselves: Israel-Palestine Is Not a Competition

By Yiu-On Li

Yiu-On Li reflects on how the Israel-Palestine conflict reveals a problem with how we discuss contentious issues.

April 27, 2023

Watching basketball for the first time: leather spheres and polished maple

By Yiu-On Li

Yiu-On Li reflects on watching basketball for the first time and understands what it means to be a true sports fan.

April 9, 2022

2022 A.S. Elections To Begin Phase-Out of Parties, Campaign In-Person

By Yiu-On Li, Holly Rusch

Both Associated Students (A.S.) parties registered in the election — the Isla Vista Party and Storke Party — are participating this year but, unlike previous years, they are making an effort to move away from the tra...

April 1, 2022

“Pass Down the Torch”: The Four-Year Journey to the New A.S. Bike Shop

By Yiu-On Li

The path to breaking ground on the Bike Shop dates back to 2018, when then-Associated Students (A.S.) President Hieu Le proposed the NewCen and planned to include a new Bike Shop as part of the building.

March 6, 2022

A.S. Bike Shop Breaks Ground on Permanent Building, 47 Years After Its Founding

By Yiu-On Li

The new building will address the most basic concerns around the current Bike Shop by resolving its safety issues and increasing the floor space of the shop from 1,500 to 2,665 square feet.

February 11, 2022

Beer Bottles, Cigarette Butts and Whip-It! Canisters: EAB Cleans 50 Pounds of Trash From Del Playa Drive

By Yiu-On Li

The group collected 50.2 pounds of beer bottles, bottle caps, egg cartons and other pieces of garbage.

February 8, 2022

Stories from Storke: A Late Look at Lunar New Year 2022

By Yiu-On Li, Toni Shindler-Ruberg, Alice Zhang

Writers Yiu-On Li, Toni Shindler-Ruberg and Alice Zhang share their connections with Lunar New Year in the 21st century.

January 30, 2022

UCSB Relaunches Hazing Prevention Coalition

By Yiu-On Li

In the past, hazing prevention at UCSB was completed on an individual basis, with fraternities, sororities, athletics teams and the UCSB Recreation Center all hosting separate anti-hazing trainings.

January 13, 2022

Introverts Are Not Immune — But Everyone Thinks We Are

By Yiu-On Li

Yiu-On Li provides an introspective reflection on the impact of the pandemic on introverts.

January 10, 2022

RCSGD Leads Walk Through Campus in Observance of World AIDS Day

By Yiu-On Li

The event aimed to raise awareness of and stand in solidarity with people living with human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

January 2, 2022

UCSB Students, Faculty, Community Demand Action at Climate Rally

By Yiu-On Li

The organizers timed the event to coincide with the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

January 2, 2022

UCSB Hosts 44th Annual Turkey Trot

By Yiu-On Li

More than 200 participants walked, jogged and ran through courses that snaked along and through the UCSB Lagoon, Del Playa Drive and the Devereux Lagoon.

December 3, 2021

DLG Late Night Cancelled Post-Pandemic

By Yiu-On Li, Josie Hurwitz

Collin Hill, a chef in the salad department at DLG, explained that there used to be two full-time cooks involved in the late-night shift who now help with the dinner shift instead. 

December 3, 2021

Uncertainty and Stress Is the Norm for Hundreds of Students Living in Hotels

By Mark Alfred, Yiu-On Li, Kyra Schimpf, Melea Maglalang

280 students are currently residing in hotels as a result of the ongoing housing shortage.

November 23, 2021

Ortega Is Dead, Long Live Ortega: Dining Commons Reborn as Takeout Hub, Catering Service and Storage Closet

By Yiu-On Li

The shift to takeout will be permanent until further notice

November 22, 2021

UCSB Receives Fulbright, Gilman Honors for Diversity and Inclusion Efforts in Study Abroad

By Yiu-On Li

UCSB ranked four out of 20 in the nation, with 401 total grant recipients throughout the lifetime of the Gilman Program.