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January 25, 2012

Universities Study Effects of Weed on Lung Health

By Yishian Yao

In a national study, researchers at UC San Francisco found that a low to moderate level of marijuana usage is less harmful to the pulmonary system than tobacco use. The researchers believe the data can supplement the exi...

January 25, 2012

UCSD Tests How Smokers Quit

By Michael Roe

The UC San Diego School of Medicine released an update in this year’s Annual Review of Public Health about the most successful techniques for helping modern smokers ash the habit. The group made significant strides in ...

January 25, 2012

Scientists Relate Liquor to Endorphins Release

By Kayla Koterbay

UC San Francisco researchers have linked alcohol addiction to the release of endorphins in the human brain, marking the first time these feel-good chemicals were directly related to alcohol use in Homo sapiens. Shedding ...

January 24, 2012

Alumnus Produces Crime Thriller

By Derek Rueschenberg

What do a former Gaucho and Bernie Madoff have in common, you ask? Money laundering. Sean Meier, an alumnus of the communication program and former Division I golfer at UCSB, has found his niche in Hollywood as the execu...

January 24, 2012

Regents Move Meeting To Rally at Capitol

By Marissa Wenzke

The UC Board of Regents announced last week that it plans to relocate this year’s May 16 and 17 meeting from its original location at UC San Francisco to Sacramento, where regents will join UC students, faculty and sta...

January 24, 2012

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Garik Hauer

The I.V. Foot Patrol responded to an assault, theft and several alcohol-related crimes this weekend. Deputies received a report of a physical assault at 1:40 a.m. Saturday on the 700 block of Embarcadero Del Norte. Accor...

January 24, 2012

Advocates Aim to Renew Law Against Violence

By Anita Tokatyan

Earlier this month, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris joined 53 other attorneys general from across the country in petitioning the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. The law, establis...

January 24, 2012

SB County Board Agrees to Conduct Poverty Study

By Han Bae

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of a $60,000 analysis of local poverty levels earlier this month after receiving half the funding in donations from the Santa Barbara Foundation. W...

January 24, 2012

Dedicated Violist, Conductor, Passionate Professor Passes On

By Jenna Ryan

Richard Rintoul, an orchestra professor at UCSB from 2006 to 2011, passed away in his sleep due to a heart attack on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. He was 56 years old. Last night, the UCSB orchestra performed a tribute for Rint...

January 23, 2012

SB Zoo Welcomes Giraffe

By Vanessa Angiuli

Michael, a 16-foot-tall Masai giraffe, made a new home at the Santa Barbara Zoo last Tuesday as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums cooperative breeding program. Born in Toronto in August 2006, Michael spent th...

January 23, 2012

UCPD Makes Arrests at UCR

By Marissa Wenzke

UC students and faculty members from across the state gathered on the UC Riverside campus last Thursday to protest during UC Board of Regents meeting, ultimately resulting in the arrest of two protesters including UCR ar...

January 23, 2012

Hospital Passes Federal Inspection

By Max Calehuff

The Santa Barbara County Psychiatric Health Facility was found to be back in compliance with federal regulations last month after undergoing a major overhaul of its premises and services over the past year. Following the...

January 23, 2012

New Bill To Deter Executive Greed

By Yishian Yao

State Sen. Leland Yee introduced a bill in the state legislature that would attempt to curb administrative salary increases at California universities within two years of tuition hikes or state budget cuts. If signed int...

January 20, 2012

Board Boots Crowd from UC Riverside Regents Rendezvous

By Erika Martin

The UC Board of Regents met yesterday at UC Riverside for their second day of meetings intended to furnish a comprehensive method to cope with the university system’s chronic budget crisis. Although the Regents did not...

January 20, 2012

Esteemed Professor Talks Politics

By Mac Kennedy

Renowned Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig spoke about political campaign contributions undercutting the values of a democratic republic as well as the danger of restrictive internet laws during his lecture in the Mc...

January 20, 2012

Patrons Work To Support Clean Energy

By Christine Cha

The Community Environmental Council will “carrot mob” Coffee Cat on Anacapa Street in downtown Santa Barbara from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday in an effort to promote local business and environmental practices. A ...