Originally published in Synapse on September 22, 1988. Our colleges and universities have come under highly critical ...

The organized bustle, which I had devoutly memorialized the day prior, gave way to a collection of whispers. I listened to ...

My firsthand encounter has not only given me an insight into the patient experience but has also highlighted some of the many ...

Originally published in Synapse on September 24, 1987. On Sept. 12, the University of California Student Association voted ...

[ First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest for Fiction.] It’s Christmastime, and over the hills, in the faraway... At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to ...

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Originally published in Synapse on September 14, 1989.

Our headlamps click on and light up dust particles floating through the cool air. Far above us, condors drift on updrafts in Pinnacles National Park. The caves are not long but steep and twisted, and ...

One of the best parts about San Francisco is that it's relatively cheap to take a ferry, whether to Angel Island, Sausalito, Tiburon, Alameda, or Oakland. Hustling through the noontime energy at the ...

The following has been endorsed by the student boards of the following organizations at UCSF: Jewish Voice for Peace, Students for Justice in Palestine, Pride in Medicine, Human Rights Collaborative, ...