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On the day of the snake walk, I was up before the sun preparing myself and a bag full of...
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First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest for poetry.
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[Originally published in Synapse on Sept. 16, 1996.] Summer is supposed to be relaxing and free from stress. Quite the...
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This past year, UCSF’s School of Nursing quietly stopped accepting applicants to the master’s entry program in nursing (MEPN), a...
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