A Haunting Story of Nature
The idea of good and evil is pervasive in most of society. From fairy tales to modern day media, we despise villains who wreak havoc and worship heroic protagonists who in turn defeat the evil and save the day.
Cordelia
a public chortle, woven and gleeful
This Date in UCSF History: Lunar New Year Facts and Lore
[Originally published on February 22, 1996.] Chinese New Year is a misnomer. The arrival of the same new year is...
Candle Man
His opulent flame burns with an optimistic flow, spurs pirouetting memories in a room that’s dim;
the mermaiden
my roses are yellow, as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden,
Craft Making Meets Science At Artisan Guild Market
What does craft making and science have in common? Quite a bit if made by members of the UCSF community.
Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’: a Masterful, Timeless Thriller (set in San Francisco!)
Call me old-school, but I love going to the cinemas. From as young as I can remember, my mom would...
Darkness
Not the darkness that stars bathe in Not the brain illness that requires saving
Divisible cities
[ Second place winner in the fiction category.] There is a city to the west built upon a peninsula of...
This Date in UCSF History: Celebrating the Day of the Dead
[Originally authored by pharmacy student Oliver Übeda and published in Synapse on November 1, 2012.] The ritual of Día de...