This Date in UCSF History: Cable TV’s Class Divide
[ Originally published in Synapse on October 4, 1973.] Monopoly control and citizen, especially minority, participation are crucial factors in developing guidelines for Cable Television.
This Date in UCSF History: Medical Heroin?
Originally published in Synapse on Dec. 1, 1977. Advocates of decriminalizing heroin received a powerful shot in the arm from...
This Date in UCSF History: Partnership to Develop Mission Bay Campus
At the Nov. 20 UC Regents meeting, Chancellor Haile Debas proposed the formation of a partnership between UCSF and a...
This Date in UCSF History: Defending the Right to Choose
Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 21, 1996. Before 1973, the year Roe vs. Wade guaranteed women the right to...
This Date in UCSF History: French AIDS Furor
Two weeks ago, French researchers reported “dramatic biological improvements” in a group of AIDS patients using a new drug treatment.
This Date in UCSF History: Rents Surge
Presidio student housing has some of the greatest views in the city but is now falling prey to the city’s...
This Date in UCSF History: ‘Is the second sex second class on campus?’
Originally published in Synapse on October 29, 1971. Gary Wilson, General Services employee: “I think the question should be reversed...
This Date in UCSF history: Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic Changes With the Times
In early 1967, David Smith was embarking on a career in academic medicine as a postgraduate fellow in pharmacology and...
This Date in UCSF History: Targeting Guns
Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on October 12, 2000. Guns in the household are 22 times...
This Date in UCSF History: Doctors Cry Foul
Originally published in Synapse — The UCSF Student Newspaper on October 9, 1980. In San Francisco there is one physician...