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: Reflections on Cinco de Mayo
[Originally published in Synapse on May 1, 1976.] This coming week is the celebration of Cinco de Mayo and La...
This Date in UCSF History: Smell The Roses
[Originally published in Synapse on April 29, 1997.] There is nothing like springtime and nowhere like San Francisco to experience...
This Date in UCSF History: Fighting the Klan
[Originally published in Synapse on April 16, 1981.] Last Saturday, International Committee Against Racism (InCAR) and Progressive Labor Party took...
This Date in UCSF History: Science or Control?
[Originally published in Synapse on April 12, 1974.] in Dr. Louis Jolyon West, Director of the Neuropsychiatry Institute at UCLA...
This Date in UCSF History: When Sweets Turn Sour
[Originally published in Synapse on April 1, 1993.] An April Fool’s tale. For countless years now, Girl Scout cookies have...
This Date in UCSF History: Angela Davis Says Vote for Jackson
[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1984.] The women’s movement in this country must be broadened to address issues...
This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era For Equality
[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...
This Date in UCSF History: Fed Cuts Are ‘Bad News’
[Originally published in Synapse on March 2, 1973.] UC President Charles Hitch said last week the Federal Budget is “more...
This Date in UCSF History: The First Black Congressmen
[Originally published in Synapse on February 26, 2009.] For anyone possessing a shred of fairness, reading about Reconstruction, America’s attempt...