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Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 08:19

New UCSF Alcohol Policy is Indicative of Deeper Problems

By Akshay Govind

There has been a fair amount of attention paid to UCSF’s new policy that a staff or faculty member must be present at campus events that will be serving alcohol.

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  • Opinion
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 16:23

Jon Stewart Exits The Daily Show at Exactly the Right Moment

By Akshay Govind

I was a senior in high school in 1999 when Jon Stewart took over The Daily Show from Craig Kilborn, and I am a little embarrassed to admit I was initially skeptical of the transition.

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  • Opinion
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 16:52

Professional School: A time to do what is important to you

By Akshay Govind

Less than one month after I started dental school in 2004, my father suffered a heart attack, and it was determined he would need quadruple bypass surgery to treat the impaired blood flow through his coronary arteries.

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  • Career
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 12:08

Panel Covers Careers of LGBTQ People in Science

By Akshay Govind

The UCSF Graduate Queer Alliance hosted a panel discussion near the Mission Bay campus on the careers of LGBTQ people in scientific careers, entitled OUT In Science.

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Charlie Varon
  • Arts & Culture
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 12:38

Charlie Varon: Storytelling from the Stage

By Akshay Govind

Bernie Schein lives in a Jewish retirement home in San Francisco. He hates yoga, boutique shops, $6 cups of coffee and the people who drink them.

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