Yet, the Benito bowl was not defined but struggle alone. It also made room for life. The wedding scene captured a truth often ...

According to traditions thousands of years old, the Moon Festival is the time for family reunions. Loved ones sit together ...

Shortly after our return to Ecuador, my father became a victim of the very violence we had initially escaped, and he passed ...

I first got involved with Synapse in 2012 and served as EIC 2014-15. Synapse meant a lot to me in a time when I both needed a creative outlet and was figuring out what to do with my future outside of ...

In this series, past editors reflect on their time leading the paper. As I looked through my old articles, a favorite article that stands out is one I wrote about a mosquito-infested backpacking trip ...

Synapse is the UCSF student newspaper. We seek to serve as a forum for the campus community. Articles and columns represent the views of the authors and not necessarily those of the Board of ...

The ancient Romans celebrated Lupercalia, a fertility festival honoring the pastoral god Lupercus, on Feb. 15. As with several other pagan festivals, Lupercalia was subsumed by the Church and ...

I was only four years old when I first learned the word “deportation.” It was a constant topic in our... [In this series, past editors reflect on their time leading the paper.] As I looked through my ...