The environment one lives in directly impacts one’s health — common sense tells us this. If someone knowingly harms another’s health, clear grounds for reparations exist. What happens, then, if our ...

Hunger is a natural part of life, but have you ever stopped to consider why you’re feeling hungry? Understanding the difference between physiological and psychological hunger can help you make more ...

Originally published in Synapse on March 2, 1973. UC President Charles Hitch said last week the Federal Budget is “more bad news” for the university. Hitch, speaking at the monthly meeting of the ...

Imagine this: You’ve just gone through an intense cycle of labor after a high-risk pregnancy involving a breech birth andlife-threatening complications. But thankfully, with the support of hospital ...

Originally published in Synapse on September 22, 1988. Our colleges and universities have come under highly critical consideration of late from scholars, legislators, and university administrators ...

At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to accelerate, leading to an unusually tall stature. My pediatrician predicted a height of at least 6' 4" after puberty, whereas the ...

The 2024 Synapse Storytelling Contest submissions surpassed all expectations — from gorgeous landscape photography to heartrending personal essays, from campy gore to coming of age stories, this ...

After years of internal debate, I finally got my first tattoo. He’s a small lizard, with a topological map design inside, scaling the outer edge of my left ankle. His fine lines and tasteful detail ...

When the brutal apartheid regime of South Africa refused to heed the call from the international community to end its racist, immoral and illegal treatment of Black South Africans, the global ...

I’m albino. My eyes are … different. In many ways, the world is not built for me. Every time I open Outlook on my iPhone and FaceID pops up, I have to pull the phone far away from its usual position — ...

I have never taken a class about the polycrisis, and in fact only recently learned what it is. The polycrisis is what we are living through, the climate crisis and related issues such as war, mass ...

Originally published in Synapse on March 20, 1974. Wilma Scott Heide, the first nurse to be elected national president of the National Organization of Women (NOW) told a large and responsive audience ...