PISMO BEACH – On an inflatable surfboard in prime California waters, first-time surfers Ms Rebekah Abern and Ms Elizabeth French paddle out to catch a wave under the watchful eye of their unusual instructor: Chupacabrah, a small black goat. This one-year-old ruminant is an integral part of their lesson on Pismo Beach, effortlessly demonstrating the […]
Smith ’23: It’s past time Brown stopped abusing pigs to teach medicine
For years, the Warren Alpert Medical School has been criticized by physicians, legislators and even one of the country’s largest newspapers for its continued abuse of live pigs in the emergency medicine residency program. Even as nearly every other medical center in the country has moved toward more humane practices, University leadership has ignored calls […]