This extra "independent" edition of the paper notably included the controversy surrounding the establishment of People's Park. This represented a first step towards independence from the university, even though the paper would continue to be published as a university publication until 1971.
The Between the Sheets column began running in the Daily Californian in January 1975. Volunteer medical aides at the Cowell Hospital's Contraceptive Clinic (later Conception and Gynecology Clinic) answered questions about human sexuality meant to educate the university community.