Marney Kline, Staff Writer
April 19, 2012
Cast of the "Swear Words" performance. On Friday, April 20 at 7 p.m., Urban’s Students for Women’s Equality and Rights (SWEAR) club will... READ MORE »»
Caption: Cast of SWEAR Words performance.
Jonathan Baer, Cody Siler and Sabrina Werby, Staff Writers
April 14, 2012
Founder of the “It Gets Better” campaign and sex columnist Dan Savage sparked controversy on Friday while presenting the keynote address at National... READ MORE »»
Caption: Author and cofounder of the "It Gets Better Project" Dan Savage addresses an auditorium full of high school journalists at the NSPA convention in Seattle.
Hannah Sears and David Immerman, Staff Writers
April 12, 2012
Urban Legend journalists won 17 awards in the National Federation of Press Women’s 2012 High School Communications Contest. The California Press Women... READ MORE »»
Caption: The Legend staff poses in Urban's garden
Sabrina Werby and Cody Siler, Staff writers
February 23, 2012
Urban’s curriculum committee is tackling the new frontier of global education as part of its Vision 2013 initiative. Over the next few years, students... READ MORE »»
Caption: Aideen Murphy ('14) teaches "Duck, Duck, Goose" to children from a Mumbai school run by Teach for India fellows. Urban students visited the school in Dec. to understand how different problems, such as education, are being addressed in India.
Jessie King Fredel, Staff writer
February 23, 2012
What does one do after becoming the 13-year-old darling of the international fashion world? For Tavi Gevinson, the logical next step was the creation of... READ MORE »»
Caption: A screenshot of Tavi Gevinson's Rookie, an online magazine for teenagers. In addition to editing her fashion blog, Style Rookie, Gevinson, now 15, is the editor in chief of Rookie, with a staff of about 40 people.