The H1N1 Virus at Urban
December 10, 2009
By Sabrina Werby and Madeline May As flu season approaches, The Urban School is preparing for a possible outbreak of the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as the swine flu. According to Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Chief of Pediatrics of San Francisco General Hospital, professor of pediatrics at UCSF, and vice... Read more »
Sneeze Video
December 10, 2009
Got stress? Many Urban School students do. What to do.
Adrienne von Schulthess, Opinions editor
December 10, 2009
I recognize the irony of writing this article at 10 p.m. After a no-homework weekend and Thanksgiving break, during which I found myself with no assignments, sports or other obligations — the anxiety is back: the early mornings, the tests, the social and family tensions and the pressure. Mark Salkind,... Read more »
Mascot Blues
Daniel Moattar, staff writer
December 10, 2009
I visited Northwestern University in April during a trip to Chicago. My tour guide was a chatty, generically pretty blonde junior who, for the purpose of this story, I will call Sarah. I was accompanied by a half-dozen fresh arrivals from the West Coast, and none of us, least of all me, were dressed... Read more »
Local Company Develops Needle-Free Vaccines
Hannah Gorman
December 10, 2009
As swine flu season begins, many people aren’t worrying about getting sick; they’re dreading the vaccine. Simone Hudson (’12) freely admits that she is terrified of needles. “I just hate needles,” she explains. “[They] freak me out…the thought alone makes me wince.” The Journal of Family... Read more »
Nymph Errant
Anne Vetter, Staff Writer
December 10, 2009
Only Urban would stage a play that revolves around a young woman trying to lose her virginity. Nymph Errant, by Cole Porter and Romney Brent, opened in Manchester on Sept. 11, 1933, and ran for only 154 performances. (Here in California, 76 years later, it could not be anything but the contrary.) Director... Read more »
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