Tiger returning to the game, but not as an icon

Jason Cinti, Staff writer
March 30, 2010

You don’t have to know a thing about golf to realize that sports lost one of its all-time heroes when Tiger Woods crashed his SUV in Florida last November. Unfortunately, Tiger joins a long list of sports heroes whose off-field exploits have tarnished their success. On Feb. 19, Tiger apologized to... Read more »

Mother of Roe v. Wade speaks out on abortion, healthcare

Sabrina Werby, Staff writer
March 30, 2010

Among those watching the recent debate over healthcare reform was Sarah Weddington, who was on the front lines of the fight for reproductive rights in 1973 when she defended Norma McCorvey, the woman seeking an abortion in the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case. We spoke to Weddington about the... Read more »

Urban School’s art show excites and inspires

Zoe Pleasure, Staff writer
March 30, 2010

The Urban Winter Art Show, held on Feb. 11, featured the work of 21 seniors, including media such as sculpture, painting, drawing, jewelry making and filmmaking. The show is an annual tradition, allowing only seniors to display and present their work to the rest of the Urban community. The art... Read more »

Students, city leaders debate proposed sit/lie ordinance for San Francisco’s Haight Street

Madeleine May and Jenna Waldman, Staff writers
March 30, 2010

We walk by them every day. We pointedly avoid their gazes when they ask us to spare some change. Occasionally, we give them our leftover food. For Urban students, the homeless population of the Haight is an integral part of the high school experience. Some find the neighborhood’s homeless population... Read more »

Dante’s Inferno videogame a dark chapter in a literary classic

Cassiel Chadwick, Staff writer
March 18, 2010

When Dante Alighieri wrote, cultures leapt from his pen. His style carved the Italian language, his commentary shook a fractured state, and his subject immortalized the nine circles of hell. In his predominant work, The Divine Comedy, Dante depicted himself as a quiet, cravenly, old man. Donning in a... Read more »

The Decade In Art

Daniel Moattar
March 2, 2010

It’s been a long, hard decade: financial crises, terrorism, Facebook stalking, skinny jeans, global warming, and Dan Brown novels. What we need now – what everyone needs – is closure. Emotionally, the Legend can’t provide that – it’s only a newspaper. But if we can’t be... Read more »