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		<title>New AIDS group seeks to have students “face” AIDS</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/top-stories/2012/02/01/new-aids-group-seeks-to-have-students-%e2%80%9cface%e2%80%9d-aids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarneySofia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Juniors Isabel Fife-Cook (’13) and Nicki Greenberg (’13) have started a chapter of FACE AIDS, a youth-led organization helping to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS worldwide, but particularly in Rwanda, Africa. Greenberg stresses the importance of spreading awareness since “there is a stigma and a lack of education around AIDS. Kids and adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban School students struggle with sleep deprivation</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/12/14/urban-school-students-struggle-with-sleep-deprivation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hsears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After studying for a math test, science test, and Spanish presentation, you fall asleep at 2:30 a.m. Waking up exhausted and stressed, you wonder where the balance is between working hard and getting enough sleep. Anne Vetter (’11), says she receives “less than eight hours of sleep a night, (which) makes it hard to focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban high school seniors register to vote</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/11/17/urban-high-school-seniors-register-to-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[candidates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you walked down the street when someone asked if you were interested in his or her cause? If you’re like most students, it’s too many times to count. Students walking through the streets of San Francisco often encounter canvassers who ask if they’re able to vote. And for students over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile: getting the scoop on Mark Salkind, Urban&#8217;s head of school</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/11/09/getting-the-scoop-on-urbans-head-of-school-mark-salkind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[head of school]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salkind met an Urban art teacher who encouraged him to apply for a music teacher position. After he didn’t get the job, the school director (before heads, legs or other appendages of school, there were merely directors), Carl Munger, invited Salkind to work on the art program. Salkind wrote grant proposals and got funding, resulting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Lives: David Bill, Urban&#8217;s new technology director</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/secret-lives-urban/2011/11/04/secret-lives-david-bill-director-of-technology-owner-of-colorful-pants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hsears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In some ways, David Bill, Urban’s new technology director, is an enigma: His double-first name, and his office door, covered in blue pastel scrawls, have prompted much student chatter. On the first day of school, Bill further captivated his audience by sporting bright turquoise pants. We sat down with Bill to learn more about this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus: Urban&#8217;s equity initiative aims at raising academic success for all</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/11/04/equity-at-urban-enhancing-experience-regardless-of-background/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/11/04/equity-at-urban-enhancing-experience-regardless-of-background/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarneySofia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AP Giannini Middle School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Worsley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collaborative Action Research for Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duncan Madigdon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Garcia-Gonzales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lizzy Harvey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Model United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oakland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Awareness and Civic Engagement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent October morning, Duncan Magidson (’12) stood up in the St. Agnes gym and smoothly presided over Urban’s all-school meeting as student body co-president. It was a long way from where Magidson began his career at Urban, as a shy, nervous freshman who thought he was on academic thin ice. “Things we do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus: Urban&#8217;s endowment growing but still behind other Bay Area schools</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/10/25/urbans-endowment-growing-fast-still-looking-up-at-lick-wilmerding-another-bay-area-high-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/10/25/urbans-endowment-growing-fast-still-looking-up-at-lick-wilmerding-another-bay-area-high-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Dinkelspiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, nearly 42 percent of applicants to Urban requested financial aid. So it was no surprise when a recent Legend survey found that 34 percent of Urban students — the single-largest group of respondents — wanted more financial aid over improvements such as new facilities and more teachers. Urban’s website states that “The Urban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J.K. Rowling&#8217;s next move: Harry Potter online</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/10/25/the-next-move-for-rowling-harry-potter-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hogwarts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JK Rowling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen years. Seven books. Eight movies. Thousands of pages colored with brilliantly written characters, an imaginary world crafted with vivid detail, and a shocking amount of intricate planning. There is no doubt that Harry Potter has changed both the publishing and film industries for good. In addition to selling millions of copies of books, Potter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus: At a school that talks about everything, economic status difficult to discuss</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/10/19/at-the-urban-school-only-one-topic-is-hard-to-discuss-economic-status/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Dinkelspiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban students converse about race. They discuss gender. They express views on ethnicity. They share thoughts on sexual orientation. There’s only one topic that Urban students shy away from: economic status. “It’s obviously no longer socially accepted to be racist, but for some people it’s socially accepted to be classist,” said Michela Weihl (‘13). “We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9/11: On a difficult anniversary, Urban students find peace in nature</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/10/12/on-a-difficult-anniversary-urban-students-find-peace-in-nature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanlegendnews.org/features/2011/10/12/on-a-difficult-anniversary-urban-students-find-peace-in-nature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hsears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Stories: 9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Silence, stillness, and mystery; death and nature have always been intertwined, and Urban students felt this connection especially strongly as they hiked through the picturesque Yosemite Valley in California on the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and United Flight 93. Spending time in nature is not an [...]]]></description>
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