First Amendment questioned in San Francisco’s crisis pregnancy center case
Sabrina Werby, Staff Writer
November 9, 2011
Imagine that you are a teen in trouble. Google “abortion San Francisco,” and the first place Google will suggest for you is “First Resort – unplanned pregnancy.” There’s only one problem: First Resort is a center that does not actually perform abortions. On Oct. 18, the San Francisco Board... Read more »
University of California tuition hikes provoke concern, outrage
Jonathan Baer, Staff Writer
October 19, 2011
As public universities all across the nation begin classes for the 2011-12 school year, the University of California system faces financial challenges of epic proportions. On July 27, in a letter addressed to UC students and their parents, Mark Yudof, president of the University of California, made the... Read more »
9/11: On a difficult anniversary, Urban students find peace in nature
Hannah Sears, Staff Writer
October 12, 2011
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... Read more »
Urban reacts to death of Apple’s Steve Jobs
Hannah Sears and David Immerman, Staff Writers
October 6, 2011
Steve Jobs, co-founder and previous CEO of Apple, died Oct. 5 at age 56. “He is considered by many to be on par with DaVinci, Einstein, and Edison. There’s lots of folks that see (Jobs) as a genius and a true innovator,” said David Bill, director of technology at The Urban School. In response to... Read more »
9/11: Urban History Teacher LeRoy Votto remembers how school reacted
Kyra Bergsund, Staff Writer
September 28, 2011
For Urban history teacher LeRoy Votto, recalling the events of 9/11 brings back anger. “I gotta tell you, I was enraged. I also have to tell you, I still am,” Votto said. Although some details of what Urban did as a school on that day in 2001 are fuzzy for Votto, what he remembers is how quiet... Read more »
9/11: Bell tolls for victims, firefighters at Transamerica Pyramid stair climb
September 15, 2011
Legend staff writer Jason Cinti reported on the annual Transamerica Pyramid stair climb, sponsored by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the American Lung Association. More than 200 firefighters, some from as far away as Reno, Nev., showed up to climb the 48-story building, many of them... Read more »
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