Combat the conveyor — life is now, so high school students should enjoy it
Megan Madden
June 10, 2011
Life in high school is a waiting game. Seniors wait for college acceptance letters. Our parents wait for our course reports to show up. We wait to find out whether the math quiz really was a disaster, or whether we’ll be filling a leadership role in the coming year. We wait for the digital clock in... Read more »
New Urban School student body presidents Magidson and Walter-Clay bring new leadership style
Megan Madden, Staff writer
May 3, 2011
Duncan Magidson (’12) and Gabi Walter-Clay (’12) have just been elected your new students leaders. But who are they, really? The Legend sent me to investigate. I met Magidson in the music closet to understand the real Duncan. He was wearing an astonishingly attractive pair of footie pajamas that... Read more »
Editorial: Urban, hate speech is its own breed of violence
April 7, 2011
Recently, a 12-year-old girl asked one of us a question: “Do you think the world is coming to an end?” For many of us, in view of recent events, the answer is unclear. In recent months, members of a Kansas church have protested a military funeral, with signs reading “thank God for killing gays.”... Read more »
Roar of the Tiger Mom: a student identifies the disadvantages of Amy Chua’s parenting
Jamie Friedman, Staff writer
February 6, 2011
Imagine a childhood with no play dates or sleepovers; three hours a day of practicing violin or piano; and an expectation of straight A’s in every class. Welcome to the parenting of Amy Chua, a Yale Law professor whose new book about her parenting style, titled Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, was published... Read more »
The Urban School should have a physical education class
Annakai Geshlider, Staff writer
February 6, 2011
As I scaled a 30-foot wall, searching desperately for tiny colored handholds to grip with my sore fingers and trying not to get caught in the ropes, I looked at my belayer way down below and laughed. I was so glad to finally be getting exercise after a series of long lethargic weeks. Tapping at a keyboard... Read more »
Editorial: California, it’s time to approve same-sex marriage
Megan Madden and Sabrina Werby, staff writers
December 16, 2010
We live in a paper world: checkbooks, receipts, essays, sketchbooks, and the ever-versatile paper napkin. But for millions of gay and lesbian Californians, one very important piece of paper is out of reach. And, to Beth Tepper, executive director of Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, “that one... Read more »
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