Opinion: Golden Gate Park’s AIDS Memorial Grove a permanent reminder of world AIDS day
Emily Wen, Staff Writer
December 14, 2011
When I was 10 years old, a high school friend took me to the AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park. We didn’t go because we knew someone who was infected with AIDS or because we wanted to remember those whose lives had been affected by AIDS, but because we thought it would be a shortcut back... Read more »
Opinion: ‘Tis the season to eat meat, but consider the morality of mammal munching
Marney Kline, Staff Writer
December 14, 2011
“My relationship to meat? I eat it,” said Jordan Clark (’12). As Jordan shares her simple and straightforward attitude towards meat-eating, both she and I are put at ease. This statement presents nothing uncomfortable or objectionable. Until you remember that when you eat meat, you are eating... Read more »
Opinion: Call for dress code observance raises questions
Marney Kline, Staff Writer
December 14, 2011
It was the kind of memo that high school administrators send every day: On Monday, Nov. 7, authorities at the Urban School reminded students to heed the dress code after a series of armpit-revealing tank tops graced the school’s hallways. Dean of Student Life Charlotte Worsley explained in an email... Read more »
Opinion: Wangari’s will — time to stop and smell the trees
Annakai Geshlider, Staff Writer
December 14, 2011
Wangari Maathai is my idol. Until her death from cancer in September, Maathai, a Kenyan woman, used the simple act of planting trees to alleviate complicated problems of poverty, malnutrition, and unemployment in her country. Her plan flourished from a small organization employing women in 1977 to the... Read more »
What’s your legend? New column helps teens navigate life
Annakai Geshlider, Staff Writer
November 17, 2011
The Urban Legend strives to publish facts, not legends, as its name conveys. Here in the newsroom we strive to report complete quotes and we fact check each story for accuracy. A good newspaper should inform readers of pertinent truths, be they rural or urban. But beginning with this issue, I’ll address... Read more »
Debate at Urban and in San Francisco: is there enough variety of opinion?
Sam Ball, Guest writer
November 10, 2011
Urban is a school where great debates happen. But something that can only be seen by an outside eye lies in plain sight: there is a lack of substantive discourse in the school and also the city of San Francisco as well. How can we expect to have debates and discussions that have any substance when almost... Read more »
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