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 »
Editorial: Where is Urban’s middle class?
Unsigned editorial
November 6, 2011
Not many of us like to show off extreme wealth. Similarly, not many want others to know that they fall below the poverty line. However, over the past few years at Urban, we’ve observed an interesting phenomenon involving many of our peers who genuinely think that they are part of the largest socioeconomic... Read more »
Opinion: It’s time to move on from 9/11 memorials
Marney Kline, Staff Writer
November 4, 2011
Bruce Bochy was a bore. It was 9/11 and I was standing in the Giants’ dugout, watching the Giants manager speak listlessly to reporters who swarmed around him like vultures as he perched in the dugout for a pre-game interrogation. Looking into his watery, wise old eyes, which looked like they have... Read more »
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