The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

A psychopharmacological revolution: the rise of antidepressants

Orla Meehan, Caboose Editor and Managing Editor, Creative June 4, 2021

In 1987, a new drug known as Prozac hit the market. From that moment onwards, depression would never be treated the same. With this medical breakthrough came a new wave of antidepressant drugs known...

A lesser-known hearing disorder abuzz

Olivia Mitchel, EIC of Magazine April 15, 2017

For misophonics like myself, meals are as much about sound as they are about taste. Each night, when I sit down at the dinner table, I prepare myself for an unrelenting symphony of slurping, smacking,...

Photo by Olivia Meehan

Is Urban Educating Us?

Zachary Ngin, Book Critic February 5, 2016

Each day at Urban, my peers leave me in awe. They have diverse interests, take advanced classes, speak multiple languages, and hold the future in their palms. They dance so quickly to the rhythm of the...

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