Commentary: Bored by must-see TV? Older shows can be classics
Zoe Pleasure, Staff Writer
February 23, 2012
Otherworldly sounds surrounded me and chilled me to the bone. The theme song still gives me goose bumps and, until recently, I was afraid to revisit my childhood fear and relive Sunday nights spent huddled under a blanket. When I was little, Sunday night was TV night. My family would watch “Malcolm... Read more »
Photoessay: Urban school sends students and faculty on educational trip to India
Hannah Sears, Staff Writer
February 22, 2012
Maharajas. The Taj Mahal. Colorful saris, bindis, henna-dyed hair and flowers. Call centers, skyscrapers, the most expensive house in the world. Some of the largest slums in Asia, children without shoes, contaminated water, and emaciated elderly. Affluence and poverty, power and oppression, globalization... Read more »
Don’t flip out: Urban tries a new approach to classes and homework
Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer
February 17, 2012
It was a warm Monday evening. Birds were swooping and chirping outside my windowsill. The net of the basketball hoop was swaying in the breeze. I was thinking of all the videogames I could be playing. Unfortunately, I had missed a day of school and had to do both my homework and somehow reconstruct... Read more »
Video gallery: Urban students and teachers reflect on India trip
Hannah Sears, Staff Writer
February 11, 2012
In these videos, Urban students and teachers share challenging, surprising and inspirational moments from their December 2011 trip to India in an effort to share experiences with the larger Urban, national and global communities. Senior Cole Larsen discusses the uncomfortable attention he incurred based... Read more »
Review: New book helps teens confront cancer, mortality
Jessica King Fredel, Staff Writer
February 9, 2012
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars/But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” This quote from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” was the inspiration for the title of John Green’s latest novel, “The Fault in Our Stars.” When I first heard about “Fault,” I did not want... Read more »
New Urban School group seeks to have students FACE AIDS
Marney Kline, Staff Writer
February 1, 2012
Juniors Isabel Fife-Cook (’13) and Nicki Greenberg (’13) have started a chapter of FACE AIDS, a youth-led organization helping to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS worldwide, but particularly in Rwanda, Africa. Greenberg stresses the importance of spreading awareness since “there is a stigma... Read more »
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