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

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California’s Skittles Ban doesn’t actually ban Skittles

December 9, 2023

Beginning January 1 2027, four chemical food additives linked to cancer and reproductive issues will be banned in California: brominated vegetable oil,...

Remembering Dianne Feinstein

December 9, 2023

On September 29, 2023, Senator Dianne Feinstein passed away at her home in Washington, D.C. After more than five decades of doing public service in San...

Tech billionaires reshape Solano County

November 2, 2023

After five years of secrecy and speculation, an organization created by tech billionaires called California Forever has publicly launched a plan to build...

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Six students attend the Student Diversity Leadership Conference

February 28, 2024

Gen Z is no stranger to the trending Clean Girl aesthetic sported and advertised through countless forms of online media such as Pinterest and TikTok....

Uncovering the horror of the uncanny

February 28, 2024

Somewhere between animated and live-action lies an uncomfortable medium where a feeling of strangeness mixed with intrigue occurs. Horror films and...

February 28, 2024

According to the National Library of Medicine, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally. The disease accounts for about 1.8 million...

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Behind the curtain: Urban’s Winter Production, “Alice By Heart”

February 29, 2024

  As the lights rise, a somber ‘‘West of Words’’ starts on the piano as a dazzling Alice (Minna Lezak ‘24) takes to singing. This signals the start of Urban’s 2023-2024 Winter Production, “Alice By Heart.” The show is set to debut on February 20, and will run everyday until February 24. “Alice By...

February 29, 2024

Tell me, are you an addict? The answer to that question is likely no, in the context of conventional definitions of addiction among Urban students. But glance beyond the narrow labels of addiction containing smoke and powders, because as the screen-overuse epidemic grows, the answer for some may not be as clear-cut as you thought.  Imagine...

February 28, 2024

A boxy beat plays from the oversized early 2000s speakers, bass radiating throughout the Roc-A-Fella record label’s studio walls into rapper Jay-Z’s ears. Taken aback, he removes his backwards cap and bobs his head to the beat, awed by the 24-year-old rapper who would later be known to the world as Ye.  Jay-Z covers...

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WTF is a Kilometer? Understanding Formula One’s relationship with the United States

February 28, 2024

Urban’s Athletic Director and varsity boys basketball Coach Joe Skiffer leans back and laughs. “What do I do so well?” He shakes his head and repeats my question again. “What do I do so well?” Skiffer grins and leans in. “I’ll be honest...

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Opinion: rubrics are better than you think
Opinion: you should embark on educational escapades

December 9, 2023

Urban students fail to expand their learning outside of the classroom, despite Urban’s numerous opportunities to visit unique locations within the United States and abroad.  School trips...

Opinion: Urban should implement AI into the curriculum

November 16, 2023

At this point, it seems likely that most, if not all Urban students, have prompted the essay crafting, code writing and problem-solving Large Language Model (LLM) known as ChatGPT. Through exploring...

Opinion: Burning Man is burning our Earth

November 16, 2023

Burning Man, a festival that claims on their website to center around radical sustainability, is burning our planet. In 2019, the entire country of The Gambia, with a population of over 2,300,000...

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Grade Dean’s fall playlist

November 17, 2022

Have you ever wondered what your grade dean is listening to when their office door is closed and their blinds are drawn? Well, the grade deans’ fall playlist, featuring five to six tracks selected by each dean,...

October 23, 2022

As a small private school nested in the Haight-Ashbury area, Urban students have developed idiosyncratic mannerisms reflective of such an environment. One such manifestation is in the vernacular used in the community,...

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