Future of the Urban Theater Department
June 7, 2018
Filed under Arts and Culture
Fran After 41 years with the Urban Theater Department, Frances Evens is wrapping up her final show. Before she came to Urban, Evens describes her life as being “in line with the skill [she] needed for this job… I was in preparation,” she said. With her mother’s help, she began doing theater in ...
E-Scooters roll into the limelight
Loki Olin, Staff Writer
June 7, 2018
Filed under Arts and Culture
The E-Scooter, which bears a striking resemblance to its predecessor, the Razor scooter, has proven its worth on San Francisco streets in a variety of ways. The E-Scooter has been observed drastically shortening the trek from Street Taco back to the Page Street Campus, providing Urban students with a...
How social class affects social life
Zella Lezak, Guest Writer
June 6, 2018
Filed under Arts and Culture
Ever since I got to The Urban School of San Francisco, I have always been impressed with the way we deconstruct parts of our identities, such as gender, sexual orientation and race, in and out of the classroom. However, the socioeconomic status of students does not seem to get as much attention outside of t...
Games Page Answers
Kian Nassre, Editor in Chief, Visuals
June 6, 2018
Filed under Arts and Culture, Top Stories
Past and present Urban School students reflect on what it means to “Go Greek”
August Ackley, Staff Writer
June 6, 2018
Filed under Arts and Culture
Every year, we hear about seniors graduating from high school and “going Greek” in college. All of a sudden, when you log onto Facebook, you see pictures of your friend surrounded by thirty others dressed in formal attire in front of a house with bold Greek lettering across the front. But what does...
Short-lived legends: Urban students reflect on their fame
June 5, 2018
Filed under Arts and Culture, Top Stories
Originally coined by Andy Warhol, the phrase “15 minutes of fame” comes from something Warhol said in his exhibition in 1968: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” However, it is likely that this idea was taken from an even earlier Elizabethan idea of “nine days of fame....
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