The Urban School shows spirit at pep rally
Vivien Manning, Features Editor
October 18, 2017
Filed under News, Uncategorized
Spirit day at The Urban School on Friday kicked off with a pep rally in the garden, the main event being the chance for students to ‘pie’ their favorite teachers. As students showed their Urban spirit by making signs for the upcoming sports games, face-painting, and signing up for a raffle for...
Disaster response: then and now
Ana Gorski, Editor of Arts and Culture
October 13, 2017
Filed under News
In the wake of a series of historic natural disasters in North America, the Urban community has provided no forums educating students on the effects of natural disasters that have occurred since the start of school. Historically, Urban’s response has been a combination of student-driven fundraising ...
Gus Vardakastanis, beloved owner of Gus’s Market, dies at 57
Zoe Lusk and Tallula Ricciardi
September 28, 2017
Filed under News, Top Stories
The Urban community was rattled early Friday morning when news broke that Gus Vardakastanis, the man behind Gus’s market, was killed in a hit and run Thursday night, September 21st. Vardakastanis started Gus’s Market, also known as Haight Street Market, with his wife Georgia in 1981, after...
Concern for national science funding in the face of the new administration
Blake Case, Staff Writer
August 22, 2017
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Scientific coalitions nationwide, including the Society for Freshwater Science, The American Geophysical Union, and the American Association of Geographers, are concerned that the Trump administration poses not only a threat to research dependent on federal funding, but also objectivity in the face of...
Fake IDs
Cole Palmer, Staff Writer
June 3, 2017
Filed under Arts and Culture, News, Taboo, Top Stories
*The names of sources have been changed to protect their anonymity ** The release of this story was delayed by one year to protect anonymous sources As he stepped into the gleaming, fluorescent interior of the convenience store, Jamie* eyed the glowing row of refrigerators lined up aga...
The Urban School and Lick Wilmerding co-host fourth annual Girl Talk
Ana Gorski, Head Fact Checker
May 30, 2017
Filed under News
Snaps of agreement resounded through the theater in collective understanding as those who identified with the female experience shared their stories. On Friday, April 21, Urban’s Students for Women’s Equality and Rights (SWEAR) club and Lick Wilmerding’s Organization of Women (LWOW) club hosted the...
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