California’s game-changing law allows payment of college athletes
Loki Olin, Editor-in-Chief, Print
October 29, 2019
On Monday, Sep. 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-206, a bill that will allow athletes at California colleges to profit off the commercial use of their names, images, and likenesses. Newsom signed the bill on television as a guest on “The Shop: Uninterrupted,” an HBO series produced by N...
No Gain, No Brain: How Physical Activity can Cause Increased Brain Function
Sophia Gibson, Staff Writer
October 28, 2019
When Jennifer Epstein, Health Education Teacher and Director of Outdoor Trips at Urban tells her freshmen health class to get up and go to the gym, to run around to “get high,” the classroom erupts with moans and groans. Grim-faced students get up and make their way to the gym. Twenty minutes late...
Urban boys lacrosse players reflect on team’s tumultuous past
Loki Olin and Editor of Features
June 4, 2019
The Urban boys lacrosse team trudged off the playing field and toward the sideline. They had just been defeated in a May 8 North Coast Section game against Piedmont High School, bringing the 2018 season to a close. The players expected to commence with their standard post-game huddle, but something was amiss...
Who really is Urban’s rival?
Ian Ryan, Staff Writer
May 28, 2019
Rivalries are a core part of sports, from El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid to the Bruce Mahoney match between San Francisco high schools Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and Saint Ignatius College Preparatory. These rivalry games amplify the emotional value of the sport by both pushing...
Students weigh in on Urban Athletic Credit system
Sydney Riemer, Staff Writer
March 28, 2019
With 26 competitive teams and a wide range of physical activities that occur during class periods and after school, sports are an integral part of the Urban experience. According to Urban’s website, more than 65 percent of students participate in a team sport, while others participate in other ath...
The changing face of Urban athletics: Urban’s new athletic trainer
Sydney Reimer, Staff Writer
December 20, 2018
According to At Your Own Risk, a website created by the National Athletic Trainers Association, 90 percent of student-athletes have experienced a sports-related injury and 54 percent of students have said that they continued to play their sport while injured. The website claims that in order to make sp...
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