The Urban Legend

Ending the drought one drip at a time

Ilana Brandstetter, Features Editor • November 19, 2014

Despite the Urban community’s pride as environmentalists, few students have made significant changes in the midst of California’s worst drought in reported history. Diana Silvestri (’15), a member...

Male students’ fashion at Urban school now reflects teachers’ fashion of the past

Zoe Meneghetti, Staff Writer • November 14, 2014

An Urban Legend reporter compares the fashion trends between Urban male teachers and Urban male students. No matter how chilly math teacher Riley Maddox was, you could almost always catch him wearing...

OPINION: It is necessary for the Sophomores to take the PSAT?

Olivia DiNapoli, Staff Writer • October 29, 2014

After hauling themselves out of bed early Saturday morning, Urban school sophomores and juniors tiredly trekked into the gym to take the PSAT. For both 11th and 10th- grade students it is used as preparation...

Students and teachers reflect their opinions on whether bells should be used at Urban

Hannah Berk, Staff Writer • October 14, 2014

The idea of having bells at Urban has been tossed around for years. Some students and faculty members want bells, while most think that they will be disrupting. In a survey filled out 71 percent of...

SAT reworks 2016 test to include ‘relevant’ vocabulary, math that matters, no penalty for wrong answers

Aleah Jennings-Newhouse, Staff Writer • May 8, 2014

For years, the SAT has been demanding students to write a grueling 25-minute essay, study vocabulary words that they have never seen before, and answer math questions that are difficult only because of...

OPINION: Down with Urban’s garden culture

Olive Lopez, Staff Writer • March 3, 2014

On sunny days, students convene in the garden during breaks, lunch, and E periods to take advantage of San Francisco’s balmy weather. Despite Urban’s progressive nature and appreciation of unity,...