The Urban Legend

Sexual assault discussions at Urban: Are they survivor-centric?

Viva Wertz, Staff Writer & Designer • November 18, 2021

“Each year 434,000 Americans ages 12 and older are sexually assaulted,” according to a Planned Parenthood survey. At Urban, 10th graders participate in a six-week health class, and 11th graders take...

Did you forget how hard Urban was: students, teachers struggle with speedy Fall term.

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Managing Editor • November 18, 2021

As students returned to fully in-person school, Urban classes have gone back to the speed of a regular Fall term. This adjustment has been coupled with a severe learning gap that students all across...

Get to know Jessica Yen

Maya Campbell and Mira Chandriani • October 16, 2021

After a one and a half year hiatus of fully in-person school, the Urban School that students deserted in March of 2020 was not the one they returned to this fall. Inevitably we said goodbye to many and...

Unpacking the Departure: Afghanistan, the U.S., and the future

Max Miller and Ben Katznelson • October 7, 2021

[slideshow_deploy id='12851']Just weeks after the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers, when Taliban leaders refused to surrender the Al Qaeda leaders who planned the attacks, President George W. Bush...

Maintaining Urban: the cleaning processes that allow us to stay in school

Ben Katznelson, Opinions Editor • May 10, 2021

Urban’s return to in-person school has relied heavily on its ability to prove that the campus is sanitary and safe. Demonstrating that the school could operate safely was a rigorous process, and the...

Why Blues? The history of an unconventional mascot

Simon Hereford, Staff Writer • March 28, 2021

“Whose House?” “Blues House!” The cheer shouted at every Urban sporting event. Every student at Urban knows how to respond when a teacher, coach, or fellow student yells “Whose House?” Yet...