The Urban Legend

Are dancers at the Urban School artists or athletes?

Olivia Mitchel, Staff Writer • February 10, 2015

How do we define an athlete? Most never question the athleticism behind common sports like basketball, soccer, or cross country. But dancers seem to be isolated in a realm of their own. Since not all...

New Senior Spirit Committee brings back Urban pride

Ilana Brandstetter, Staff Writer • September 26, 2014

Chanting at soccer games while decked out out in blue and white body paint and going to dances in full-on costume, four years ago, the class of 2012 set a high standard for Urban pride. However, this...

OPINION: New rules chain down The Urban School

Ella McLeod, Staff Writer • November 9, 2013

It was a kind of week that would make an Urban senior flinch. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Journalism adviser Beatrice Motamedi and I sat at a round table in the old library and contemplated the best angle...

OPINION: Did Miley Cyrus’s 2013 Video Music Awards twerking controversy deserve the mainstream media’s attention?

Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer • October 30, 2013

At the 2013 Video Music Awards, popular performer Miley Cyrus twerked (a provocative dance involving the shaking of the butt) in front of a national audience of millions, causing uproar over the twittersphere,...

Strictly Come Dancing: Urban’s newest physical activity class swings into action

Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer • December 28, 2011

Nov. 28-It was a fairly routine morning assembly when ten members of the Urban community walked in front of the school and started dancing to Slim and Slam’s “Jump Session.” Laughs turned into interested...