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The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

End the rule against athlete participation in One Acts

Jack Cogen, EIC of Opinions May 10, 2018

For the past eight years, Urban’s rules have prohibited students who play spring sports from participating in the annual One Acts Festival. Not only are students with an existing athletic commitment...

EDITORIAL: Urban, We Need to Talk About #MeToo

Jack Cogen, Opinions Editor April 3, 2018

The second half of 2017 and these early months of 2018 have been characterized by the anti-sexual abuse movement #MeToo as well as Time’s Up, a legal fund with similar goals set up after Oprah Winfrey’s...

EDITORIAL: Urban school needs to bring discussions of race to outside of classroom

Zoe Meneghetti, Opinions Editor March 23, 2016

   It recently came to light that for multiple years, Saint Ignatius College Preparatory students have been sponsoring parties with a clearly racist theme. At Stern Grove, students have been dressing...

EDITORIAL: Urban School should recognize 9/11

Zoe Meneghetti, Staff Writer October 15, 2015

14 years ago, Americans vowed to never forget September 11, 2001. Though many have stayed true to that promise and have not forgotten the devastating result of 9/11, it seems that Urban has. The New York...

EDITORIAL: Urban’s grading system needs to change

Jacob Winick, Staff Writer June 4, 2015

We all know the drill. On the Friday two weeks after term, Urban students log in to PCR a few minutes before 5 PM and refresh their browsers until the latest course report appears. The stress of opening...

OPINION: Too much homework plagues Urban

OPINION: Too much homework plagues Urban

Jacob Winick, Staff Writer April 10, 2014

Homework sucks. It’s not a revolutionary opinion, but no one at Urban is addressing it. Maybe it’s because we have completely accepted the idea that homework is supposed to dominate our lives. Or...

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