The Urban Legend

Opinion: you should embark on educational escapades

Ella Steere, Features Editor • December 9, 2023

Urban students fail to expand their learning outside of the classroom, despite Urban’s numerous opportunities to visit unique locations within the United States and abroad. School trips to locations...

Mound Bayou: A hidden history

Ella Steere, Staff writer • May 31, 2023

In the early 1900s, the town of Mound Bayou had more millionaires in its population than any other Delta town based on the value of cotton, according to Mississippi Folklife. Today, located two hours outside...

Where did “Modern American Lit” and “Faulkner” go?

Ella Steere, Staff writer • May 3, 2023

Modern American Literature (MAL) and Faulkner, two English classes that Urban has offered since the ‘90s, are being temporarily removed from the curriculum. Many factors that contributed to the...

Getting a GED while incarcerated

Ella Steere, Staff Writer • March 2, 2023

In 2018, the National Former Prison Survey recorded that of the two million people incarcerated in the United States, and those who were formerly incarcerated, more than half obtain a high school or GED...

Six singers: A collection of female artists from around the world

Ella Steere, Staff writer • February 6, 2023

This is a compiled collection of six up-and-coming female musicians, one from each continent (excluding Antarctica). I chose artists that I had not previously heard about, and I wanted to include a range...