The Urban Legend

Understanding the appeal: Urban student cigarette usage rises 83.8%

Orla Meehan, Editor in Chief, Creative • November 18, 2021

Reports from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) show that cigarettes cause more than 480,000 deaths per year in the US. According to the 2020 Health Initiative for Peer Education (HIPE) survey, 31.8%...

Urban Students Who Vape at a Higher Risk of COVID-19

Simon Hereford, Staff Writer • October 19, 2020

Teenagers and young adults are often thought to be less at risk of adverse reactions to COVID-19. However, the growing number of teenagers and young adults who vape has potentially put them at a higher...

San Francisco bans flavored tobacco in hopes of discouraging teen smokers

Phoebe Grandi, Visuals Editor • October 25, 2018

With the approval of Proposition E, San Francisco leads the United States in a fight against Big Tobacco by halting flavored tobacco sales throughout the entire city. On June 5, 2018, San Francisco...

“Love Panel” contributes to diversification of love at Urban

Loki Olin • February 28, 2018

Behind the candy grams and raffles of Love Week lies a serious question which Peer Resource has brought to the forefront of students’ minds through their organization of the Love Panel: What does it...

HIPE survey deconstructs stereotypes about substance use at Urban

Eli Gordon, Staff Writer • February 6, 2018

Coming from a sheltered suburban middle school in the Peninsula where it seemed that nobody used substances, I knew nothing about The Urban School’s culture of partying and substance use. So, when seniors...

Urban students struggle to prioritize sleep

Niki King Fredel, Staff Writer • June 4, 2015

At 12 a.m., an Urban student gets into bed, sleeping just seven hours before the alarm rings, waking her for another long day of school and homework. Seven hours is not enough but it’s the most she can...