The Urban Legend

Blast from the past: Did the love last?

Reese Bassuk, Managing Editor, Creative and Sports Editor • November 16, 2023

English Teacher Julian Morris: “It was 2009, so it was 9th grade. I had asked a friend out to go see ‘Julie and Julia’ — a great film by the way. As the movie was starting, I was...

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Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Managing Editor • March 3, 2022

Writers & Lovers by Lily King: “Writers & Lovers” is for anyone who needs something honest. Lily King writes with such attention to detail and transparency that readers really are engulfed...

Blues reflect on in-person Urban

Delancey Gaito and Max Miller • May 7, 2021

Falling back in love with San Francisco

Maya Campbell, Arts and Culture Editor • March 28, 2021

[slideshow_deploy id='12535'] Before March 6, 2020, our daily lives were broken up into two sections: school life and home life. Whether you thought quarantine was a part of a never-ending...

Love is in the Urban air

Lola McAllister and Tikloh Bruno-Basaing • June 6, 2018

When the current seniors were freshman, Young Men’s Group (YMG) and Students for Women’s Equality and Rights (SWEAR) hosted a forum to discuss Urban’s notorious hookup culture. It’s not hard to...

Promposals continue despite admin’s disapproval

Lola McAllister, Editor-in-Chief, Design • May 28, 2018

Afternoon, sunny-day, garden promposals seem characteristic to Urban’s prom season. However, the reminder that the school does not support public asks seems equally as characterizing. Every year,...