The Urban Legend

19th annual MOU tackles radical hope through 15 lunchtime events

Mari Flores, Editor in Chief, Print • Feb 24, 2026

In January, members of MultiCulti — Urban’s diversity, equity and inclusion student leadership group — hosted 15 events aimed at community-building, cultural education and fostering radical hope...

“It shouldn’t be radical to just be yourself”

Isaac Hoffman, Editor in Chief, Online • Mar 20, 2025

The Black Student Union (BSU) organized the PACC for Black event for Urban’s Month of Understanding (MOU). The event took place on Jan. 17 and had over 100 people in attendance to listen to jazz music...

Is MOU missing men? Urban reflects on MOU gender dynamics

Sid Goldfader-Dufty, Staff Writer • Mar 14, 2023

Urban’s Month of Understanding (MOU) events are hosted by MultiCulti during the months of January and February. These events aim to uplift voices of marginalized communities at Urban and educate the...

Reflecting on Month of Understanding

Maya Campbell, Editor in Chief, Online • Mar 3, 2022

An array of forums, panels and interactive events prompted the Urban community to question both their immediate community and the world around them. From January 11 to February 3, a total of 13 events...

A year in review: 2020-2021

Maya Campbell, Editor in Chief, Online • Jun 7, 2021

First Day of School August 31, 2020 The absence of the Senior Raid into the Salkind Center gym on August 31, 2020, marked an untraditional start to the 2020-2021 school year, yet other ASM traditions...

Urban community reflects on its response to AAPI-hate: “it was long overdue”

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Staff Writer • May 10, 2021

Since the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States of America has seen a consistent rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The March 16 shooting in Atlanta...

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