The Urban Legend

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Sid Goldfader-Dufty, Editor in Chief, Online • November 16, 2023

From franchise films to original debuts, theaters across America raked in billions of dollars during the summer of 2023. While many flocked to theaters in pink, others sported a full-body Spider-Man suit....

Social media addiction, fake news and the Social Dilemma

Clementine Daniel, Editor in chief, Print • November 19, 2020

“If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product.” That’s what former Google design ethicist and co-founder of The Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, said about social...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Review: A new take on an old formula

Jack Cogen, Editor, Opinions • January 23, 2018

Warning: this review will attempt to spoil as little as possible of Episode VIII, but will spoil most of the previous films in the series. “Let the past die; kill it if you have to.”...

Urban School alumna Phoebe Gloeckner writes “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” resonates with students 40 years later

Ariane Goldsmith, Staff Writer • November 4, 2015

“I hate the Urban School so much … It’s an ‘alternative’ private school, a rich hippie school. In other words, I don’t belong there in any way. It’s pretty small, only 150 kids or so. I don’t...