The Urban Legend

Urban art teacher Jennifer Starkweather’s exhibit “Valediction” bids farewell to Bay Bridge east span

Niki King Fredel, Staff Writer • December 4, 2013

Jennifer Starkweather, a visual arts teacher at Urban, is saying farewell in her own way to the old east span of the Bay Bridge, a part of the San Francisco skyline since 1936. “Valediction,” a series...

New Bay Bridge eastern span bike path, long road to nowhere

Marie Bergsund and Aleah Jennings-Newhouse • November 14, 2013

With a dead end as its only destination and no access to San Francisco, the new Bay Bridge bike path could have been a tough sell. But visitors to the eight-mile path, located alongside the eastern...

History unfolding: Are Occupy protests the new civil rights movement?

Jonathan Baer, Staff Writer • December 14, 2011

Call it a flashback: When the Occupy movement hit San Francisco, it brought back memories of Vietnam, sit-ins, the sexual revolution, the rise of feminism – the glory times that self-proclaimed “old...

Focus: Urban’s equity initiative aims at raising academic success for all

Jenna Waldman, Staff Writer • November 4, 2011

On a recent October morning, Duncan Magidson (’12) stood up in the St. Agnes gym and smoothly presided over Urban’s all-school meeting as student body co-president. It was a long way from where...