Opinion – The Urban Legend

Historic building classifications further SF housing crisis

May 10, 2018

Filed under Opinions

San Francisco is in the midst of a housing crisis, and community organizations are making it worse. Rents are skyrocketing from already high highs to astronomic levels. Last month, the median price for a home in San Francisco hit...

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

Jack Cogen, Editor, Opinions

January 23, 2018

Filed under Arts and Culture

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.” Kylo Ren’s line in the t...

Protest Is Patriotism

Jack Cogen, Staff Writer

December 8, 2016

Filed under Opinions

Urban recognizes that democracy does not start and end in the voting booth. On November 9, 2016, 159 Urban students walked out of school to peacefully protest the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. I did...

Why I support Donald Trump

Latté Hutchinson, Guest Writer

October 25, 2016

Filed under Opinions

"Though agreeing with some of Trump’s tactics is rare at Urban, I think it is important to stand up for what I believe in despite the social consequences"

Student brains are more than a science experiment and a standard scale

February 9, 2015

Gay athletes pushed to persevere at Sochi games

Olivia Morfit, Staff writer

March 20, 2014

Filed under Editorial, Opinions

This year’s Olympics posed the tough decision of attendance to gay athletes. Essentially, they had to decide whether or not to allow their moral principles to overrule their athletic dedication. As an athlete, I have had to make similar decisi...