Midterm Madness Part I: What’s Going On
Kian Nassre, Web Editor
October 17, 2018
In light of the upcoming midterm elections, I will be writing a series of articles explaining various aspects of the election season. Part I will inform readers on several key issues that have defined the election cycle. Part II, which will come out in a week or so, will examine the election numericall...
End the rule against athlete participation in One Acts
Jack Cogen, EIC of Opinions
May 10, 2018
For the past eight years, Urban’s rules have prohibited students who play spring sports from participating in the annual One Acts Festival. Not only are students with an existing athletic commitment forbidden from auditioning for One Acts, those who leave their sport in order to participate are bar...
The Panhandle is still safe
Phoebe Grandi, Head of Photography
May 10, 2018
In eighth grade, I invited a friend to my house, a change of scenery from our typical afternoons spent eating and shopping on Chestnut street. However, she told me that she did not feel comfortable being in my neighborhood. This puzzled me; at the time I did not consider my neighborhood unsafe. Sur...
EDITORIAL: Urban school needs to bring discussions of race to outside of classroom
Zoe Meneghetti, Opinions Editor
March 23, 2016
It recently came to light that for multiple years, Saint Ignatius College Preparatory students have been sponsoring parties with a clearly racist theme. At Stern Grove, students have been dressing up to imitate black culture, naming the theme “wigga,” a combination of “white” and a racial slu...
India: How our lens shapes our experience
Zoe Meneghetti, Opinions Editor
March 23, 2016
As I flew across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Bangalore, my head was filled with the images of India I had internalized during my History of South Asia class. These visions included destitute children in the streets, an open discord between Hindus and Muslims, and young people whose choices ...
EDITORIAL: Urban discussions need to be about dialogue rather than shutting each other down
Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer
February 10, 2015
Urban puts effort into creating open spaces for discussing and learning outside of the classroom. For example, MultiCulti holds the annual Month of Understanding, and various clubs hold forums and panels to make space for important topics worthy of conversation that otherwise would not fit into school life. As Urban’s Core Values state “We honor the uniqueness o...
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