Posters, traditional Chinese dancing, and a political prisoner: investigating Shen Yun’s religious connections
Zoe Lusk, Caboose editor
May 10, 2019
Filed under Arts and Culture
You’ve seen the ads. For most San Franciscans, the words “Shen Yun” summon images of the inescapable pastel posters. This year’s advertisements, which feature a serene woman leaping with arms outstretched set against a glaring lavender background, seem to be on every bus, train, telephone pol...
Students weigh in on Urban Athletic Credit system
Sydney Riemer, Staff Writer
March 28, 2019
Filed under Sports
With 26 competitive teams and a wide range of physical activities that occur during class periods and after school, sports are an integral part of the Urban experience. According to Urban’s website, more than 65 percent of students participate in a team sport, while others participate in other ath...
No more cashiers: Amazon Go is changing the way we shop
Lena Bianchi, Design Editor
February 28, 2019
Filed under Features
Most of the time, grabbing an item off the shelf of a grocery store and walking right out the door without checking out, is stealing. However, at Amazon Go, this is the only way to purchase items. Amazon Go is a different type of corner store-supermarket that allows their customers to enter by using an ...
Green is the new black: thrifting could be the answer to fast fashion pollution
Ellie Lerner, Staff Writer
February 27, 2019
Filed under Arts and Culture, Top Stories
This December, the Urban school Green Team hosted a school clothing swap in which Urban students donated clothes and were able to choose items to add to their wardrobe from one another’s donations. “The goal,” said Elsie Lipson ‘20, the leader of the clothing swap on Green Team, “[was] to brin...
Urban adopts new active shooter protocol
Wes Peters, Staff Writer
February 26, 2019
Filed under Features
In 2015, after a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport in 2013 where one Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer died, the TSA released a video detailing the most effective ways to survive a shooting in a business or school. In the video, the TSA coined the catchphrase: Run, hide, fig...
Five pizzas every San Franciscan should try
Kian Nassre, Web Editor
February 16, 2019
Filed under Arts and Culture, Top Stories
Whenever my mom travels for work, my dad and I embark on what we call our “Pizza Odyssey.” Basically, we have tried almost every good pizza place in San Francisco. Sorry deep dish or NY slice fans, but I have a bias toward Italian thin crust pizzas. And now, for the benefit of the Urban community,...
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