The Urban Legend

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...

Opinion: Golden Gate Park’s AIDS Memorial Grove a permanent reminder of world AIDS day

Emily Wen, Staff Writer • December 14, 2011

When I was 10 years old, a high school friend took me to the AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park. We didn’t go because we knew someone who was infected with AIDS or because we wanted to...

Review: Need a gift for the bookworm in your life? See the Legend’s holiday book picks

Zoe Pleasure, Staff Writer • December 14, 2011

Instead of the traditional tacky holiday sweaters, why don’t you buy some intellectually stimulating books? The holidays are supposed to be about drinking hot chocolate while sitting next to a crackling...

Urban School students head to India — catch their blog

David Immerman, Staff Writer • December 14, 2011

A group of 15 Urban students, along with 11th and 12th grade Dean Dan Matz and Director of Outdoor Trips Sarah Fontaine, landed in Mumbai, India at approximately 2:50 a.m. Mumbai time (12 p.m. local time)...

San Francisco’s Dolores Park undergoes renovation

Ella McLeod, Staff Writer • November 17, 2011

A beloved San Francisco park is in the last stage of a major renovation aimed at making it cleaner and safer for the city’s children and families. On Oct. 27, the Dolores Park Community Outreach Project...

Editorial: Where is Urban’s middle class?

Unsigned editorial • November 6, 2011

Not many of us like to show off extreme wealth. Similarly, not many want others to know that they fall below the poverty line. However, over the past few years at Urban, we’ve observed an interesting...