The Urban Legend

Focus: Urban’s endowment growing but still behind other Bay Area schools

Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer • October 25, 2011

Last year, nearly 42 percent of applicants to Urban requested financial aid. So it was no surprise when a recent Legend survey found that 34 percent of Urban students — the single-largest group of...

Focus: At a school that talks about everything, economic status difficult to discuss

Jamie Friedman, Staff Writer • October 19, 2011

Urban students converse about race. They discuss gender. They express views on ethnicity. They share thoughts on sexual orientation. There’s only one topic that Urban students shy away from: economic...

Urban reacts to death of Apple’s Steve Jobs

Hannah Sears and David Immerman, Staff Writers • October 6, 2011

Steve Jobs, co-founder and previous CEO of Apple, died Oct. 5 at age 56. “He is considered by many to be on par with DaVinci, Einstein, and Edison. There’s lots of folks that see (Jobs) as a genius...

Haight Street health food store expands

Kyra Bergsund • June 10, 2011

The Haight Street Market at 1530 Haight St., dubbed “The Health Food Store” by Urban students, recently expanded its selection to offer a bigger selection of foods made to order. Expanding the store...

Urban School media literacy class collaborates with cutting edge local radio station

Jason Cinti, Staff writer • May 5, 2011

Urban's media literacy class, led by art teacher Kelli Yon, took a field trip on April 27 to San Francisco-based Pirate Cat Radio and did live radio broadcasts. Pirate Cat Radio, channel 87.9 on the...

New status for Facebook and Twitter

April 26, 2011

Most students use social networking and microblogging as a distraction — a break from reality, and a way to tell your best bud what you’re having for dinner tonight. However, recent events in Egypt,...