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The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

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

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...

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...

The Unilever Series: Sunflower Seeds ©Ai Weiwei 2010

Prominent Chinese artist detained

Cody Siler, Staff Writer April 7, 2011

Ai Weiwei, a prominent Chinese artist and architect, has disappeared since being detained by the authorities at the Beijing Airport on April 3. Ai, whose “Sunflower Seeds” installation is on display...

Race to Nowhere: documentary targets impact of America’s achievement Culture

Jamie Friedman, Staff writer April 5, 2011

Playing in 48 states with more than 500 screenings, “Race to Nowhere” is giving viewers a lesson about the harmful effects of America’s achievement culture on high school students. The 85-minute...

All Things Shining sheds new light on living a meaningful life

“All Things Shining” sheds new light on living a meaningful life

Cassiel Chadwick April 3, 2011

Gods? They’re dead. All those nice things that came with them – immortality of the soul, eternal bliss, lifelong meaning? They’re dead too. Right and wrong, unshakable truths? Dead! These are...

Stories of strength and support emerge from Japan after earthquake and tsunami disaster

On March 11, Japan was hit by one of the greatest natural disasters in recent history: a combination of an earthquake and a tsunami (and now threats of nuclear explosions) that are comparable to 2005’s...

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