The Urban Legend

Varsity boys basketball claws its way to top of BCL in sweep of Wildcats

Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer • January 29, 2012

A deafening roar swept over Hagan Gym on Friday, Jan. 27, as countless Urban supporters chanted with an intensity not often heard at an Urban game. Along with the traditional "Who's house? Blues’ house!"...

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...

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...

Profile: getting the scoop on Mark Salkind, Urban’s head of school

Annakai Geshlider • November 9, 2011

Salkind met an Urban art teacher who encouraged him to apply for a music teacher position. After he didn’t get the job, the school director (before heads, legs or other appendages of school, there...

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...