The Urban Legend

Urban students must commit to commitments

Zoe Meneghetti, Staff Writer • December 8, 2015

Today at Urban, it’s not uncommon to see a student rushing from a B period class to a lunchtime club, back to class, then straight to an after school sport, without finishing the C period homework...

Urban’s PA classes offer more than just physical activity

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer • October 15, 2015

Athletes know the sights, sounds, and smells of their sports. The swoosh of the ball against the net after it flies between the goalie and the post, the buzzer screeching as the first quarter ends, the...

Student brains are more than a science experiment and a standard scale

Marie Bergsund, Staff Writer • February 9, 2015

If you’ve ever taken a science class, you know that an experiment requires a dependent variable, an independent variable, and a control. The most important component is the control. If you’re testing...

Week planned by MultiCulti sheds light on multiculturalism at the Urban school

Olivia Mitchel, Staff Writer • October 28, 2014

The Urban community values differences. The school creates safe spaces for each individual to be honest and open about their experiences. Throughout the year, Urban students and faculty hold open discussions...

My five-hour mission – to boldly go where no Urban School student has gone before

Lily Dodd, Staff Writer • November 21, 2013

Middle-aged men in pointy ears. Thirty-something women with robotic-looking decorations circling their eyes. A pumpkin, on which actor Benedict Cumberbatch’s face was carved so intricately, I thought...

White female rappers match male misogyny

Olivia Morfit, Staff Writer • November 6, 2013

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