The Urban Legend

Walking Out for Change

Phoebe Grandi, Staff Writer • June 6, 2018

[slideshow_deploy id='10367'] It was 10 a.m. on a foggy Wednesday morning. At this time on a regular Wednesday, Urban students would be halfway done with their B period...

How social class affects social life

Zella Lezak, Guest Writer • June 6, 2018

Ever since I got to The Urban School of San Francisco, I have always been impressed with the way we deconstruct parts of our identities, such as gender, sexual orientation and race, in and out of the classroom....

Love is in the Urban air

Lola McAllister and Tikloh Bruno-Basaing • June 6, 2018

When the current seniors were freshman, Young Men’s Group (YMG) and Students for Women’s Equality and Rights (SWEAR) hosted a forum to discuss Urban’s notorious hookup culture. It’s not hard to...

Demystifying woke

Ana Gorski, Editor of Arts and Culture • June 6, 2018

“That’s not woke.” My heart sinks a little when I hear that sentence. In today’s political climate, the word “woke” causes anxiety for a variety of reasons. While the purpose of the word is...

Does senior spring reduce productivity?

Jack Cogen, EIC of Opinions • May 28, 2018

Senior spring, as a concept, exists in most high schools across the country, but Urban’s competitive environment and trimester system makes the pandemic of senioritis take a unique form. Urban’s core...

Urban Swimming team’s positive attitude

Zoe Lusk, Staff Writer • May 28, 2018

Last place. It isn’t a place that many high school teams would like to accept, but for Urban’s swim team, accepting a loss does not mean accepting defeat. Some credit this acceptance of mixed results...