The Urban Legend

Understanding the appeal: Urban student cigarette usage rises 83.8%

Orla Meehan, Editor in Chief, Creative • November 18, 2021

Reports from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) show that cigarettes cause more than 480,000 deaths per year in the US. According to the 2020 Health Initiative for Peer Education (HIPE) survey, 31.8%...

Caffeine: helpful tool or addictive drug?

Ella Chen, Staff Writer • November 18, 2021

Urban students often show up to their 8:30 a.m. morning class with a cup of coffee or a Yerba Mate in hand. Between long days of school, extracurriculars and limited hours of sleep, caffeine can provide...

Did you forget how hard Urban was: students, teachers struggle with speedy Fall term.

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Managing Editor • November 18, 2021

As students returned to fully in-person school, Urban classes have gone back to the speed of a regular Fall term. This adjustment has been coupled with a severe learning gap that students all across...

Where does Urban’s power come from?

Zoe Sokatch, Arts and Culture & Caboose Editor • November 18, 2021

From the posters that line the hallways and bathroom stalls with sustainability tips, to the four available classes that address environmental issues, Urban is an environmental activism hotspot. However,...

Get to know Jessica Yen

Maya Campbell and Mira Chandriani • October 16, 2021

After a one and a half year hiatus of fully in-person school, the Urban School that students deserted in March of 2020 was not the one they returned to this fall. Inevitably we said goodbye to many and...

Get to know Amina Samake and Joey Mintz

Ella Chen, Staff Writer • October 16, 2021

[slideshow_deploy id='12864'] Following a school year altered by the COVID-19 pandemic and filled with countless challenges for students’ learning and mental health, Urban welcomed...