The Urban Legend

To exempt or not to exempt: vaccines and student health

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Managing Editor • April 26, 2022

Classical utilitarian ethics—an ethical theory—dictates that the well-being of everyone is weighed equally in the pursuit of a morally-good life. Rapid developments in modern medicine and the raging...

Booster equity and the return to school

Kyle Young, Staff Writer • October 16, 2021

The national rollout of vaccines has proven highly effective by the significant decrease of COVID-19 cases and related deaths. But during the slow trudge back to normalcy, uncertainty concerning the future...

Urban community reflects on post vaccination life

Mira Chandriani, Editor in Chief, Creative • June 3, 2021

Having braved over a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, US citizens are now seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Vaccinations have resulted in the decline of new COVID-19 cases in the US and the loosening...

Has Biden followed through with key campaign promises?

Simon Hereford, Staff Writer • May 10, 2021

President Biden promised his first 100 days would be historic, but as the clock ticks down, where does he stand on key initiatives? Coronavirus vaccine and relief One of President Biden’s most...

COVID-19 vaccine timeline: explained

Sydney Riemer, Editor-in-Chief, Online • March 23, 2021

Note: This article is factually accurate as of February 2021. However, the vaccine rollout plans are ever-changing so many statistics and claims in this article may not be relevant to the time you are...

Politics vs. science: the politicization of COVID vaccination

Ben Katznelson, Opinions Editor • November 19, 2020

The topic of COVID-19 has been dominant in most discussions relating to the 2020 election within both major political parties. In the last few months of the race, President Donald Trump promised that a...