On Oct. 3, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art opened an exhibition titled “RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me.” The exhibition was curated by Kim Namjoon — better known as RM — the leader of the...
From Sept. 26–27, two Urban students and three faculty members attended Vanderbilt University’s second annual Open Dialogue Collaborative in Nashville, Tennessee. The collaborative is part of a larger...
On Sept. 29, a Premier League-appointed independent commission found English football club Manchester City guilty of violating all but one of the Premier League’s 115 financial rules. The commission...
On Oct. 12, four students and two teachers from Urban attended the 47th annual Indigenous People’s Day Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island, organized by the International Indian Treaty Council. From...
California has declared a state of emergency due to the arrival of an El Niño this fall and winter. With a high chance of this storm becoming the strongest El Niño cycle in 140 years, San Francisco...
Passing through the U.S. Highway 101 in the San Francisco Bay Area, drivers see more than 170 billboards advertising artificial intelligence companies. These billboards include slogans about agents, inference...
Music revolutions have taken place in the Bay Area for decades. Psychedelic music in the ’60s originated in Golden Gate Park and the Haight. New Wave and punk arose in the ’70s at local music venues...
Dolly Parton passed away from cancer on Aug. 25, at the age of 80. The country singer, songwriter, philanthropist and cultural icon shaped American media, from the songs she sang to the movies she starred...
A few hours after the news of Gloria Steinem’s death on Sept. 2, the gate of her Upper East Side home blossomed with flowers and cards. The feminist activist and journalist died at 92 years old, leaving...
Shawn Aluk, chorus teacher: How did you initially decide to teach music? “Going into education was just natural for me. … I was doing band, [and] every time something came up that was musically...
At Urban, 25% of students reported having tried a cigarette, according to the 2025 Health Initiatives for Peer Education survey. Public health campaigns have been discouraging teens from smoking since...
Every day, people flock to Haight Street to sift through racks of clothes at stores such as Buffalo Exchange and Indigo Vintage — often spending money on an increasingly hot commodity: secondhand clothes. The...
Home to the Golden Gate Bridge, the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and other well-known attractions, San Francisco ranks No. 12 among the U.S.’s most popular cities for tourism. After the COVID-19 pandemic,...
This summer, the U.S. domestic box office recorded an all-time high of $4.67 billion in ticket sales. According to Box Office Mojo, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” produced the highest revenue, generating...
Rue swallowing balloons of fentanyl, Cassie on all fours dressed as a dog and loan sharks cutting off Nate’s pinky toe — all of this happened in the first three episodes of season three of HBO’s...
On Aug. 31, Urban unveiled a new fitness center on the second floor of the Salkind Center campus. The space contains a three-row weight rack, several multipurpose machines, turf and a full-length mirror. The...
Touchdowns, perfect spirals and ten-yard lines: In the past, Urban has had a co-ed varsity flag football team, though there has never been a tackle football team. Students are now trying to start a girls...
The varsity girls softball team finished the spring season in fourth place within the Bay Counties League West. Their record made them unrecognizable from the winless season a few years ago. The team...
From the Student Center to the Blues Lounge, students are fixated on their phones outside of class. According to a survey of 66 students conducted by The Urban Legend, 53% use their phones every lunch,...
For many Urban students, The New York Times functions as their primary news source. Though many consider The Times reliable because of how widespread it is, Urban students must stop exclusively reading...
While it can be difficult to find time to read amid schoolwork and extracurricular activities, books are a vital way of learning about the world around us. Here are three books, each with a unique lens...
In the three decades after Urban’s founding, students spent their breaks between classes building hammocks in the school bus and skipped class to attend a rock concert with their teachers. In the past...
The Remaking America curriculum should include Civil War education as it provides essential context for understanding systemic racism in the U.S. and deepens students’ understanding of the Civil Rights...
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