The Urban Legend

Fake IDs

Cole Palmer, Staff Writer • June 3, 2017

*The names of sources have been changed to protect their anonymity ** The release of this story was delayed by one year to protect anonymous sources As he stepped into the gleaming, fluorescent...

Concert hookup culture in the Bay Area prompts conversation

Lily Dodd, Staff Writer • June 10, 2015

Names in this story have been changed to protect the identities of students interviewed. Content Warning: drugs, alcohol, sexual assault At a tiny party at the end of last summer, a friend I hadn’t...

Urban School sets new breathalyzer policy for student dances

Ella McLeod, Staff Writer • December 14, 2011

Charlotte Worsley, assistant head of student life, announced on Monday, Nov. 28, at an all- school meeting that every Urban student who attends a dance will be breathalyzed to determine if they...

Urban School Teens Give Thoughts On Choice to Drink

Marney Kline, Staff writer • February 6, 2011

Welcome to high school: it’s middle school on steroids. The workload, the people, the parties – it’s all amped up just a notch or two. And at some point, all students are confronted by temptations...