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The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

Phone users caught on camera during break.

OPINION: An open letter to phone overusers

Marie Bergsund, Staff Writer February 10, 2015

I was sitting in the library at lunch on a Tuesday. I had intended to do homework, so I zipped up my procrastination-inducing phone inside my backpack and started in. It was not long before I found myself...

You get one minute, she gets three, he gets five. Is possible to determine the pace of a person's brain? Apparently it's a quick calculation.

Student brains are more than a science experiment and a standard scale

Marie Bergsund, Staff Writer February 9, 2015

If you’ve ever taken a science class, you know that an experiment requires a dependent variable, an independent variable, and a control. The most important component is the control. If you’re testing...

New Bay Bridge east span bike path

New Bay Bridge eastern span bike path, long road to nowhere

Marie Bergsund and Aleah Jennings-Newhouse November 14, 2013

With a dead end as its only destination and no access to San Francisco, the new Bay Bridge bike path could have been a tough sell. But visitors to the eight-mile path, located alongside the eastern...

Urban students on Tuesday morning stand on the side of the Redwood Highway, north of the Rainbow Tunnel that leads to the Golden Gate Bridge. Students were asked to evacuate the bus after an engine fire caused smoke to appear from the back left of the bus.

Engine fire causes Marin bus breakdown, strands Urban School students

Marie Bergsund, Staff Writer November 7, 2013

The daily commute from Marin to The Urban School of San Francisco proved problematic for approximately 30 students on Tuesday when a bus engine caught fire, leaving students stranded by the side of the...

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