The Urban Legend

Letter from the Editors

Ellie Lerner and Clementine Daniel • March 23, 2021

Dear Urban, In a year unlike any other, our staff has continued to put an immense amount of time and effort into producing issues of The Urban Legend for our community. We are excited to present...

Legend Gratitudes

Lingerr Senghor, Sarah Levin, Maya Campbell, Mira Chandriani, Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Clementine Daniel, Sophia Gibson, Simon Hereford, Ben Katznelson, Ellie Lerner, Orla Meehan, Wes Peters, Sydney Riemer, Zoe Sokatch, Lochlain Steere, Zadie Winthrop, Callum Yeaman, and Delancey Gaito • November 22, 2020

Lingerr Senghor: I am grateful for my incredible colleagues, especially those in the English Department. And Liverpool F.C, the greatest team in the world. And my magnificent Nigerian Lit class :) Sarah...

Summer anti-racist groups: what they did and how to get involved

Clementine Daniel, Editor in chief, Print • October 19, 2020

On June 9th, 2020, just days before the end of spring term, faculty members Samantha Littlejohn, Ben Slater, and Courtney Rein sent an email to the student body “on behalf of all who want to help...

Here’s the tea on Yerba Mates at Urban

Clementine Daniel, Managing Editor • November 29, 2019

A Yerba Mate craze has spread across Urban following Flik’s decision to sell them this fall. The bottled or canned refreshing drink is made from the naturally caffeinated leaves of a species...

New independent high school application seeks to ease stress for 8th graders

Clementine Daniel, Managing Editor • October 22, 2019

This year, the independent high school application process is getting a much-needed makeover. For the first time ever, independent high schools in the Bay Area have agreed upon a common essay question...