The Urban Legend

Opinion: To learn how social media affects you, stop using it

Sydney Riemer, Design Editor • October 29, 2019

On September 15th, 2019, I decided to take a leap of faith and do something that I had been thinking about for the last few months. I pulled my phone out of my back pocket, quickly typed in my passcode...

Snapchat era challenges generational ideas of privacy

Emma Drainsin, Editor-in-Chief, Newspaper • May 28, 2018

Over 3.5 billion Snapchats are sent every day, according to a 2017 report by statista.com. Possessing the ability to capture every moment with the touch of a button, Snapchat and other similar interfaces...

Urban students seek messaging apps based on popularity

Diego Lopez, Staff Writer • October 20, 2015

Texting is a prominent part of culture at Urban in addition to many alternative forms of communication. While in school, it is hard to communicate through text messages because cell service is unreliable...