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Kian Kafaie ‘19 reflects on summer Arctic adventure Kyra Nagle

Staff Writer

While many students attended summer camps or held summer jobs, Urban student Kian Kafaie ‘19 was part of a summer program called Students on Ice (SOI). The 2018 program focused on ocean literacy, sustainable development goals, climate change adaptation, and truth and reconciliation “with the goal of creating understanding and connections between youth from around the world,” according to their mission statement.

The students sailed around the Arctic, starting in Kangerlussuaq in western Greenland. They then traveled north around the coast of Greenland and along the coast of Canada.

SOI is globally recognized as a leader in polar education and has received many awards for the success of their unique programs.

Over 2,500 students have participated in Students on Ice in the past 15 years. These students come from all around the world, bringing diverse opinions and thoughts on the serious environmental topics that SOI is addressing.

Kafaie feels that climate change is very important to learn about and SOI has allowed him to see it up close. “What happens in the Arctic does not stay there,” said Kafaie. “While the impacts of climate change might be most visible there, they impact absolutely all of us, and the responsibility to care about these issues and take action is universal.” He said that the trip really opened his eyes about climate change because, in the Arctic, the severity of the issue is visible. Kafaie explained that the level of ice melt was easily observable, especially at the Greenland Ice Cap and that large areas of the ice cap are now “stained black from soot from forest fires in Canada,” which accelerates the melt.

The program also pushes students to connect with the people living in local Greenland communities that can see dramatic changes taking place daily. Kafaie and the other SOI students met an inhabitant of the area who talked to them about the rapid warming of the climate that he had experienced since his childhood. If big icebergs end up near communities, he warned, pieces could fall off and trigger a tsunami.

This catastrophic event would not be unprecedented.

In June 2017, the tallest tsunami in world history, measured at 100 meters, devastated a Greenland communiPassage of Prop C may ty called Nuugaatsiaq. The tsunami swept through the not be enough to solve SF fishing village, causing four deaths and destroying eleven homelessness crisis houses. Many Greenland communities have also recently been evacuated in response to landslides and other Page 6 safety threats.

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Jamal Khashoggi’s death exposes Urban’s relationship to the Middle East Sally Cobb

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told Al Jazeera, “as we Speak today, there [are] Saudi intellectuals and journalists jailed. Now, nobody will dare to speak and criticize the reforms

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Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi Arabian journalist who self exiled to the United States for fear of getting arrested because of his public opposition to the Saudi government and to the ideals of the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). On Oct. 2, 2018, Khashoggi disappeared at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, then, after two weeks of countless conflicting stories, he was confirmed dead by the Saudi government.

Khashoggi visited the consulate hoping to retrieve papers that would enable him to wed his fiancé, who waited outside the consulate for ten hours. During the weeks following Khashoggi’s disappearance, the Saudi government denied having knowledge of the incident or any relationship to it. However, 15 Saudi Arabian men, four of whom serve as aid to MBS, arrived on private jets in Istanbul early Oct. 2.

After an investigation by a Saudi-Turkish task force, the Saudi Arabian state prosecutor stated that the murder was “premeditated,” and he intends to seek the death penalty for five of the perpetrators. In Turkey’s official statement, they claim that the 15 Saudi agents removed surveillance equipment from the consulate before Khashoggi’s arrival and before strangling and dismembering the journalist’s body.

Although delayed, the U.S. Treasury Department placed economic sanctions on the Saudis accused of Khashoggi’s murder. There is strong evidence from the CIA investigation that MBS ordered

If [Americans] were living in a calmer political climate, more attention would have been paid to it.

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[initiated by MBS].”

Khashoggi often wrote about the need for freedom in the Arab world and directly spoke out against MBS’s policies in the Arabic newspaper Al-Arab, of which he was edi-

This fall, Americans have been distracted by an array of major national events. The appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, numerous acts of domestic violence and the midterm elections have left little room for American attention to international affairs.

Rose Bendekgey ‘19, a member of the Middle Eastern and North African affinity space MENA, points out that in the wake of numerous tragic events, such as the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh and lynching of activist Danye Jones in Missouri, Khashoggi’s murder escaped the attention of many Americans. “Obviously those are all horrific tragedies, but it seems looked over that a journalist just trying to do his job was murdered when trying to marry his fiancé,” she said.

Both Tara Kamali ‘19, one of the co-leaders of MENA, and Bendekgey believe that the Urban

Drawing of Saudi Arabian Journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Sally Cobb, Staff Writer

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tor-in-chief. He continued his critique of the Saudi government in the Washington Post while living in the United States. On Oct. 17, his last article, “What the Arab world needs most is free expression,” was published after his death.

Although Khashoggi was writing for the American press, his murder initially lacked coverage in mainstream media and news. Urban history teacher Brooke Roberts said, “If [Americans] were living in a calmer political climate, more attention would have been paid to it.” Roberts believes this story is important for Americans to know because “a major ally of the U.S. clearly murdered an outspoken journalist.”

community’s lack of focus on news in the Middle East could be related to there being fewer Arab than Jewish students at Urban. “I think that the news we take into Urban is more

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for the assassination, but President Trump denies it because he does not want the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia to be jeopardized. In opposition to Trump’s opinion of MBS’s involvement in Khashoggi’s murder, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Dianne Feinstein stated that MBS was “complicit” in the assassination and must be held accountable for the “unjustified killing of [the] journalist” as well as “contributing to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.”

The perpetrators’ relation to MBS is significant because he has previously arrested citizens who oppose the government, despite his reformist image.

Before his disappearance, Khashoggi

It’s so sad that our country has so much tragedy that we can’t seem to focus on all of it.

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based around our student body and because we have more Jewish students than Arab students, obviously we are going to focus more on the synagogue shooting, which I’m not saying isn’t important… but it is still super important to discuss Arab rights and how Saudis are losing their freedoms,” Bendekgey said. “[Khashoggi] had refuge [in the U.S.] and he went back to Turkey and got killed…it’s so sad that our country has so much tragedy that we can’t seem to focus on all of it.”

Kamali stressed the importance of learning global histories, saying, “it is important to study American history… we live in America [and] understanding the foundations that it was built on is important… but at the same time not everyone in America came in the Mayflower and there’s so many of us that come from different parts of the world… taking a global history class you [also] learn more about American history, so it goes hand in hand.” She added that as a leader of MENA, it is her job to incorporate more outreach opportunities at Urban, but attention to Middle Eastern affairs should exist throughout the community, not exclusively within MENA. David Sherr ‘20, an avid follower of events in the Middle East, pointed out that any neglect of Middle Eastern news—whether intentional or not—hurts the U.S. and since Khashoggi’s death is a global issue, the United States is affected too.

Recently, Trump chose to disregard the evidence of MBS’s involvement in Khashoggi’s murder. Sherr believes that this poses as an issue because “the response of the American government is indicative of the [its] views on freedom of the press.” Although the President m a y not

want to take action against the Saudi government, Sherr said, “I’d imagine that the Senate is closer to the views of the American people [right now].”

Having taken Urban’s Modern Middle East class, Kamali observed that the course is the only way to get exposure to the Middle East through Urban’s curriculum, besides World History A (Ottoman Empire) and English 1B (Destination - The Middle East).

“It’s sad to hear that because a class is so difficult it turns people off from it…

I wish there was more opportunity to bring in topics about the Middle East and talk about them… hopefully the floor will be opened up in Month of Understanding.” Kamali said.

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Louisville shooting reveals Urban’s response to tragedy Wes Peters

Staff Writer

On Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, Gregory Bush entered a Kroger—a chain supermarket—in Jefferson City, Kentucky, and shot two African Americans named Maurice Stallard and Vickie Lee Jones. Afterward, Bush exchanged gunfire with an armed citizen. When the police arrived, he tried to flee but was captured by police.

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What we’re always working to do is anticipate issues and anticipate student needs, both [around] emotions and knowledge and to integrate as much as we can into our school program.

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Gregory Bush killed two people that day, but this shooting was seemingly overlooked by American media in the face of other issues such as the Pittsburg shooting, the massive wildfires in California and the midterm elections.

Many Urban students and teachers had to process all of these events as they were studying and preparing for

finals. Amy Argenal, Urban Director of Service Learning, said, “My worry as a school is that we are not processing some of these things and how it’s going to hit us later on.”

Instead of focusing on each individual event, Urban instead tries “to address the underlying knowledge that students need to have around a lot of these issues,” said Charlotte Worsley, Urban’s Assistant Head for Student Life. Rather than fixating on specific issues, Urban prepares students for when they leave school and have to deal with these events by themselves.

“What we’re always working to do is anticipate issues and anticipate student needs, both [around] emotions and knowledge and to integrate as much as we can into our school program,” Worsley said.

“I think that there is never enough time in a school day to do all the things we know are right to do,” Argenal said.

“What we feel as a school is that we really can’t respond to every single incident because it’s not healthy psychologically,” Worsley said. Worsley expressed that preparation is the only way to deal with events such as the Kroger shooting. Essentially, Urban students need to be able to process these issues on their own.

Urban events, such as all school meetings and class trips, are helpful for developing the community and

building resilience for when tragic events occur. “What we think a lot of is continuing to improve the way we educate so that students are prepared when they read something in the paper to know what’s going on and to make their own assessments,” Worsley

said. With all the pressure from school, Urban students have to be able to respond to events like the Kroger shooting by themselves. Events like this have tested the Urban community’s ability to respond and stay strong in the face of situations like it.

The amount of mass shootings that happened in 2018, with each dot representing one mass shooting. Infographic by Kian Nassre, Web Editor.

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Kian Kafaie ‘19 reflects on summer Arctic adventure Kyra Nagle

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While there were many opportunities to actively participate when learning about geography, oceanography, and glaciology, there were also opportunities for creativity. Kafaie said that their “nightly briefings included talent shows where musicians could perform and [they] had a dedicated space for making art on the ship. The landscapes were also “stunningly beautiful and provided a lot of artistic inspiration.”

Kafaie’s experiences with SOI have also inspired him to take action within the Urban community.

This year, Kafaie is a co-leader of Students of Color (SOC) and is using his position to “challenge the flawed notion that environmentalism is just something for rich and privileged white people, and start discussions about environmental justice and environmental racism.” He is collaborating with Green Team members to set up a series of forums and events that could educate students and raise awareness about these issues.

Kafaie is also working on an event planned to happen during the Month of Understanding to “educate people about climate change in the Arctic and how it connects to conservation, social issues and the legacy of colonization in Inuit communities.” He plans to organize a Skype call with someone he met during the trip who could speak to these issues from a “broad social perspective as well as from the personal level,” he said.

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SOI students also spoke with locals about how climate change not only causes natural disasters, but it also has a major effect on wildlife. Kafaie said that an Inuit elder who went on the trip with them mentioned that nowadays, he’ll find whole herds of caribou washed up dead on the shore. The man said they were “probably trying to cross over the sea ice between islands as they have done historically, but because the ice melts much earlier now, it gives way and they end up drowning. In some cases, groups of people have gotten lost to the ice because of its unpredictability.”

Recently, numerous efforts have been made to connect scientists and community members to “manage wildlife and natural resources in ways

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The trip definitely opened my eyes to the depth of injustices in indigenous communities.

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that are equitable and protect Inuit people’s rights to the animals and places on which their livelihoods de-

pend,” said Kafaie. New programs are trying to reverse the traditional system of studying the Arctic from an outsider’s perspective, and instead “focus on research fuelled by the needs and concerns of community members,” said Kafaie. This helps the research be responsive to the “front-line communities most directly affected by issues such as climate change,” he added.

Kafaie said that whoever goes on the trip should be “interested in participating and passionate about the environment and social justice. It’s an “incredible privilege to be able to visit the Arctic and learn first hand about the issues the region faces—and along with that privilege comes an obligation to take action and spread the word in some way,” said Kian.

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riences for Kafaie was spending a day at a local community, Qeqertarsuaq, in Greenland. The students played a soccer match against the local team with icebergs right in front of the field.

Afterward, an indigenous Canadian singer-songwriter duo that joined them on the trip gave the whole group a concert and everyone danced. There were many “amazing Inuit throat singing performances.”

Reflecting on the experience as a whole, Kafaie said, “the trip definitely opened my eyes to the depth of injustices in indigenous communities and how interrelated social equity and the empowerment of communities are to effectively addressing climate change.”

All photos taken by Kian Kafaie during his Students on Ice trip to Greenland and Canada, 2018.

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Contemplating Jewish identity at Urban in light of the Pittsburgh shooting Staff Writer

Zella Lezak This article is expanding on another online article about the Pittsburgh shooting. While this article focuses more on the effects that the shooting had on Urban students, the article online expands more on the roots of anti-Semitism and how experts outside of Urban view the shooting. For additional context, take a look at the online article entitled, “The deadliest act of anti-Semitism in American history”.

For some Urban students, Judaism is a core aspect of their identity.

“Jewish values have informed a lot of my decisions”. Said Ella Rosenblatt ‘19, co-leader of Jew Crew, “I’m vegan and I think that my veganism is a manifestation of Tikkun Olam [taking care of the world]. I think that my work with Holocaust survivors is a manifestation of L’dor V’dor [from generation to generation]. I think that my work in Peer Resource mirrors the Jewish value that says, ‘To save one life is to save the entire world.’ I think that Judaism transcends the typical barriers of religion and is unique.”

In light of the recent shooting in Pittsburgh and with the rise of anti-Semitism since the election of President Trump (according to the Washington Post), what it means to be Jewish in America is changing and so is what it means to be Jewish at Urban.

Maya Sheinfield-Kandel ‘19, one of the co-leaders of Jew Crew, said, “I’m a proud Jew. I don’t want to hide that fact of who I am. But I feel like it’s really scary to be Jewish, seeing what’s going on in the world right now. Even in the U.S.” Sheinfield-Kandel is not the only one who shares this sentiment.

Rosenblatt added, “I feel like I’m more conscious of anti-Semitism than I ever have been. I acknowledge that I’m super-privileged but I feel more and more like a minority.”

In an interview with the Urban Leg-

Illustration of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pensylvania by Loki Olin.

end, David Wilensky, Online Editor of J.The Jewish News of Northern California, discussed the privilege that white Jews have in America. “Most Jews appear white, so there’s a great deal of privilege in our community.

During the ‘50s and ‘60s, white Jews became white people in America. But anti-Semitism didn’t go away,” Wilensky said.

While white Jews have benefitted on many levels from white privilege, anti-Semitism has not disappeared. The Pittsburgh shooting had a strong emotional impact on many members of the Jewish community. In an interview with the Urban Legend, Ava Becker ‘21 said, “I was actually sitting in the St. Agnes gym for an open house that I was working for SAC and then I saw the news pop up on my phone…I started crying.”

After tragic events like these, Sydney Cohen ‘19 reflected on gratitude she felt for being at Urban: “I feel like there are spaces for everyone’s identity at Urban. I think that’s a really important aspect of Urban. I feel you can feel safe with any aspect of your identity.”

Leo Fine ‘19 felt that neither the

Pittsburgh shooting nor Jewish issues have been given enough attention. “I did feel a stronger emotional connection to the way that I feel like the issue was treated by our very liberal school with a huge emphasis on social justice. And that even though we do tend to focus on that sense of justice and equality and tolerance, I felt that the shooting was not talked about in any significant way by communities that were not Jewish. And it reaffirmed my sense that Jewish issues kind of get swept under the rug in Urban’s curriculum, especially regarding service learning and American history.”

Additionally, Fine shared some insight into what he thinks are the next steps to take after the Pittsburgh Shooting including discussing HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society).

HIAS is a Jewish organization that has been helping immigrants and refugees rebuild their lives for over 100 years.

According to the New Yorker, on the Shabbat of the shooting, the synagogue was observing a HIAS project called Refugee Shabbat. The shooter especially targeted the synagogue on that day not only because of his an-

ti-Semitic beliefs but he also because he harbored a hatred for refugees as well. Fine said: “It was both an attack on Jews in that synagogue and also on immigrants and their status in America. I think that it’s really important to support HIAS and continue to fight in whatever form we choose for immigrant rights in America.”

One of the responses from the Urban community occurred just days after the shooting when Latinx put up pictures of the victims of the Pittsburgh shooting on the altar for Dia de Los Muertos, (Day of the Dead) a Holiday honoring loved ones who have passed. Mookie Corpuz ‘19, one of the co-leaders of Latinx commented about the decision to put up the pictures of the victims. Corpuz said, “The Dia de Los Muertos altar set up

by Latinx Affinity Space allowed the Urban community to celebrate their loved ones that have passed away.

Thus, we wanted to provide a space for the celebration and remembrance of the lives that were lost in the Pittsburgh shooting.” Latinx’s actions show the power of walking with and showing up for people who are in crisis.

Going forward, Rosenblatt commented about what her Rabbi suggested were some possible next steps for Jews grieving for the victims of the Pittsburgh shooting. Rosenblatt discussed some of her rabbi’s (Rabbi Noa Kushner) reflections that she shared during Shabbat services the week after the shooting: “it’s important that you’re not just Jewish when an atrocity occurs or when something bad happens but that you’re Jewish all the time. And that’s something that’s inspired me to not just care about my Judaism when instances of anti-Semitism occur, but to care about my Judaism all of the time.”

The changing face of Urban athletics: Urban’s new athletic trainer Sydney Riemer According to At Your Own Risk, a website created by the National Athletic Trainers Association, 90 percent of student-athletes have experienced a sports-related injury and 54 percent of students have said that they continued to play their sport while injured. The website claims that in order to make sports safer, schools need “an athletic trainer. An ally. A friend. An expert in sports medicine.”

This year, the Urban School took that recommendation to heart and hired Josh Pendleton, a sports trainer available to help Urban’s injured student-athletes. Pendleton, who became interested in athletic training while in college, explained that he had always been “very interested in medicine and how the body works.” It was not until he sbegan talking to the athletic trainer at his college and “she directed [him] to athletic training education programs” that he decided to pursue athletic training.

Pendleton now works at both Urban and at the UCSF orthopedic institute

Staff Writer in Mission Bay as a trainer. His time is split evenly between the two locations, and he is available to help Urban athletes from 2 pm to the end of the last sports game or practice, daily. Pendleton also wrote that “if Urban athletes have more serious injuries, we see them in the clinic [at UCSF], where I can ask the doctors specific questions about their injuries.”

Explaining his reasoning for hiring a trainer, Joe Skiffer said, “although I have been athletic and have been in training rooms most of my life, I am not well-versed in athletic training, so my department along with Charlotte felt it was important that we hired somebody who could fill that void.”

“We have a fair amount of injuries, so [Pendleton] sees quite a lot of people and he has put them on track to get back to their sports. This helps the coaches because it takes the responsibility of rehab off their plate so they can focus on their team,” Skiffer said.

Having an athletic trainer also makes Urban’s athletic program more

reputable. “It is big for the families of prospective students…because it validates our program and it shows that we care about our sports as much as the other programs we offer. It builds a lot more respect around our athletics,” said Skiffer. He added that having a trainer is also “a huge sign that there is support from the administration to build our program.”

In addition, many students have expressed their gratitude for Pendleton and the help he offered them when they became injured. Emily Huang ‘21 described her experiences working with Pendleton after spraining her ankle during varsity Volleyball practice.

“Every single day of volleyball season this year, Josh taped my ankle and had me do physical therapy exercises, which made it possible for me to heal faster than I would have otherwise.

Josh is really reliable, very caring, and always checked in with me and kept notes on how I was doing,” Huang said.

“When you are at a new school,

what is important is exposure and letting kids and parents know that you are here and available. If people have any questions, no matter how big or how small, I’m always interested in helping them. Whether that is for an in-season sport or a hobby they do off campus, I’m always here to help,” said Pendleton.

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06 Passage of Prop C may not be enough to solve SF homelessness crisis Loki Olin

San Francisco’s wealthiest citizens represent the peak of American prosperity. In fact, becoming a member of San Francisco’s top one percent requires a higher annual income than any other city in the United States.

An attractive destination for business owners and entrepreneurs alike, San Francisco is home to one percent of the nation’s millionaires.

When considering every inhabitant of the city, however, less glamorous percentages emerge. Nearly one percent of the city’s population is homeless, and San Francisco—despite making up just 0.2 percent of the United States’ population—accounts for over one percent of homelessness in the country.

At the Urban School of San Francisco, members of the city’s bottom one percent are ingrained within students’ everyday lives. Due to its relevance in the Service Learning curriculum and its presence in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, Urban students witness firsthand the magnitude of the homelessness crisis in San Francisco.

To combat the problem, San Francisco’s government has steadily increased the public homelessness budget and currently sets aside $382 million each year to support non-profit organizations around the city. Although homelessness rates have decreased slightly in past years, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that continuous population growth has caused San Francisco’s total homeless population to rise from 6,248 in 2005 to 7,499 in 2017.

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The people of San Francisco recently voted to take bolder action against homelessness by passing Proposition C, a measure that will increase the taxation of wealthy companies to add $300 million to the city’s budget to fight homelessness. However, San Francisco’s historical failure to reduce the city’s homelessness population has raised questions around the city’s ability to maximize the impact of Proposition C’s funds. Elsewhere in the United States, a more progressive approach to the problem has yielded much more significant success at a fraction of the cost.

Over two thousand miles away, the city of Atlanta, Georgia, starkly contrasts San Francisco’s faltering attempts at countering homelessness. According to 11Alive, an Atlanta-based news company, the homeless population in the city has decreased by 65% since 2011, declining from 8,571 to 3,076 over the course of the past seven years. The reduction was achieved with only $110 million of annual government funding, less than one-third of San Francisco’s current homelessness prevention budget. The city’s success is likely a result of prioritizing sustained rehabilitation over temporary housing.

The hub of homelessness prevention efforts in Atlanta is the Gateway Center, a program based in a refurbished jail leased from the state of Georgia. The program’s website explains that the Gateway Center is “de-

Photos of Prop C supporters on the corner of Masonic and Oak. Taken by Loki Olin, Features Editor on November 5th and 6th, 2018.

signed to serve as the ‘gateway’ to the community continuum of care that helps individuals move out of homelessness.”

The Gateway Center’s success stems from a shift away from temporary housing and towards permanent rehabilitation. Robert Glustrom, a board member for the Gateway Center, said that the program should not be regarded as a source of temporary housing and that they have made a conscious effort to “move away from the concept of ‘just a place to crash.’”

The revised approach to homelessness enacted by the Gateway Center revolves around offering individuals the specific resources they need to exit homelessness. Glustrom said that when people enter the program, “we go through and we assess them and based on that assessment we can decide what services they need.” Glustrom said that to do this, the Gateway Cen-

ter partners with up to 70 different organizations to provide individuals with personalized assistance, including a variety of opportunities for basic employment and education.

In contrast to this approach, San Francisco’s homelessness prevention strategy has largely revolved around providing the homeless with access to housing and food instead of longer-term care. Temporary housing remains a focal point of the city’s efforts and budget distribution plans published on the “Yes on C” website state that expanding and adding beds to homeless shelters will be made a priority.

Larkin Street Youth Services, a San Francisco-based organization focusing on homeless youth, is one program which has adopted a progressive plan for homelessness prevention. Veronica Pastore, the director of communications and marketing for Larkin Street Youth Services, said in an interview with The Urban Legend that their services have evolved to “include a continuum of care. We try to provide essentially everything a young person would need to overcome their homelessness permanently.” Like the Gateway Center, Larkin Street Youth Services provides a variety of medical and educational resources to individuals instead of just providing them with access to temporary housing.

Many San Francisco-based organizations which will benefit from Proposition C’s funding currently focus on providing access to short-term resources, which have been historically insufficient to solve the homelessness crisis in San Francisco. In a public statement released after the passage of Proposition C, London Breed called for a revision of current homelessness prevention strategies. Breed said that during the interim period before Proposition C is implemented, organizations must “sit down together to plan how we are going to deliver on the goals of Prop C.” Glustrom is optimistic that the implementation of Proposition C can enable increasingly successful homelessness prevention efforts in San Francisco but warned that expenditure alone will not solve the problem. The $300 million that Proposition C will produce “has the potential to have a significant impact on homelessness in San Francisco….but raising the money and implementing the wrong plan is not going to do as much good as possible.”

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New database streamlines efforts to aid San Francisco’s homeless Ian Ryan Homelessness is one of the most pressing issues San Francisco has faced in the last few decades and this year could be pivotal in addressing it.

Although there are numerous organizations working to combat homelessness, the homeless population of San Francisco only decreased by 0.5% between 2015 and 2017, according to the Homeless Point-In-Time Count and Survey, a census taken by the City of San Francisco every two years since

The ONE System strives to make services more readily available to homeless people and create a more time and resource efficient process for homeless advocacy organizations by collecting data about the health, housing, jail, and counseling history of every homeless person in the city, and aggregating it into one large database.

2005. However, the recent passing of Prop C could give homeless advocacy groups and the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing new funding and increased political support, reflecting the city’s

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Staff Writer interest in working toward a solution.

The Online Navigation and Entry System (ONE System), which started in August, is an effort to increase the efficiency of homelessness prevention organizations around the city by collecting data from the various databases of these organizations and aggregating it into one database.

Created by San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and sponsored by Mayor London Breed, the ONE System strives to make services more readily available to homeless people and create a more time and resource efficient process for homeless advocacy organizations by collecting data about the health, housing, jail, and counseling history of every homeless person in the city, and aggregating it into one large database.

Randolph Quezada, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing’s Head of Communications and Policy team, said “data that is captured into the system once can be easily stored and shared across partners, reducing the need to have clients present the same documents numerous times or share their story numerous times.” This will benefit the homeless population of San Francisco, as it will make their transition from program to program more simple and efficient, relieving some of the stress and difficulty that they already face in their day-today lives.

Not only will the ONE System aid

the homeless population, but also those who work to serve them. As Quezada stated, “[the ONE System] would make the system more efficient for non-profit partners and the city to track the progress of individual programs and partners, enabling better overall management through sound data.” This would allow homeless workers and counselors to see a clear history of a homeless person’s past, giving counselors a picture of both what other programs helped their clients and what programs failed to.

Although this data collection could be perceived as a violation of privacy, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing has put an emphasis on respecting the rights of their clients. As Quezada said, “the ONE System is designed to protect the privacy of all individuals and is HIPAA compliant.” HIPAA, or The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is the national standard for data protection and privacy. Having this certification highlights the effort that the department is putting into ensuring that their clients’ privacy is secure. Furthermore, individuals will not be forced to enter the ONE system if they do not want their information in the system or are worried about encroachment of privacy.

While it is a difficult number to measure, the last census in 2017 counted the homeless population in San Francisco at 7,499. The goal of the ONE

System is to register San Francisco’s entire homeless population by the end of 2019. In the last year, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing has made a lot of progress.

“As of today, we have completed over 4,000 assessments, up from around 1,000 back in September,” Quezada said. This means that over 50% of San Francisco’s expected homeless population has already been registered.

The ONE System has already helped homeless people access services more efficiently. Jeff Kositsky, the head of the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, said, “the platform has slashed wait times for families at local shelters from one week to just two days.”

However, there have been some obstacles and concerns throughout the process of creating the ONE System.

Quezada said, “There was some opposition from some provider partners, as they were concerned that their systems would not integrate well with the system.” Furthermore, there were some difficulties with creating the technology, as transitioning from so many different databases to one unified system is a slow and difficult process.

Even with those obstacles, Kositsky expressed optimism for the future: “It’s really exciting to see this system coming to life. I know it’s going to make a difference. Maybe not right away, but it will happen.”

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08 WashU Professor details three steps to becoming happier Kyra Nagle Every day, billions of people around the world wake up wanting to have a great day. They want to laugh, smile, and be around the people they love.

They want to be happy. But how does one truly achieve this goal of happiness?

This summer, I attended a lecture held by Tim Bono, professor of Psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Bono’s lecture was called, ‘When Likes Aren’t Enough: A Crash Course in the Science of Happiness.’ One of his key findings is that positive psychology is not actually about being happy all the time. Instead, it is about “emotional experiences on a continuum.” Happiness does not simply come from the removal of unhappiness. According to Bono, it is important for people to know that “‘being happy all the time’ is not about ‘becoming happy,’ it is about ‘becoming happier.’” According to his studies, there are three very simple habits for becoming happier.

These three simple habits include taking time for gratitude, spending time with others, and maintaining a healthy mind and body, especially with sleep and exercise.

Being happy all the time’ is not about ‘becoming happy,’ it is about ‘becoming happier.

Taking time for gratitude is about realizing all of the amazing things around, and being thankful for them.

A recent harvard gratitude study has proven that writing down at least three

Staff Writer things that you are greatful for every day has lead people to feel more positivly about their lives.

Some people believe that money can buy happiness. However, according to Bono, happiness=what we have/what we want. Therefore, as the numerator increases, so does the denominator, which means that the more money you have, the more things you want because your expectations begin to grow.

For example, according to a CNBC study, people who win the lottery are generally extremely happy for the first few weeks, but as time goes by, their happiness settles to the same baseline as before they had money.

That being said, Bono has found that there are two situations where money can buy happiness. One of these situations can occur if you stand below the poverty line and money gives you financial stability that you lacked before. The second situation is if the money is spent on someone else.

According to Bono, spending time with people is the second habit for happiness. Feeling as if you have a place in the world and are needed in society is key. The more time spent with others, the more affect you have on their lives which gives you purpose.

The more you increase the positive emotions of another person, the happier you become.

The third habit for happiness is maintaining a healthy mind and body.

Parents often bug their children about not getting enough sleep, and it is scientifically proven that the more sleep you get, the happier you are the next day.

According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, getting 12 hours of sleep one night and then 3 hours the next is far worse for your brain and body than getting

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One out of three people identify themselves as happy.

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a consistent 7 hours per night. Inconsistent sleeping patterns can interrupt your internal rhythm. Sleep leads you to be more in charge of your mind and less overwhelmed. It is like the “reset” button on your brain.

Exercise is also a great way to be healthier and happier at the same time, since it releases endorphins, which trigger positive feelings in your body. Exercising does not have to be running 10 miles—it can be as simple as walking around the block for 20 minutes every day.

Urban School health teacher Jenn Epstein says that to “clear [her] mind when tensions are high,” she likes to walk her dog around the neighborhood. It is an easy way to get fresh air and exercise, and it gives her the ability to perform the first habit for happiness: taking time for gratitude.

“Often, people are so focused on getting from point A to point B that they miss their surroundings completely,” said Epstein.

Epstein also said that it is important to “find your passions.” “Some peo-

ple are lucky enough to have passions come to them, but most people have to search.” She believes that a big part of finding your passions is, “doing things out of your comfort zone.” In her 20s, Epstein found her passion for rock climbing which “had a huge effect on the trajectory of [her] life.” It changed the types of people she hung out with and how she chose to spend her time.

Feeling as if you have a place in the world and are needed in society is key.

It is also important to know that if you try something and it is not your thing, then move on and try something else. Epstein says she stresses to students and parents to “not sweat the small stuff.”

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Arts & Culture Urban leads SF high schools with Meatless Mondays Ellie Lerner This December, Urban may become the first school in San Francisco to implement Meatless Mondays if the trial for the new menu is proven successful.

Out of concern for the dire state of the environment, Urban student Ella Rosenblatt ‘19 brought the idea of Meatless Mondays to the school administration, which launched a committee and secured a trial date for the new cafeteria menu. On the first day of the Meatless Mondays trial, Urban students faced the daily lunch rush to find a completely meatless menu on both campuses. Despite the menu change, Chef David Labao assured students that “they will still get my daily offerings, just with no animal protein.”

Flik, the food catering company that runs Urban’s food program, was receptive to the concept, but has maintained that the company must continue to make money on the days they serve a meatless menu. This monetary hurdle lends itself to a bigger debate surrounding whether businesses will be able to maintain their bottom line while appealing to environmental interests. “[The future of Meatless Mondays at Urban] is largely going to depend on how the students respond to it and if there’s enough of a culture switch that they still buy the meals,” Rosenblatt said.

The push for Meatless Mondays at Urban coincides with the release of the UN Climate Report this fall.

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sions. According to OneGreenPlanet, a nonprofit organization that promotes environmentally conscious eating habits, 1,600 trees are chopped down every minute in the Amazon rainforest for cattle grazing and livestock feed.

Although large-scale climate instability may be daunting, Rosenblatt retains that “diets are things that people can individually control, so doing something that is individually attainable is a step in the right direction. I think that going meatless is really a great way for people to have a big impact with their daily choices.”

Having a meatless menu at Urban one day a week will have a significant impact on the school’s carbon foot-

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[The future of Meatless Mondays at Urban] is largely going to depend on how the students respond to it and if there’s enough of a culture switch so that they still buy the meals.

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The report outlined a new reality in which the human race has a mere 12 years left to limit the impact of climate change before sea level and temperature rise become an unavoidable catastrophe. The report claimed that once greenhouse emissions result in a global temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, climate devastation will be unavoidable. By 2011, about half of this maximum amount of greenhouse gasses had already been emitted.

The global meat and dairy industry is the single largest contributor to greenhouse gasses around the world.

According to the Meatless Mondays organization that was founded by the Center for a Livable Future (CLF) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the industry releases more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector.

The impact of meat consumption extends beyond greenhouse gas emis-

print during these vital twelve years.

Based on Labao’s estimations, the Flik cafeteria orders an average of 150 pounds of meat per week, including chicken, pork and beef, which requires 120,565 gallons of water and produces 740 pounds of carbon dioxide. By simply going meatless on Mondays, Urban will conserve approximately 24,113 gallons of water and 148 pounds of carbon dioxide weekly.

Despite the large impact of the meat industry, the environmental consequences of eating habits are not prominent in people’s minds. According to Jenn Epstein, Urban health teacher and faculty advisor of the Meatless Mondays committee at Urban, “when

people think of environmental issues, meat is not at the forefront. They think about driving, electricity and maybe buying food locally, but not meat because there is a disconnect between what people think of as environmental issues and their lunch.”

The lack of awareness surrounding the environmental and health effects of meat is due, in part, to the U.S. government’s legislative and economic support of the meat industry. Although the Food and Drug Administration’s recommended healthy intake of meat is lower than what the average American consumes, the U.S. government has supported advertisements and campaigns encouraging meat consumption for decades.

According to Meatonomics, a 2013 diet book written by David Robinson Simon, the U.S. government provides $38 billion dollars annually in subsidies to the meat and dairy industry while only spending $17 million dollars to subsidize fruit and vegetables.

In addition to subsidies, over 20 states, including California, have passed bills that forbid consumers to sue fast-food companies over weight gain linked to unhealthy foods. Meatonomics calculated that the price of a Mcdonald’s Big Mac would be $12, rather than its current price of $4.56 if the hamburger’s price reflected the actual costs of government subsidies to the meat industry and costs associated with the health effects of eating meat.

Despite the ways in which the United States Government protects the meat industry, Meatless Mondays have become a trend throughout the world.

From Los Angeles public schools to the entire Norwegian army, eating a meatless diet one day a week is practiced in more than 40 countries by schools, restaurants and hospitals.

Kristen Tam, a senior at San Francisco Lowell High School, is attempting to implement Meatless Mondays throughout San Francisco public high schools. As a member of the San Francisco Youth Commission, Tam explained that SFUSD students want Meatless Mondays. “I was writing an environmental education resolution and as a part of that, we sent out a survey which found that 70% of SF high schoolers in both public and private schools were willing to go meatless one day a week,” Tam said. Despite these results, Tam explained that opposition to citywide Meatless Mondays has come from the “SFUSD Student Nutrition Services whose main concern is whether students eat lunch. They are worried that students may not eat the lunch if it’s meatless.”

Depending on the success of the December trial menu, Urban could join thousands of campuses around the world this coming year in practicing Meatless Mondays, though, as Labao warned, “it’s really going to take Urban students’ enthusiasm and willingness to buy meatless lunch to make this work.”

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Lack of diversity in the Bay Area cannabis business Arts & Culture Editor

Tallula Ricciardi Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in January of 2018, the Bay Area community and economy have faced drastic changes in the cannabis industry. As more legal dispensaries open in San Francisco and around the Bay, issues emerge surrounding racial and economic diversity in the industry.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the majority of cannabis dispensaries are in the Tenderloin district. This clustering is largely due to San Francisco’s implementation of “buffer rules” that require dispensaries be located at least 1,000 feet from places that serve children, like schools and recreation sites. These zoning laws cause a concentration of marijuana dispensaries in so-called “green zones” — places with less resources available for children and families.

The zoning guidelines cause extreme price increases in these “green zones” as the zones become filled, leading to an increasingly elite population that is able to purchase and open cannabis dispensaries in these approved areas.

Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA), a nonprofit founded in 2015, supports person-of-color owned and operated cannabis businesses across the United States. According to their website, MCBA’s goal is to “increase representation of minorities among cannabis business employees, owners and investors, improve cannabis perception and education among minority populations, and inform about cannabis access and medical consumption among minority populations.”

In addition to the MCBA, other organizations such as The Hood Incubator is attempting to promote racial diversity within the cannabis industry.

Ebele Ifedigbo, Biseat Yawkal and Lanese Martin, three women from

Oakland, CA, started The Hood Incubator in 2017 to train people of color in the Bay Area about owning and operating their own small businesses.

Clarke Weatherspoon, Urban’s Dean of Equity and Social Justice, said that the issue of diversity within cannabis dispensaries raises “broader ethical questions, because [to start] any business you need capital [and] some way to construct a customer base.”

Weatherspoon added that, “[for] a lot of people who were [in] the underground marijuana economy,” it’s difficult to cross over from a once illegal business and “make that totally legal.”

According to Politico Magazine, The Hood Incubator’s mission is to “train black and brown people to start their own legal cannabis companies…. as a way to correct the injustices of the war on drugs launched in the early 1970s.”

According to The Hood Incubator, 90-95 percent of all cannabis-related arrests in Oakland are of people of color. Compared to the bare one per-

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nabis industry has potential limitations for these people to return to upon their release, because they lack the pre-existing capital and connections.

Weatherspoon said another possible limitation for potential cannabis businesses comes from of the fact that marijuana is not legal across the United States, despite being legal in California. He added that, because marijuana has not been federally legalized, it is “still somewhat dangerous to be involved in. [People] can’t really put their money in banks because [the federal government] is not protecting that money.”

There is a clear pattern of discrimination against people of color in the marijuana industry, especially in regards to getting loans and real estate which are both vital elements of entrepreneurship. However, organizations like MCBA and The Hood Incubator are looking to make a difference and provide opportunities for more people of color to become involved in California’s $8 billion cannabis industry.

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cent of loans that are given to black people across the country, the pattern is clear: it is less likely for white people to get arrested for possession of cannabis, but easier for them to open their own small business cannabis dispensaries. Ifedigbo added to Politico that “black people owned or founded less than five percent of cannabis businesses nationwide.”

Weatherspoon also added that anyone looking to get into the cannabis industry benefits from some prerequisites, such as having a solid economic standing. Being financially stable is imperative when going into the legal cannabis business, because “you need a storefront, you need a real estate agent who’s going to rent to you, you need a lot of the structures in place.”

Weatherspoon added that having “connections through education [and] previous business experience” also lends itself to improving business ventures in cannabis. For those who were convicted of a crime and did jail time for a cannabis related offense, the can-

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Legendary Songs

By Zoe Lusk, Caboose Editor

What are Urban students listening to? Check out our Spotify account “legendary songs” for a compilation.

The end of Daylight Saving time

By Phoebe Grandi, Visuals Editor, and Eli Gordon, Managing Editor Did you know that on Nov. 6, California voters passed Prop 7, which may put California on year-round daylight-saving time? We sought out the man behind the proposition in this interview podcast.

Inside teacher offices

By Lena Bianchi, Design Editor Have you ever wondered what the inside of a teacher’s office looks like? Do their offices match their personalities? Watch this short video highlighting a few stories behind Urban teacher offices.

The deadliest act of anti-Semitism in American history

By Zella Lezak, Staff Writer Learn about the historical context of anti-Semitism in America and how it led to the deadliest act against Jews in United States history this October.

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Urban savors the holiday season Clementine Daniel

From competitive “kugel-offs” to family tree-decorating, Urban students practice a range of traditions across the year and into the holiday season. Ella Rosenblatt ‘19, who co-leads Jew Crew, an affinity space for self-identifying Jewish students at Urban, celebrates Jewish holidays such as Yom Kippur and Hanukkah with her family but spends Christmas Eve with a friend and her family to experience the Christian holiday despite practicing a different faith. “It’s interesting to see a mix of three cultures,” she said, “me with Judaism, and [my friend] with being Persian and also being Christian.”

Rosenblatt commented on how her connection to Judaism has changed over time because of her environment, adding that “the older I get, the more involved with the Jewish tradition I’ve become. These traditions and holidays are what connect me to Judaism, and I would say I am definitely more connected to the cultural side of the religion.”

Avalon Edwards ‘20, who celebrates Christmas every year with her family, has always gone with them to pick out a Christmas tree and then decorate it together in their home.

However, they often attend family friends’ other holiday festivities, such as dinners during Hanukkah. Edwards acknowledged that while the culture among students at Urban feels relatively centered around Christmas at this time of year, “when decorating for holidays, they [Urban] do a pretty good job of including all holidays.”

Rosenblatt agreed that because much of the student population celebrates Christmas, the Christian holiday can at times feel “more important,” but she appreciates Urban’s annual holiday fair and how it represents holidays other than just Christmas.

Food is one of the most central parts of many holidays, and a family recipe or tradition can be passed on from generation to generation as a way of preserving history. Such recipes tell a story or represent a memory of the holiday, and sharing these traditions can build community and spirit.

A few Urban students that I spoke with shared some of their most important or favorite traditions, as well as the recipes that accompany them.

Ella’s Recipe: Grandma’s Kugel

Avalon’s recipe: Apple Date Cake

Kugel, traditionally enjoyed on Rosh Hashanah, is a popular Jewish dish traditionally consisting of either potato or egg noodles baked similarly to a casserole or pudding. Ella’s family hosts a “kugel-off” on Yom Kippur where family and friends gather to break the fast and compete to see whose kugel is best. Judges choose the best kugel out of three categories: sweet, savory, and innovative. Contestants have cooked up anything from a cinnamon bun kugel to a kugel-inspired drink!

Below is the traditional savory recipe for kugel that has been in Ella’s family for generations.

This holiday cake that Avalon’s family bakes every year at Christmas is from her grandmother’s original recipe.

Ingredients: 4 cups cubed apples 2 large eggs ½ cup butter, melted 1 tablespoon vanilla 2 cups white sugar 3 tablespoons cinnamon or more (to taste) 1 cup chopped dates (optional) 1½ cup walnuts (optional) ½ cup coconut 2 cups all-purpose flour 1½ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt

Ella’s family’s traditional kugel

Ingredients: 4 eggs ½ cup vegetable oil 1 lb. egg noodles 1 large onion 1 teaspoon sugar Salt and pepper to taste Glass casserole dish Instructions:.

Preheat oven to 350º.

Oil dish.

Cook and drain noodles.

Beat eggs.

Chop and sauté onions.

Combine all ingredients into 9x13 inch baking dish.

Cook for 1 hour.

Instructions: Measure all ingredients into a large bowl and mix until combined.

Bake in a 913” pan, or individual loaves at 350º F for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Baking is done when cake springs back to the touch, and a toothpick comes out relatively clean.

Avalon’s grandmother’s original recipe

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The McAllister's Sweet Potato Biscuits Lola McAllister’s family makes these sweet potato biscuits every Thanksgiving and Christmas ever since her older brother brought home the recipe from elementary school years ago.

Ingredients: 3 cups flour 2 heaping tablespoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup vegetable shortening (or substitute butter) 2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes and/or ruby yams ½ cup sugar ¼ cup water Instructions: Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in shortening with a fork. Combine sweet potatoes and sugar, mixing well. Add water. Combine sweet potato and flour mixtures. Blend well.

Place on floured surface and roll using a rolling pin to desired thickness or about ½ inch thick. Cut with upside-down cups or biscuit cutter. Bake on a lightly greased baking sheet at 400° for 10 minutes, or until nicely browned. Makes about 2 ½ dozen sweet potato biscuits.

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