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Author: Hannah Posner

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Peg Leg: Sophomore develops cure for cancer during Pirate Block

April 24, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

Sophomore Noli Trogdon accepts an award for discovering the cure for cancer in Pirate Block. Trogdon credits their discovery to the intellectual environment that Pirate Block fosters. Sophomore Noli Trogdon …

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Alumni

Alumni Spotlight: Abbey Thompson

April 23, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

From the River to Capitol Hill, Abbey Thompson (‘16) has always been interested in politics. Thompson got into politics as a senior at Riverside when she worked as an organizer …

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Alumni

Alumni Spotlight: Rania Hassan

April 23, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

Rania Hassan poses with Governor Roy Cooper. Hassan graduated from Riverside in 2015 and now works as a policy assistant for Cooper. Hassan (’15) thought she wanted to be an …

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Education

The pros and cons of taking 4 classes a day

April 5, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

Abigail Wood’s AVID Civic Literacy class toured UNC Chapel Hill on March 20. The class has been on three field trips this year– they have more time for excursions because …

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Satire

Peg Leg: Cold, ice and hysteria in this week’s forecast

January 17, 2024January 19, 2024 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

Durham is expecting freezing temperatures and potentially icy roads this week, and residents are bracing for this disaster. “I went to Harris Teeter right away,” said senior Ranon Greyber. “I …

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Satire

Peg Leg: how to survive Riverside traffic 

October 11, 2023October 13, 2023 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

Due to the confusion and frustration over the traffic situation at Riverside, the Pirates’ Hook created an easy-to-understand guide to getting out of school before sunset:

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Culture

Marcel Huchwajda: The Naval Engineer

June 6, 2023June 5, 2023 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

Marcel Huchwajda’s journey to the top of Riverside’s senior class began over 4,000 miles from Durham.  Huchwajda immigrated from Poland to the United States when he was two years old. …

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Culture

Did a robot write this article? ChatGPT raises concerns for teachers

May 19, 2023August 19, 2023 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

The new AI ChatGPT has the potential to change the Riverside English department. The free website, launched in November 2022 by OpenAI, can write an essay nearly instantly with a …

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Culture

As school returns to “normal,” teachers observe new student behaviors

October 28, 2022February 28, 2023 - by Hannah Posner - Leave a Comment

Although some students are still getting COVID and many chose to continue masking, most students say the Riverside experience seems more like identical to 2019 than ‘21 or ‘22. Unless …

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Sometimes showing up matters more than sitting out Las paredes encaladas de los pasillos de Riverside están cubiertas con obras de arte de estudiantes de los años 90 y principios de los 2000. Covering the whitewashed walls of Riverside’s hallways are pieces of student art from the 1990s and early 2000s. After the flood Después de la inundación: el camino hacia la recuperación De Jamaica y Filipinas a Durham: El numera de maestras in ternasonates que están lliendo a Riverside está subiendo From Jamaica and The Philippines to Durham #GETHOOKED New issue out now!!! 📸 photos by: Saul Janiak Stein.

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