(Left) Senior Elizabeth Healy competes during an early season meet. Healy also runs cross-country and holds multiple school records. (Right) Sophomore Joshua Elmenshawi winding up for a discus throw. Elmneshawi …
The waiting game: Track and field athletes spend their downtime recovering and supporting teammates Read More
Mitchell Brennan (left) and Alex Abrams-Garrett (right) play in matches against East Chapel Hill. Abrams-Garrett is the first player to make regionals in three years. Photos by Norah Lubeck. Riversides’ …
“A good way to gauge where you stand” Read More
I’ve discovered a cure for senioritis. In a class like journalism, I am able to inflict stress on myself. It’s easy to stay motivated about things you actually want to …
Senioritis solved Read More
Julie-Lynn Bourquin watches a student work on an assignment. She won teacher of the year after 14years of teaching at Riverside. Photo by Kalissa Everett Bourquin has been teaching for …
All about making connections: Math teacher Julie-Lynn Bourquin is Riverside’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Read More
Graphic by Tula Winton Book banning has a long and controversial history, and its newest chapter is currently in the public spotlight nationwide. It began back in the days of …
Book banning: Protecting or censoring? Read More
Graphic by Tula Winton On the surface, cancel culture doesn’t sound too bad. Merriam-Webster describes it as “the practice or tendency of engaging in mass canceling as a way of …
Face off: Cancel culture has gone too far Read More
Graphic by Tula Winton When I think of the term “cancel culture,” I think of the recently-developed norm built on calling people out for unacceptable actions. According to Dictionary.com, it …
Face off: Cancel culture is effective when used responsibly Read More
Graphic by Tula Winton By Norah Lubeck and Saul Janiak-Stein A dozen donuts, a Costco pizza, a handful of almonds, a glass of water, or nothing at all. As Riverside’s …
Bites before the fight: Lacrosse players share their pregame meals Read More
CTE teacher Kim Nelson-Burgess stands at the open sign to her pop-up thrift store. Nelson is a thrifter at heart who fell in love with it after losing her parents. …
“Someone’s junk becomes someone else’s treasures.” Read More
Sometimes, fear can be fun. People play horror games, watch movies, and go to haunted houses, but they do this knowing it’s not real. That’s not what millions across this …
Living in fear wasn’t part of the deal Read More
A mural of Pauli Murray painted on the side of a Foster Street building downtown. Murray’s biographical information has been removed from multiple federal archives. Art by Sadie Irby. The …
Editorial: Targeted erasure Read More
Chemistry teacher Ankanke Mason-Hogans helps students on an assignment. She started at Riverside last year as a student teacher before taking a full-time position in 2024-25. Photo by Kalissa Everett. …
“She wants to take her students to the next level.” Read More
The cast of Guys and Dolls pose after a final run-through on April 23. The cast, crew and directors worked for weeks to create the show, which was performed live …
Behind the scenes of Guys and Dolls Read More
Arte de Sadie Irby Las políticas de inmigración de la nueva administración Trump han creado miedo en todo Estados Unidos y aquí en la comunidad de Durham. Cuando Trump asumió …
Sin precedentes: Una oleada de órdenes ejecutivas deja a los inmigrantes buscando respuestas Read More Art by Sadie Irby The new Trump administration’s immigration policies have created fear across the United States and here in the Durham community. When Trump last took office in 2017 …
Unprecedented: Flurry of executive orders leave immigrants searching for answers Read More
Pickled Herring being sold at a shop in Copenhagen. Photo by Saul Janiak Stein. Copenhagen is a coastal city in Northern Europe in a little cove in Denmark. Seeing as …
At the Heart of Denmark’s Cuisine Read More
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Bullying down 100% after recent BMX assembly Read More
This method is already being tested in other libraries around the country On March 19, students were ordered to return school-issued laptops after administration discovered another bedbug infestation–the third such …
Riverside to Use Cockroaches to Combat Bedbugs Read More