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Opinion

Millions face hunger as shutdown threatens SNAP benefits

November 5, 2025February 11, 2026 - by Isabelle Abadie - Leave a Comment

Non-perishable foods lined up on a table. Donating non-perishable foods to food pantrys is a beneficial way to help people in need of food assistance. Photo courtesy of Gaining Visuals …

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Kali Uchis’ Album Por Vida Feels like a Dream

November 4, 2024November 6, 2024 - by Tula Winton - Leave a Comment

Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis released her second album, Por Vida (For Life), on February 14, 2015. With only nine songs, the album is just over half an hour long, making …

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Taking a bite in the spotlight: from Mexico to Durham, a bakery’s story

October 9, 2023October 10, 2023 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment

By: Saul Janiak-Stein and Norah Lubeck From a mountainside scene to a corner side store, the Del Castillos have been baking for their community.   There’s a bakery in Pahuatlan, a …

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New year, new attitude

October 10, 2021 - by janelperry - 2 Comments.

The front office is a very different place this year. In the past, Riverside’s students and front office staff were familiar with each other. There were the same faces in …

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Coronavirus / Opinion / Sports

Editorial: When you start sports in a pandemic…

November 24, 2020 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment

Competing in masks suck, but we have to make it work.

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Opinion

Clickbait, Clarity, and Timing

May 30, 2019February 5, 2020 - by Mair Famet - Leave a Comment

my real-life journalism lesson

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Opinion

Movie Review: Captain Marvel

April 14, 2019August 30, 2019 - by Jeymy Rivas - Leave a Comment

Captain Marvel is a movie with a strong female lead that is caught in an intergalactic war. Throughout the movie she tries to remember who she was before she was …

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