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Book banning: Protecting or censoring?

May 6, 2025May 13, 2025 - by Aidan Ganter - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Opinion

Face off: Cancel culture has gone too far

May 6, 2025May 13, 2025 - by Conrad Hamel - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Opinion

Face off: Cancel culture is effective when used responsibly

May 6, 2025May 13, 2025 - by Violet Davis - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Sports

Bites before the fight: Lacrosse players share their pregame meals

May 2, 2025May 14, 2025 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Culture

“Someone’s junk becomes someone else’s treasures.”

May 1, 2025May 6, 2025 - by Chandler Cates - Leave a Comment

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. …

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Opinion

Living in fear wasn’t part of the deal

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 - by Tobias Rangel - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Opinion

Editorial: Targeted erasure

April 30, 2025May 13, 2025 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment

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 …

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News

“She wants to take her students to the next level.”

April 29, 2025May 14, 2025 - by Oliver George - Leave a Comment

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. …

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Culture

Behind the scenes of Guys and Dolls

April 29, 2025May 13, 2025 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment

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 …

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News / Spanish / Translations

Sin precedentes: Una oleada de órdenes ejecutivas deja a los inmigrantes buscando respuestas

April 29, 2025May 6, 2025 - by Sofia Alvarez-Pedraza - Leave a Comment

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 …

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News

Unprecedented: Flurry of executive orders leave immigrants searching for answers

April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 - by Sofia Alvarez-Pedraza - Leave a Comment

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 …

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News

Upcoming events for the Riverside community

April 28, 2025April 28, 2025 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment
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Culture

At the Heart of Denmark’s Cuisine

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 - by Saul Janiak Stein - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Satire

Bullying down 100% after recent BMX assembly

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 - by Sadie Irby - Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy of Durham Public Schools

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Satire

Riverside to Use Cockroaches to Combat Bedbugs

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 - by Tobias Rangel - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Multimedia / Sports

Photo Gallery: Varsity Baseball wins March 27th game against Hillside

March 27, 2025May 14, 2025 - by Sadie Irby - Leave a Comment
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News

Tricktok: social media, deception and addiction

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment

Graphic by Tula Winton By Conrad Hamel, Violet Davis, Isong Eshiet For students like sophomore Sam Murphy, browsing social media is an impulse that’s hard to resist, even when they …

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News / Translations

El Nuevo Look de Lenny

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment

Más estudiantes de Riverside que nunca eligen la inscripción dual Por Lucinda Dorrance, Jamari Murphy y Aidan Ganter Mientras los estudiantes de Riverside se afanaban por terminar el semestre, Peter …

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Sports / Translations

“Necistan creer en su propia fuerza”

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment

Jackie Wenzlik, clase de 24, en una cita para su ligamento cruzado anterior (LCA). En lo que se aumentan las rifas de leciones, estudiantes atletas tienen que confiar en su …

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News

Foggy Fashion: Riverside students choose their outfits many different ways

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 - by The Pirates Hook - Leave a Comment

Graphic by DJ Hernandez By Chandler Cates and Yaderlin Bojoy Aguacuata Senior Tiam Famet refuses to buy Crocs.  Famet chooses not to purchase Crocs simply because she doesn’t like their …

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Por Jamison Osborne y Violet Davis 18 teams compete in Destino's spring soccer tournament Don’t overlook the dark horses The Calm Before The Storm Riverside graduate Kyle Church wins national championship Stephanie Diaz-Mendoza's legacy extends beyond state titles 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.

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Really insightful interview with Coach Hodge! I loved reading about Coach Hodge's coaching philosophy and his approach to developing players…

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