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Founded in 1991 Vol. XXVIII Issue IV February 2019 http://thepirateshook.com

In this issue: Are AirPods worth it?

Regular people: *breathes* People with AirPods: "No they don't fall out."

By Eva Flowe and Justyn Ramseur, p. 3

ICE arrests impact DPS and Durham There have been about 200 arrests in North Carolina this month by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

By Kaitlyn Busch, p. 8 En Espanol, p. 4

Junior Isaiah Strickland reads a poem he wrote about his hair during Thursday's African-American heritage assembly. The event was one of several ways Riverside celebrated Black History Month and included poetry, dance and musical performances. • PHOTO BY SIMONE BROOKS

Riverside celebrates Black History Month

By Simone Brooks and Abby Martinez

Faculty members and student organizations celebrated Black History Month with a blast of events.

Black Student Union made Instagram posts that included facts and quotes about African American achievements every day of Black History Month.

Daniel Kearns, an English teacher who is new to Riverside, came up with the idea to announceAfricanAmerican achievements each morning during on the announcements.

“I feel that as a school we applaud and praise everything except for Black History Month,” said Kearns. “I feel like at least educating students with some sort of facts every morning isn’t enough, but it’s definitely a start.”

Dance teacher Kristin Duncan held a heritage assembly that highlighted

Menos estudiantes de RHS estan peliando Por Brisa Rabadan Con la ayuda de nuevas reglas, líderes y estudiantes, las peleas han disminuido en Riverside en los últimos tres años.

Cada año, nuevos estudiantes llegan a Riverside. Estos estudiantes traen una nueva, mayormente positiva, energía a la escuela. La transición de la secundaria a la preparatoria es un paso muy importante para los adolescentes. A lo largo de esta transición los adolescentes cambian mucho. Ojalá hayan aprendido de sus errores anteriores y puedan lidiar con los desafíos que traerá la preparatoria.

A medida que los estudiantes crecen físicamente, también crecen mentalmente. Los estudiantes aprenden a manejar sus problemas de una manera madura, incluso cuando se trata de pelear. Con el tiempo, la estudiante Mone'ja Howard ha cambiado de actitud hacia las peleas.

"Mone'ja en décimo grado hubiera peleado, pero Mone'ja en el doceavo

(cont en p. 2)

black family traditions, superheroes and moving from segregation to unification, among other things.

The show will include many types of performances, including dance, theater, and chorus.

“It’s an array of disciplines from the arts and from organizations around the school,” said Duncan.

In the front of the school there was a poster that celebrated African American innovations and inventors.

The B.O.S.S. club also organized a door decorating contest.

EC teacher assistance Karen Scoggins and her students created a calendar that described a different African American achievement every day of the month.

“I had done it before and I thought it would be fun for the kids to look at,” said Scoggins. “I got the idea from a teacher I worked with at another school and the students did the cards last year.”

Miembros de la facultad y organizaciones estudiantiles celebraron el Mes de la Historia Negra con una explosión de eventos.

Black Student Union hizo publicaciones en Instagram que incluían datos y citas sobre los logros afroamericanos todos los días del Mes de la Historia Negra.

Daniel Kearns, un profesor de inglés que es nuevo en Riverside, tuvo la idea de anunciar logros afroamericanos cada mañana durante los anuncios.

“Siento que, como escuela, aplaudimos y alabamos todo menos el Mes de la Historia Negra”, dijo Kearns.

“Siento que al menos educar a los estudiantes con algún tipo de información cada mañana no es suficiente, pero definitivamente es un comienzo.

La profesora de danza Kristin Duncan realizó una asamblea de patrimonio que destacó las tradiciones familiares negras, los superhéroes y

el movimiento de la segregación a la unificación, entre otras cosas.

El espectáculo incluirá muchos tipos de actuaciones, incluyendo danza, teatro y coro.

“Es una variedad de disciplinas de arte y organizaciones alrededor de la escuela”, dijo Duncan.

En el frente de la escuela había un cartel que celebraba las innovaciones y los inventores afroamericanos.

El club B.O.S.S. también organizó un concurso de decoración de puertas.

La asistencia de la maestra de EC Karen Scoggins y sus alumnos crearon un calendario que describía un logro afroamericano diferente todos los días del mes.

“Lo había hecho antes y pensé que sería divertido para los niños”, dijo Scoggins.“Obtuve la idea de un maestro con el que trabajé en otra escuela y los estudiantes hicieron las tarjetas el año pasado”.

Fewer RHS students are fighting

By Brisa Rabadan With the help of new rules, leaders, and students, fights have declined at Riverside in the past three years.

Every year, new students arrive at Riverside. These students bring new energy to the school, mostly positive.

Transitioning from middle school to high school is a very big step for teenagers. Throughout this transition teens change a lot.

As students physically grow, they grow mentally as well. Students learn to handle their problems in a mature way, even when it comes to fighting.

Senior Mone’ja Howard has changed her attitude towards fights over time.

“Mone’ja in tenth grade would’ve fought, but senior Mone’ja is different.”

In an interview with The Pirates’ Hook in 2017, Howard said that she enjoyed watching fights.

“It’s not fair that you can get suspended for recording a fight,” she said.

“Maybe I wanted to send it to Worldstar Hip Hop or something.”

Now, she believes that fighting is not the answer and that the punishment is not worth it.

Many attribute the decline to Principal Tonya Williams. Williams joined the Riverside community in October 2016. Since that year, fight culture has changed more. During the 2016-17 school year, there were 58 fighting/physical aggression incidents.

In 2017-18 there were 55. This year there have been 33.

Williams works together with administrators, teachers, and SROs to have a more proactive environment and, in situations like fights, to have a better outcome.

“We just really talk through issues so that it's not that somebody feels unsafe at school or like they feel like they have to defend themselves,” Williams stated.

She wants students to know that teachers, counselors and even herself are willing to help if they have any issues.

“If they have a conflict, they don't feel like they have to solve it on their own,” she said.

Assistant principal Britton Brown believes that everyone - from students to even administrators - are trying to be more proactive.

“Teachers are working to be proactive and work on stopping things before they happen,” he said.

Williams is also making it her goal to be restorative in situations like this.

If there is a problem administrators work to fix it so it won’t happen again, instead of just pushing it away. In the past, if students were in a fight or were physically aggressive they would get suspended for ten days. Students would not only get suspended for being in a fight, but also for recording it, no questions asked.

“If there is a conflict and something happened, we try not to just say everybody gets 10 days.” Williams said. ”We're just trying to take it more on a case-by-case basis to see what the consequence needs to be because we know the data suggests, the suspension doesn't really work.”

Reggie Brown: Riverside teacher and former NFL player 47 years ago, Riverside instructional assistant Reggie Brown watched the crowd go wild after Lydell Mitchell scored a touchdown in a 1972 Baltimore Ravens game, and said, "I want some of that."

By Maya Dulli-Ray, p. 5

CBD products have become available in Durham Cannabidiol (CBD) products are popping up in gas stations and vape shops around Durham, and Riverside students are starting to buy them.

By Ben Neal, p. 3

Top students use sports to manage stress When sixteen year old Connor Webster's heavy course load starts to take its toll, he finds solace on the ice.

By Emmer Rice, p. 5

Spring sports previews The baseball, women's soccer, and lacrosse coaches share their hopes and predictions for the upcoming season.

By Ella Whithaus, p. 6

Riverside alumnus works as an oyster farmer Ryan Bethea founded a company, Oysters Carolina, and dedicates himself as the sole employee and the manager.

• GRAPHIC BY JULIANA PRIMUS

By Javier Morales, p. 8

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•Editors: Mair Famet, Joseph Laird •Photo Editors: Fabian Hernandez, Javier Morales •Staff: Elijah King, Alexis Del Castillo, Ariel Fabito,Brisa Rabadan, Abby Martiez, Braeden Hilliard, Kaitlyn Busch, Ben Neal, Simone Brooks, Jeymy Rivas, Katherine Aparicio, Tai Gordon, Stacy Colindres, Destiny Chitambira, Justyn Ramseur, Eva Flowe, Phillip Madarang, Aahliyah Lee, Ella Whithaus, Emmer Rice, Mya Dulli-Ray, Jonathan Delgado-Garcia

Editorials

We can do better Riverside celebrated black history month, but it just wasn’t enough.

As the Hook staff interviewed students and staff about the Black History Month plans while gathering facts about the news article on page 1, it seemed like everything was being planned during the month of February itself, not before it started.

When reporters asked why the plans were taking so long to come together, teachers mentioned that the start of the new semester, ACT prep and former teachers leaving Riverside as challenges. W h i l e these reasons are valid, they don’t change the fact that Black history month is celebrated in February every single year. Why didn’t Riverside already have a plan?

For years, James Hopkins, a former social studies teacher at Riverside and current principal at Lakeview Elementary, planned the best Black history events at Riverside in previous years. Hopkins taught at Riverside from 2003-2010.

Thirty six percent of Riverside's student body is African American, according to DPS student data. African American culture deserves to be celebrated. Teachers, students and faculty members have lives outside of school to live, but if we can celebrate Thanksgiving, why can’t we can also celebrate black culture in a special way?

Many students and faculty members deserve credit for their efforts this year. The B.O.S.S Club’s door decorating contest,Kristin Duncan's heritage showcase, Karen Scoggins’ calendar, Ms.Cooper and Mr. Robsion’s front office project and Mr. Kearns’ announcements were great, but as a whole Riverside could have done more.

African Americans have overcome four hundred years of oppression and adversity. Being black remains a struggle for Riverside students and Americans in general. A not-so-little reminder of how far African Americans have come is not too much to ask for.

If we can celebrate Thanksgiving, why can’t we also celebrate black culture in a special way?

Podemos hacer mejor Riverside celebró el mes de la historia afroamericana, pero no fue suficiente.

Cuando el personal del Hook entrevistó a los estudiantes y al personal administrativo de la escuela sobre los planes del mes de la historia afroamericana parecía que todo estaba siendo planeado durante el mes de febrero, no antes de que comenzara. Cuando los reporteros preguntaron por qué los planes tardaban tanto en realizarse, el comienzo del nuevo semestre, la preparación para el ACT y maestros que abandonaron Riverside fueron mencionados por maestros como desafíos.

Quizás estas razones son válidas, pero no cambian el hecho de que el mes de la historia afroamericana se celebra en febrero cada año. ¿Por qué Riverside no tenía un plan?

Por años, James Hopkins, un ex maestro de estudios sociales en Riverside y director de Lakeview Elementary, planificó los mejores eventos del mes de la historia afroamericana en Riverside. Hopkins enseñó en Riverside del 2003 al 2010.

Según datos estudiantiles de las Escuelas Públi-

cas de Durham (conocido como DPS, por sus siglas en inglés), el 36 por ciento del cuerpo estudiantil de Riverside es afroamericano. La cultura afroamericana merece ser celebrada. Maestros, el personal administrativo y estudiantes tienen vidas fuera de la escuela para vivir, pero si podemos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias, ¿por qué no podemos también celebrar la cultura afroamericana en una manera especial?

Muchos estudiantes y miembros del personal administrativo merecen crédito por sus esfuerzos este año. El concurso de decoración de puertas del Club B.O.S.S., la exhibición de herencia de Kristin Duncan, el calendario de Karen Scoggins, el proyecto de la oficina principal de la Sra. Cooper y el Sr. Robsion y los anuncios del Sr. Kearns fueron geniales, pero en general Riverside pudo haber hecho más.

Los afroamericanos han superado los cuatrocientos años de opresión y adversidad. Ser negro sigue siendo una lucha para los estudiantes de Riverside y estadounidenses en general. Un pequeño recordatorio de hasta dónde han llegado los afroamericanos no sería mucho pedir.

Families deserve to feel safe The right to education seems like one of the most basic rights, and when children and teenagers begin to feel afraid within their school environments, we all fail.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested and detained undocumented residents of Durham this month, and it was hard to miss. Regardless of opinions about immigration policy, all Americans should agree and be aware that to rob children of the safe space provided by schools is both immoral and problematic.

When students are in America without some kind of safety net, or have deported parents and family, it can be easy for them to fall through the cracks in an already overloaded school system.

The American Psychological Association reported that 79% of families screened in family detention centers have a “credible fear” of persecution should they be forced to return to the country from which they immigrated.

When children are afraid of being deported, or of

their family or friends being deported, they experience serious physical and emotional symptoms of stress. It can cause them to distance themselves from their friends, their grades to drop, and even prevent them from coming to school at all. How can we expect them to learn when they are scared of their lives being uprooted?

Teachers have long known that ICE presence fosters fear in schools. That’s why it’s important that we have policy in place that protects undocumented students.

That’s why the Durham Association of Educators has an Immigrant Justice team. That’s why it’s so cool that Riverside teachers feel strongly enough about the welfare of their students to spend an entire year developing district policy that protects students and their immigration information.

Immigration status doesn’t dictate one’s right to education. Neither should ICE enforcement policies being carried out in Durham.

Familias merecen sentirse seguras El derecho a la educación parece ser uno de los derechos más básicos, y cuando los niños y adolescentes comienzan a sentir miedo en sus entornos escolares, todos fracasamos.

El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) arrestó y detuvo a residentes indocumentados de Durham este mes, y fue difícil de ignorar. Independientemente de las opiniones sobre la política de inmigración, todos los estadounidenses deben estar de acuerdo y ser conscientes que robarle a los niños el espacio seguro que brindan las escuelas es tanto inmoral como problemático.

Cuando los estudiantes están en Estados Unidos sin algún tipo de red de seguridad, o tienen padres y familiares deportados, puede ser fácil para ellos pasar por alto en un sistema escolar ya sobrecargado.

La Asociación Americana de Psicología informó que el 79% de las familias examinadas en centros de detención familiar tienen miedo de persecución en sus país natal.

Cuando los niños tienen miedo de ser deportados, o de que sus familiares o amigos sean deportados, sienten graves síntomas físicos y emocionales de estrés. Puede hacer que se alejen de sus amigos, que sus calificaciones bajen, e incluso puede evitar que asistan a la escuela. ¿Cómo podemos esperar que aprendan cuando temen que sus vidas sean desarraigadas?

Los maestros han sabido por mucho tiempo que la presencia de ICE fomenta el miedo en las escuelas.

Por eso es importante que tengamos una política que proteja a los estudiantes indocumentados. Por eso la Asociación de Educadores de Durham tiene un equipo de Justicia para Inmigrantes. Por eso es genial que a los maestros de Riverside les de fuerte importancia el bienestar de sus estudiantes tanto como para pasar un año desarrollando políticas del distrito que protejan a los estudiantes y su información migratoria.

El estatus migratorio no dicta el derecho a la educación. Las políticas de ICE tampoco se deben llevar a cabo en Durham.

Hypocrisy in the media

By Mair Famet

Heard about ICE now? Probably because your favorite rapper was detained by them on February 3.

ICE claimed 21, also known as Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was born in the United Kingdom and was in the States illegally.

According to his attorney, 21 was brought to the US when he was seven in 2005 and his parents failed to renew his visa in 2006. According to ICE, he has been living in the states illegally ever since.

His attorney also stated that he filed for a U-visa in 2017, four years after 21 was reportedly shot at six times.

The U visa is for victims of crime and their immediate family members who have suffered mental or physical abuse while in the U.S. and who are willing to assist law enforcement and government officials within the crime.

Once news hit that 21 was detained, many fellow artists took to social media to support him using the hashtag #Free21. This then caught the attention of many conservatives,

Peliando Cont. de p.1

es diferente" dijo.

En una entrevista con The Pirates' Hook en 2017, Howard dijo que disfrutaba ver peleas.

“No es justo que te suspendan por grabar una pelea,” dijo Mone’ja.

“Tal vez quiero mandarlo a Worldstar Hip Hop.” Ahora, cree que pelear no es la respuesta y que el castigo no vale la pena.

Muchos atribuyen tal disminución a la directora Tonya Williams.

Williams se unió a la comunidad de Riverside en octubre del 2016.

Desde ese año, la cultura de peleas ha cambiado más. Durante el año escolar 2016-17 hubo 58 incidentes de pelea/agresión física. En 2017-18 hubo 55. Este año han habido un total de 33 incidentes.

Williams trabaja junto con los administradores, maestros y Oficiales de Recursos de la Escuela (SRO, por sus siglas en inglés) para tener un ambiente más proactivo y, en situaciones como peleas, para tener un mejor resultado.

"Realmente hablamos de los problemas para que no sea que alguien se sienta inseguro en la escuela o que sienta que tiene que defenderse," declaró Williams.

including the famous political commentator Tomi Lahren.

On February 3, Lahren tweeted, “I got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight ICE agents ready to deport ya,” referencing the lyrics of 21’s song “Bank account.” The tweet started a back and forth with other Twitter users- Including Nicki Minaj and Cardi B - which brought up a video of Lahren mouthing along to the lyrics of Savage song “Bank Account”. It also brought out the hypocrisy in how many artists chose to now speak up on the acts of ICE. Artist like Dj Kahled, SZA, Kendrick Lamar - big names in the industry - participated in a collab video trying to bring “awareness” to Savage’s situation. 21’s arrest brought more attention to ICE. This informed people on how ICE would detain children and lock them up.

Many people find it funny how a lot of celebrities choose to speak out when a famous musician was detained by ICE, but kept quiet when families were being torn apart last summer when ICE agents were detaining immigrants at the border.

Immigrants who have crossed the border hoping for a new opportunities, were detained by ICE, separated from their families and put into legit cages. They were inhumanely for approximately 20 days. From dying to overcrowding, this issue speaks for itself. Weather they overstayed their visa or illegally crossed the border, immigrants are still human.

It shouldn’t take a celebrity arrest to remind us to treat them the right way.

Con eso en mente, quiere que los estudiantes sepan que los maestros, consejeros e incluso ella misma están dispuestos a ayudar si tienen algún problema.

"Si tienen un conflicto, no sientan que tienen que resolverlo por sí mismos", dijo.

El subdirector Britton Brown cree que todos, desde estudiantes hasta administradores, intentan ser más proactivos.

"Los maestros están trabajando para ser proactivos y para detener las cosas antes de que sucedan", dijo Brown.

Williams también tiene de objetivo ser restauradora en situaciones como estas. Si hay un problema, los administradores trabajan para arreglarlo para que no vuelva a suceder, en lugar de simplemente alejarlo. En el pasado, si los estudiantes estaban en una pelea o eran físicamente agresivos, serían suspendidos por diez días. Los estudiantes no solo serían suspendidos por estar en una pelea, sino también por grabarla, sin preguntas.

“Si hay un conflicto y algo sucede, tratamos de no solo decir que todos reciben 10 días", dijo Williams.

"Solo estamos tratando de tomar caso por caso para ver cuál será la consecuencia, porque sabemos que los estudios sugieren que la suspensión realmente no funciona."

Traducido por Brisa Rabadan

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Do you speak broke?

If you read this you're big ballin'

By Justyn Ramsseur No they don’t fall out. No I don’t speak broke. Yes I am rich!

For all these reasons and more, you can trust me when I say AirPods are not the enemy.

Airpods are not made with gummy eartips, like many other earphones, which creates a tight seal.

Although they are not equipped with this feature and are made out of hard plastic, Airpods still provide a nice a snug fit. If you are just missing the tight seal of other earphones you can buy silicone ear tips that still fit in the AirPods charging case, but even without the tips Airpods fit in most ear’s great.

“My AirPods haven’t fallen out yet and I’ve been running with them for a few months now,” said sophomore Jahna Davis.

The sticker price for Airpods is 159 dollars and after tax it's a bit north of 170 dollars. With price being a big concern AirPods. Surprisingly, AirPods are one of the cheapest fully wireless earphones on the market.

“Get your coin and come get some,” said senior Marco Hovey.

Bose SoundSport Free wireless headphones are 199.95 dollars. Personally, I don’t think it is worth it.

With that price tag you would expect much more than the headphones, right? Well that’s really not the case. The SoundSport Free headphones only have better sound cancelling because of the gummy ear tips and water resistance.

Why spend the extra money and not be social accepted in society, and actually be able to talk to other people with airpods because you don’t speak broke.

With a seamless pairing between all of apple devices, a charging case that offers up to 24 hours of battery life, being able to withstand the washing machine, and having incredible range AirPods are definitely well worth the money.

Bum boys unite

By Eva Flowe No one asked, Justyn.

Airpods are not worth the hype they have received. They are cool in a slightly gimmicky, unimpressive way, but let’s face it, they are not worth the $160 they currently cost.

Furthermore, just because someone owns Apple’s wireless earpods doesn’t mean they’re cool. It isn’t trendsetting, it’s following. So congrats on being able to listen to music, but airpod users need to chill.

The memes about how airpod users babble their overused catch phrases into an uncaring crowd are accurate. After all, the new Louis Vuitton airpods cost close to $1000, and by that standard, we all “speak broke.”

Beyond that, there are custom wireless headphones for sale costing close to $40,000 dollars, and earbuds costing close to $2,500.

Comparatively, airpods are just midrange wireless earbuds with mixed reviews and a mass produced brand name. They are not all that innovative, and regardless of the joking nature of that commentary, it does still say something about current American society.

Don’t just take my word for it...

“I think airpods are really just status symbols and people who wear them are overrated,” said sophomore Lucy Kraus.

“They are overpriced, you are paying for a brand and are only popular from social

media pressure,” said sophomore Ella Levy.

This is a common sentiment among people who dislike airpods. Airpods show that people have some financial security, even if they were Christmas presents. Unlike phones, which are essential for everyday life, airpods are unnecessary and expensive. They are also fairly noticeable unless covered by hair or a hood, so they can attract attention to a person.

Even if they aren’t completely useless, airpods are probably just another technological trend that will be over as soon as the next big thing comes out.

Or Apple will just come up with another way to take advantage of teenage insecurity. They will make the Apple sign gold, add rose gold as an option, or make them look slightly sleeker at the expense of function. Everyone will go running to buy flashy, overwrought symbols of social importance, even though their old status symbols are functioning just fine.

Airpods are expensive, awkward looking, brand name earbuds, so regardless of whether they fall out, they aren’t worth it. There are heaps of social insecurities present in their popularity, and also some weird technological materialism that benefits Apple far more than it benefits consumers. People don’t need to have every single vaguely interesting tech trend when it comes out, especially if it is mediocre and severely overpriced. They aren’t worth it.

“They are overpriced, you are paying for a brand and are only popular from social media pressure.”

Ella Levy, Sophomore

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Durham's deep-rooted gentrification

By Tai Gordon

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CBD is on the rise

Current "revitalization" can be traced to the past

“I’ve lived my whole life in Durham,” says Riverside junior Isaac Harrison. “And I’ve seen the neighborhoods around me drastically improve in their infrastructure and economy.”

Durham is changing. Since city leaders began the process of revitalizing decaying, low income, and high crime neighborhoods a few years ago, the landscape and demographics have been changing quickly.

Isaac Harrison has had first hand experience with the city’s transformation. “Downtown is especially changing, there’s a lot of businesses moving in.” Downtown is changing. Since the city announced a seven-year master plan to revitalize the area in 2008, it’s become an attractive center of culture and nightlife. Blog-worthy restaurants and trendy coffee shops pop up everywhere to accommodate the thousands of young professionals brought in by the booming tech industries and academia of the area. These changes are seen all over the city. However, this revitalization has a trade-off; it makes it more difficult for lower class residents to stay in their neighborhoods.

This phenomenon is known as gentrification. Merriam Webster dictionary defines it as “the process of repairing and rebuilding homes and businesses in a deteriorating area (such as an urban neighborhood) accompanied by an influx of middle-class or affluent people and that often results in the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents.” It’s happening in cities all over the United States, and can often be traced to back to two historic trends; Redlining

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and the construction of highways, both of which are seen in Durham’s past.

Historically, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation prevented black residents from moving into some neighborhoods and steered them into others in a phenomenon known as redlining. News & Observer reporter Dawn Bumgardner Vaughan defined the phenomenon as “the racist bank policy of not loaning to African Americans in the early 20th century, (which) forced homeowners to live in one neighborhood over another.” It’s effects can clearly be seen in Durham today. “Looking at gentrifying neighborhoods, there is evidence of historic

redlining,” said Vaughan.

In the 1960s, urban renewal paved new highways that ran directly through historically black neighborhoods in Durham.

Hayti, once Durham’s most thriving black neighborhoods, was cut through by the Durham Freeway around 50 years ago. The project fragmented the community, and the harm it caused is still felt today.

“It used to be the railroad tracks, then the Freeway — now we call it gentrification,” said Percy Murray, N.C. Central University history professor emeritus, as reported by the Herald Sun.

By Ben Neal Cannabidiol(CBD) products are popping up in gas stations and vape shops around Durham, and Riverside students are starting to buy them.

CBD oil is a non-intoxicating extract that is taken from the leaves of marijuana plants. The products being sold over-the-counter in retail stores contain little to no tetrahydrocannabinol(THC), but the FDA is starting to realize there is a significant grey area when it comes to the distribution of products containing CBD oil. According to a Feb. 11 WRAL article, only 26 of 84 products that FDA researchers purchased online contained the amount of CBD claimed on their labels.

A student at Riverside who has used CBD products but is not yet 18, believes that these products have real medicinal purposes.

“I have anxiety from things such as school,” the student said. “CBD calms you down a lot and helps you fall asleep”.

The student then went on to explain why they prefer CBD products over more professional methods like therapy when dealing with stress.

“Going to a therapist can make certain people uncomfortable, while using a solution that you can just buy from a store makes everything less complicated.”

Senior Kwisawn Void has also used the products and believes they have several benefits.

“CBD products help me focus on homework, help reduce stress, and help me go to sleep,” he said.

While CBD is considered a positive outlet for stress and other issues, states are still trying to increase the restriction on these products due to the fact that some of them do contain amounts of THC. “Although there is very little case study on these products, as long as the distribution of these products are within the boundaries of the law then it should be fine,” said Steven Mills, a school resource officer Riverside.

Detencion de ICE impacto DPS, Durham La ley federal de inmigracion se encuentra con la oposicion en todo Carolina del Norte

Por Kaitlyn Busch Este mes, tan solo en Carolina del Norte, hubo aproximadamente 200 arrestos hechos por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (conocido como ICE, por sus siglas en inglés).

Inicialmente, las redadas ocurrieron afuera de Durham, pero el 7 de febrero, un padre de un estudiante de Hillside High School fue arrestado mientras dejaba a su hijo en la escuela.

“Fue detenido,” dijo el organizador comunitario Ivan Almonte. “Él dejó el coche allí. El niño estaba llorando. Eso es traumático para los niños. Enfrentan todos estos traumas, todos estos miedos.”

Padres de estudiantes de primaria en Lakewood, Forest View y George Watts Montessori también han sido detenidos.

En Sanford, Carolina del Norte, 27 personas fueron arrestadas el 5 de febrero en Bear Creek Arsenal, una compañía de fabricación de armas. Los funcionarios de ICE dijeron que 25 de esas personas se identificaron mediante órdenes de registro criminal, y han dejado claro que estas redadas locales no son aleatorias o inusuales.

“En cuanto a los informes de oficiales de ICE que llevan a cabo la imposición de la ley de inmigración en Carolina del Norte, ICE lleva a cabo arrestos por motivos de inmigración todos los días como parte de su misión en curso decumplir con leyes federales es de inmigración,” dijo el portavoz de ICE Bryan Cox en una declaración a WFMY News 2 publicada el 6 de febrero.

El alcalde de Sanford, Chet Mann, dijo que no se compartió de antemano la información de los arrestos del Bear Creek Arsenal con la ciudad de Sanford, pero el alguacil del condado de Lee, Tracy Carter, dijo que sus oficiales locales respondieron a la solicitud de asistencia de la agencia.

ABC 11 también informó el 8 de febrero que 140 de los aproximadamente 200 arrestos involucraron a sospechosos con cargos pendientes o condenas penales, o aquellos que previamente habían sido deportados y habían reingresado ​​ilegalmente al país.

“Otras sesenta personas arrestadas no fueron específicamente objetivadas,” informó ABC 11. “En cambio, fueron arrestados cuando no pudieron verificar su estatus legal para los agentes de ICE que estaban buscando a otras personas indocumentadas.”

Los grupos locales de defensa han expresado su opinión sobre los arrestos y los estudiantes

en las redes sociales han vuelto a publicar las advertencias de los avistamientos de vehículos de ICE. El superintendente de las Escuelas Públicas de Durham (conocido como DPS, por sus siglas en inglés), Pascal Mubenga, emitió una declaración de que “el DPS continúa dando la bienvenida a todos los estudiantes.”

“La Corte Suprema de EE. UU. dictaminó que los jóvenes en edad escolar tienen derecho a asistir a escuelas públicas independientemente de su estatus migratorio,” escribió Mubenga.

El presidente de la Asociación de Educadores de Durham, Bryan Proffitt, reiteró la necesidad del distrito de apoyar a los estudiantes y sus familias.

“Sabemos que varias de las familias de nuestros estudiantes se han visto directamente afectadas,” escribió Proffitt en un mensaje al personal administrativode DPS, “y ya estamos escuchando del temor que impide que los estudiantes vayan a la escuela y que las familias se ocupen de sus necesidades básicas.“ Las maestras de Riverside Ellen Holmes y Allison Swaim formaron parte de un proceso de un año que optimizó la política del distrito para proteger a los estudiantes indocumentados como parte del equipo organizador de la Asociación de Justicia para Inmigrantes de la Asociación de Educadores de Durham.

“Tomamos una política que ya tenía DPS y la mejoramos,” dijo Holmes. “La hicimos más estricto.

La política, adoptada en mayo de 2017, amplía FERPA, una ley federal que prohíbe compartir información educativa de los estudiantes con entidades públicas. Las adaptaciones a la política de DPS tratan más específicamente con ICE y las autoridades La agencia no está permitida en las instalaciones, autobuses o paradas de autobús sin el permiso del director o superintendente. Los maestros tampoco pueden preguntarle a un estudiante sobre su estatus migratorio o compartir su información.

“Creo que a veces aprovechamos la edad y la ubicación de los estudiantes y olvidamos que tienen derecho al juicio justo”, dijo Holmes. “Además, sé que hay mucho miedo y mucho estrés cuando eres un estudiante indocumentado. Queríamos asegurarnos de que se sintieran seguros en la escuela “.

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Swaim dice que el impacto real de ICE y la imposición de la ley de inmigración no se puede separar completamente del problema más amplio, que es la criminalización de los estudiantes de color. Ella dice que el cambio no tiene que estar orientado hacia un solo grupo de estudiantes.

“Podemos abogar por todos los estudiantes,” dijo Swaim. “Sentimos que era extremadamente importante asegurarnos de que, con el trabajo que estábamos haciendo, no solo enfocarnos en una política que apoyaría a los estudiantes de familias inmigrantes, sino también asegurarnos de que estuviéramos conectados a temas más amplios que impactan a todos nuestros estudiantes de color.“ Swaim dijo que tomó tiempo antes de que todos se sintieran satisfechos con la política que se iba a implementar. Los defensores asistieron a múltiples reuniones con los miembros de la junta escolar y el superintendente.

“Al principio, obtuvimos un poco de retroceso,” dijo Swaim. “Tomó un par de rondas de ida y vuelta hasta que realmente sentimos que habían implementado una política sólida.

En una conferencia de prensa el 8 de febrero, Sean Gallagher, quien supervisa ICE en las Carolinas y Georgia, dijo que las redadas son el resultado de la falta de cooperación con los esfuerzos federales de inmigración por parte de las autoridades locales recién electas.

“Algunas de las políticas peligrosas que algunos de los alguaciles de nuestro condado han implementado ... realmente obligan a mis oficiales a salir a la calle para realizar más operaciones de imposición de la ley,” dijo Gallagher.

En diciembre, los condados de Durham y Wake dejaron de detener a presuntos inmigrantes indocumentados en la cárcel del condado para hacer cumplir la ley federal de inmigración después de la elección del Sheriff Gerald Baker del condado de Wake y el Sheriff Clarence Birkhead del condado de Durham.

“Baker también sacó a Wake County del programa federal 287 (g) en el que las agencias

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locales de imposición de la ley trabajan con ICE para verificar el estatus migratorio de las personas acusadas de delitos,” informó WRAL. “Se trata de cuidar a la gente,” dijo Baker en diciembre de su decisión. “Nuestro propósito se anula totalmente cuando tenemos personas en este condado que nos necesitan y están más preocupados por la deportación que por permitirnos ir a ayudarlos.”

El 14 de febrero, siete alcaldes de Carolina del Norte firmaron una carta escrita por el alcalde de Durham, Steve Schewel, en oposición a las redadas.

“No podemos impedir que ICE opere en nuestras ciudades”, dice la carta, “pero podemos y debemos hablar contra estas redadas que desestabilizan los vecindarios, traumatizan a los niños, hieren a muchas personas inocentes y crean desconfianza en las autoridades.”

Traducido por Jeymy Rivas

February 2019

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Learning to deal

Riverside's busiest students use excercise to cope with AP classes and lots of stress

By Emmer Rice When sixteen year old Connor Webster’s heavy course load starts to take its toll, he finds solace on the ice.

Webster, a junior, is taking a total of seven AP classes this year. On top of that, he works at his mother’s store and also does community service when he can.

When the stress becomes too much to handle, Webster turns to hockey, a sport known more for its violence

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than therapy. It’s not what first comes to mind when students think of a stress reliever, but Webster says it works like nothing else.

“It’s the one place I can really let go,” he said. “It really is my home away from home.”

Other students turn to exercise to relieve stress, too. Senior Emily Maxwell is taking four AP classes, works at the Durham Bulls Stadium, volunteers at her church every

weekend, and is also captain of Riverside’s varsity soccer team and field hockey team.

Maxwell says physical activity paired with a decent amount of sleep is what keeps her competitive, driven, and ready to challenge herself.

“Find things you like and find things that challenge you,” Maxwell said. “Create a healthy mix of both.”

Senior Ray Palma, who’s currently ranked first in Riverside’s class of

2019, plays baseball and works out outside of school. Like Webster, Palma is taking seven AP classes between this year and has an average of two hours of homework a night.

“Working out certainly puts me in a better state of mind.” Palma said.

To Palma, including things he’s passionate about in his day-to-day life, like baseball and Riverside’s Young Republicans Club, plays an essential role in keeping himself

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sane. Palma pushes himself because he genuinely wants to be the best he can, saying that he hates the idea of unfulfilled potential.

All three students acknowledge that stress is inevitable with difficult classes and packed schedules like these, but the key is knowing how to deal with it.

“Challenge yourself,” Palma said.

“And don’t be afraid to fail.”

• PHOTO COURTESY OF CONNOR WEBSTER

(Left) Emily Maxwell pushes up the field while playing at Riverside High School during a fall 2018 match. (Center) Ray Palma stares down the opposing team's batter from the mound during a 2018 game. (Right) Connor Webster shields his team's goal from the incoming puck at a winter 2019 game.

From the NFL to RHS Instructional assistant Reggie Brown never thought his football career would lead to teaching

By Maya Dulli-Ray

47 years ago, Riverside instructional assistant Reggie Brown watched the crowd go wild after Lydell Mitchell scored a touchdown in a 1972 Baltimore Ravens game, and said “I want some of that.”

This began a football career that spanned from youth leagues to college and all the way to the NFL. The first team Brown ever played on was his street team, because back then that’s all he had.

The team was called the Bergen Street Blue Bombers, and he was the captain.

“That's when I really started to enjoy the game of football and really get into it,” Brown said.

He then went on to play in high school for three years. During that time he hurt his back so seriously that he had to wear a brace and only played the last four games of his senior year.

Throughout Brown’s football career he had three major injuries to his shoulder, back, and ankle, but they didn’t stop him from earning a college scholarship.

He attended The University of Oregon and from there was selected in the 1982 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Brown spent a total of six years playing professionally. After that he said that he was done and ready

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Instructural assitant teacher Reggie Brown teaches students in the gym. Brown played a total of 6 years professionaly in the NFL before tranistioning to teaching. to retire. after retiring from football to get Brown was hired at Riverside this Today he says he doesn’t miss it at a teaching degree. Before joining past fall because of his reputation all. Instead, he found his true dream: Riverside, he taught at Weequahic of working with special needs kids, teaching. Brown began teaching High School in New Jersey and and kids in general. while still playing, and he decided Malcolm X High School, also in “He really connects with the that was what he wanted to do.

New Jersey. students,” principal Tonya Wil“I just loved the response I got In addition to his classroom liams said. back from the kids,” says Brown. duties, Brown travels the country Assistant principal Chaundra He had to attend night school giving motivational speeches.

Clay, who helped to hire Brown,

believes that he has already impacted the community in a number of different ways.

At Riverside Brown works as an instructional assistant, but also intends to help coach football next season in the fall.

“It will be a good opportunity to get back to the game,” Brown said. He is in contact with the team, and the players already call him "The OG.” “He’s only gonna make us better,” said head coach Cory Lea. Students who don’t have him in class or play football can still get the chance to work with and meet Brown through the Special Gents Club. He, assistant principal Chaundra Clay and a variety of other teachers are organizing opportunities to mentor males of color. “[We want] to make sure they are creating a brotherhood and a sense of belonging in this community,” said Clay.

The Special Gents Club organizers all hope that this club will help males of color with a diverse background. “[We hope it will] transform their lives into something more positive,” said Clay.

The club will meet the second Wednesday of every month during lunch.

Ha de NFL á RHS

Asistente instruccional Reggie Brown nunca pensó que su cairera deportiva lo llevara a ser maestro después de retirarse del bién tiene la intención de ayudar

Por Maya Dulli-Ray

Hace cuarenta y siete años, el asistente instructional Reggie Brown vio la multitud volverse loca después que Lydell Mitchell anotó un touchdown en el juego de los Baltimore Ravens en 1972 y dijo “yo quiero parte de eso”.

Esto comenzó una carrera de fútbol americano que abarca las ligas juveniles de la universidad y hasta la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano (NFL, por sus siglas en inglés) El primer equipo en el que Brown jugó fue su equipo de la calle, porque en ese entonces eso era todo lo que tenía. El equipo se llamaba el Bergen Street Blue Bomber, y él siempre fue el capitán.

“Ahí es cuando realmente empecé a disfrutar el futbol americano y realmente me metí en él”, dijo Brown.

Luego pasó a jugar en la escuela secundaria durante tres años.

Durante ese tiempo, se lastimó la espalda tan seriamente que tuvo que usar un corsé y solo jugó los últimos cuatro juegos de su último año.

A lo largo de su carrera en el

fútbol americano, fútbol americano para tuvo tres lesiones obtener un título de graves en el hombro, maestro. Antes de unirse la espalda y el tobillo, a Riverside, él enseñó en pero no le impidieron Weequahic High School obtener una beca en Nueva Jersey y en universitaria. Asistió Malcolm X High School, a la Universidad de también en Nueva Jersey.

Oregon y fue selecAdemás de sus tareas cionado en el draft de en el salón, Brown viaja 1982 por las Águilas por el país dando discurde Philadelphia. sos motivadores. Brown Brown pasó un tofue contratado en Rivtal de seis años juganerside el pasado otoño do profesionalmente. debido a su reputación Después de eso dijo de trabajar con niños con que estaba listo para necesidades especiales y retirarse. con los niños en general.

Hoy dice que no lo “El realmente se extraña. En cambio, conecta con los estudiencontró su sueño antes”, dijo la directora verdadero: enseñanTonya Williams. za. Brown comenzó L a S u b d i re c t o r a a enseñar mientras Chaundra Clay, quien seguía jugando, y ayudó a contratar a decidió que eso era Brown, cree que ya lo que quería hacer. ha impactado a la co“Me encantó la munidad de diferentes respuesta que recibí maneras. de los niños”, dijo El libro de Reggie Brown, "What happened to the playbook?"

En Riverside, Brown Brown. es una autobiographía que resalta su camino al éxito se trabaja como asistente Tuvo que asistir apublicó el 4 de octubre de 2018. de instrucción, pero tamla escuela nocturna

al entrenador de fútbol americano la próxima temporada en el otoño.

“Será una buena oportunidad para volver al juego”, dijo Brown. Él está en contacto con el equipo, los jugadores le llaman “El OG”.

“El nos va a hacer mejor”, dijo el entrenador en jefe Cory Lea. Estudiantes que no tienen clase con él o juegan fútbol americano todavía tienen una oportunidad de trabajar con él y conocer a Brown a través de un club que se llama el club de caballeros especiales.

La subdirectora Clay y una variedad de maestros organizaron para enseñar a hombres de color. "[Queremos] asegurarnos de que están creando una hermandad y un sentido de pertenencia en esta comunidad”, dijo Clay.

En el club de caballeros especiales, los organizadores esperan que se les brinde ayuda a los hombres de color de origen diverso. [esperamos que transforme sus vidas en algo más positivo,” dijo Clay.

El club se estará reuniendo el segundo miércoles de cada mes durante el almuerzo.

Traducido por Katherine Aparicio

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Success in many forms Men's basketball balls on the court and in the community

By Destiny Chitambira

The Riverside High School Men’s Basketball team came in third place in the conference this season, and has high hopes going into the state playoffs.

They recently participated in the conference tournament, in which the pirates had a bye, and played Panther Creek in their first game. The team unfortunately lost 76-72 in overtiome against Panther Creek, but is moving forward into the state playoffs.

“A tough non conference season prepared them for success,” said Coach Brian Strickland, who has been the head coach of the team for seven years.

Strickland believes that staying focused

and concentrating while also sticking to standards is what is helping the team with their consistent success this year.

There has been a drastic improvement in the teams success compared to the 20172018 season. Last year the teams game record was 5-24.

“We improved this year by growing as team and strengthening our bond which helped us work together more as a team as well as individually,” senior captain Christian Johnson said.The team is succeeding of the court,too. Players recently visited Easley Elementary School to read with first graders for one hour, as a part of a community service project.

“Teaching the children the importance of

practice and repetition will prepare them as they move forward in life,” said Strickland.

The team will visit Easley again this year to help with their field day. Players also participated in the Keep Durham Beautiful project, where they planted 100 trees.

“The purpose of this service project was to remind them the importance of maintaining the beauty of our community,” Strickland said. In this process the team learned that simple things such as planting trees can create a positive light on our community.

Editor's Note: The men's basketball team hosted Leesville Road High School as the 16 seed in the 4A state playoffs yesterday.

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Senior Jevon Johnson finishes a layup against Green Hope High School. The team lost a close conference game 60-54 at Green Hope.

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Senior Myles Sanford reads to first graders at Easley Elementary schools in early February. The team visited Easley, and anticipates going back to help read to them in the future.

Spring sports

By: Ella Whithaus

Baseball Head coach Doug Simmons wants the Riverside baseball team to win the conference championship this season.

Last year the team made it to the second round of the state playoffs, but this year they are hoping to do even better. “[We have] a lot of veterans coming back and a couple of freshman that can play,” said Simmons.

Most of the conference teams are evenly matched, so the Riverside team could come in first place or fourth place depending on the day.

A disadvantage for the team is that a lot of skilled baseball players are districted for Riverside, but have transferred to charter or private schools so the RHS team is down in numbers this year.

Simmons considers their offense to be their greatest strength, while their defense is hoping to improve this season. He is expecting some freshman and sophomores to step up this season and become leaders as well.

The team will start the season by playing away at Corinth Holder High School on February 27.

Women's Lacrosse The women’s lacrosse team expects extreme improvement this year. “Our goal is to place in third this year,” said Alexa Marshall, who returns for her third season as head coach.

In previous years, Marshall’s focus was teaching the inexperienced team the basics of the sport. During her first season as coach, the team did not win any games,

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but last season they improved to 3-8. Now the team has 13 seniors and hopes to make the playoffs.

This winter the Lady Pirates have been participating in workouts in the weight room and practicing stick skills, especially with the new players.

They have also been recruiting a lot of underclassmen.

“Don’t be afraid if you’ve never played before,” said Marshall.

One of Marshall’s main goals for the season is to push women’s lacrosse as a competitive sport and not just a social event.

Meshing the new players with the returners will be challenging, since the older girls have been playing together for a long time.

Marshall considers the team’s rivalries to be another weakness.

“Dislike for certain teams can make us more competitive, but less rational,” she said.

The women’s lacrosse team’s biggest strength is that everyone is very pumped for this season. Another strength is that they are an academically sound team.

“I can’t think of one player who doesn’t manage hard classes,” said Marshall.

On February 28, the team will play at home against Athens Drive.

Men's Lacrosse The Riverside Men’s Lacrosse team, coached by head coach Owen Ham and assistant coach Connor Bolen have high hopes for 2019.

“I’m excited to see how the captains develop the team,” said Bolen.

The offensive captain is Cole Hinson and the defensive captain is Leonardo Finazzo.

This is Bolen’s first year coaching at Riverside, but he played on the varsity team for all four years when he was a Riverside student.

To prepare for the season, the team has participated in weightlifting and stick-work, which Bolen considers the most important skill. Bolen’s goal for the team is to push discipline, because in the past some players haven’t been committed with attendance.

“This season I want to create a more defined team culture,” said Bolen.

The team will host Cedar Ridge on February 28.

Women's Soccer The varsity women’s soccer team returns a heavily skilled team and expects to compete for a conference title.

The team is led by head coach Eric Long and captains Abigail Shelton, Courtney Linden, and Emily Maxwell. To prepare for the season, they have been doing soccer workouts with the coaches and weightlifting with athletic trainer Sarah Bell.

Maxwell has been a varsity soccer player since her freshman year. She thinks the team will improve this season since there are both a lot of returning players and a lot of strong freshman. Her goals for the team are to beat some rivals and to win more games.

“Our team’s greatest strength is that there are individual strengths that can be put together,” she said.

Maxwell believes that the team’s greatest challenge is having to spend practice time getting the team in shape and figuring things out because some of the players didn’t participate in winter workouts.

All of the coaches and captains are also excited about the large group of freshman athletes on the JV team.

The first game of the season is on February 27 away against Northern, a longtime rival team.

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Riverside alum steals the show at NBA Celebrity Game By: Philip Madarang

The NBA All-Star weekend, held in Charlotte this year, featured a Riverside alum.

In addition to the All-Star game itself, the weekend included threepoint and slam dunk contests, as well as a skills challenge, and rising stars and celebrity games.

The NBA uses All-Star Weekend to try new ways to to improve its ratings and grow its audience. For example, this year’s celebrity game the NBA has included former NBA and NFL athletes like Ray Allen and Steve Smith, performing artists such as Quavo, Bad Bunny and Rapsody, and TV celebrities like Mike Colter (“Luke Cage”) and Dr. Oz. Carlos “Famous Los” Sanford, a 2008 graduate and 4 year participant in the men’s basketball program, won finals MVP at the All-Star Celebrity game. He scored 22 points on an efficient 62.5 field goal percentage.

Santos was a member of Riverside's basketball team from 2004-8.

For the second year in a row the NBA experimented with a new system for the All-Star game. Team captains picked their teams from the selected All-Stars, regardless of their conference. Carrying on this new system allows the teams to be more unpredictable, unexpected, and fun.

Team captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo picked players from a list of All-Stars, regardless of conference affiliation.

James' team included Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden.

Antetokounmpo’s team featured Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid, and Paul George.

“I picked according to who was the best available,” James told ESPN in a Feb. 9 interview.

This year the NBA allowed two NBA future hall of famers, Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade, to participate in the All-Star game despite not being selected during the original vote. Both players plan to retire after this season.

Last year the All-Star games ratings were down to 7.7 million views from 7.8 million. The NBA could potentially be trying to raise viewership to compete with the NFL and the Super Bowl ratings. The Super Bowl racked in 98.2 million views.

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Carlos "Famous Los" Sanford answers questions after winning the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game MVP award. Sanford graduated from Riverside in 2008 and is now has over 1.2 million followers on Instagram.

February 2019

Sports

How much longer can Tom Brady play?

With a career spanning 19 years, how much longer can he sustain his greatness?

By Braeden hillard New English Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is so old, he was one of the players that inspired his Super Bowl counterpart, Rams quarterback, Jared Goff to play football.

He also reminded Goff that he’s one of the most dominant players in the game when he out threw him by 50 yards and continuously pushed the Ram’s defense to its limits During the regular season, Brady was especially good in the games final minutes. This year in the last two minutes of halves he has thrown 8.2 yards per attempt with 0 interceptions. In the last seven minutes of the fourth quarter, Brady has a 75.9% completion rate and has thrown for 863 yards at 10.9 yards per attempt. All of these numbers rank within the top five in the NFL. Statistics aside, Brady is a natural born competitor. Ever since his days at the Univer-

sity of Michigan, he has always played with a chip on his shoulder. His first two years at the school, he only played in six games. This changed his junior year, when he was named the starting quarterback. He started 11 of the team’s 12 regular season games and all 12 his senior year. He put up fairly impressive stats.

However, all the analysts still saw Brady as a barely average recruit. As a result of this, he was the 199th overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft. Two years later, along with the coaching of Bill Belichick, he was able to win a Super Bowl title.

In comparison, another extremely talented veteran quarterback, Brett Favre, was the thirty-third pick in the 1991 NFL Draft. While Favre did have a very impressive career, in terms of pure winning, he came nowhere close to where Tom Brady is now. Brady now has six Super Bowl rings to Favre’s one in one fewer season. With this in mind, one cannot imagine

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that the words “age” or “retire” are even in Brady’s vocabulary.

With his recent Super Bowl win, odds are we will see a few more years of the Brady-Belichick era. Even though the final score was only 13-3, the lowest scoring Super Bowl in history, Brady still made key throws down the stretch to score the games only touchdown.

He played with the alertness of a young quarterback while still controlling his actions as well as any veteran could by throwing for over 250 yards with only one interception.

Brady, continuing to be as commanding as he has ever been furthermore indicates, to the disappointment of many, that he has no intention of stopping anytime soon. ”I know I've talked about it for a long time,” Brady said after the game. “I have goals to play not only next year, but beyond that. I'm going to try to do as best I possibly can.”

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Athlete of the Month Ladasia Jones

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By EllaWhithaus Strong-willed, prideful and fun.

These are the words women’s basketball coach Wendy Palmer used to describe senior Ladasia Jones.

Known around Riverside as “Lala”, Jones is a senior from New York and has been playing basketball for 14 years and played for Riverside’s varsity team for four years.

A three year captain, Jones is a strong leader. “[She’s] very caring,” Palmer said. “She cares about her teammates. She cares about her coaches.”

Jones’ skills and leadership were crucial for the Lady Pirates.

“On the court she can get to the basket at will and she can definitely shoot to three,” Palmer said. “She loves the game.”

Jones also brings a positive attitude to practices and games.

“When she takes to court she has that in her heart and definitely possesses the Riverside pride,” Palmer said.

One of the highlight of Jones’ basketball is the last second shot win against Panther Creek this season.

“She stepped up in situations coming into a season with a new coach and her last year;” Palmer said. “It can be very different and challenging at times, but she rose to the challenge and worked hard.”

The Lady Pirates finished with a 3-7 conference record. In the future, she plans on attending college, although she has not decided which one yet. She is hoping for a basketball scholarship and wants to someday play professional basketball overseas.

All eyes on Zion Zion Williamson has been tearing his way through the competition this season, and his draft stock is on the rise.

Born July 6, 2000 in Salisbury, North Carolina

Led his team to three straight state championships and earned South Carolina.

Made his preseason debut for Duke on August 15, 2018, in an 86–67 win over Canadian university Ryerson, recording a double-double.

Attended Spartanburg Day School Averaged 36.4 points, 11.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game as a high school senior.

Zion Suffered mild knee sprain in the first 33 seconds against UNC. He is expected to come back in approximately 1 week.

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Pirates' Hookok Swimmers, wrestlers compete for state titles

By Katherine Aparicio & Braeden Hilliard

•PHOTO BY FABIAN HERNANDEZ

2003 graduate Ryan Bethea returns to Riverside High school after 16 years and demonstates the process of cracking open an oyster, also known as "shucking." He also visited some of his former teachers.

From the ship to the sea

2003 graduate Ryan Bethea found his passion farming oysters by javier morales

As he walked down the Riverside hallways 16 years after he graduated, Ryan Bethea joked about how much has changed.

Bethea was amazed that “Lang” was still around.

“I remember [English teacher Jeff] Lang,” he said. “I didn't have a great relationship with him. I'm sure he's great. I was just a jerk.”

Lang recognized him immediately and recalled his “missed potential.” ”I don’t know if he was just thinking soccer,” Lang said.

Bethea was a standout soccer player in high school, but admitted he was not the most dedicated student.

“Remembering all the people that tried to help me, it was overall a humbling experience”, said Bethea as he walked past the ROTC hangar.

He was also surprised to learn that he isn’t the only one who’s changed. He had no idea Lang’s wife is his old Spanish teacher, Anuja

Munshi.

Bethea used those 5 acres and founded a com“Woah you guys got married? Nice!” he said. pany, Oysters Carolina, where he now works as Bethea’s journey from Riverside to an oyster the sole employee and manager. He grows his farm on the NC coast was long and winding. oysters near Harker’s Island, an area famous for He planned to attend college and its salty water. In 2016 they later become an attorney, but things were named “Oyster of the changed during February of his Year” at the North Carolina senior year when he took advantage "Remembering Seafood Festival. of his lunch leave pass and was “NC has the best water,” all the people expelled. he said. that tried to Bethea returned and graduated Bethea continues to work from Riverside in 2003. help me, it was on the farm most mornings Bethea attended three different and supplies fresh oysters overall a colleges - UNC Pembroke, North to be eaten raw or cooked humbling Carolina Central and Appalachian across North Carolina. He State. He majored in political scitravels to the Triangle to experience." ence, and worked as a bartender and deliver his oysters to buytraveled for several years during ers about twice a week. He Ryan Bethea, '03 and after college. He also taught spends a lot of time driving, eighth grade science for a couple but he doesn’t want to do years in Franklin County, but spend more and anything else. more of his free time around the sea. Through “My grandfather on both sides are oyster an externship, he met Dr. James Morris, who farmers,” he said. “There is a bit of nostalgia offered him a lease on a 5-acre oyster farm. and it's more lucrative.”

•PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN BETHEA

•PHOTO BY FABIAN HERNANDEZ

(Left) An image of Ryan Bethea's 5 acre oyster farm. (Right) A half dozen shucked Oysters freshly brought in from the North Carolina Coast.

By Kaitlyn Busch

Six members of the Riverside swim team completed in the NCHSAA 4A State champion meet on Feb. 7.

Sophomore Jenna Maloy swam the 200 individual medley prelims and finals.

Maloy earned a personal record as well as Y-national cut.

The men’s medley relay - freshman Ryan Weaver, juniors Leo Kaiser-Potter and Andrew McCullen and and senior Matthew Rigsbee - barely missed the cut to swim in the finals The men’s 200 free relay team - junior Braden Douglass, Rigsbee, McCullen, and Weaver - swam strong in both the prelims and finals.

Weaver swam the 50 free in prelims and finals where he swam a personal best 21.32 seconds. He also swam the 100 backstroke and finished as the North Carolina High School State runner up. Not only did he earn his spot on the podium, he also earned an all-american consideration time. "[Weaver] has an incredible work ethic," said coach Elizabeth Moreno. "He is just at the beginning of his full potential."

• PHOTO COURTESY OF BROC DICKERSON

Terrence Martin, Josh Cox, Jalen Adams and Jatavian Hart pose with their medals.

Adams and Hart placed fourth in the state in their weight classes.

During the weekend of February 15, seniors Jalen Adams and Jatavian Hart and juniors Terrence Martin and Josh Cox competed in the state wrestling meet.

Adams and Hart both placed fourth in their weight classes. Cox made it to the qualifying round, also called "the blood round," and Martin won one of his three matches.

Coach Broc Dickerson was impressed with all their performances and the comraderie they shared in particular.

“The thing that stood out to me the most was their ability to feel genuinely happy when one of the other guys won,” said Dickerson. “They picked each other up if they lost.”

Dickerson felt this was the most important takeaway from the weekend. He also said that he is proud of all his guys that worked hard and dedicated so much time to get to the state meet.

ICE arrests impact DPS, Durham

There have been about 200 arrests in North Carolina this month by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The raids initially took place outside of Durham, but on February 7 a father of a Hillside High School student was arrested while dropping off his child.

“He was pulled over,” said community organizer Ivan Almonte. “He left the car there.

The child was just crying. That’s traumatizing for the kids. They’re facing all these traumas, all these fears.”

Parents of elementary students at Lakewood, Forest View, and George Watts Montessori have also been detained.

27 people were arrested February 5 at Bear Creek Arsenal, a gun manufacturing company in Sanford, North Carolina. ICE officials say that 25 were identified using criminal search warrants, and are clear that these local raids are not random or unusual.

“As to reports of ICE officers conducting immigration enforcement in North Carolina, ICE conducts targeted immigration arrests every day as part of its ongoing mission to enforce federal immigration law,” said ICE spokesman Bryan Cox in a statement to WFMY News 2 posted February 6.

Sanford Mayor Chet Mann said that no information of the Bear Creek Arsenal arrests was shared beforehand with the City of Sanford, but Lee County Sheriff Tracy Carter said that his local deputies responded to the agency’s request for assistance with enforcement.

ABC 11 also reported February 8 that 140 of the approximately 200 arrests involved suspects with either pending charges or criminal convictions, or those who had been previously deported and reentered the country illegally.

“Sixty other people arrested were not specifically targeted,” ABC 11 reported. “Instead they were arrested when they could not verify their legal status for ICE agents who were searching for other undocumented people.”

Local advocacy groups have been vocal about the arrests and students on social media have reposted warnings of ICE vehicle sightings.

Durham Public Schools (DPS) superintendent Pascal Mubenga issued a statement that “DPS continues to welcome every student.”

“The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that young people of school age are entitled to attend public schools regardless of their immigration status,” Mubenga wrote.

Durham Association of Educators president Bryan Proffitt reiterated the district’s need to support students and families.

“We know that several of our students’ families have been directly impacted,” Proffitt wrote in a message to DPS faculty and staff, “and we are already hearing of the fear that is keeping students from going to school and families from taking care of their basic needs.”

Riverside teachers Ellen Holmes and Allison Swaim were both part of a yearlong process that optimized district policy to protect undocumented students as a part of the Durham Association of Educators’ Immigrant Justice organizing team.

“We took a policy that DPS already had in place and we enhanced it,” Holmes said. “We made it more strict.”

The policy, adapted in May of 2017, expands upon FERPA, a federal law that prohibits the sharing of student educational information with public entities. The adaptations to the DPS policy more specifically deal with ICE and law enforcement.

The agency is not allowed on campuses, buses, or bus stops without permission from

a principal or superintendent. Teachers also cannot ask a student about their immigration status or share any of their information.

“I think sometimes we take advantage of students’ age and location and we forget that they have the right to due process,” Holmes said. “In addition, I know that there’s a lot of fear and a lot of stress when you’re an undocumented student. We wanted to make sure they felt safe at school.”

Swaim says that the real impact of ICE and immigration enforcement can’t be separated completely from the broader issue of criminalization of black and brown students. She says that change doesn’t have to be geared towards just one group of students.

“We can advocate for all students,” Swaim said. “We felt like it was extremely important to make sure we were, with the work we were doing, not just focusing on a policy that would support students from immigrant families, but also to be making sure we were connecting it to broader issues that impacted all of our students of color.”

Swaim said that it took time before everyone felt satisfied with the policy that was to be implemented. Advocates attended multiple meetings with school board members and the superintendent.

“We got, at first, some push back,” Swaim said. “It took a couple rounds of back and forth until we really felt like they had implemented a strong policy.”

In a press conference February 8, Sean Gallagher, who oversees ICE in the Carolinas and

Georgia, said that the raids are the result of a lack of cooperation on the part of newly elected local law enforcement with federal immigration efforts.

“Some of the dangerous policies that some of our county sheriffs have put into place…really force my officers to go out onto the street to conduct more enforcement operations,” Gallagher said.

I n D e c e m b e r, b o t h Durham and Wake Counties stopped holding suspected undocumented immigrants in county jail for federal immigration enforcement with the election of Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker and Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead.

“Baker also pulled Wake County out of the federal 287(g) program in which local law enforcement agencies work with ICE to check the immigration status of people charged with crimes,” WRAL reported.

“It’s about caring for people,” Baker said in December of his decision. “It totally defeats our purpose when we’ve got people in this county who need us, and they’re more concerned about deportation than allowing us to come and help them.”

February 14, seven North Carolina mayors signed a letter written by Durham mayor Steve Schewel opposing the raids.

“We cannot stop ICE from operating in our cities,” the letter states, “but we can and must speak out against these raids which destabilize neighborhoods, traumatize children, hurt many innocent people, and create distrust of law enforcement.”

"We can advocate for all students."

Social studies teacher Allison Swaim