The Crusader

Magnificent Seven ready to take down competition
January 19, 2022
Sophia Carrasquilla '22, Girls Sports Editor
As Riordan continues to progress in becoming a fully incorporated co-ed high school, there are still certain sports that have yet to receive full female participation as some...
First female footballer finds fame
January 9, 2022
Mahkai Hunt '23, Staff Reporter
History is in the making at the R. This past football season, Riordan had their first ever female football player to play for Varsity! Ashanti Dias ’24, but...
Boarding Program marks decade of international education
January 1, 2022
Hana Wadlow '25, Staff Reporter
“This is a community that everyone can be involved in,” Boarding Program Director David Lin ’99 told the group of students at their first dorm meeting, on the...
The Crusader Winter 2021
December 15, 2021
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House of Russi three-peats in 50th Frosh Olympics
December 12, 2021
Juan Carlos Campos '22
The Frosh Olympics was a good time to formally induct the freshmen into the Riordan community and allow them to socialize and engage with their fellow classmates The...

January 11, 2022 • 1 Comment

Chess is a board game in which two players compete against each other using strategy and patience. After evolving from similar, much older Indian games, the modern form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second...

Students come face to face with finals

Ryder Bouck '22, Staff Reporter

January 11, 2022 • No Comments

As 2021 comes to an end, the ominous anxiety of finals grips Riordan’s campus. Riordan is implementing a new standards based assessment grading system where students show their understanding of different class aspects...

4×4 schedule to remain for foreseeable future

Grayson Salomon '22

January 10, 2022 • No Comments

Riordan has experienced many changes over the past four years: the Frosh Olympics format, from an all-boys school to coed, and the year long closure of on-campus learning as COVID-19 took the world by storm. Another aspect...

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features

Student sells shoes to satisfy soles

Normay Arriola '24, Staff Reporter

January 18, 2022 • No Comments

Ezekiel Natorilla ’24, also known as Zeke, is a sophomore at Riordan and repairs shoes to resell. Zeke came up with the idea of repairing shoes by making a business to make his own money: “I just kept asking my parents...

Crusader sword dredged from depths of history January 13, 2022
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Alumni savor memory of legendary French Burger November 22, 2021
BART introduces short stories for passengers November 22, 2021

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opinion

Jan. 6 insurrection marks one-year anniversary

Joseph Zuloaga '23, National News Editor

January 6, 2022 • No Comments

In an address to Congress following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt uttered that December 7th would be “a date which will live in infamy.” Nearly 80 years later, those...