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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

Nico Spatucci

Nico Spatucci, Eastside Global Commentary Editor

Nico Spatucci is a senior and a Global Commentary Editor for Eastside. His back hurts from carrying the paper so hard. He is involved with History Club, Model UN, Cum Laude, and a bunch of music stuff. Often, he can be found solving the LATimes crossword in six or seven minutes, or solving Rubik’s Cubes in 2% of that time. Nico is ready to graduate.

All content by Nico Spatucci
Religious nationalism affects numerous countries across the globe, from India to the United States.

Religious nationalism rises globally

Stella Kim, Nico Spatucci, and Elias Kang
December 24, 2025

Christian nationalism threatens democracy During the Jan. 6 insurrection, over 2,000 rioters stormed the Capitol building to protest the results of the 2020 election. Among the crowd's shouts of election fraud, crosses and Christian flags waved overhead....

An East student stands with a Labubu keychain attached to their backpack.

Labubus take the world by storm

Nico Spatucci, Eastside Global Commentary Editor
December 24, 2025

In a crowded store, frenzied teens shove their way through the masses in hopes of attaining the hottest new product on the market. Enamored by its captivating appearance, millions of people would pay exorbitant prices and risk their safety for one...

Disagreement over a spending bill escalated into a government shutdown on Tuesday evening. "U.S. Capitol Building" by William Warby is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Lack of bipartisan progress results in a government shutdown

Nico Spatucci, Eastside Global Commentary Editor
October 1, 2025

In a time when political polarization has rendered bipartisan progress nearly impossible, consequences are inevitable. On Oct. 1 at 12:01 a.m., the federal government formally underwent a shutdown after a spending bill was not agreed upon before the Senate...

Millions of people will be affected by this drastic change in the pharmaceutical industry.

FDA finds common decongestant ineffective

Nico Spatucci, Eastside Online STEM Editor
November 15, 2024

On Nov. 7, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intention to proceed with the removal of phenylephrine, a common decongestant found in a variety of over-the-counter medicinal products. Phenylephrine is an active ingredient in many allergy...

Photo released of the Chang’e-6 probe on June 4 by Xinhua News Agency.

China’s lunar probe wraps up a successful mission

Nico Spatucci, Eastside Staff
June 8, 2024

On June 2, 2024, at 7:38 a.m. Beijing time, China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe touched down on the moon’s surface after several weeks of traveling. For the first time, it placed the Chinese flag on the far side of the moon, drilled and collected nearly...

Children play in the bed of a washed-up lake.

Asia faces a record-breaking heat wave

Nico Spatucci, Eastside Staff
May 25, 2024

In America, people are often heard complaining about temperatures of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. However, other parts of the world are currently facing extremely high temperatures, with extreme consequences. Asia’s recent heat wave has had a devastating...

A refined version of the first photograph ever taken, View From the Window at Le Gras, 1826

The fascinating evolution of a camera

Nico Spatucci, Eastside Staff
January 16, 2024

The year is 1826. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce takes a heated plate out of his homemade “camera obscura” and observes the result. Over the more than eight hours Niépce had waited, bitumen (asphalt) with light-sensitive properties had gradually hardened...

Henry Kissinger in 1972 (Courtesy of The New Yorker).

Henry Kissinger dies, leaving behind a controversial legacy

Nico Spatucci, Eastside Staff
December 23, 2023

On November 29th, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died at 100 years old. Having served under the administrations of 12 presidents, the tenured politician and diplomat has undeniably shaped American politics for the better part of the last century....

AI has numerous capabilities in the field of computer science.

How does AI impact computer science careers?

Nico Spatucci
December 2, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has received more attention than ever in recent years, doing everything from generating text-based prompts with ChatGPT to organizing facial recognition networks containing hundreds of millions of people, to correctly diagnosing...

Harmony officially made it to Broadway theaters featuring Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Blake Roman, Eric Peters, Zal Owen, and Steven Telsey.

Broadway’s new Harmony shines light on a forgotten past

Nico Spatucci, Eastside Staff
November 14, 2023

On November 13, 2023, the play Harmony finally debuted on Broadway after 30 years of production. This tenured play provides an intriguing and historically based plot, entertaining and emotional scenes, and thought-provoking questions throughout the entertaining...