![Minutes before the Activities Fair in the gym, president Abhi Gowda ‘26 prepares the stall for his club Helping Hands, Sept. 4. A relatively new club, Helping Hands was co-started by Gowda and focuses on assisting the homeless, and just last year they succeeded in raising a couple hundred donations to send to shelters. This year, they have goals to expand, with hopes to increase volunteer opportunities and take in-person trips to shelters, as well as extend their help beyond just homeless people. “The Activities Fair gives a lot of underclassmen the opportunity to really get to know the Canyon culture, and it gives them many opportunities for service and volunteering,” Gowda said. “[Through the Activities Fair,] I hope to find a bunch of new and passionate members about our club and just get our name out there and spread awareness to the cause that we’re fighting for.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-2-1200x885.jpg)
![The winter guard team makes fifth place at the state championship finals in the Denver Coliseum, March 30. The team performed to Barnes Country's “Glitter and Gold,” lead by coaches Margo Sanford, Blair Bickerton and Anna Orgren. In their class there were a total of nine groups participating, and the top five who made it to finals received a plaque. “[Walking onto the stage] is very nerve-wracking, but also very exciting as well. When you first start color guard there's a lot of anxiety and uncertainty when you first perform in front of an audience, but once you've done it for a while, it starts to become the best part of the season,” Ella West ‘25 said. “It's very fulfilling to see an audience react to something you've put your heart and soul into.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Both-socal-media-nd-website-main-1-1200x846.jpg)
![April marks the 25th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, created by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). This month is to spread awareness of the harassment, assault and abuse that happens around the world. The symbol that represented the month was a teal ribbon; however, some survivors of assault create different symbols and movements like the TikTok trend in 2022, where survivors would tattoo Medusa on their body, in honor of her backstory in Greek Mythology. “I don't think [this month is known] at all. I rarely see anybody talk about it. I rarely see much of an emphasis on posting it online, or much discussion about it, and I feel like there needs to be way more discussion,” an anonymous source said. “I think just validating every experience that a person has gone through, regardless of the degree of it, the severity, is an essential step into making sure that people are aware that this is a very real problem in a society and that we need to do better in addressing it.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_0011-1200x900.jpg)
![Lesbian Visibility Day is April 26, and it’s a holiday to celebrate the lesbian community of the world. Lesbian Visibility day was established in 2008 by many queer activists and organizations who sought to raise more awareness for lesbian history and culture. “So this is why during Lesbian Visibility [Day] we celebrate and center all lesbians, both cis and trans, while also showing solidarity with all LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people,” Linda Reily, in an article written by her, said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lesbian-Visibility-day.jpeg)
The question “what is the meaning of life?” is what I believe to be one of the most-asked questions among people as a whole. I am here to tell you that whilst I believe there is no definitive meaning of life, there may be some different variables that add up to what makes life, life, and how we can make life easier for ourselves.
I will start with this disclaimer: I don’t know what the so-called meaning of life is nor do I have the authority to tell you your purpose in life. I can’t tell you if there really is a defined and clear meaning to life just as I cannot tell if there is a secret to life and what it is. But, I can tell you the many reasons and secrets that I personally believe collectively provide a reason as to why we are here.
According to Business Insider, one of the early 19th-Century philosophers Soren Kierkegaard believed that “life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.”
Perhaps the definition of why we are here cannot be found in a textbook or webpage, but rather in ourselves.
Each and every person, I believe, must come up with a reason, or possibly reasons, as to why they are here. This is not something that can be told to us by our peers, friends or even our parents, we must learn it ourselves through experiences. Through trial and error. Through living.
“I don’t think there’s a specific or defined meaning to who we are or become but I do think that everyone has an individual purpose,” Emma DeBoer ‘24 said.
To find meaning in and for one’s life is what I believe to be the greatest feat that one can achieve. This is not to say that if you do not know who you are or who you wish to become that you have failed. There is no defined factor that can tell you whether you have failed or succeeded in life. This is up to your own interpretation.
If you do not know who you are, nor who you wish to become, that only means that the greatest growth of your life is yet to come. While this may seem daunting, I commend you to embrace it. You are capable of wonders and even though every person is perfect the way they are, there are some things that we may do to aid us in our journey of living and it is my goal to find them and teach them to you.
I suppose that is the purpose of this column, to present you tips and tricks that you may or may not utilize that can help with the ease and success you have throughout your life.
You have your whole life ahead of you.
I would like to provide you with some ways to prevent it from getting away from you.