![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)
Forget your razors? Keep them away!
According to the No-Shave November website, No-Shave November was a month-long event where participants go without shaving.
Men typically avoid shaving their facial hair and women may avoid shaving body hair. Some participants also wait until after the month is over to get haircuts.
The purpose of this action is to spark discussion and spread awareness about cancer and cancer patients, who may lose their hair during treatment. Participants can even donate the money that normally goes into their hair maintenance on self-set-up fundraising pages on the website.
According to a poll conducted on Instagram by @rcrockmedia on Nov. 30, 31% of students participated in No Shave November and 69% did not.
Spanish teacher Kevin Cary took part in this event. The last date he shaved was Oct. 31, and he has continued to let his beard grow out since then.
Spanish teacher Kevin Cary
Q: Why do you choose to do No-Shave November?
A: I am morally supportive of the concept, and then part of me likes to just do something different. Part of me likes to be lazy, even though I shave my beard now instead of just letting everything grow.
Q: Is it difficult to not shave?
A: There’s a point and time when I had a beard for a couple years straight, and that was kind of fun. I get frustration sometimes if I’m gonna shape it, and I slip, I either got to start over or just reshape everything completely, so it gets frustrating sometimes.
Q: Do you feel personally connected to this event?
A: Now it’s just for fun. I know some people who have gone through cancer, and so it’s [also] been supported.
It’s not just beards that are grown out. Girls can participate by putting a pause on shaving too. Emma Carls ‘25, who considers herself already pretty relaxed over shaving, hasn’t done so since Aug. 12.
Em Carls ’25
Q: Why do you choose to do No-Shave November?
A: I just don’t really keep up with shaving in general, I think that it’s kind of stupid. Kind of also to break the stereotype that women can’t have body hair.
Q: Is it difficult not to shave?
A: No, I love it!
Q: What are your opinions on girls also participating in this event?
A: I think it’s awesome, I like it better than when guys do it because it just has this whole other element to it.
Q: Do you feel personally connected to this event?
Not really, but I think it’s cool that girls are doing it, especially. I was also just tired of shaving, and it’s cool that I have an excuse to do it now.
Did you participate in No Shave November?
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