![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)
Learning to play an instrument can be an exciting experience for someone, especially if that person has a huge passion for music.
Dominik Dworak ‘24, a guitarist for death metal band Crypts of Golgotha, has played guitar since he was in grade six. He’s a man with experience with gigs and a passion for playing the guitar.
“I think we have around 10 or 11 songs, and I think they’re all good,” Dworak said. “I just really enjoy music and making music, and I wanted to share this interest with people who have similar music tastes.”
Crypts of Golgotha has done many gigs, such as at Seventh Circle Music Collective and 97, both of which are venue locations for small bands to host shows.
“We’ve never really done any sort of competitions, as most of the time we just play live, like normal shows,” Dworak said. “My favorite place to perform is Seventh Circle Music Collective, in Denver.”
One of Dworak’s major responsibilities in the band is writing songs with his bandmates. Currently, they’re working on two demos.
“I can also play drums, but not too well,” Dworak said.
Dworak and his bandmates want to keep growing the band, as long as nothing else gets in the way.
“I want to play as long as I can since I don’t have anything else going on, so just as long as it works out,” Dworak said.
Crypts of Golgotha is always making new songs and can be found on streaming platforms such as Spotify.
“Don’t do anything just because someone wants you to do it. Like, if you’re gonna do something, do it because you want to and stay true to who you want to be,” Dworak said.
Their next show will be at Seventh Circle Music Collective from 7 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. Dec. 30