![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)
On Jan. 19 at 7 p.m., two schools rush through the doors of the jungle to see varsity boys basketball Jaguars battle the Regis Jesuit Raiders.
These two sections have faced off before. Last year, both games between the Jags and the Raiders ended in close scores: 59-57 W during the regular season Jan. 20 and 47-46 L during playoffs March 3.
The crowd noise of both student sections reached the 129-decibel mark during the game before halftime even began. At halftime, the score was 38-37, Jags in the lead.
“We were all still locked in at halftime. We knew we were going to be in a dogfight and have to play until the final buzzer,” varsity forward Andrew Abner ‘25 said.
Throughout the third quarter, the score was 55-51, with Jags still in the lead. The Raiders followed closely, and the student sections matched them, becoming progressively louder and more competitive.
Throughout this quarter and the entirety of the game, officiators announced repeatedly that students storming the court after the game was prohibited.
During the fourth quarter, Regis took the lead, with the score 72-71. At the end, when there was half a second left, a time-out was called. However, the Regis student section rushed the court, both entering the court before the game was over and going against what the faculty had said prior.
This resulted in the referees calling a meeting and issuing a technical foul against the Raiders, while also a technical foul against the Jaguars after an unsportsmanlike play against Kasen Lehmen ‘25.
Regis shot two free throws, making only one, creating tension between teams and student sections. Shooting guard Mac Terry ‘24 took to the line after Regis for the team’s technical foul free throws. Terry shot two free throws and made both.
This tied up the score at 73-73, sending the teams into overtime.
In the course of overtime, the Jags scored 15 more points while the Raiders only scored 12. The Jaguars came away with a win 87-84.
“This win is huge for us. Beating a good team and it being somewhat of a rivalry gave us a lot of momentum to go and beat even better teams in the future,” shooting guard Kasen Lehman ‘25 said.
During the next game, the Jaguars played against Legend High School Jan. 23 and took the victory with a final score of 50-45 W.
Their next game takes place at 7 p.m. tonight, Jan. 26 against ThunderRidge High School.
