![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)
Praying the Way to Gold
David Wise performs a tail grab at the Audi Nines Sports Event held in Sölden, Austria Spring 2018. Wise saw the quarter pipe and grabbed his chance for the Nine Knights. “I felt like a champ,” Wise said. Photo courtesy of Markus Fischer.
December 1, 2018
Olympic skier David Wise returned to Red Rocks from Reno, Nevada to tell of his religious experience and what he thought would be the end of his career at Red Rocks Church Youth Groups’ ‘Friendsgiving’. Wise spoke about trials at the Olympics- he was on the slopes and during his first trial and his ski fell off. His second try didn’t go any better, as his ski unlatched from his boot on top of the half pipe. Finally during his last chance and final run, he qualified with a 10/10 score. “I have been attending Red Rocks Church for a really long time and I feel like I’m part of the family. I like the opportunity to speak to kids who are in a position now that I was in,” Wise said.
“Reality is for me, everybody looks at the highlight real. They can see what I’m doing right now or what I’ve done recently and forget that I was a high school kid at one point. I want to inspire kids to chase their own dreams and do whatever they’re passionate about. It’s cool to have that chance,” Wise said.
David Wise is a 2 times Olympic Gold Medalist with two kids and a wife. “Spending so much time traveling this year has made me appreciate time with my family more than ever. Driving them to school, reading to them, playing games with them, I soak it all up and do as much as I can before I have to head out on the road again,” Wise said. “Remember to focus your attention on the people around you, not the things, the people are the real treasures,” Wise says of his kids Malachi and Nayeli.