![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)
Movies That Remind Us of the Christmas Spirit
December 11, 2018
During this time of holidays, people are stuck wondering what movie they are in the mood for watching. Luckily for them, 52 students put their opinion in on what the best holiday movies are and the top five are presented in this post.
Elf is about a little baby boy who crawled into Santa’s bag and was brought to the north pole. This little boy grew up with the elves and became the man known as Buddy, played by Will Ferrell, but one day he learned that he wasn’t actually an elf. So he sets out on a journey to find out who his real father is in the Big Apple aka New York City. The one problem is that he has only known how to be an elf so fitting in the human world is a little more than difficult for Buddy the Elf.
This movie is every kid’s nightmare but at the same time, every kid dream. When eight-year-old Kevin McCallister, played by Macaulay Culkin, gets in trouble he is forced to sleep in the attic but when he wakes up in the morning he sees that his family forgot about him when leaving for their Christmas Vacation. So Kevin has the whole house to himself and can do, eat, and be anything he wants. That is until two con men come to his house to rob the place, so Kevin has to stop these men by himself and protect his families house.
This Christmas comedy is full of laughter and a true Christmas spirit. Following Clark Griswold, played by Chevy Chase, promises his family that this Christmas will be the greatest one yet, but things don’t go his way and in a blink of the eye everything is turned upside down. With his cousins coming in for an unexpected visit and his job reneging the bonus they were going to give him. Clark has to find out a way to not just make it through the holidays but keep his promise to his family.
A live-action remake of the Dr. Seuss children’s book and short film, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This movie is the story about the Grinch, played by Jim Carrey, and his journey from being a grumpy, lonely thing to a joyous, friendly person. All of this wouldn’t happen if it wasn’t for Cindy Lou Who, played by Taylor Momsen, who wanted the Grinch to become the towns Cheermeister, but the town is a little reluctant to give this role to the Grinch. As revenge, the Grinch tries to steal their Christmas by taking everything but ends up learning the true meaning of Christmas.
This movie takes the viewer on the ride of their life. Following a young boy go from a boy who just thinks of Christmas as a time for presents, to a young man believing in the true spirit of Christmas. All thanks to one night when a train stops in front of his house and he goes to the North Pole to see Santa and back to his house before the sun even rises for Christmas day.
