![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)
Dare To Share True or False
Learn about common misconceptions associated with Wish Week’s Dare to Share Your Hair in an interview with David Sapienza.
media by Maddy Merritt
Lilliya Larson ’21 smiles in her Dare to Share Your Hair t-shirt from Wish Week 2018. Larson donated 12 inches last year. “I am going to do it again this year. I liked it a lot because even if your hair is a little too short for a few weeks, I feel like you’ve still changed a life, and that’s more important than anything on how you look because your hair will grow back, but they won’t ever get hair,” Larson said.
March 1, 2019
Friday, March 1, 2019 marks the beginning of Rock Canyon’s tenth annual Wish Week. There will be numerous events hosted throughout the week for jaguars to participate in, including Dare to Share Your Hair. Dare to Share will take place in the RC wrestling room Tuesday, March 5, and Thursday March 7, from 7 a.m.-11 a.m. both days. Social Studies Teacher David Sapienza, the administrative sponsor, cleared up a few common misconceptions about Dare to Share. If you have more questions about Dare to Share Your Hair, visit Mr. Sapienza in room 5300.
True or False: If I donate my hair, I get a t-shirt automatically.
False. Dare to Share t-shirts are $20, and there are only fifty, although more students usually share their hair.
True or False: If I get my hair cut by my usual stylist, I can bring my pony tail(s) to RC and add them to our pile of pony tails.
True. If you get your hair cut outside of RC but bring the pony tail to the wrestling room during one of the two Dare to Share times Tuesday and Thursday, it will count toward RC’s pony tails.
True or False: If I have more than eight inches of hair, they are going to take as much hair as I have.
False. The hair stylists are from the Stacy James Institute and will take as much hair as you would like. They are trained professionals and will respect the amount of hair you would like cut.