![Alexander Oki ‘28 picks up trash in the lower parking lot Feb. 20. According to Keep America Beautiful, the majority of the trash found on both roads and waterways consists of fast food wrappers and packaging, receipts and plastic beverage bottles. Clubs like the National Honor Society (NHS) offer students the opportunity to earn service hours by cleaning up the trash in the parking lots. “[The trash] makes us look very unhygienic and unmotivated to be a proper school,” Emberlyse Vidal ‘28 said. “It makes us look like we just don't care about our students' environments.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260220_1355020-2-1200x904.jpg)
A Ray of BlackLight
Ducking and Dodging for a Wish
February 27, 2020
The lights fade out as two teams approach the court for the first game of the annual BlackLight Dodgeball tournament. The bleachers surrounding the court are filled with spectators cheering a screaming. The announcer starts the countdown and the two teams line up to play BlackLight dodgeball possibly for the last time.
Quinn Pogge ‘22 gives an inspirational speech to his teammates prior to the beginning of Blacklight Dodgeball in the RCHS Gym Feb. 24. Pogge participated on a team called “Collar Gang” and played in the first game of the tournament. “I’m super excited. We got the jeans and the collared shirt and honestly, nothing can beat us,” Tripp Thompson ‘22, a member of “Collar Gang said prior to playing. “Even if it is a one versus eight situation, I will power through and win.” The Collar gang lost to Grime Time in the first round.