![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)
NBA Playoffs Update
media by Calvin Edlund
Colin MacArthur catches up on last night’s playoff game Sept. 19. He followed the playoffs since around the time they started. “This has been a really fun tournament to watch and it’s not even over yet,” MacArthur said.
September 18, 2020
The conference finals of the NBA playoffs are about to kick off and so far the playoffs have been interesting to say the least.
In the west, the Los Angeles Lakers are looking to win it all but the Denver nuggets who have managed to upset two series now are looking to come out as the underdogs again.
On the east side of the bracket the Celtics and the Heat are pitted against each other. The Heat were not expected to do that good but so far have been tearing through the competition while the Celtics who were favorites aren’t gonna make it easy for the Heat to win.
As stated the Heat and Nuggets have had multiple unexpected victories leading up to the current state of the playoffs. It’s safe to say that neither of the teams were expected to make it this far.
The tournament for the Heat started off with a four to zero victory against the pacers. While not a major upset by any means it was surprising to see a shutout on a team that did better than them in the regular season. (Pacers went 45 and 28 while the Heat went 44 and 29)
Following that match the Heat beat number one seat Milwaukee Bucks four to one. A team that probably shouldn’t have won in the first round nearly dominated the projected winner of the whole tournament.
On the lower side of the bracket the Celtics have come out on top. The first games on that side of the bracket had both Boston and Toronto shutting out their opposing teams.
This led to the Celtics Raptors series. It was close but the celtics came out on top winning in game seven.
Although the series ended up with the Celtics winning it started planting doubts in peoples head over if the Celtics could beat the Heat.
Most recently, in the conference finals, the Heat won their first game by three points against the celtics. How this series unfolds is unknown as of now but many people think it could go either way.
I asked people around the school what they thought was gonna happen in this series.
Ben Schriefer said, “The heat got this in 5.”
On the other hand Colin MacArthur said, “It could really go either way. It’s gonna be interesting to see how the series turns out.”
In the west the nuggets have made an unprecedented run catching many people off guard. They came back from a three one deficit versus the jazz and again versus the clippers.
Both times they have looked like they were about to lose and players such as Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray have been able to step up in big ways. Although they have been winning, they have not been as convincing as other teams leading them to still be considered the underdogs by a pretty big portion.
Their opponents in the conference finals are the Los Angeles Lakers. They have won both series four to one and have looked very good most of this season.
It’s safe to say that the Lakers have a good chance of winning this series. That being said, we’ve already seen the Nuggets upset tems twice.
When I asked people around the school about this series I got some expected results.
Ben Schriefer said, “I think the nuggets are gonna take this series.”
Similarly Colin MacArthur said, “I’m Cheering for the nuggets and I think they can win the series.”
Although the tournament has already been very interesting, it could end up getting better from here and it’s surely something to keep your eyes on.
fox • Sep 28, 2022 at 12:46 pm
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