![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)
Superstitions: silly or serious?
RCHS’s take on superstitions and what this Friday the 13th will mean for the pandemic.
media by Kira Zizzo
November 12, 2020
Tomorrow is Friday the 13th. It is a day feared by many who hold superstitions around the number 13, the day Friday, or the two together especially. What are superstitions, and where did they start? What’s so bad about Friday the 13th?
A superstition is a belief that certain events, numbers, colors, animals, and more are associated with good or bad luck. There are a number of superstitions.
“I believe in all of the snow day stuff— pajamas backwards, having a spoon under your pillow, flushing ice down the toilet. I also believe that a Christmas with snow is automatically going to be a good Christmas,” Megan Coon ‘21 said.
One superstition is that Friday the 13th is a day that brings bad luck. According to National Geographic, Friday the 13th is thought to be a cursed day because of religious context. According to religious belief, Judas, the guest at the last supper who eventually killed Jesus Christ, was the 13th guest at the table. And according to the Bible, Jesus was crucified on a Friday. People started to piece the two together more and more until Friday the 13th became a day that was widely feared.
“I do think Friday the 13th is cursed; however, this Friday the 13th is our second this year, so I think it will undo the original curse on this year,” Taya Hastings ‘22 said.
Although some watch out on Friday the 13th, some don’t believe in the curse of the day at all.
“Surprisingly, I don’t actually think Friday the 13th is cursed. Although, I do think it can be for some people. For some reason, my whole life, 13 has been a recurring number and I no longer think of it as unlucky. I haven’t had any awful Friday the 13th experiences either, so I don’t think it’s inherently cursed,” Kayla Mash ‘21 said.
There have been conspiracies on TikTok recently claiming that Friday the 13 of November will bring the end of the COVID-19 pandemic just like Friday the 13 of March seemed to bring the start of it earlier this year.
“At this point, [I do think Friday the 13th is cursed] because we were quarantined on the 13th before and now we might be facing another rumored quarantine on the 13th of this month. I never used to believe in Friday the 13th until this year,” Coon said.
Do you believe Friday the 13th is cursed? Is it going to mean good or bad things for Friday, Nov. 13, 2020? Leave a comment!