![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)
The McRib is Back, Baby
The McRib makes its long-awaited return to the McDonald’s menu after leaving McRib lovers missing its taste for about eight years.
The McRib is back. Made by Matthew Fink.
I’m not saying that I am the sole cause for the McRib coming back, but at the same time, you can thank me for the McRib coming back. Earlier in the year, I predicted the rerelease of the McRib in 2020 about a week before it happened on my Twitter account @MatthewFink_28 (follow me). At the time, I was pretty hopeless when it came to the McRib, but lo and behold, McDonald’s tweeted that the McRib was coming back Oct. 30.
Finally, after a month of waiting, Dec. 2 came, and I went to my local McDonalds’ to order the critically acclaimed McRib that had been kept from the public since 2012 when it was last released for a limited time. Back then, I had no idea the McRib even existed, so I missed out on the opportunity of the decade. But now, I, alongside everyone else, have a small opportunity to enjoy the rare meal, and who knows how long it will be gone for after it leaves this time. A year? A decade? A century? This could be the only time in our lifetime that you can get a McRib, so I highly suggest at least trying it at least once. Now, here is the actual review of the McRib.
If you couldn’t already tell, I really enjoyed the McRib. It includes a delightful pork patty slathered in BBQ sauce, as well as tasteful shredded onions, and also… pickles. Now the thing about pickles, is that I normally don’t enjoy them. However, on the McRib, it is necessary to complete the sandwich; without them, you are missing a third of the taste. All of the ingredients come together to form the flavor of the millennia.
In conclusion, the McRib is a meal for people who enjoy good food. So if you do not like good food, then this meal is not for you. Sorry. But for the rest of us, go to McDonald’s as soon as you can, and order the McRib. You will not regret it.
10/10 – This is the Prime Rib.
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