![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)
Packed Parking Problems
Parking spaces in the student parking lot are limited, leaving many students in a state of frustration.
To show off the new parking pass design, Principal Andy Abner held up the new parking pass. Admin is aware of the packed nature of the student parking lot and feel for the students that are facing the challenge of finding a parking spot every morning. “We hear you Jags, I really wish that whoever designed Rock Canyon high school would have designed it with enough parking space to accommodate all of our students,” Abner said.
April 10, 2021
Rock Canyon drivers brawl over parking spots before parking passes are officially handed out. The parking lot is packed, and many students are frustrated over the lack of space. Seniors and a small handful of juniors received their parking passes late March. Ticketing started the first week of April. Ticketing will be enforced on cars without a parking pass or any illegally parked car. The first ticket will be a warning, the next is a minor fee, and the following tickets will increase in severity of punishment.
“We want to make sure we get passes to [students] first before we start wasting time writing tickets for people who may have [ordered] a pass but have not put it up yet,” security guard Andy Marton said.
Seniors have spent almost four years waiting for a granted parking pass in the crowded lot. This year, more drivers are trying to cram in the lot than ever before, leaving many seniors irked.
“Seniors are upset because underclassmen have been fortunate enough already to park in the lot all year long. They should have to go through the same struggle we all did as sophomores and juniors,” Michael Minnick ’21 said.
The seniors are not the only ones experiencing the frustration of parking in the lot. Some juniors have been parking in the neighborhood behind the school, and each has as good of a chance as any other junior at getting a parking pass.
“Parking is the least of our concerns because we have waited too long with Covid and online school, so I don’t think it matters. If you’re worried about your parking spot, just wake up earlier and get there on time,” Mac Garrison ’22 said.
Admin is aware of the packed nature of the student parking lot.
“We hear you, Jags. I really wish that whoever designed Rock Canyon High School would have designed it with enough parking space to accommodate all of our students,” Principal Andy Abner said.