![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)
Rock Canyon’s Own Ultimate Frisbee: Who Knew and How To
Thomas Otterstetter ’18 leaps for the Frisbee during during the Ultimate Frisbee game Thurs. Sept. 15 at Wildcat Elementary.
October 4, 2016
Thurs. Sept. 15, Rock Canyon’s Ultimate Frisbee team took on Columbine in their first game of the season at Wildcat Elementary. The co-ed team cut and bid, coming up short of Columbine with a final score of 11 to 5. News of the team’s loss begged further crucial information regarding one of Rock Canyon’s less known sports. What is Ultimate Frisbee? And how does our team compete?
Ultimate Frisbee, a non-contact sport, is played mainly in the United States but also around the world. The sport’s levels span the range of groups playing for fun to the professional level, or Major League Ultimate.It is a game played with 7 players from each team present on the field at one time.
The game begins much in the same way as a football game begins with a kick-off, however in Ultimate, the procedure is dubbed “pulling the disk.” The player in control of the disk at any time has 10 seconds to release the Frisbee. The defender nearest the player is in charge of the “stall count,” or counting down these 10 seconds, as there are no referees. The game is based solely on the players’ ethics. They are in charge of calling fouls that arise most often as a result of “travelling.” This infraction occurs when a player takes more than one step with the Frisbee in a certain direction. As another major rule of Ultimate, players are not allowed to run with the Frisbee. Once in contact with the disc, they may only take one step in any direction before the stall count is up. The player may pass in any direction but if the disc is blocked, dropped, or intercepted, possession immediately changes.
When either team scores a goal, the teams switch sides of the field. Halftime occurs after the 9th goal is scored and the remaining 6 points will be scored after the half. To win the game, one team must attain 15 goals. Time is a non-factor.
But wait. Rock Canyon lost to Columbine 11 to 5. How is this possible if 15 goals must be scored to win? The game lasted two hours with and was eventually called for time. Parents and team supporters huddled in blankets on the sidelines throughout the game. Few students were present at the event because like Michaela Fullerton ’18, who knew? Students cannot locate a team schedule of the athletics website. “I was not aware that there was an actual league or team at our school and I didn’t know that there were teams at different schools,” Fullerton said.
Despite the small student body turnout and the loss of the first game, the team looks forward to improvement over the season and aims at one target. “We want to win. That’s our only goal,” Ethan Dunn ’18 said.