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![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)
Ladies, Ladies, Time for a Sadies
Student Council announces the first-ever Sadie Hawkins dance.
media by Courtesy of Remy Arnold
A graphic displays information for “Sadies in the 80s.” The graphic was posted Nov. 30. The dance will take place 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Jan. 20, 2023, at the Lone Tree Bowlero.
January 11, 2023
Students rush to the mall to buy outfits. Decorations are painted, balloons blown up. Tickets are bought, and dates are asked to the latest school dance.
But, this time, it’s the girls asking.
For the first time in school history, a Sadie Hawkins dance is being held.
On Nov. 30, Student Council announced the upcoming “Sadie’s in the 80s” dance. The dance will take place from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Lone Tree Bowlero.
The theme revolves around the 1980s, and students are encouraged to dress up in 80s-style clothing and costumes.
“We had a lot of input from the student body that they wanted a Sadies because we haven’t had one, so representing the rest of the school’s desire, we decided to do one,” Student Body President Myles Rubin ‘23 said. “[Students] can wear whatever you’d like, whether that be formal, 80s-themed [clothes], or the shirts [Student Council] will sell. We just like the idea of an 80s-themed night especially since it’s at Bowlero, with all the neon and what that encompasses.”
According to NationalToday.com, Sadie Hawkins dances originate from an annual Sadie Hawkins holiday created by American cartoonist Al Capp in 1937. Capp wrote yearly stories about a girl named Sadie Hawkins who pursued men rather than allowing them to chase after her.
After the reversal of gender role expectations and ideas caught on, Sadie’s dances were created to encourage women to ask dates of their choice to the dance, and it became more widespread.
“At our event, there will be bowling, laser tag, an arcade, a dance floor, and a dessert bar,” Rubin said.
Tickets went on sale for $20 on MySchoolBucks starting Jan. 11. Tickets must be pre-purchased.