![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)
Are Clowns a Threat?
Were you thinking of dressing up like a clown on Monday? Well you probably shouldn’t.
Photo by: Alex Shaffer.
November 1, 2016
Some people believe that clowns aren’t a genuine threat. Vague sightings of clowns, threat or not, have been reported. Abc’s Denver 7 has stated that the Denver Police Department responded to the area of East 53rd Avenue and Kittredge Street at 8:20 Friday Morning, on a report that a student saw a clown across the street and the clown grabbed her and tried to kidnap her. In Adams County Wednesday afternoon the Sheriff said that his deputies had to investigate a report of a person dressed as a clown Tuesday night near a historical building in district 2.
According to Fox 59 in Reading, Pennsylvania Sept. 25, a 16 year old boy was killed because of a clown. Rolling Stones magazine wrote about children that have said clowns were trying to lure them in by bribing them with money. Around 30 states have had sightings of clowns in their states. Sightings have been spotted in the woods, neighborhoods, and even on college campuses in many states. More than 12 people have been caught and arrested that were dressed as clowns. Clown sightings have been spotted around Colorado, 7 News reported that clowns have been spotted and threats of shooting up schools have been reported to the police. “As far as police, we haven’t had any clown sightings at Rock Canyon yet so it would just be on a clown by clown basis. Officer Brown said “This whole clown deal has gotten way out of control.” In regards to the clown situation Target corp. spokesman Joshua Thomas said “ Given the current environment, we have made the decision to remove a variety of clown masks from our assortment, both in stores and online,” according to CNN.
“I think the clowns are a genuine threat, not as much to people but the clown industry,” Dylan Williamson 19’ said.
“I think it’s not really a threat it’s more just people trying to have fun, but some people are taking it too far some people are just trying to mess around with it,” William Herrin 19’ said.
Students are allowed to wear costumes to school Monday. The guidelines are listed on the school’s website, some include “faces can not be covered up: masks, makeup, and no weapons.”