![Alexander Oki ‘28 picks up trash in the lower parking lot Feb. 20. According to Keep America Beautiful, the majority of the trash found on both roads and waterways consists of fast food wrappers and packaging, receipts and plastic beverage bottles. Clubs like the National Honor Society (NHS) offer students the opportunity to earn service hours by cleaning up the trash in the parking lots. “[The trash] makes us look very unhygienic and unmotivated to be a proper school,” Emberlyse Vidal ‘28 said. “It makes us look like we just don't care about our students' environments.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260220_1355020-2-1200x904.jpg)
- May 27Slicing through Megastructures
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- May 27Top Of The Class—For Now
- May 27Senior Sign-Off
- May 20The Scenario
- May 18The Hantavirus virus has a 40% mortality rate, but what is the Hantavirus exactly?
- May 13Absolute Cinema V: A Farewell to Hosts
- May 11Biology vs Bias: Rethinking the fur Ban Debate
- May 5What is Coachella?
- May 4A Student’s Voice at School
![Outside the Learning Commons (LMC), Assistant Librarian Amy Neira lowers the senior countdown to 12 days April 23. The countdown started after spring break and was inspired by English teacher Bryan McBride’s classroom senior countdown in room 3450. It was incorporated into some of the other graduation decorations in the LMC. “Last year, [the LMC] did some basic decorations, and then after talking with Mr. McBride, who does a countdown, we thought it would be fun to also have it in the library where more people would see it who are passing in the hallway,” Neira said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/senior-countdown-816x1200.jpg)
![Student Press Freedom Day takes place today, Feb. 22. The day celebrates the student journalists, whose rights are the same as professionals. This means that students can write about controversial topics and the administration cannot legally get involved in Colorado public schools. “[I think students should have equal rights] in principle, I think obviously, being that we’re a school, there's probably some things. I can see certain parent groups having a problem and that doesn't necessarily mean that you shouldn't write about them, but maybe [have] some kind of stakeholder. Because being a minor is tricky,” teacher librarian Jason Parker said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Untitled-design-1-1.jpg)
