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2270 Highway 133 Carbondale , CO 81623 November 2015 Volume 9 Issue 2

Dancing with the Deputies

On September 25th, as students arrived at the homecoming dance, they were confronted with a long line snak-ing out the doors of the high school. This was because just inside the doors each student was being breathalyzed before being permitted to enter the dance. This event was evidence of a new school policy that is being implemented this year. Over the sum-mer, administrators, school principals, vice principals, and school board members came together and chose to enforce sobriety testing at school events. The purpose of this policy, above all else, is to keep students safe. “We want to have sober

District wide-decision of breathalyzers at school events sparks dicussionPhoto by Sue Rollyson

dances and sober school events, and we’re going to make sure that they happen. It was not a big deal for us to do, and if we can save a life, if we can save people from making really poor deci-sions, it’s worth it. It’s a really small price to pay for keeping everyone safe,” Vice Principal Kelsie Goodman said in support of the policy. The type of sobriety tester the administra-tion and police department have chosen to use at school events is an aerial breathalyzer. The person being tested breathes and/or talks into the device, and the portable breath tester then gives either a positive or negative result of sobriety. Offi cer Michael Zimmerman of the Carbondale Police Department administered the breathalyzer tests to students at the homecoming dance and ensured the students were not entering the build-ing under the infl uence of any alcohol or drugs. “The school environment is not the place for this. We want you to come here, we want you to learn, we want you to have fun, we don’t want you to do things like that. If you’re going to make those choices in life, make them other places because this is not the place for it,” Zimmerman said. Among the students interviewed, none of them had a problem with the breathalyzer, and they all believed that it was and will continue to be effec-

tive. However, students have some suggestions: “If I could change it, I think the school should have started the dance an hour before because I was standing outside for...forty-fi ve minutes wait-ing to get in,” said Chelsey Serrano, a sophomore at Roaring Fork High School who attended the school’s dance. “I think that there should have been at least four lines,” freshman Layne Dawson Applegate suggested to make the entry for students quicker. Even though students were generally okay with the breathalyzer, some counterpoints were brought up. For example, Iliana Castillon, a soph-omore at RFHS, said, “I think the school should have more faith in its students.” Another student, Emily Henley, voiced her opinion, “I think it’s effective, but I don’t think it should have to be necessary. I think the fact that we took it to the point that we had a breathalyzer kind of proved the point of ‘Hey, don’t come un-der the infl uence,’ you know? It seems unneces-sary to me, but I think it has good intentions.” Regardless, it doesn’t appear that this policy is going to be changing anytime soon and stu-dents should expect to see breathalyzers at future school events.

Roaring Fork Alumni pg. 4

Where Weʼre From pg. 5

Basketball Breakdown: Coach Wil-liams pg. 7

Solar Panels pg. 6

Clockwise from top left, Jasmin Lopez and Mat-thew Wampler cozy in for a picture while

waiting in line to be breathalyzed and get into the dance Saturday

night. Estrella Her-

nandez, Kassidy Page, and Melissa Villalobos show their masks and high spirit, as they attended Homecoming

2015, which was accompanied with

more enforce-ment than usual.

Whatʼs Inside

-Kloe Lee

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Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) has many unique and fun traditions, but one of them in particular has started off strong this school year. Community meetings, which have been taking place for a couple of years at RFHS, are now kicked off by a Senior Speech. Senior Speeches are given by a senior who has overcome major obstacles throughout their high school career. Each speech has a theme that corresponds to one of the Five Habits of a Scholar (executive skills, perseverance, enthusiasm, compassion and team-work). The seniors give the student body their best advice and share their personal high school journey. Two seniors have spoken so far this year: Daisy Contreras and Grace Brown. Each of these students have faced and overcome many obstacles to get to where they are now, and both appreci-ated the chance to tell their story. Contreras, who has struggled with her classes, grades, and staying on track in school gave a speech about the importance of perseverance. “I had lost faith in myself and I had lost my hunger

for success, ” Contreras said in her speech. She shared her story of how she was able to push through the obstacles she was faced with in high school, including the loss of a cousin that she was very close to. Contreras spoke about how she hoped that her successes would make her cousin proud and encouraged other students to work hard, push through hardships, and achieve their goals. Brown, whose speech focused on the theme of teamwork, shared how she came to live in Carbondale and discovered just how important having a team can be. Growing up in California with her mother, Brown missed out on a lot of the support, protection, and sense of security that usually comes from one’s family. Brown eventu-ally moved to Carbondale to live with her grand-mother. In her speech, Brown said, “We are always told that ‘family is #1’, ‘they always come fi rst’, ‘I would die for my family.’ This is the mindset that builds loyalty, trust, and a strong team.” Brown felt that in a lot of ways her “team” had let her

down. When she moved to Carbondale, RFHS became her team and helped her get to where she is today. Brown emphasized the importance and the value of the RFHS community and encour-aged the school to continue to support each other and be a family. Freshman Gisely Torres refl ected on Brown’s speech saying, “She talked about something we could all relate to as well, teamwork, and that your family is a team too, so appreciate it while you have it.” Senior Speeches are becoming a tradition at Roaring Fork High School and inspire younger students to do their best as well as give the se-niors a chance to share what they have learned. This tradition will continue through this year and in the years to come, hopefully inspiring many more students.

The Roaring Fork High School graduating class of 2015 may no longer be contributing to the hustle and bustle in the halls during passing periods, but they are continuing to learn outside of these walls, building on the memories and experiences they gained at RFHS. Many graduates have gone on to further their educations, attending different colleges and uni-versities across the country. Emily Fuller, a member of the class of 2015, is majoring in kinesiology and plans to minor in social sciences and nutrition at Chapman Univer-sity in Orange, California. For Fuller, the most siz-able difference between high school and college is the structure of classes. “The classes are taught differently and the students learn differently. It’s a whole new setting. I think college is more about the individual. You can cater the classes, teachers, and schedules to what you need and what works best for you,” explained Fuller. Fuller would like

to give a shout out to the Roaring Fork Science Department for preparing her for college and encouraging her to strive for the best. Roy Benge, a freshman at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, is currently undecided on his major. Outside of high school Benge feels that he is, “exposed to a lot of new people and ideas.” When asked if he feels that high school prepared him enough for college Benge stated, “ Yes, to an extent. High school is what you make of it, but it is a different atmo-sphere here. Everyone is dedicated and extremely intelligent and sometimes it can be hard to keep up.” Yazmin Castillo currently attends University of Colorado Denver and is majoring in pre-med-icine. Through the transition from high school to college, Castillo feels she has become much more mature than she was a year ago. “College in general and living by myself has put me into a po-

sition to be more mature because there are more responsibilities that come along with living on your own. There’s no one to really tell you what you should and shouldn’t be doing or someone to tell you to do your homework,” explained Castillo. The newest Roaring Fork High School Alumni are out in the world facing new challenges and gaining new knowledge and experiences. Wher-ever and however they are now continuing their studies, these students all have one thing in common: on May 30, 2015 they all walked down the same aisle, sat together in the same gym, and moved their tassels on their caps at the same time. Their time at RFHS can now serve as their foundation as they continue their lives and go on to do great things. Watch out world, here come the Rams!

The Rampage sat down with Manuel Cortina on a Friday afternoon, and he explained what it’s like to be an exchange student. Cortina is origi-nally from Argentina and is a little over halfway through his year-long exchange here in Carbon-dale. “It’s awesome,” he happily states. Before coming to the town of Carbondale, Cortina lived with both his parents, his grand-mother, and one of his older brothers in Olavar-ria, Argentina. Plain and mountainless, Olavar-ria is about the size of Grand Junction (if not smaller). Reminiscing about his life in Argentina, Cor-tina recalled playing soccer, longboarding, swim-ming and going to community barbeques. “From 11am to midnight it was a common to be in touch with everybody,” Cortina said. He also mentioned that the barbecues were held every Sunday, the day of week where all families come together. Cortina has already had lots of experience liv-ing in different parts of the world. Before coming to Carbondale, Cortina had lived in Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico. Cortina’s dad is an engineer for a natural gas company from Spain, which caused his family to move around a lot. Moving was not hard when he was little but become more diffi cult as he got older. “I didn’t have the sense of friends and all the moments we were together,” he

remarked, raising his eyebrows. He has found that being an exchange student is a complex situation but a great opportunity for new experiences. “A good thing is all the places I [got to know] this year and all the people I met from here,” Cortina informed with a smile. Despite the positive parts, being an exchange students can be diffi cult at times. “A bad thing is... trouble with the language,” Cortina explained. Cortina initially planned to go to France, however his travel plans accidentally got swapped with a friend who intended to come to Carbon-dale, so he ended up here instead. “I don’t regret it; I love being here,” Cortina said. According to Cortina, RFHS is quite different from his school in Olivarria. Cortina mentioned that schools in Argentina don’t give students the opportunity to do many “hands on” activities. Schools in Argentina are more inclined to have students learn off of readings or out of textbooks instead of making or doing activities. Everything is “simply different,” Cortina says.

Argentina to America: An exchange student’s experience-Jensen Platero

Seniors Speak Out at Roaring Fork High School -Zoe Hanlon

Roaring Fork Alumni take on the world-Katie Weimer

Carmen McCracken, new Roaring Fork High School English teacher, is in search of a chal-lenge. She recently moved to Carbondale after living and teach-ing in New Castle for several years and has high hopes for her fi rst year at RFHS. McCracken explains that she likes the small environment of Car-bondale. She made the move to the valley after hearing some great things about the Roaring Fork High School com-munity. She says her daughter, Helina, loves Carbondale and is enjoying her kinder-garten year at Crystal River Elementary. Her fi rst month at Roar-

ing Fork, “was both good and challenging,” she states. “I’m used to already having an established reputation, but I moved because I wanted a change,” she responded with a smile of certainty. McCracken took the position of teaching English III students after Krystal Wu left the valley. McCracken says she loves to teach English Literature to her students. “I love hearing what all my students have to say after analyzing [a] book in class,” she says. McCracken received a Bachelor’s Degree at James Madison University in Virginia and earned a master’s degree at St. John’s

College in New Mexico. McCracken eventually decided that teaching was her passion and got her teaching cer-tifi cation and Master’s Degree at the Univer-sity of Montana. “I like school!” McCracken exclaimed happily. “I would go to school and then travel and go back to school,” she says. For her fi rst year teaching at Roaring Fork, McCracken hopes for her students to gain knowledge and under-standing in her class, “I hope that they learn that they can have a voice in their lives and in their world and how it is that they can make it a powerful voice.”

Teacher spotlight: Carmen McCracken -Fernando Hernandez

• Basketball season starts Nov. 9• Thanksgiving Feast at RFHS:

Nov. 20• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 23-

27• Winter Break: Dec. 21- Jan. 4

Exchange student Manuel Cortina poses for a picture.

Below, far left to right: RFHS Alumni Emily Fuller, Roy Benge and Yazmin Castillo.

Upcoming Events

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Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) has many unique and fun traditions, but one of them in particular has started off strong this school year. Community meetings, which have been taking place for a couple of years at RFHS, are now kicked off by a Senior Speech. Senior Speeches are given by a senior who has overcome major obstacles throughout their high school career. Each speech has a theme that corresponds to one of the Five Habits of a Scholar (executive skills, perseverance, enthusiasm, compassion and team-work). The seniors give the student body their best advice and share their personal high school journey. Two seniors have spoken so far this year: Daisy Contreras and Grace Brown. Each of these students have faced and overcome many obstacles to get to where they are now, and both appreci-ated the chance to tell their story. Contreras, who has struggled with her classes, grades, and staying on track in school gave a speech about the importance of perseverance. “I had lost faith in myself and I had lost my hunger

for success, ” Contreras said in her speech. She shared her story of how she was able to push through the obstacles she was faced with in high school, including the loss of a cousin that she was very close to. Contreras spoke about how she hoped that her successes would make her cousin proud and encouraged other students to work hard, push through hardships, and achieve their goals. Brown, whose speech focused on the theme of teamwork, shared how she came to live in Carbondale and discovered just how important having a team can be. Growing up in California with her mother, Brown missed out on a lot of the support, protection, and sense of security that usually comes from one’s family. Brown eventu-ally moved to Carbondale to live with her grand-mother. In her speech, Brown said, “We are always told that ‘family is #1’, ‘they always come fi rst’, ‘I would die for my family.’ This is the mindset that builds loyalty, trust, and a strong team.” Brown felt that in a lot of ways her “team” had let her

down. When she moved to Carbondale, RFHS became her team and helped her get to where she is today. Brown emphasized the importance and the value of the RFHS community and encour-aged the school to continue to support each other and be a family. Freshman Gisely Torres refl ected on Brown’s speech saying, “She talked about something we could all relate to as well, teamwork, and that your family is a team too, so appreciate it while you have it.” Senior Speeches are becoming a tradition at Roaring Fork High School and inspire younger students to do their best as well as give the se-niors a chance to share what they have learned. This tradition will continue through this year and in the years to come, hopefully inspiring many more students.

The Roaring Fork High School graduating class of 2015 may no longer be contributing to the hustle and bustle in the halls during passing periods, but they are continuing to learn outside of these walls, building on the memories and experiences they gained at RFHS. Many graduates have gone on to further their educations, attending different colleges and uni-versities across the country. Emily Fuller, a member of the class of 2015, is majoring in kinesiology and plans to minor in social sciences and nutrition at Chapman Univer-sity in Orange, California. For Fuller, the most siz-able difference between high school and college is the structure of classes. “The classes are taught differently and the students learn differently. It’s a whole new setting. I think college is more about the individual. You can cater the classes, teachers, and schedules to what you need and what works best for you,” explained Fuller. Fuller would like

to give a shout out to the Roaring Fork Science Department for preparing her for college and encouraging her to strive for the best. Roy Benge, a freshman at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, is currently undecided on his major. Outside of high school Benge feels that he is, “exposed to a lot of new people and ideas.” When asked if he feels that high school prepared him enough for college Benge stated, “ Yes, to an extent. High school is what you make of it, but it is a different atmo-sphere here. Everyone is dedicated and extremely intelligent and sometimes it can be hard to keep up.” Yazmin Castillo currently attends University of Colorado Denver and is majoring in pre-med-icine. Through the transition from high school to college, Castillo feels she has become much more mature than she was a year ago. “College in general and living by myself has put me into a po-

sition to be more mature because there are more responsibilities that come along with living on your own. There’s no one to really tell you what you should and shouldn’t be doing or someone to tell you to do your homework,” explained Castillo. The newest Roaring Fork High School Alumni are out in the world facing new challenges and gaining new knowledge and experiences. Wher-ever and however they are now continuing their studies, these students all have one thing in common: on May 30, 2015 they all walked down the same aisle, sat together in the same gym, and moved their tassels on their caps at the same time. Their time at RFHS can now serve as their foundation as they continue their lives and go on to do great things. Watch out world, here come the Rams!

The Rampage sat down with Manuel Cortina on a Friday afternoon, and he explained what it’s like to be an exchange student. Cortina is origi-nally from Argentina and is a little over halfway through his year-long exchange here in Carbon-dale. “It’s awesome,” he happily states. Before coming to the town of Carbondale, Cortina lived with both his parents, his grand-mother, and one of his older brothers in Olavar-ria, Argentina. Plain and mountainless, Olavar-ria is about the size of Grand Junction (if not smaller). Reminiscing about his life in Argentina, Cor-tina recalled playing soccer, longboarding, swim-ming and going to community barbeques. “From 11am to midnight it was a common to be in touch with everybody,” Cortina said. He also mentioned that the barbecues were held every Sunday, the day of week where all families come together. Cortina has already had lots of experience liv-ing in different parts of the world. Before coming to Carbondale, Cortina had lived in Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico. Cortina’s dad is an engineer for a natural gas company from Spain, which caused his family to move around a lot. Moving was not hard when he was little but become more diffi cult as he got older. “I didn’t have the sense of friends and all the moments we were together,” he

remarked, raising his eyebrows. He has found that being an exchange student is a complex situation but a great opportunity for new experiences. “A good thing is all the places I [got to know] this year and all the people I met from here,” Cortina informed with a smile. Despite the positive parts, being an exchange students can be diffi cult at times. “A bad thing is... trouble with the language,” Cortina explained. Cortina initially planned to go to France, however his travel plans accidentally got swapped with a friend who intended to come to Carbon-dale, so he ended up here instead. “I don’t regret it; I love being here,” Cortina said. According to Cortina, RFHS is quite different from his school in Olivarria. Cortina mentioned that schools in Argentina don’t give students the opportunity to do many “hands on” activities. Schools in Argentina are more inclined to have students learn off of readings or out of textbooks instead of making or doing activities. Everything is “simply different,” Cortina says.

Argentina to America: An exchange student’s experience-Jensen Platero

Seniors Speak Out at Roaring Fork High School -Zoe Hanlon

Roaring Fork Alumni take on the world-Katie Weimer

Carmen McCracken, new Roaring Fork High School English teacher, is in search of a chal-lenge. She recently moved to Carbondale after living and teach-ing in New Castle for several years and has high hopes for her fi rst year at RFHS. McCracken explains that she likes the small environment of Car-bondale. She made the move to the valley after hearing some great things about the Roaring Fork High School com-munity. She says her daughter, Helina, loves Carbondale and is enjoying her kinder-garten year at Crystal River Elementary. Her fi rst month at Roar-

ing Fork, “was both good and challenging,” she states. “I’m used to already having an established reputation, but I moved because I wanted a change,” she responded with a smile of certainty. McCracken took the position of teaching English III students after Krystal Wu left the valley. McCracken says she loves to teach English Literature to her students. “I love hearing what all my students have to say after analyzing [a] book in class,” she says. McCracken received a Bachelor’s Degree at James Madison University in Virginia and earned a master’s degree at St. John’s

College in New Mexico. McCracken eventually decided that teaching was her passion and got her teaching cer-tifi cation and Master’s Degree at the Univer-sity of Montana. “I like school!” McCracken exclaimed happily. “I would go to school and then travel and go back to school,” she says. For her fi rst year teaching at Roaring Fork, McCracken hopes for her students to gain knowledge and under-standing in her class, “I hope that they learn that they can have a voice in their lives and in their world and how it is that they can make it a powerful voice.”

Teacher spotlight: Carmen McCracken -Fernando Hernandez

• Basketball season starts Nov. 9• Thanksgiving Feast at RFHS:

Nov. 20• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 23-

27• Winter Break: Dec. 21- Jan. 4

Exchange student Manuel Cortina poses for a picture.

Below, far left to right: RFHS Alumni Emily Fuller, Roy Benge and Yazmin Castillo.

Upcoming Events

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November 2015

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November 2015

Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) has many unique and fun traditions, but one of them in particular has started off strong this school year. Community meetings, which have been taking place for a couple of years at RFHS, are now kicked off by a Senior Speech. Senior Speeches are given by a senior who has overcome major obstacles throughout their high school career. Each speech has a theme that corresponds to one of the Five Habits of a Scholar (executive skills, perseverance, enthusiasm, compassion and team-work). The seniors give the student body their best advice and share their personal high school journey. Two seniors have spoken so far this year: Daisy Contreras and Grace Brown. Each of these students have faced and overcome many obstacles to get to where they are now, and both appreci-ated the chance to tell their story. Contreras, who has struggled with her classes, grades, and staying on track in school gave a speech about the importance of perseverance. “I had lost faith in myself and I had lost my hunger

for success, ” Contreras said in her speech. She shared her story of how she was able to push through the obstacles she was faced with in high school, including the loss of a cousin that she was very close to. Contreras spoke about how she hoped that her successes would make her cousin proud and encouraged other students to work hard, push through hardships, and achieve their goals. Brown, whose speech focused on the theme of teamwork, shared how she came to live in Carbondale and discovered just how important having a team can be. Growing up in California with her mother, Brown missed out on a lot of the support, protection, and sense of security that usually comes from one’s family. Brown eventu-ally moved to Carbondale to live with her grand-mother. In her speech, Brown said, “We are always told that ‘family is #1’, ‘they always come fi rst’, ‘I would die for my family.’ This is the mindset that builds loyalty, trust, and a strong team.” Brown felt that in a lot of ways her “team” had let her

down. When she moved to Carbondale, RFHS became her team and helped her get to where she is today. Brown emphasized the importance and the value of the RFHS community and encour-aged the school to continue to support each other and be a family. Freshman Gisely Torres refl ected on Brown’s speech saying, “She talked about something we could all relate to as well, teamwork, and that your family is a team too, so appreciate it while you have it.” Senior Speeches are becoming a tradition at Roaring Fork High School and inspire younger students to do their best as well as give the se-niors a chance to share what they have learned. This tradition will continue through this year and in the years to come, hopefully inspiring many more students.

The Roaring Fork High School graduating class of 2015 may no longer be contributing to the hustle and bustle in the halls during passing periods, but they are continuing to learn outside of these walls, building on the memories and experiences they gained at RFHS. Many graduates have gone on to further their educations, attending different colleges and uni-versities across the country. Emily Fuller, a member of the class of 2015, is majoring in kinesiology and plans to minor in social sciences and nutrition at Chapman Univer-sity in Orange, California. For Fuller, the most siz-able difference between high school and college is the structure of classes. “The classes are taught differently and the students learn differently. It’s a whole new setting. I think college is more about the individual. You can cater the classes, teachers, and schedules to what you need and what works best for you,” explained Fuller. Fuller would like

to give a shout out to the Roaring Fork Science Department for preparing her for college and encouraging her to strive for the best. Roy Benge, a freshman at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, is currently undecided on his major. Outside of high school Benge feels that he is, “exposed to a lot of new people and ideas.” When asked if he feels that high school prepared him enough for college Benge stated, “ Yes, to an extent. High school is what you make of it, but it is a different atmo-sphere here. Everyone is dedicated and extremely intelligent and sometimes it can be hard to keep up.” Yazmin Castillo currently attends University of Colorado Denver and is majoring in pre-med-icine. Through the transition from high school to college, Castillo feels she has become much more mature than she was a year ago. “College in general and living by myself has put me into a po-

sition to be more mature because there are more responsibilities that come along with living on your own. There’s no one to really tell you what you should and shouldn’t be doing or someone to tell you to do your homework,” explained Castillo. The newest Roaring Fork High School Alumni are out in the world facing new challenges and gaining new knowledge and experiences. Wher-ever and however they are now continuing their studies, these students all have one thing in common: on May 30, 2015 they all walked down the same aisle, sat together in the same gym, and moved their tassels on their caps at the same time. Their time at RFHS can now serve as their foundation as they continue their lives and go on to do great things. Watch out world, here come the Rams!

The Rampage sat down with Manuel Cortina on a Friday afternoon, and he explained what it’s like to be an exchange student. Cortina is origi-nally from Argentina and is a little over halfway through his year-long exchange here in Carbon-dale. “It’s awesome,” he happily states. Before coming to the town of Carbondale, Cortina lived with both his parents, his grand-mother, and one of his older brothers in Olavar-ria, Argentina. Plain and mountainless, Olavar-ria is about the size of Grand Junction (if not smaller). Reminiscing about his life in Argentina, Cor-tina recalled playing soccer, longboarding, swim-ming and going to community barbeques. “From 11am to midnight it was a common to be in touch with everybody,” Cortina said. He also mentioned that the barbecues were held every Sunday, the day of week where all families come together. Cortina has already had lots of experience liv-ing in different parts of the world. Before coming to Carbondale, Cortina had lived in Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico. Cortina’s dad is an engineer for a natural gas company from Spain, which caused his family to move around a lot. Moving was not hard when he was little but become more diffi cult as he got older. “I didn’t have the sense of friends and all the moments we were together,” he

remarked, raising his eyebrows. He has found that being an exchange student is a complex situation but a great opportunity for new experiences. “A good thing is all the places I [got to know] this year and all the people I met from here,” Cortina informed with a smile. Despite the positive parts, being an exchange students can be diffi cult at times. “A bad thing is... trouble with the language,” Cortina explained. Cortina initially planned to go to France, however his travel plans accidentally got swapped with a friend who intended to come to Carbon-dale, so he ended up here instead. “I don’t regret it; I love being here,” Cortina said. According to Cortina, RFHS is quite different from his school in Olivarria. Cortina mentioned that schools in Argentina don’t give students the opportunity to do many “hands on” activities. Schools in Argentina are more inclined to have students learn off of readings or out of textbooks instead of making or doing activities. Everything is “simply different,” Cortina says.

Argentina to America: An exchange student’s experience-Jensen Platero

Seniors Speak Out at Roaring Fork High School -Zoe Hanlon

Roaring Fork Alumni take on the world-Katie Weimer

Carmen McCracken, new Roaring Fork High School English teacher, is in search of a chal-lenge. She recently moved to Carbondale after living and teach-ing in New Castle for several years and has high hopes for her fi rst year at RFHS. McCracken explains that she likes the small environment of Car-bondale. She made the move to the valley after hearing some great things about the Roaring Fork High School com-munity. She says her daughter, Helina, loves Carbondale and is enjoying her kinder-garten year at Crystal River Elementary. Her fi rst month at Roar-

ing Fork, “was both good and challenging,” she states. “I’m used to already having an established reputation, but I moved because I wanted a change,” she responded with a smile of certainty. McCracken took the position of teaching English III students after Krystal Wu left the valley. McCracken says she loves to teach English Literature to her students. “I love hearing what all my students have to say after analyzing [a] book in class,” she says. McCracken received a Bachelor’s Degree at James Madison University in Virginia and earned a master’s degree at St. John’s

College in New Mexico. McCracken eventually decided that teaching was her passion and got her teaching cer-tifi cation and Master’s Degree at the Univer-sity of Montana. “I like school!” McCracken exclaimed happily. “I would go to school and then travel and go back to school,” she says. For her fi rst year teaching at Roaring Fork, McCracken hopes for her students to gain knowledge and under-standing in her class, “I hope that they learn that they can have a voice in their lives and in their world and how it is that they can make it a powerful voice.”

Teacher spotlight: Carmen McCracken -Fernando Hernandez

• Basketball season starts Nov. 9• Thanksgiving Feast at RFHS:

Nov. 20• Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 23-

27• Winter Break: Dec. 21- Jan. 4

Exchange student Manuel Cortina poses for a picture.

Below, far left to right: RFHS Alumni Emily Fuller, Roy Benge and Yazmin Castillo.

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Jasmin Contreras, a Junior at RFHS, was born in Guatemala and moved here when she was 8 years old. Contreras moved here to join her dad and get a better education. The biggest difference between Guatema-la and Carbondale, according to her, is the people and the way they interact with each other. “People are much clos-er here,” she said. Contreras misses her friends and remembers the day she left in perfect clarity.

Jasmin ContrerasJoseph FloresJoseph Flores, a senior, was born in Manta, Ecua-dor and came to Carbon-dale last year when he was 16 years old. The weather is the biggest difference between here and Ecuador, he says - in his hometown, they don’t have as clear sea-sons. He misses being able to go surfi ng fi ve minutes away from where he lived, and moved to Carbondale to get ready for college in the United States and improve his English.

Maria Paula Guevara-OrtizMaria Paula nació en Cali, Colombia y movió aquí en Septiembre. Ella movió aquí para estar con su mamá quien vivía aquí. Ella dice que Colorado es más ordenado que Colom-bia y que la gente aquí es muy amable. Ella extraña su familia en Colombia y también las varias frutas ricas que ella comía allî.

Cristian Alvarado was born in Te-gucigalpa, Honduras and moved to the U.S. when he was 7 years old to join family that was already here. According to Alvarado, a large difference between Tegu-cigalpa and Carbondale, is that there is much less crime here in Carbondale. Alvarado says that he misses his family in Hondu-ras, especially his grandparents who he hasn’t been able to see for a long time.

Cristian Alvarado

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Where Are We From?

Erick MendezJunior Erick Mendez was born in San Salvador, El Salvador and came to Carbondale when he was nine. El Salvador and Carbondale are different in that they have differ-ent cultures and different foods, he says. He missed the rivers and beaches of his hometown, but he says he moved to Carbondale, “for a better future.”

Percent of surveyed students at RFHS born in the United

States:

81%Percent of surveyed students

at RFHS born in Colorado:

57%Percent of surveyed students at RFHS born in the Roaring

Fork Valley:

53%Countries around the world

our families come from:

40States in Mexico our families

are from:

19States in the U.S. our families

are from:

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By the Numbers

We surveyed 247 RFHS students about where they are from and where their families come from. Here’s what we discovered.

Kimberly Guzman“...Mexico, and originally from Italy.”

Liam Laird

“...Scotland, Eng-land, Ireland, Swe-den, and Denmark.”

SuleimaLedezma

“...Mexico and Saudi Arabia.”

Felina Cruz

“My family is Native American.

Lisa Kelley

“...Italy and Greece.”

Grace Farris

“My family is from France.”

Left: Each red pin on the map represents where RFHS students were born.

My Family is From...

Jasmin Contreras, a Junior at RFHS, was born in Guatemala and moved here when she was 8 years old. Contreras moved here to join her dad and get a better education. The biggest difference between Guatema-la and Carbondale, according to her, is the people and the way they interact with each other. “People are much clos-er here,” she said. Contreras misses her friends and remembers the day she left in perfect clarity.

Jasmin ContrerasJoseph FloresJoseph Flores, a senior, was born in Manta, Ecua-dor and came to Carbon-dale last year when he was 16 years old. The weather is the biggest difference between here and Ecuador, he says - in his hometown, they don’t have as clear sea-sons. He misses being able to go surfi ng fi ve minutes away from where he lived, and moved to Carbondale to get ready for college in the United States and improve his English.

Maria Paula Guevara-OrtizMaria Paula nació en Cali, Colombia y movió aquí en Septiembre. Ella movió aquí para estar con su mamá quien vivía aquí. Ella dice que Colorado es más ordenado que Colom-bia y que la gente aquí es muy amable. Ella extraña su familia en Colombia y también las varias frutas ricas que ella comía allî.

Cristian Alvarado was born in Te-gucigalpa, Honduras and moved to the U.S. when he was 7 years old to join family that was already here. According to Alvarado, a large difference between Tegu-cigalpa and Carbondale, is that there is much less crime here in Carbondale. Alvarado says that he misses his family in Hondu-ras, especially his grandparents who he hasn’t been able to see for a long time.

Cristian Alvarado

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Where Are We From?

Erick MendezJunior Erick Mendez was born in San Salvador, El Salvador and came to Carbondale when he was nine. El Salvador and Carbondale are different in that they have differ-ent cultures and different foods, he says. He missed the rivers and beaches of his hometown, but he says he moved to Carbondale, “for a better future.”

Percent of surveyed students at RFHS born in the United

States:

81%Percent of surveyed students

at RFHS born in Colorado:

57%Percent of surveyed students at RFHS born in the Roaring

Fork Valley:

53%Countries around the world

our families come from:

40States in Mexico our families

are from:

19States in the U.S. our families

are from:

35

By the Numbers

We surveyed 247 RFHS students about where they are from and where their families come from. Here’s what we discovered.

Kimberly Guzman“...Mexico, and originally from Italy.”

Liam Laird

“...Scotland, Eng-land, Ireland, Swe-den, and Denmark.”

SuleimaLedezma

“...Mexico and Saudi Arabia.”

Felina Cruz

“My family is Native American.

Lisa Kelley

“...Italy and Greece.”

Grace Farris

“My family is from France.”

Left: Each red pin on the map represents where RFHS students were born.

My Family is From...

Volleyball DistrictsThe Lady Rams spent Halloween weekend in Grand Junction, competing with 8 other teams in their league. The Rams woke up on Saturday ready to play, knocking out the Moff at Bulldogs and the Gunnison Cowboys back to back. These wins did not change their ranking in the league, but the team reached many other goals “We fi nally beat Gunnison!” head coach Jennifer Dority said through tears as the girls circled up on the fl oor for a last victory cheer. It was an emotional week-end for all, as some seniors said goodbye to the game they played for four years. The Lady Rams left their mark for the 2015 season, with nothing to look forward to but improvement for next year.

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-Eryn Doherty As seasons change, Roaring Fork students watch as their new solar panels are being installed in the yard outside. The solar panels have been under construction for the last couple of months and will soon be completed, providing 100% of the school’s electricity. The power purchase agreement (the fund-ing mechanism being used to fi nance the panels) took longer than expected to negotiate, so the panels are still under construction, but the hope is to have the system installed and completed by December. The process of installing solar panels starts with creating the framework or “backbone” of the panels. This is a very time consuming step that includes inserting several posts into the rocky ground, which can be a very challenging task. Next, the panels are attached to the framework and properly positioned to receive the most sun-light possible. The panels will then be connected to the school’s electrical system and be ready for their fi nal inspection. According to Energy Club sponsor Wendy Boland, “The cost of energy will initially stay the same as paying for fossil fuel based electricity, but over time RFHS will save money.” The purpose of installing the panels is to be-come an energy effi cient building and to reduce the school’s environmental footprint. The panels rely on solar energy which is, arguably, the cleanest form of energy known yet. The panels are placed in a position where the sunlight will hit them direct-ly, allowing the panels to convert the sunrays into electricity. Emily Mata, a member of the RFHS

Energy Club, says, “Not only are we making our school more sustain-able by installing the solar panels, but we are also setting an ex-ample for Carbondale.” Mata adds that 100% of the school’s electricity will be solar powered. The only thing running off natural gas will be the heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The RFHS Ener-gy Club, who played a large role in getting the solar panels for RFHS, isn’t going to stop there. Their next step is to fi gure out how the entire school could run off renewable energy. Mata says, “We’re showing that RFHS supports and wants to contribute to the community’s efforts towards being environmentally friendly.” The En-ergy Club thinks it would be excellent if all schools could strive to be as energy effi cient as possible. Principle Drew Adams adds that it is important for schools and businesses to respect the environment in any way they can. “This is a great example of how we can offset 100 percent of our electricity use for

RFHS without having a signifi cant impact on our campus,” Adams said. Solar energy is one way of reducing our environmental impact, but these so-lar panels shouldn’t be the end. Hopefully RFHS students, staff, and community members through-out the valley will continue to make efforts towards becoming more environmentally sustainable and reducing their environmental impact.

Solar panels add new energy to RFHS

Chompy’s News Bites

Brenda Patch TournamentThe Brenda Patch tournament is an an-nual basketball tournament at RFHS, that runs from December 3rd to De-cember 5th. The tournament began as a memorial for a former RFHS basketball player who died in a car crash in 1968. “Since then, we have always had the tournament to raise money for scholar-ships that go to both girl and boy bas-ketball players,” said basketball coach Larry Williams. Four varsity teams come to play: Aspen, Eagle Valley, Rifl e and Steamboat. Make sure to come cheer on the Rams in December!

Parking lot - high crime, low toleranceThanksgiving FeastThe annual RFHS Thanksgiving Feast is November 20th at RFHS. Everyone is looking forward to the feast because it is a time where the whole school gets to sit down and eat a meal together. The Student Council is in charge of putting this event on for the school, but each class in charge of bringing a food item: the Seniors are bringing des-serts and the Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen are in charge of bringing side dishes. The teachers cook the main at-traction: the turkeys.

Like most student parking lots, the RFHS student lot has a collection of speed racers, bumping bass en-thuiasts, and ignorant parking jobs. Recently, stu-dents have been getting creative, - to say the least - taking matters into their own hands to solve con-fl icts. With names remaining anonymous, a situation occurred when an aggravated individual pranked another by tampering with their fuses, making their car unable to start, in hopes that this would reduce the over-the-line parking. In return, the victim drew their paintball gun, decorating the parking lot with small orange splats. The situation has since been resolved, though there are still complaints of hur-ried park jobs.

Volleyball DistrictsThe Lady Rams spent Halloween weekend in Grand Junction, competing with 8 other teams in their league. The Rams woke up on Saturday ready to play, knocking out the Moff at Bulldogs and the Gunnison Cowboys back to back. These wins did not change their ranking in the league, but the team reached many other goals “We fi nally beat Gunnison!” head coach Jennifer Dority said through tears as the girls circled up on the fl oor for a last victory cheer. It was an emotional week-end for all, as some seniors said goodbye to the game they played for four years. The Lady Rams left their mark for the 2015 season, with nothing to look forward to but improvement for next year.

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2015

-Eryn Doherty As seasons change, Roaring Fork students watch as their new solar panels are being installed in the yard outside. The solar panels have been under construction for the last couple of months and will soon be completed, providing 100% of the school’s electricity. The power purchase agreement (the fund-ing mechanism being used to fi nance the panels) took longer than expected to negotiate, so the panels are still under construction, but the hope is to have the system installed and completed by December. The process of installing solar panels starts with creating the framework or “backbone” of the panels. This is a very time consuming step that includes inserting several posts into the rocky ground, which can be a very challenging task. Next, the panels are attached to the framework and properly positioned to receive the most sun-light possible. The panels will then be connected to the school’s electrical system and be ready for their fi nal inspection. According to Energy Club sponsor Wendy Boland, “The cost of energy will initially stay the same as paying for fossil fuel based electricity, but over time RFHS will save money.” The purpose of installing the panels is to be-come an energy effi cient building and to reduce the school’s environmental footprint. The panels rely on solar energy which is, arguably, the cleanest form of energy known yet. The panels are placed in a position where the sunlight will hit them direct-ly, allowing the panels to convert the sunrays into electricity. Emily Mata, a member of the RFHS

Energy Club, says, “Not only are we making our school more sustain-able by installing the solar panels, but we are also setting an ex-ample for Carbondale.” Mata adds that 100% of the school’s electricity will be solar powered. The only thing running off natural gas will be the heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The RFHS Ener-gy Club, who played a large role in getting the solar panels for RFHS, isn’t going to stop there. Their next step is to fi gure out how the entire school could run off renewable energy. Mata says, “We’re showing that RFHS supports and wants to contribute to the community’s efforts towards being environmentally friendly.” The En-ergy Club thinks it would be excellent if all schools could strive to be as energy effi cient as possible. Principle Drew Adams adds that it is important for schools and businesses to respect the environment in any way they can. “This is a great example of how we can offset 100 percent of our electricity use for

RFHS without having a signifi cant impact on our campus,” Adams said. Solar energy is one way of reducing our environmental impact, but these so-lar panels shouldn’t be the end. Hopefully RFHS students, staff, and community members through-out the valley will continue to make efforts towards becoming more environmentally sustainable and reducing their environmental impact.

Solar panels add new energy to RFHS

Chompy’s News Bites

Brenda Patch TournamentThe Brenda Patch tournament is an an-nual basketball tournament at RFHS, that runs from December 3rd to De-cember 5th. The tournament began as a memorial for a former RFHS basketball player who died in a car crash in 1968. “Since then, we have always had the tournament to raise money for scholar-ships that go to both girl and boy bas-ketball players,” said basketball coach Larry Williams. Four varsity teams come to play: Aspen, Eagle Valley, Rifl e and Steamboat. Make sure to come cheer on the Rams in December!

Parking lot - high crime, low toleranceThanksgiving FeastThe annual RFHS Thanksgiving Feast is November 20th at RFHS. Everyone is looking forward to the feast because it is a time where the whole school gets to sit down and eat a meal together. The Student Council is in charge of putting this event on for the school, but each class in charge of bringing a food item: the Seniors are bringing des-serts and the Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen are in charge of bringing side dishes. The teachers cook the main at-traction: the turkeys.

Like most student parking lots, the RFHS student lot has a collection of speed racers, bumping bass en-thuiasts, and ignorant parking jobs. Recently, stu-dents have been getting creative, - to say the least - taking matters into their own hands to solve con-fl icts. With names remaining anonymous, a situation occurred when an aggravated individual pranked another by tampering with their fuses, making their car unable to start, in hopes that this would reduce the over-the-line parking. In return, the victim drew their paintball gun, decorating the parking lot with small orange splats. The situation has since been resolved, though there are still complaints of hur-ried park jobs.

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Soccer- Elyssa Derby Now that the soccer season is over, the soccer team reflects on their time spent playing together. Varsity player, Axel Palomera, says, “The chemistry was very different from last year; the team didn’t click as well as it has in the past.” The Roaring Fork Boy’s soccer team narrowly missed securing a spot at state playoffs, finish-ing off their season fifth in the league. Colin O’Gorman, who has been Varsity goalie for the past two years was disappointed in how the team placed. “We haven’t been winning as many games as we are capable of winning. We control the ball for the majority of the time, we just struggle to put the ball in the back of the net.” Although many of the players on the team have played for multiple seasons together, the league record for the team was 4-4, a result that wasn’t as good as they had hoped.The team loves Nick Forbes, who has been Varsity Head Coach for the past 3 years. O’Gorman says, “Nick knew what he was talking about. We would have been an amazing team if we did everything that he told us to do.” Palomera had similar re-marks, “Nick was an outstanding coach, he really understood how to connect with us. He was really patient even though we didn’t play our best a lot of the time.” Although the season didn’t turn out the way they wanted, the soccer players are confident in the potential of the team next year.

As the Roaring Fork Rams exit week eight with an even record, they are proud to say that they have had one of the best records in the last three years. With the new coaching staff, people were excited to see what the Rams could pull off this year. The team was equipped with 13 seniors and 15 juniors, and were optimistic about winning league. “I thought we were going to win more games and have a record around 6-3, but overall I thought we had a good season, considering we had a lot of injuries,” senior lineman Cesar Ben-como said. The rams ended week seven missing two key players:Tyler Spence and Jake Kelley, lost to local rivals. “The injuries killed the end of our season and our most important league games,” starting run-ning back Tyler Spence added. The Rams had a big turning point and a learning curve when they realized what kind of team they could be, after beating Meeker. “This season, everyone on the team bonded closer than years past, so when the season went up and down we were able to pick each other up,” starting left guard Conrado Dolores mentioned. Although the Rams record does not show what kind of heart and passion this team has, they are looking forward to next season and hope to do even better, with 15 returning juniors and a strong school to support them at every turn.

Football- Hayden Bernot

Sports Recap

Another basketball season at Roaring Fork is about to begin, bringing with it lots of excitement and several unknowns. This year RFHS will be seeing a whole new team due to the large number of senior players last year. This kind of change can always present some challenges, but with Larry Williams as their head coach they are sure to have a amazing season. Williams has coached several championship teams over the years and is excited and hopeful about the upcoming season. Rampage (R): “How do you feel about the upcom-ing season, especially with all the new players who will have to step up and start Varsity?”

Coach Williams (CW): “ Well, every season is dif-ferent and that is why I get so excited for a new season because I get to work with new players and find out what their strengths and weakness are, plus making everybody come together and work as a team.” R: “ What challenges will you have to face this season?” CW: “A challenge we face this season will be height. We don't have many tall players but as we

R: “What are some of the positives to this season?”

CW: “ From what I saw at camp this summer the team enjoys playing defense which is always an indication of good work ethic, and ever since I started coaching I can't stress enough how impor-tant it is to enjoy defense and to be good at it.” R: “How far do you think we will make it this year?” CW: “The goal is always to make it to state. The secondary goal would be to win playoffs and then move onto the final eight.” We cannot wait for this season of basketball to start and see how well the Roaring Fork Rams Basketball Team does. The first game is scheduled for December 4.

- Steele Featherstone

proved last year we can work around this diffi-culty.” R: “Who will be a tough competitor this season?” CW:“Everybody is tough in this league. Some of the harder games will be against Moffat County, Grand Valley and Coal Ridge.” R: “What do you do to get the players ready for the season?” CW: “Well, as always, we make sure the junior varsity are incorporating a lot of what is going on at the varsity level so that they are ready for next season. Also, during the summer there is a camp which also gives me an idea of how everybody plays and works together.”

- Lyndsay Hansen Volleyball

The RFHS Girls Volleyball Team experienced a season full of tears, laughter and new friend-ships. This year, the team brought in a coach that changed the atmosphere and pushed the girls to meet their potential. The team was able to develop a strong bond on the court. Although there were few wins this year, the team still managed to grow together and have a positive season. Junior setter Jasmin Lopez, could not agree more with how the season went. Lopez stated, “I didn’t have much to overcome personally, but with our roller coaster season, our team has over-come the obstacles thrown at us. It was a really different feeling for me this year, making it one of the best seasons yet.” Freshman setter Lisa Kelley was asked what helped make her first high school volleyball season memorable. She answered, “All the up-perclassmen were really supportive of us. They all shared the positive energy with us and pushed us to win more games. Our coaches were also very positive, and pushed us to do our best.” Ending with a 5-13 record, the girls of the 2015 volleyball season are looking forward to the upcoming 2016 season. The team will lose five seniors: Grace Brown, Dani Minor, Madilyn Kuhl, Caitlin O’Gorman and Valerie Loertscher. The loss of five strong players means that next year’s Varsity team will have to work hard to bring back the upbeat mojo they had this year.

Basketball Break-down with Coach Williams

Senior Send-Off: above, senior football players at their last game; right, senior soccer players

Photos courtesy Sue Rollyson Persiko, Sopris Sun

Entertainment 8Rampage

November 2015

Rampage Staff

Editors in Chief

Grace BrownFiona Laird

Managing Editor

Finn Featherstone

Editorial Staff

Elyssa DerbyEryn DohertyJames Long

Carley MoravekMaeve O’Donnell Pax

Caitlin O’GormanKristin Page

Edgar Reyna ZavalaJake Rusby

Beymar SilvaTavia Teitler

Katherine Weimer

Journalists

Hayden Bernot Steele Featherstone

Zoe HanlonLyndsay Hansen

Kloe LeeFernando Martinez

Jensen Platero

Policy Statement:

Published 8 times a year, the student

newspaper of Roaring Fork High School is a public forum, with

its students edito-rial board making all decisions concerning its content. Unsigned editorials express the views of the majority of the editorial board.

Dinkle Lake is a peaceful area to escape to when you are look-ing for an adventure or just a little bit of quiet in the mountains. This is a day use area where many people go to have picnics or fi sh.

How to get there: Drive on Highway 133 past the high school and take a left turn onto Prince Creek Road. Continue up that road for six miles at which point the road turns into a dirt road. Drive

until you get to a fork in the road and take the right fork follow-ing the sign for Dinkle Lake. Follow that road for about two miles all the way to Dinkle Lake.

What to do: Take in the view, breathe in the fresh mountain air, and snap a few pictures! If you brought your fi shing pole along try to catch a couple fi sh and enjoy the peace and quiet. If you’re brave enough, jump in and take a

swim, but watch out it’s super cold! Feel free to lay out your blanket and bring out the basket for a picnic.

Word to the wise: Swim at your own risk! Look out for peo-ple fi shing so you are not the fi sh they ac-cidentally catch! Make sure not to step on any old fi shing hooks, glass, or sharp objects, or wear water shoes. Please pick up your trash so that we can keep this beautiful place clean.

Photo by Lily NicholsGems of the Valley

Whoopers and BloopersBy: Carly Moravek

Every year the students of Roaring Fork High School faces the same dilemma: parents dropping their kids off in the student parking lot. Every year there are count-less announcements stating that parents really should stop doing this, but as you can probably assume, they are uninformed or their kids are too lazy to actually inform them. Reason numero uno as to why this is irritating is that it makes the parking lot sketchier than it already is. With parents taking up more than half the road in their family-sized SUV’s, combined with learning drivers and upperclassmen who are rushing to class, the parking lot can be very dangerous to drivers and pedestrians alike. The parents’ slower driving can be very hazardous to students that are tight on time, who are then held up by someone’s mom in a mini-van parked dead-center in the road watching to make sure their child makes it inside. It’s as if they believe their son or daughter will be mugged or kidnapped in that thirty yards to the front door. Secondly, they are actually wasting their time and don’t even realize it. It takes much longer to stop at the fi rehouse light and wait to turn left, then down and up into the crowded student parking lot. Instead it is much faster to just roll on through the light and take a quick left into the visitor parking lot. The key word there is visitor, meaning that the lot is made specifi cally for them. See, the thing about this lot, is that not only is it a shorter drive to get to, but it also has an actual drop of zone. In conclusion, while we realize that there needs to be more information about appropriate drop off protocol, this remains to be a highly con-troverial and dangerous issue that needs immedi-ate attention.

Parking lot Parents: Never ending Issue

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Editorial

Bloopers• The cattle drive went through town, leaving

poop and chaos everywhere.• Disrespect to cars in the student parking lot is

growing.• College application season is upon us.• The school is ALWAYS cold.• You have to start scraping your windshields.

Whoopers• Thanksgiving is only 14 days away.• El Nino is expected to bring great snow this

winter.• The Haunted House was a success.• Senior Nights brought a close the the fall

sports.• The Cross Country team made it to state.• Basketball season is about to start.• CU STARS (Science, Technology, and Astronomy

Recruits) came to RFHS and shared some great information.