-Tavia Teitler and Emily Bruell

Riot Grrrl, a feminist movement which started in the 1990’s, has spread across the world using zines (mini self-published mag-azines) as its vehicle for female empowerment and change. In the past months, senior Ember Bell has brought Riot Grrrl to RFHS, publishing zines of her own and spreading her message through the halls. Riot Grrrl has quickly become infl uential at RFHS, ini-tiating important conversations and creating controversy among members of the student body and the staff. Bell’s zines, created from cleverly folded pieces of copy paper, are designed to empower girls and help bring unspoken inequalities to the public eye. Her zines, with the intent of break-ing down gender roles in our society, focus on the use of derogatory terms directed at women and the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) community. Bell’s objective is to make people realize the illegitimacy and implications of these words and encourage people to stop us-ing language in harmful and unjust ways. Bell feels that the message she is sending is extremely important. “No one else is talking about it,” she commented, adding that “putting it in ink makes it more real.” The reaction to Riot Grrrl has been wide-ranging. Many members of RFHS love Riot Grrrl and fi nd her mes-sage unique and important. “It’s the raw truth,” commented sophomore Jen-ny Rios. Barbara Mason, a teacher at RFHS, de-scribed the message and content of Bell’s zines as “education that needs to happen.” However, some students and staff are less enthusias-tic about the zines. Sophomore Emily Henley believes that Bell’s zines have a ”really good message, but it’s portrayed a little aggressively so people don’t take it seriously.” Junior Lyle Luck-ett, while agreeing with Henley about the aggression in the zines, claimed that “because it’s so aggressive... it gets people’s atten-tion.” Principal Drew Adams says that, while he hasn’t seen any ef-

fects from the zine, positive or negative, he’s worried about the potential offensiveness of the zines. “Concerns [arise] when any [vulgar] words are used in a publication...I don’t think that’s a good representation of a voice that we want to see in our school,” Adams stated. Bell admitted that at fi rst her zines were very angry, contain-ing a great deal of profanity. She has since decided to change the content of her zines to be slightly less aggressive, carry-ing the punch of her message with more eloquence and less swearing.

There is one aspect of the zines, however, on which Bell refuses to compromise. On the bottom of

each Riot Grrrl publication’s back cover is the line, “Pass me around like a slut.” Some

staff members have found this line to be offensive, and its use in Bell’s zines is one of Adams’ main concerns. Accord-ing to Bell, however, this language is by no means intended to offend girls; it is intended to do the exact opposite. “Every girl has been called a slut,” Bell claimed, “[The line] is a non-

graceful way of taking back the word…. I feel like it’s a word that’s not taken

seriously when a girl is called that, but then it starts to become serious when I

use it in this context.” Junior Kelly Walgren confi rmed that this intention is not lost on her.

“It’s not offensive [to me], it’s just people standing up for something,” she said.

The administration has told Bell that she is not allowed to print the phrase “Pass me around like a slut.” Because Bell refuses to print her zines without this phrase on the cover, her publication of these zines has been prohibited. New copies of

the zine, however, continue to circulate throughout the school.

Bell knows that her zines will continue to evoke contro-versial reception, but feels that these diffi cult conversations are part of what makes the zines so important. “Riot Grrrl makes people mad because they have to start seeing the truth even if it’s not something they noticed or thought was a problem.” Riot Grrrl is Bell’s way to “say what needs to be said, even if it’s uncomfortable sometimes.”

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the halls. Riot Grrrl has quickly become infl uential at RFHS, ini-tiating important conversations and creating controversy among members of the student body and the staff. Bell’s zines, created from cleverly folded pieces of copy paper, are designed to empower girls and help bring unspoken inequalities to the public eye. Her zines, with the intent of break-ing down gender roles in our society, focus on the use of derogatory terms directed at women and the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) community. Bell’s objective is to make people realize the illegitimacy and implications of these words and encourage people to stop us-ing language in harmful and unjust

Bell feels that the message she is sending is extremely important. “No one else is talking about it,” she commented, adding that “putting it in ink makes it more

The reaction to Riot Grrrl has been wide-ranging. Many members of RFHS love Riot Grrrl and fi nd her mes-

“It’s the raw truth,” commented sophomore Jen-ny Rios. Barbara Mason, a teacher at RFHS, de-scribed the message and content of Bell’s zines as “education that needs to happen.” However, some students and staff are less enthusias-tic about the zines. Sophomore Emily Henley believes that Bell’s zines have a ”really good message, but it’s portrayed a little aggressively so people don’t take it seriously.” Junior Lyle Luck-

the content of her zines to be slightly less aggressive, carry-ing the punch of her message with more eloquence and less swearing.

There is one aspect of the zines, however, on which Bell refuses to compromise. On the bottom of

each Riot Grrrl publication’s back cover is the line, “Pass me around like a slut.” Some

staff members have found this line to be offensive, and its use in Bell’s zines is one of Adams’ main concerns. Accord-ing to Bell, however, this language is by no means intended to offend girls; it is intended to do the exact opposite. “Every girl has been called a slut,” Bell claimed, “[The line] is a non-

graceful way of taking back the word…. I feel like it’s a word that’s not taken

seriously when a girl is called that, but then it starts to become serious when I

use it in this context.” Junior Kelly Walgren confi rmed that this intention is not lost on her.

“It’s not offensive [to me], it’s just people standing up for something,” she said.

The administration has told Bell that she is not allowed to print the phrase “Pass me around like a slut.” Because Bell refuses to print her zines without this phrase on the cover, her publication of these zines has been prohibited. New copies of

the zine, however, continue to circulate throughout the school.

Bell knows that her zines will continue to evoke contro-versial reception, but feels that these diffi cult conversations are part of what makes the zines so important. “Riot Grrrl makes

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Seniors! (Pages 4 & 5)

Why We “Like”(Page 3)

RFHS Says Goodbye to Teachers(Page 6)

Application Overload (Page 7)

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Outstanding students thrive at RFHS

-Jonny Aranda

Before “swag” and Snapchat, there was a time at Roaring Fork High School that was a lot different than today. At RFHS, looking at the

photos on the wall, its easy to see h o w the student population has evolved not only in fashion and hairstyles, but also in race and ethnicity. In fact, RFHS has grown from a class of only 20 in 1963 to a senior class of 60 people. Before the 1960s, Roaring Fork High School was actually called Carbon- d a l e Union High School. Along with a different name came a different mascot and also different school colors, which have an interesting story of their own. In the early 1960s, the state made a decision to move all of the Basalt students to Carbondale. The school changed its name to Roaring Fork High School to be inclusive of both towns and took the blue from the Bulldog (prior mascot of Carbon-dale Union High School) and the yellow from the Longhorns to eventually become the blue and yel-low Rams. Teachers like Laura French, Larry Williams, Bar-bara Mason, and Ralph Young have been at RFHS long enough to witness the changes throughout the years. Mason, previous Assistant Principal and now Special Education teacher, shared that although the diversity has defi nitely changed, what she found interesting is the higher rate of Latino students at Crystal River Elementary School as opposed to Roaring Fork High School. Cathleen McCourt, art teacher, says that the biggest change she has seen is the dependability of teachers. In the past, many teachers only stayed for one year, and now, some of the teachers have been here for a long time. If you want yearbooks from the following years, 1965, 1967, 1961, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1999, or 2008, contact The Rampage at rframpage@gmail.com to pick up your desired copy.

-Katie Weimer

Pre-Collegiate (PCP) is a program supported by the Roaring Fork School District that offers opportunities to students looking to pursue post-secondary education. 36 students at Roaring Fork High School are a part of PCP. “Pre Collegiate is a program that helps guide ten particular students in each grade on their way to college,” shared sophomore Pre-Collegiate member Jensen Platero. Junior member Kimberly Guzman added, “Pre-Collegiate is a program for fi rst-generation students who need help getting educated about college and fi nancial aid. It helps us network with the people around us.” The diverse group of ten students from each grade attend a mandatory meeting once every other week. The meetings consist of discussing community service, applying for colleges, taking college classes in high school, etc. The Pre-Collegiate program focuses on giving back to the community because the majority of colleges require at least some hours of community service. Students involved in Pre-Collegiate are expected to accumulate many individual community service hours. To support their students, “Pre-Collegiate offers a variety of programs where you can volunteer,” explained Platero. Another aspect of the PC experience is the Summer Academic Camp required for each of their students. Sophomore Cindy Salinas described the purpose of the summer program as offering high school students “the full college experience [including] staying in dorms and having classes outside of the school year. Salinas explained that the ninth and tenth graders visit the Colorado Mountain College campus in Glenwood Springs for fi ve days, and the upcoming eleventh and twelfth graders spend two weeks at the University of Colorado campus in Boulder. Platero considers the summer experience from a different perspective. “It is totally worth it because you gain much more knowledge that you can apply further on in your life.” Along with the coursework during the summer program, the Pre-Collegiate groups spend time on small trips together with their mentors. Their assigned mentors help guide them through the post-secondary school process.

-Hayden Bernot

Students at Roaring Fork High School have great personalities and are constantly coming up with new and creative ways to express themselves. The Rampage asked around and found multiple people from different grades who have outstanding personalities, along with exceptional ideas and wisdom.

Blast from the past: RFHS history refl ected in vintage yearbooks

Conrado Dolores, junior Conrado Dolores is a great athlete and student at RFHS. He has really made a comeback with his studies this past year. He is hoping to do well his senior year.

Q: What do you strive for at Roaring Fork?A: “I really strive to reach my full learning potential.”Q: What is your passion?A: “My passion is to be more friendly and meet new people. I also want to reach my full potential in sports.”Q: Who inspired your passion?A: “When I look in the mirror, I see a young Larry Fitzgerald.”

Chelsey Serrano, freshman Chelsey Serrano is said to be one of the most compassionate and caring people at Roaring Fork. She is hard worker and very dedicated to her class work. Outside of school, Chelsey partici-pates in many extracurricular activities.

Q: What do you strive for at Roaring Fork?A: “I think that all I really strive for is success, not just academi-cally but in general; I want to build something for myself with the people I care about. ”Q: What is your passion?A: “I don’t really know what my passion is. I’m just kind of going with things, and if I come to like them, then I guess that’s good!”Q: Who inspired your passion?A: “I would think that my brother affects me the most.”

Lorenzo Andrade, sophomore Lorenzo Andrade is one of the most friendly kids you will ever meet. Andrade not only excels in the classrooms, he shines on the court as well.

Q: What do you strive for at Roaring Fork?A: “I strive to prepare myself for for a higher level of education. This is because I will be a fi rst-generation college student, and I really want to be successful.”Q: What is your passion?A: “Playing sports and staying in shape for soccer and basketball.”Q: Who inspired your passion?A: “My family members and everyone who has helped me.”

Pre-Collegiate challenges students at Roaring Fork

different than today. At RFHS, looking at the photos on the wall, its easy to see the student population has evolved not only in fashion and hairstyles, but also in race and ethnicity.

to a senior class of 60

Before the 1960s, Roaring Fork High School

d a l e

Feature2 Rampage | May 2015

Outstanding students thrive at RFHS

-Jonny Aranda

Before “swag” and Snapchat, there was a time at Roaring Fork High School that was a lot different than today. At RFHS, looking at the

photos on the wall, its easy to see h o w the student population has evolved not only in fashion and hairstyles, but also in race and ethnicity. In fact, RFHS has grown from a class of only 20 in 1963 to a senior class of 60 people. Before the 1960s, Roaring Fork High School was actually called Carbon- d a l e Union High School. Along with a different name came a different mascot and also different school colors, which have an interesting story of their own. In the early 1960s, the state made a decision to move all of the Basalt students to Carbondale. The school changed its name to Roaring Fork High School to be inclusive of both towns and took the blue from the Bulldog (prior mascot of Carbon-dale Union High School) and the yellow from the Longhorns to eventually become the blue and yel-low Rams. Teachers like Laura French, Larry Williams, Bar-bara Mason, and Ralph Young have been at RFHS long enough to witness the changes throughout the years. Mason, previous Assistant Principal and now Special Education teacher, shared that although the diversity has defi nitely changed, what she found interesting is the higher rate of Latino students at Crystal River Elementary School as opposed to Roaring Fork High School. Cathleen McCourt, art teacher, says that the biggest change she has seen is the dependability of teachers. In the past, many teachers only stayed for one year, and now, some of the teachers have been here for a long time. If you want yearbooks from the following years, 1965, 1967, 1961, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1999, or 2008, contact The Rampage at rframpage@gmail.com to pick up your desired copy.

-Katie Weimer

Pre-Collegiate (PCP) is a program supported by the Roaring Fork School District that offers opportunities to students looking to pursue post-secondary education. 36 students at Roaring Fork High School are a part of PCP. “Pre Collegiate is a program that helps guide ten particular students in each grade on their way to college,” shared sophomore Pre-Collegiate member Jensen Platero. Junior member Kimberly Guzman added, “Pre-Collegiate is a program for fi rst-generation students who need help getting educated about college and fi nancial aid. It helps us network with the people around us.” The diverse group of ten students from each grade attend a mandatory meeting once every other week. The meetings consist of discussing community service, applying for colleges, taking college classes in high school, etc. The Pre-Collegiate program focuses on giving back to the community because the majority of colleges require at least some hours of community service. Students involved in Pre-Collegiate are expected to accumulate many individual community service hours. To support their students, “Pre-Collegiate offers a variety of programs where you can volunteer,” explained Platero. Another aspect of the PC experience is the Summer Academic Camp required for each of their students. Sophomore Cindy Salinas described the purpose of the summer program as offering high school students “the full college experience [including] staying in dorms and having classes outside of the school year. Salinas explained that the ninth and tenth graders visit the Colorado Mountain College campus in Glenwood Springs for fi ve days, and the upcoming eleventh and twelfth graders spend two weeks at the University of Colorado campus in Boulder. Platero considers the summer experience from a different perspective. “It is totally worth it because you gain much more knowledge that you can apply further on in your life.” Along with the coursework during the summer program, the Pre-Collegiate groups spend time on small trips together with their mentors. Their assigned mentors help guide them through the post-secondary school process.

-Hayden Bernot

Students at Roaring Fork High School have great personalities and are constantly coming up with new and creative ways to express themselves. The Rampage asked around and found multiple people from different grades who have outstanding personalities, along with exceptional ideas and wisdom.

Blast from the past: RFHS history refl ected in vintage yearbooks

Conrado Dolores, junior Conrado Dolores is a great athlete and student at RFHS. He has really made a comeback with his studies this past year. He is hoping to do well his senior year.

Q: What do you strive for at Roaring Fork?A: “I really strive to reach my full learning potential.”Q: What is your passion?A: “My passion is to be more friendly and meet new people. I also want to reach my full potential in sports.”Q: Who inspired your passion?A: “When I look in the mirror, I see a young Larry Fitzgerald.”

Chelsey Serrano, freshman Chelsey Serrano is said to be one of the most compassionate and caring people at Roaring Fork. She is hard worker and very dedicated to her class work. Outside of school, Chelsey partici-pates in many extracurricular activities.

Q: What do you strive for at Roaring Fork?A: “I think that all I really strive for is success, not just academi-cally but in general; I want to build something for myself with the people I care about. ”Q: What is your passion?A: “I don’t really know what my passion is. I’m just kind of going with things, and if I come to like them, then I guess that’s good!”Q: Who inspired your passion?A: “I would think that my brother affects me the most.”

Lorenzo Andrade, sophomore Lorenzo Andrade is one of the most friendly kids you will ever meet. Andrade not only excels in the classrooms, he shines on the court as well.

Q: What do you strive for at Roaring Fork?A: “I strive to prepare myself for for a higher level of education. This is because I will be a fi rst-generation college student, and I really want to be successful.”Q: What is your passion?A: “Playing sports and staying in shape for soccer and basketball.”Q: Who inspired your passion?A: “My family members and everyone who has helped me.”

Pre-Collegiate challenges students at Roaring Fork

different than today. At RFHS, looking at the photos on the wall, its easy to see the student population has evolved not only in fashion and hairstyles, but also in race and ethnicity.

to a senior class of 60

Before the 1960s, Roaring Fork High School

d a l e

Feature 3Rampage | May 2015

Problem: You can’t seem to focus. Any-time you try to do something, you get distracted and cannot get any work done to save your life. Solution: Hit yourself with a Nike shoe, and just do it. But really: Turn off any distracting elec-tronics, clear your workspace, take a shower, or do jump-ing jacks to get your blood fl owing. Then get started.

Problem: Class sucks. You know your teach-er could not get more boring if he or she tried. Solution: Hit up Mr. Williams for a Big Gulp. That extra kick of caffeine just might be able to get you through the torture.But really: Take notes. As boring as class may be, notes keep you engaged. You’ll be thanking yourself lat-er when fi nals come around.

Problem: You couldn’t care less at the moment. There is nothing that can get you out of bed in the morning. You always show up late to class (when you do show up).Solution: Burn the school down.But really: Reward yourself for the small things. You went to math? Great! Eat a donut. You got out of bed? That deserves a new pair of shoes.

Problem: Seniors have a lot of home-work that they are expected to do at the same time scholarship applications are due. Solution: Fake a deadly sickness and then you won’t have to go to school any-way.But really: Talk to your teachers! They understand the stress you are under. If you talk to them, they might give you an ex-tension.

Problem: Too much to do, so little time.Solution: Disregard all your responsibili-ties and binge-watch Netfl ix. (We recom-mend some Gossip Girl.)But really: Take a deep breath, and get yourself together. Make a set schedule based on the urgency of the task. This is a good way to remem-ber all of your respon-sibilities and stay or-ganized.

Problem: Summer fe-ver has struck! You can’t stand another day indoors wearing jeans. You need to get outside and take a nap in the sunshine.Solution: Saw a circle in the ceiling of the school: instant sun-roof!But really: Go do something outside after school. Doing something active like running or hiking will get you your daily dose of vitamin D.

-Grace Brown

As a high school stu-dent, you hear it ev-erywhere: “Can you

believe she liked his sta-tus?” “Look! He liked my picture!” “Go like my vid-eo!” Although we all know that “to like” is to express enjoyment, but since the social media boom, a “like” can be an actual noun and sometimes, it’s worth a thousand words. Social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr all have some type of way for followers to show their concurrence (or not) on a post, whether it’s a picture, video, or status. One can like, comment, retweet, reblog, and share things from the people they follow. According to Larry Rosen, Ph.D, in Psychology Today, “an amazing 52% of the teenage Facebook users of the iGeneration (born in the 1990s) clicked “Like” several times a day.” Facebook’s help center explained how they view “likes”: “A “Like” is a way to give positive feedback or to connect with things

you care about on Facebook. You can like content that your friends post to give them feedback or like a Page that you want to connect with on Facebook.” For most students, the motivation to like a post or picture comes from personal relation to the subject or interest in the content or person. “I will like things if they’re clev-er and entertaining or make me laugh,” said freshman Alexa Fiscus. There are some people who are explained as “like-thirsty,” and will use hashtags such as “#lfl ” (like for like), or ask to get mentions from more popular users in order

to gain more followers, resulting in more likes on what they post. For the determined user, there is a way to buy fake followers through apps, such as Famousgram or Crowdfi re. If you buy the love you get, is it really love? What’s the value of a like, any-way? Society has created a media culture wrapped around acceptance and approval. The more likes we receive, the more people we believe are sup-portive of us. We feel that we always need that reminder, so we keep posting! The booming ob-

session with giving and receiving likes can be ex-plained by people’s desire to give and receive at-tention: liking a post has started to refl ect less on the actual content of the post itself and more on the person who posted it. “You can tell if someone is into you if they like every one of your pictures, regardless of what they’re of,” said Fiscus. This may or may not had been the original in-tention of most social media sites, though this type of acknowledgment is common among the young-er generations who have grown to know nothing else. Because most social interaction happens on-line, unspoken rules for “liking behavior” have de-veloped:

1. If a friend tags you in one of their pho-tos, you should probably “like” it even if you don’t actually like it.

2. Be careful when Instagram stalking be-cause it’s not hard to accidentally like a pic-ture from 38 weeks ago. Most will fi nd this creepy. If this happens to you, fi nd a way to play it off by saying, “That was my friend”.

3. Don’t like your own pictures. Duh.

Tips on surviving the end of the school yearThe end of the year can be rough. These tips will result in a successful completion of the school year. Stay safe out there, Rams. -Elle Derby

The meaning behind a “double tap”

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Congratulations, Class of 2015From the very beginning of his time on staff, Jonny wanted to make a difference, and he chose to cover stories that would do just that. Jonny never shied away from difficult topics, embracing all sorts of articles from the Dream Act’s impact on undocu-mented immigrants to Share Your Story month.

What I learned on staff: “Journalism is an excellent opportunity to get out there and put your social skills in action! Also, interviews are a very important part to an article because they are what adds personal experience from the community, which makes an article much more fun to read.”

Roy Benge, Editor in ChiefAs one of the veteran members on staff, Roy’s opinion is paramount to the production of each issue of The Rampage. Not only does Roy have an impeccable eye for clean layout and design, but he also under-stands his moral responsibilities as a journalist. We can always rely on Roy to support the other staff members in creating the most newsworthy and engaging content each month.

Favorite staff memory: “Having newsroom debates and votes over how we should print something.”

Emily Bruell, ReporterIf only The Rampage had snagged Emily a year or two (or three!) earlier! This young woman has a way with words, and she has proved immensely helpful with last-minute copy edits. Emily is open to just about any story topic and has already writ-ten a variety of articles ranging from the silly to the serious.

Favorite staff memory: “Seeing the first published Rampage that I’d been a part of; it was such a

neat feeling to be a part in the production of a paper, from start to finish. I also loved getting to write the jump rope article for April’s issue. I don’t know any other class where I’d find myself in the middle of a parking lot full of kindergartners, trying to interview kids and avoid my camera be-ing whacked by wayward jump ropes at the same time.”

“What does Kayla think?” has become our go-to question throughout the year. Combating writer’s block? Talk to Kayla. Struggling to fit all your content on one page? Talk to Kayla. Having a bad day and want to cry? Talk to Kayla. As part of her legacy, Kayla helped spearhead the “Focus” addition of The Ram-page and planned, created, and designed the content for each month’s centerspread.

What I learned on staff: “There are always things going on that you wouldn’t necessarily know about unless you were looking for them, and people are entitled to know about these things. Basically, I’ve learned that journalism is tremendously important to our society.”

Raymundo Acuna Crete a brand name for his famous quesadillas Mario Alverde Start a revolution from his long-boardJonathan Aranda Become the next George O’ Mal-ley (minus the dying part) Ember Bell Become famous for her third-wave feminist blog, books, and zines Roy Benge Publish a 1000-page autobiog-raphy about beginning his own fantasy football franchise

Jonny Aranda, ReporterYazmin Castillo Design all the art in her pediatri-cian’s office Adrian Chavez Become a motivational speaker after winning the Medal of Honor for his service in the Marines Juan Clemente Start a soccer camp for under-priviledged youth Kayla Derby Solve The Problem that saves humanity (but give the credit to someone else) Broderick Erickson Start a webcam show Wyatt Farris Become a crime scene investiga-tor Steele Feather-stone Play video games professionally Emily Fisher Be the lady you don’t know but always see running

Kayla Derby, Copy Editor

Beck Fisher Star as Shaggy in the movie “Scooby Doo Goes Snowboard-ing”

Victor Dominguez Break the weightlifting world re-cord while showing zero emotion (then breaking into a huge smile afterwards) Jacqueline Jac-quez Illustrate a best-selling children’s book called “How to Have Sass”Shay Gianinetti Save a friend from marrying the wrong woman by shouting, “I object!” during their wedding

Briana Boland Be a translator for the United Na-tion Emily Bruell Most likely to start an organiza-tion called S.P.E.W. (Society for the Protection of Endangered Wombats)Gloria Candela Be a famous slam poet and tour middle and high schools Ben Carpenter Be the next Michael Kors

Erik Carrillo Most likely to use his engineering degree to create the field of Soc-cerology (the science of scoring goals)

Every year, the Rampage says goodbye to our seniors by agreeing on what each senior is “most likely to” do in the future. Here is what we came up with for the Class of 2015. Good luck, seniors!

The Rampage would like to hon-or the memory of Jenny Neva-rez who would be graduating this year. We miss you, Jenny!

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Jacky Jacquez, ReporterJacky may seem quiet at fi rst, but her shy facade conceals a sassy, confi dent, and passionate young woman. When Jacky fi rst joined The Rampage, she refused to conduct interviews by herself. Now, Jacky is an independent reporter who knows what and how she likes to write. Jacky’s favorite story topics are those connected to her love of art; she also channels her passion by creating cartoons and comics for The Rampage.

Favorite staff memory: “When I wrote my article about poetry…. It was my fi rst year being on staff, and a substitute at school told me my ar-ticle was really good. I felt so proud.”

Kristen Joiner, Editor in ChiefEqual parts cheerleader, mother, and bulldog, Kristen is the one who keeps everyone on point. Kristen’s optimism and ability to connect with reporters and editors alike has helped make this year’s Rampage staff feel more like a family. With her practiced insight into great story ideas, strong writing, and eye-catching layout, Kristen is an essen-tial part of each issue of our newspaper.

Favorite staff memory: “The J-Day trips and bonding with people I nor-mally wouldn’t hang out with.”

Emily Fuller Be the fi rst female governor of Colorado Anali Garcia Become an immigrant rights ac-tivist who helps to pass the Dream Act

Yunira Gomez Become a pediatrician who pub-lishes a groundbreaking book on child medical care Jackson Hardin Become the next (more stylish) Morgan Freeman Sheila Hernandez Be “Miss Congeniality” Abraham Hernan-dez Make a lot of money through new indutries

Adjoa HurseyBecome a model featured in Vogue Abril Mendoza Be a comedian and laugh at her own jokes.

Arnold Garcia Live in LA and write the script for a hit comedy show Edgar Vega Start a fl ash mob

Kristen Joiner Crash a G-Wagon driving around her own golf course Ruby Lang Shut down Sea World with a crew of activists (while smiling the whole time)

Andrew Legersky Become a herpetologist and work to change people’s negative opin-ions of snakes. Raul Leyva Be the next Hugh Hefner

Jose Lopez Beat Usain Bolt’s records Esmeralda Lopez Become a neonatal nurse who specializes in twins Alfonso Jose LopezBe an undercover cop who takes down a drug czar Eduardo Martinez Design a safer football helmet and decrease annual concussions. Carlos Martinez Palma Help people fall in love through his poetry. Areli TapiaMarry Justin Bieber

Every year, the Rampage says goodbye to our seniors by agreeing on what each senior is “most likely to” do in the future. Here is what we came up with for the Class of 2015. Good luck, seniors!

Eduardo Meraz Be a pro on Dancing with the Stars Makir MorenoMarry his high school sweetheart Ariel Murphy Be a food critic on the Food Net-work Laura Needham Star on “The Real Housewives of Carbondale”

Lesley Platero Be the next Miss America Kendra Quezada Start her own taekwondo acad-emy for girls Misael Ramos Start an after-school mentor-ing program for fi rst-generation students Arely Reza Marry rich, collect every Apple product, and create art in her free time Ian Rothman Tote his lacrosse stick to a meet-ing with the President and pro-ceed to interrupt him

Jesus Sanchez Become the CEO of “Chewy” granola bars Victoria Schlueter Move to NYC and star on Broad-way Coral Servin Break the world record for highest number of selfi es taken Chering SherpaMake Nepalese fashion popular in America Eber Silva Become a millionaire by the time he turns 21 Tanner Spence Drop his kids off for school in “the van” then go pick up “the boys” Maria Lucy Uribe Become a police offi cer and work toward creating a more equitable (and fashionable!) police force Edgar Villasano Become the father that all of his kids’ friends wish they had

Class of

Maite NieblasBe the next, much more fashion-able, Jerry Springer

News6 Rampage | May 2015

- Eryn Doherty

Here in Colorado, we are spoiled -- about 300 days of sunshine per year, nice temperatures, the mountains... What more could we ask for? However, there’s some-thing that may change our crisp conditions. If you’ve heard about the drought that is danger-ously affecting Cali-fornia, you must know it is slowly, but surely, affecting the rest of the United States. The Roaring Fork Energy Club is trying to pro-mote water awareness throughout the school. Energy Club advis-

-Kristin Page Roaring Fork staff and students are saying goodbye to a few teachers at the end of this school year, includ-ing Span-ish teacher Stephanie Alzamora, English teachers Laurel Hen-derson and Krystal Wu, and math teacher Ralph Young. Henderson will be leaving Roaring Fork to pursue teaching the International Baccalaureate curriculum at Aspen High School. Wu is moving to Moscow, Idaho with her fi ance. Ralph is taking a medical leave but will be staying in the valley. Although she has only been at Roaring Fork for one year, Henderson wants to return to teaching a more international curriculum, which is what she taught in Ecuador. Henderson described her fondest memory of her time here at Roaring Fork: “One day in Advi-sory, one of my students brought me fl owers, and it was really sweet and made my day,” she said. Hen-

derson will “miss the students the most” when the school year is over. Henderson has become a part of the Roaring Fork family and will be missed by students. Ralph Young will also be widely missed. He plans to stay in the valley, as he is only taking a medical leave to focus on improving his health. Af-ter he sees how his physical health improves, he said he could return to teaching at RFHS in 2016. Young’s best memory at Roaring Fork? “Seeing the growth every year with my students. I’m going to miss [them],” Young said. Krystal Wu is heading off to Moscow, Idaho

with her fi -ance, Matt Miller, as he has been of-fered a posi-tion to begin a design and build pro-gram at the University of Idaho.

Wu is going to miss “run-ning into stu-

dents and their parents at the grocery store and the

End of the year, end of teaching at Roaring Fork

er and math teacher, Wendy Boland said, “Drought is truly a natural disaster for all: wildlife, agricul-ture, tourist industry, and forest health.” She added that this summer will be one the driest we’ve ever experienced, so any moisture we get now will help im-mensely. Snowpack in the mountains provides water that many ecosys-tems rely on. That’s why water conservation is so important. The Energy Club’s goal is to reduce non-renewable energy use which contributes to

climate change. Boland continues, “As climate change is causing un-stable weather through-out the globe, the more we do to reduce our

contribution to green-house gases, which ac-celerate climate change, the more we help re-duce this problem.” The Energy Club is working hard to promote these ideals throughout Roar-

ing Fork. English t e a c h e r L a u r e l Henderson added her opinion on the matter: “We need education and com-munity dis-c u s s i o n s to bring a w a r e -ness to the problem.” She be-

lieves awareness comes through discussions in schools and at home. She later added, “I believe change starts on the individual level.

When enough people start making individual changes, a wide scale change can be facili-tated.” According to High Country News, last year’s forecasts pre-dicted that as many as 2.5 million Colorado citizens could be with-out suffi cient water. “Al-though I’m not a water expert, I believe Colora-do’s potential drought is a big deal,” Hender-son shared. Mark Webber, father of junior Megan Web-ber, is a water treatment operator for the town of Aspen. He said com-munities need to get ac-customed to using less water and developing new ways to live.

“There will need to be a change in agricultural ways and how we use our water. General consum-ers have gotten used to using it freely,” Webber said. Because of the increase in population, people have begun to compete for a diminishing amount of water. Webber shared that although drought is a natu-ral occurrence, because of the amount of people there are on the planet, the small amount of water Earth has left is no longer enough to sustain us. The only way to resolve the issue and prevent devastating droughts is to keep talking about it and doing everything we can to conserve water.

California drought drains our Colorado summers

dog park,” as well as the feeling of being “dropped into a community and knowing a lot of people just from teaching here.” Wu described her fondest memory: “Last year,

the Eng-lish teach-ers de-cided to participate in Share Your Sto-ry in our c l a s s e s . Every one of my Eng-lish III s t u d e n t s shared a

vulnerable story that created this amazing commu-nity that I felt very lucky to be a part of.” Wu is sad to leave Carbondale and many of the students she has gotten to know. She wants to visit Carbondale during the summers and for the graduation of next year’s class. The Roaring Fork High School community is going to have a hard time seeing her leave. Stephanie Alzamora was contacted but was un-available for an interview.

Photo by Lusy Stevens English Teacher Laurel Henderson

Photo by Lucy Stevens English Teacher Krystal Wu

Photo by Lucy Stevens Math Teacher Ralph Young

“Drought is truly a natural di-saster for all: wildlife, agricul-ture, tourist industry, and forest health.” -Wendy Boland

News6 Rampage | May 2015

- Eryn Doherty

Here in Colorado, we are spoiled -- about 300 days of sunshine per year, nice temperatures, the mountains... What more could we ask for? However, there’s some-thing that may change our crisp conditions. If you’ve heard about the drought that is danger-ously affecting Cali-fornia, you must know it is slowly, but surely, affecting the rest of the United States. The Roaring Fork Energy Club is trying to pro-mote water awareness throughout the school. Energy Club advis-

-Kristin Page Roaring Fork staff and students are saying goodbye to a few teachers at the end of this school year, includ-ing Span-ish teacher Stephanie Alzamora, English teachers Laurel Hen-derson and Krystal Wu, and math teacher Ralph Young. Henderson will be leaving Roaring Fork to pursue teaching the International Baccalaureate curriculum at Aspen High School. Wu is moving to Moscow, Idaho with her fi ance. Ralph is taking a medical leave but will be staying in the valley. Although she has only been at Roaring Fork for one year, Henderson wants to return to teaching a more international curriculum, which is what she taught in Ecuador. Henderson described her fondest memory of her time here at Roaring Fork: “One day in Advi-sory, one of my students brought me fl owers, and it was really sweet and made my day,” she said. Hen-

derson will “miss the students the most” when the school year is over. Henderson has become a part of the Roaring Fork family and will be missed by students. Ralph Young will also be widely missed. He plans to stay in the valley, as he is only taking a medical leave to focus on improving his health. Af-ter he sees how his physical health improves, he said he could return to teaching at RFHS in 2016. Young’s best memory at Roaring Fork? “Seeing the growth every year with my students. I’m going to miss [them],” Young said. Krystal Wu is heading off to Moscow, Idaho

with her fi -ance, Matt Miller, as he has been of-fered a posi-tion to begin a design and build pro-gram at the University of Idaho.

Wu is going to miss “run-ning into stu-

dents and their parents at the grocery store and the

End of the year, end of teaching at Roaring Fork

er and math teacher, Wendy Boland said, “Drought is truly a natural disaster for all: wildlife, agricul-ture, tourist industry, and forest health.” She added that this summer will be one the driest we’ve ever experienced, so any moisture we get now will help im-mensely. Snowpack in the mountains provides water that many ecosys-tems rely on. That’s why water conservation is so important. The Energy Club’s goal is to reduce non-renewable energy use which contributes to

climate change. Boland continues, “As climate change is causing un-stable weather through-out the globe, the more we do to reduce our

contribution to green-house gases, which ac-celerate climate change, the more we help re-duce this problem.” The Energy Club is working hard to promote these ideals throughout Roar-

ing Fork. English t e a c h e r L a u r e l Henderson added her opinion on the matter: “We need education and com-munity dis-c u s s i o n s to bring a w a r e -ness to the problem.” She be-

lieves awareness comes through discussions in schools and at home. She later added, “I believe change starts on the individual level.

When enough people start making individual changes, a wide scale change can be facili-tated.” According to High Country News, last year’s forecasts pre-dicted that as many as 2.5 million Colorado citizens could be with-out suffi cient water. “Al-though I’m not a water expert, I believe Colora-do’s potential drought is a big deal,” Hender-son shared. Mark Webber, father of junior Megan Web-ber, is a water treatment operator for the town of Aspen. He said com-munities need to get ac-customed to using less water and developing new ways to live.

“There will need to be a change in agricultural ways and how we use our water. General consum-ers have gotten used to using it freely,” Webber said. Because of the increase in population, people have begun to compete for a diminishing amount of water. Webber shared that although drought is a natu-ral occurrence, because of the amount of people there are on the planet, the small amount of water Earth has left is no longer enough to sustain us. The only way to resolve the issue and prevent devastating droughts is to keep talking about it and doing everything we can to conserve water.

California drought drains our Colorado summers

dog park,” as well as the feeling of being “dropped into a community and knowing a lot of people just from teaching here.” Wu described her fondest memory: “Last year,

the Eng-lish teach-ers de-cided to participate in Share Your Sto-ry in our c l a s s e s . Every one of my Eng-lish III s t u d e n t s shared a

vulnerable story that created this amazing commu-nity that I felt very lucky to be a part of.” Wu is sad to leave Carbondale and many of the students she has gotten to know. She wants to visit Carbondale during the summers and for the graduation of next year’s class. The Roaring Fork High School community is going to have a hard time seeing her leave. Stephanie Alzamora was contacted but was un-available for an interview.

Photo by Lusy Stevens English Teacher Laurel Henderson

Photo by Lucy Stevens English Teacher Krystal Wu

Photo by Lucy Stevens Math Teacher Ralph Young

“Drought is truly a natural di-saster for all: wildlife, agricul-ture, tourist industry, and forest health.” -Wendy Boland

Opinion Rampage | May 2015 7

To my fellow students: “Slut”: I’m sure you’ve heard it said a time or two in conversation, or maybe you’ve even said it yourself. I personally get called a slut multiple times a day, both by my classmates who think they know me well and by students who don’t know me at all. It’s common sense (at least, I would hope) that name-calling hurts. At fi rst, when people started calling me a slut, I brushed it off. As the name-calling continued, though, the rumors began that I had slept with a number of guys one weekend and some other guys the next. Whenever I’m with a guy alone, people assume we are hooking up. What’s worse is that I started questioning myself and truly started believing that I actually am a slut. I may laugh it off and act like it’s not a big deal, but it hurts when people call me a slut, plain and simple. Sometimes I ask people why I have the reputa-tion of being a slut, and they usually respond, “It’s your personality. You’re just really outgoing.” I will never understand why that’s a reason for me to be called a slut. I actually don’t understand why any-

School is about cre-ating opportunities for students to succeed, en-couraging them to try new things and testing their boundaries. This has become seemingly impossible for many students, now that the competition for posi-tions in academic-based organizations and class-es is at an all-time high. The highly selective atmosphere that these organizations create is caused by the ap-plications that require students’ previous academic standing to determine their accep-tance. Opportunities in high school are only given based on the path set by your academic placement. Most programs rely on applications to choose who is worthy

An overly narrow-minded selection process?

one deserves to be called a slut. Even if a girl at school wears a low-cut shirt and short-shorts, she shouldn’t be called a slut. Guys who fl irt and talk about sex are “players,” but when girls are simply outgoing and have male friends, they are called sluts. It is an unfair double standard that girls are treated so differently than boys for the same behavior. I think we should be a little more educated about the words that are coming out of our mouths. There are many words I believe should be removed from the vocabulary of this generation and “slut” is one of them. The defi nition of a slut is “a woman who has many casual sexual partners.” Even if I did have many casual sexual partners, it’s nobody’s business but my own, so you shouldn’t be throw-ing around this word like it’s nothing and in such a negative way. The words you use casually to play a joke on me are anything but funny -- your words hurt.

Sincerely,That girl who laughs when you call her a “slut”

An open letter regarding the word “slut”

of acceptance. But, how much do you know about a person by look-ing at a form with their “personal” information on it, or by reading an essay that fi ts their nar-row prompt and expec-tations? Are you sup-posed to understand what kind of person that student is after reading the little infor-mation on their appli-cation? There are so few ways to express yourself in these applications that they are left to se-lect you based on how good you look on paper. National Honor So-ciety excludes students with a GPA below 3.5. Students can’t afford to make mistakes. Since when is human life made from paper? Recently, I had to apply to both National Honors Society (NHS)

and Advanced Place-ment (AP) classes, both things that I believe provide students with amazing chances to challenge themselves. However, as I’m being accepted to participate in these opportunities, I don’t know how I am supposed to feel happy when so many of my peers weren’t accepted. For an AP class that I signed up to take next year, there is a huge waiting list. The class is already full of students who were in Advanced Placement this year and are expected to keep going with AP. Many of the students on the wait list are students who were not in Advanced Placement classes this year but understand the benefi ts of the classes and want to join a class that expects even more

of them. This is not fair. Every person deserves a chance. Limiting accep-tance to students who have previously taken AP classes percludes the students who may have struggled in previ-ous classes, but see the benefi t in challenging themselves in the fu-ture. Again, this same phe-momenon occured with NHS. I fully understand that NHS is a selective and honorable award, but I don’t believe you can trust an application to decide which stu-dents are the ones the organization is “look-ing for.” Besides that, many students don’t even bother applying because the application acts as a deterrent. An application can cause students to begin ques-tioning if they want to

be accepted, and that there must be other students who are more qualifi ed than them. In the end, students often-fi gure it will be a waste of time to apply. Others might get picked before them, and students are left wondering why they even bothered or if they ever stood a chance. However, not all ap-plications are bad. Ap-plications for Student Council and Links are more accepting and not based solely on stu-dents’ prior academic performance. The ap-plication is mostly there to make sure you care about the position and that you are willing to put in the effort. These applications ask you to interpret what being a part of the group will mean to you and an-swer a variety of ques-

tions that give insight into who you are as a person: what you value, what you like to do, and what you can do for the group. Although our future opportunities -- includ-ing college and jobs -- require fi lling out applications, we don’t need to begin this pro-cess when students are in high school. Now should be the time when we are allow-ing students to have ample opportunities to excel, no matter what their past includes. We should not be exclud-ing students by using an overly narrow-mind-ed process. We need to focus less on making students look good on paper, and more on im-proving students’ edu-cation and learning in real life.

-Maeve O’Donnell Pax

The Parent Accountability Committee and The Rampage would like to thank these businesses for their generous donations to help us honor our teachers and staff during Teacher Appreciation Week.

Cartoon by guest contributer Chloe Brand

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Heard in the HallwaysEntertainment 8 Rampage | May 2015

“You are more loved than you will ever know. There is no failure, only unfinished success. Be the change.

Be the hero of your own story.” - Sue Edelstein and Bill Spence

The Rampage would like to thank the RFHS Booster club and the

Town of Carbondale for generously supporting our newspaper.

-Jake Rusby

If you feel up to it, and wish to see memories of the first people in these mountains, you can travel up the Crystal River Valley to its furthest reach at over 10,500 feet, to the very beginnings of the Crys-tal River. This is where the town of Crystal resides, and the first place that the water of the Crystal River comes into contact with man, and where one of the 10 most mysterious structures in the U.S. still barely stands: The Crystal Mill. The town has fewer than 20 people. Due to heavy snowfall and extreme terrain, the Crystal Mill is accessible only by select 4-x-4 ve-hicles and by foot. Once there, it is a place of beauti-ful solitude in the mountains.

How to get there: From Carbondale, drive up to the town of Marble off Highway 133. Once in Marble, follow the paved road until you get to Beaver Lake; you can’t miss it. Then, continue on that road and up Daniel’s Hill (4-x-4 is required from here up). Once at the top of the hill, there is a crossroads. Go RIGHT, (if you don’t you’re on your own out there). Continue on this road to Crystal, and be careful; that road has had its share of casualties.

What to do: Hike anywhere, bike anywhere, camp anywhere (within reason), play in the river, dirt bike, ride ATV’s, drive, take a Jeep tour, anything. Other than the road, it’s all untouched wilderness.

Word to the wise: Be careful. People die and disappear up there. Much of the road is on a cliffside, and it’s a yearly happening for a Jeep, truck, or ATV to go off the road with negative outcomes. If you are hiking, biking or on horse-back, don’t get cocky or reck-less; nature will bite you back whether it be a cliff, rockslide, wildlife, or rough terrain. Keep in mind that a simple fall can end a good day, and the nearest hospital is a long way away, as well as any helicopters to pick you up. Bottom line, caution, preparation, and knowing the dangers are all you need to have fun out there.

Photo by Tsenovich

Gems of the Valley

“I’ve worked for four years of my life only to get a paper and a handshake.”

“How’d you do on the ACT?” “Well, considering I found out about the most important test of my school career the day before, I wouldn’t say great.”

“Summer: the time where you work and raise money, only to spend it all on food during school.”

“We don’t have one-quarter of a page left in the newspa-per.” “Then, we’ll shrink it down to a third.”

“What’d you do after prom?” “Sleep.” “That’s boring...” “By your standards.”

Whoopers• Less than a month of school is left.• Spring football is starting up.• The baseball team won some games.• We get to go from working for school, to working for money

once summer starts.• It’s now warm enough to go camping.• We are at the top of the water shed... suck it, California.

Bloopers• Several cops were invited to prom and proceeded to make

it rain with MIP’s.• Mr. Roney broke his tooth on a walnut and then swallowed

it (the tooth, not the walnut).• Danimals bottled yogurt is served in way too small of a

bottle.• Cop cars are getting exceptionally sneaky.