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Stories in this section won awards at the state or national level or were published on Best of SNO. You can read more about each story’s accolades at the bottom of the story, or see the Best of SNO banner at the top.

A new Colorado law puts a small fee on disposable plastic bags and will completely eliminate them in 2024. “Plastic is really an egregious offender in climate change, both in the production and in disposal,” Colorado Senator Lisa Cutter said. The bill’s sponsors hope that their bill will positively affect Colorado’s environment and encourage more people to buy reusable bags.

Shoppers Pay for Plastic Under New Bag Law

Peter Philpott and Natalia Perusquia
March 12, 2023
1979: At age five, Joel Morris dictates a story to his dad to go with his illustrations. This lifelong love of storytelling led Morris to write multiple novels in adulthood, one of which is a Lady Macbeth prequel novel, set to be released in 2024.

English Teacher Joel Morris Takes Love of Writing, ‘Macbeth’ Into New Novel

Carly Philpott, Editor-in-Chief
March 11, 2023
Senior varsity swimmer Lily Esmas competes against Cherokee Trail on Jan. 26 during the 100 yard backstroke event.

Bodies First, Swimming Second

Alex Gribb, Junior Editor-in-Chief
March 11, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Arvada on Monday to discuss the Biden Administration’s climate policies with U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen and rock climber Sasha DiGiulian. “When you combine what we have accomplished with the Inflation Reduction Act, together with the CHIPS [and Science] Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law, we’re looking at about $1 trillion that will hit the streets of America,” Harris said. “And what an impact we can have, to really fast-forward what is long overdue on a number of issues…what we’ll do around greenhouse gas emissions, what we will do in our water policy.”

Vice President Harris Visits Denver For Talk on Environmental Policy

Carly Philpott, Editor-in-Chief
March 7, 2023
Denver East High School students chant Luis Garcia, say his name! on the west steps of the Capitol. Garcia, 16, an East student, died March 1 after being shot outside his school on Feb. 13. “I hope that we can start to see that students are safe and that nothing has to happen, for example, to such a good kid that Luis was, said East senior Wesley Krebs, a soccer teammate of Garcias.

Denver East High School Students Rally For Gun Control in Wake of Student Death: “We Need the Student Voice”

Carly Philpott, Editor-in-Chief
March 6, 2023
A female Mallard duck scavenges alongside several others on a hotel-owned Lake Michigan beach in Traverse City, Michigan. These ducks, like many birds in North America, lively closely with humans, sometimes putting the birds at higher risk of human-caused death. According to the American Bird Conservancy, domestic cats kill around 2.4 billion birds in North America per year, making cats the biggest human-made threat to birds. Many of these deaths can be prevented by keeping cats indoors.

Cats are the Single Greatest Threat to Migrating Birds. Keep Them Indoors.

Carly Philpott, Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2023
Among what students learn about in African American studies courses are important figures such as Frederick Douglass, Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks.

African American History Courses Debut In CCSD

Marie Webster and Vee Williamson
December 16, 2022
Freshman Jenna Goiornazi, junior Doaa Zarooq, sophomore Maream Lasafer, and an anonymous MSA member discuss ideas for this year’s Muslim Student Association club meetings and events. The club was created last year to educate others and to serve as a place for Muslim students to connect with other Muslim students. “I love the American experience, but I also also want the Muslim experience too,” Zarooq said.

Despite Growing Acceptance, Religious Creek Students Still Face Discrimination

Emily Gleason, Features Editor
November 2, 2022
Students perceive each other in highly critical ways. This is only magnified when the person being observed is transgender. Sophomore Aram Bazarian sat with a trans pride flag for our cover in an all too familiar position. As a trans person at Creek, Bazarian often feels isolated from students around him, not only because of his identity, but also because of the possible hate he could experience for being himself. “Some [students] have never met a trans person before,” senior Karter LaBarre said. “So I sometimes have some educating to do.” Educating their peers is the tip of the iceberg for these trans students. Name-changes, basic respect, and deadnaming are all part of the trans experience.

Across the Hall

Carly Philpott and Aurora Miller
November 1, 2022
CHANGING STUDENT LIVES: Environmental science teacher Jeff Boyce stands in the quad. With his iconic Chacos, Boyce teaches environmental science with an unmatched passion, and his students notice how much he cares. “The fact that I wasn’t even his student and he was going out of his way to do all this made me take a step back and really consider my potential pursuing environmental science,” 2022 graduate Bre Mennenoh said.

Jeff Boyce Is No Longer Remaining Apolitical

Carly Philpott and Peter Philpott
October 31, 2022
The Artemis 1 launch was delayed twice and is now scheduled to launch this September. Lockheed Martin in Littleton, a Colorado aerospace contractor, worked on creating the Orion capsule suitable for future astronauts to inhabit.

Colorado Contractors Lend a Helping Hand in Artemis Mission

Meron Banjaw and Izzy Krauss
September 21, 2022

How Title IX Is Failing Sexual Assault Cases

Staff
May 18, 2022
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