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Junior Rose Chambers climbs a boulder problem at Rock’n and Jam’n, which closed Feb. 28. “So much of my life happened there,” Chambers said. “It’s really upsetting to have to let go of a place so important to me. It saw me grow up.”

Creek Climbers Mourn Loss of Indoor Rock Climbing Institution

Katya Roudakov, A&E Editor
April 11, 2023
The varsity girls basketball team celebrates a win with former head coach Kent Dertinger (right), who retired early last week. The boys basketball team head coach, Klint Evans, also retired at the same time as Dertinger.

Creek Girls’ and Boys’ Head Basketball Coaches Resign, Leaving Gaps in the Roster

Quinn Rudnick, Managing & Sports Editor
April 10, 2023
Freshman Alexa Casillas Martin and sophomore Jocelyn Hernandez cut onions and peppers in the culinary room while in Spanish teacher Wilmer Barrera’s Native Speaker Spanish class. Barrera wants his students to learn about Spanish culture through daily life experiences such as cooking so he incorporates cooking into his classroom teaching. “I graduate[d] from college and I love being in front of the classroom,” Barrera said.

Connection Through Cooking: How Spanish Teacher Wilmer Barrera Approaches Teaching Latin American Culture

Sydney Smith, Staff Writer
April 4, 2023
Sophomore Jude Gorden constantly finds themself waiting for long amounts of time to get into the gender-neutral bathrooms. While these bathrooms were established for trans and nonbinary students, cis students and faculty still use them.

Can They Hold It? Trans Students’ Bathroom Options Are Lacking

Jude Gorden, Assistant Opinions Editor
March 13, 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
Junior Nandita Nair and sophomores Agnes Holena and Kimaya Kini founded the new Creek Students Demand Change club in an effort to raise awareness for gun control at Creek.

New ‘Creek Students Demand Action’ Advocates For Gun Control

Quinn Rudnick, Managing Editor
February 2, 2023
Babylon (2022) unnecessarily cast many A-listers, but didnt make up for the movies faults overall.

Babylon: Talent Can Not Disguise Miscasting and Overindulgence

Jude Gorden and Sydney Smith
February 1, 2023
Creek varsity hockey players celebrate after junior center and right winger Larenz Johnson (#23) scores a goal in the second period. Creek’s junior varsity and varsity teams competed against Regis Jesuit teams at the Family Sports Center Avalanche Rink on Friday night. Creek’s Junior Varsity team beat Regis 2-1 after a third period goal by senior center and right winger Finn McCarthy (#4), and the varsity team tied 3-3 with Regis after the penalty shot made by senior center and right winger Ayden Schmidt (#17) in the third period and five minutes of overtime.

Varsity Hockey Grinds to Stalemate Against Regis, JV Brings Home the Win: See Moments Here

Quinn Rudnick and Peter Philpott
January 28, 2023
A protester chants carries a sign saying I am woman, hear me roar during the 2023 Womens March on the 16th Street Mall. The line, originally from the song I Am Woman by Helen Reddy, is commonly used in abortion rights protests.

On 50th Anniversary of Roe, Denverites March for Abortion Justice, Women’s Rights: See Moments Here

Carly Philpott, Izzy Krauss, and Peter Philpott
January 23, 2023
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
Belleview Elementary student Delaney Kregas scans her RFID card upon boarding her bus. Belleview implemented the card system earlier this school year to help transportation staff have an accurate count of how many students will be on the bus that day.

District Plans to Reduce Bus Overcrowding

Wryn Duepre, Staff Writer
October 31, 2022
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