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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
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
Speakers on stage during the Jan. 30 Colorado Youth Diversity Conference at Creek.

Creek Hosts 30th Colorado Youth Diversity Conference: “An Open and Safe Space”

Izzy Krauss, Web Editor
February 3, 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
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
Eaglecrest High School students organized a sit-in protest on Nov. 8, hoping to communicate their displeasure with how administration was handling mental health at the school.

Eaglecrest High School Students Respond to How School Addressed Student Deaths

Amanda Castillo-Lopez and Gabby Schrock
November 19, 2022
Cherry Creek Schools District is set to open a mental health facility on the Joliet Campus in Aurora next year. CCSD, partnered with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine to create the facility.

CCSD to Open New Mental Health Facility

Vee Williamson and Jackson Sloan
November 3, 2022
Due to low enrollement levels, the Denver Public Schools district is considering the possibility of closing multiple schools.

Denver Public Schools Considers Closing Schools Due To Critically Low Enrollment

Izzy Krauss, Assistant Opinions Editor
November 2, 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
President Biden arrived in Colorado Wednesday, where he declared Camp Hale as a national landmark to protect the land from development.

Biden Declares Important Environmental Protection Steps For Colorado’s Camp Hale and Thompson Divide

Quinn Rudnick, Managing Editor
October 13, 2022
The Class of 2021 gathers at Stutler Bowl during last year’s graduation ceremony. In light of Biden’s debt forgiveness program, this year, some upperclassmen wonder if they will receive similar debt relief in the future. “My decision of going to college lies [in] how much money I have,” Junior Ikram Chichou said. “[There is] a higher opportunity that I will go to college if the student loan forgiveness continues. If not, then my life after high school has no plan.”

How Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Program Will Impact Creek Students

Amanda Castillo-Lopez and Jackson Sloan
October 4, 2022
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