Swim goggles — the new fashion fab or a senior’s desperate grasp on a $500 prize? Maybe you’ve seen seniors across the valley adorned with colorful goggles soaking in the last weeks of high school. Personally, you wouldn’t catch me getting lunch at Dos Gringos or sweating through the end of a workout without them. […]
Anna Sophia Brown
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The 3Rs: An ongoing community discussion on sex education in schools
Roaring Fork School District’s (RFSD) implemented sex education curriculum has recently sparked controversy. For the past three months, tensions have continued to heighten among parents and community members as they attend school board meetings, write public comments and engage online, offering support or disdain for the K-12 sexual education program adopted three years ago. Community […]
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An ode to Youth In Nature
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers’ (RFOV) paid internship, Youth in Nature, became my anticipated monthly highlight as a sophomore. The internship nurtured my passion for the outdoors, yet, all the while, I learned not just about our local ecosystems but about myself, too. The application to participate next school year is still open, until April 4 […]
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Reservados pero esperanzados
“Su cultura es increíble. No creo que exista otra cultura con tanta alegría por la vida y un carisma tan extraordinario”, dijo Mike De La Rosa, residente del Valle de Roaring Fork y originario de Venezuela, sobre su país natal. “Existe una calidez interpersonal increíble”.
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Reticent but hopeful: A conversation with Venezuelans
Editor’s Note: The source living in Venezuela is referred to by alias initials (FA) to help ensure anonymity and safety. “Its culture is incredible. I don’t think there is a culture that has more joy in life and incredible charisma,” Mike De La Rosa, a Roaring Fork Valley resident originally from Venezuela said of his […]
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Raging Grannies impart the power of peaceful protest
This article comes by way of The Sopris Stars, a monthly youth publication powered by The Sopris Sun. Editor’s note: Illene Pevec is Anna Sophia’s grandmother. “It’s not about having a singing voice, it’s about having a voice that wants to sing out,” said Illene Pevec, the woman who formed a local chorus group. The Raging […]
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Balancing fear with the American Dream
This article comes by way of The Sopris Stars, a new monthly youth publication powered by The Sopris Sun. Editor’s note: Due to the sensitivity of this article, student sources were kept anonymous. Latino and white communities are intertwined in the Roaring Fork Valley, yet young immigrants, or children thereof, have felt threatened under President […]
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Must political diversity breed division?
The Roaring Fork Valley spans three counties and several voting districts. It includes members of all major political parties as well as a wide variety of lifestyles. Does this diversity breed a divide? Nationally, a clear social and political divide is emerging between generations, genders and the two major political parties. With this increasing divide, […]
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Otra carta desde Brasil
Al llegar a Brasil, me quedé cautivada por la flora y la fauna del Bosque Atlántico. Nova Friburgo, mi ciudad de intercambio, está situada en la Serra dos Órgãos, rodeada de frondosas colinas, y es notoriamente más fría que el resto del estado de Río de Janeiro. Aunque me trasladé de una ciudad de montaña […]
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Notes from Brazil
The past eight months have easily been the most challenging but fulfilling of my life. I arrived in Brazil certain I was almost fluent in Portuguese, only to find I couldn’t understand a single sentence that was said to me. My self-confidence plummeted as I realized how severely unprepared I was. Exhausted after several delayed […]