Bearing News

Day 59

Bailey Stover • May 15, 2020

Senior Bailey Stover spent her 59th day of social distancing saying goodbye to high school by creating Instagram posts for her fellow senior staff members.

Students work jobs to save money, evade boredom; responsibilities affect online learning

Maddie Orr • April 8, 2020

RBHS students describe how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their work hours and income, as well as how it is changing their role in the workforce.

When I was in Colorado last summer with my church, The Crossing, I listened to a sermon at the Cottonwood Pass at the peak of a long hike, surrounded by melting snow and the vastness of the world around me. Although the enormity that was the Rocky Mountains threatened to swallow me up and make me feel small and insignificant, the beauty of God’s creation lifted me up instead.

Modern-day suffragettes continue historical legacy

Maddie Orr • March 24, 2020

Bearing News celebrates the 100th year American women have had the right to vote during Women's History Month. Read Maddie Orr's story on the significance of women's rights and how modern-day female activists continue the legacy of the women who started the fight.

Breaking down gender barriers in male dominated sports

Maddie Orr • March 18, 2020

In celebration of Women's History Month, female athletes reflect on their experiences and share what factors have influenced them in competing in male dominated sports.

Most significant events in female history

Multiple Authors • March 13, 2020

View a timeline of the most significant events in women's history in the U.S.

More than just a pretty face: the modern battle against beauty standards

Maddie Orr • March 10, 2020

“Don’t post that picture of us until I can edit it first,” I find myself telling my friends. I need to add a filter, adjust the brightness, alter my skin tone and sometimes even whiten my teeth or soften the texture of my skin before it graces the world of social media because, for me, the way I look isn’t perfect until I completely modify my appearance. The photo isn’t good enough for the world to see. The edits will protect my self-confidence as people won’t be able to judge the lonely pimple protruding from the center of my forehead or the stray hair that catches my eye.

‘Welcome to Chechnya’ documents the horrors of Russian anti-gay purge, empowers international change

Maddie Orr • March 9, 2020

An ocean away a horrific injustice is occurring under Russian supervision: a massacre labeled an anti-gay purge. Since 2017, the Chechen government has been kidnapping, torturing and killing LGBTQ men...

‘Collective’ manifests vitality of truth, eradication of corruption

Maddie Orr • March 7, 2020

As the first film accepted into the 2020 True/False Film Festival, Collective told a remarkable story of freedom, corruption and the overwhelming power of the truth. Director Alexander Nanau filmed a story that erupted in 2015 at a Bucharest nightclub in southern Romania — Collectiv — where a fire quickly spread, instantly killing dozens of people. If the problem wasn’t harrowing enough, many more continued to parish in hospitals across the country.

‘Crip Camp’ exceptionally recognizes past mistreatment of the handicapped, fight for reform

Maddie Orr • March 6, 2020

Crip Camp tells a story of humanity, love and inspiration as handicapped Americans fight for human rights in the 1970s. The documentary was beautiful; depicting wholesome stories of teenage romance, human connection and the foundation of family outside of a world that deemed disabled people “outsiders.”

WIN For Columbia recognizes women in sports

Maddie Orr • February 24, 2020

The Women’s Intersport Network (WIN) for Columbia Awards held its 23rd annual luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 18 in recognition of the “outstanding female athletes of our community in conjunction with National Girls and Women in Sports Week,” as stated in a pamphlet from the event.

Rewriting the record books

Maddie Orr • February 14, 2020

Maddie Orr covers the outlook, goals and growth of the RBHS basketball programs. Both programs look to expand their legacies.