THE SKIER SCRIBBLER

My Mom Should Fear Stains, Not Swastikas

Josie Jacobs, Opinion Editor ~ September 28, 2025

When most parents send their kids off to college, their worries are ordinary. They wonder if their child will remember to wash their darks separately from whites, if they will find friends to sit with...

AI Might Be Killing Us

Marley Rich, Section Editor ~ September 28, 2025

The past few months have opened a new conversation surrounding AI safety and the deaths tied to it. Sewell Setzer and Adam Raine, aged 14 and 16, both took their own lives after confiding in AI chatbots....

Charlie Kirk Tragedy Reveals Deep Social Desensitization

Sara Michelin, Editor-in-Chief ~ September 28, 2025

On Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University, during a Turning Point USA event titled The American Comeback Tour, 31-year-old conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot. Graphic...

Rethinking Hustle Culture: Why A Full Plate Isn’t Always a Healthy One

Hallie Zilberman, Editor ~ September 18, 2025

We live in a society where busy schedules are praised and quitting is condemned. While I agree that perseverance is essential to finding success, I’ve recently come to understand that quitting does not...

The DoorDash Epidemic

Chase Slesinger-Hall, Section Editor ~ June 4, 2025

DoorDash, such a convenient service, but does the business model truly benefit people who are using it for gluttonous behaviors? DoorDash was originally created as a food delivery service for when people...

A Man’s Niche is a Woman’s Normal.

Gia Galindo Bartley, Editor-in-Chief ~ June 4, 2025

Imagine this: you introduce your friend to an artist or song you love. He’s awestruck (obviously); you bond over how amazing your music taste is, and he adds it to his playlist. Later, he puts the same...

College Apps are in Less Than Four Months

Eleanor Carroll, Editor-in-Chief ~ June 4, 2025

To me, junior year has been one big realization that I will not be in high school forever and that next year I’ll be living out in the real world. This is something I’ve known is going to happen, but...

“Try Everything” Lead me to a Crisis

Sara Michelin, Editor-in-Chief ~ May 21, 2025

They told me to try everything, so I did. I pursued art. I became a lifeguard. I took up photography and started covering sports games. I’ve thought of trying psychology. I wrote for the school newspaper...

The Colorado Wolf’s Journey to Restoration

Araya Thompson, Staff Writer ~ April 23, 2025

Wolves have been removed from Colorado since the 1940s due to large amounts of wild animals and livestock kills. The removal was part of a plan to relocate the wolves because ranchers in Colorado started...

Hypocrisy in the IB

Isla Rich, Staff Writer ~ April 23, 2025

Aspen High School is proud of it’s status as an IB school, and as such, you can find the halls riddled with posters telling us students about the IB learner profile. The IB learner profile is a set of...

“Too Loud, Too Reckless, Too Ghetto.”

Gia Galindo Bartley, Editor-In-Chief ~ April 8, 2025

“The revolution ‘bout to be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy,” Kendrick Lamar said while performing at the Superbowl. The line, a reference to the radical 1971 poem by Gil Scott-Heron,...

The Overconsumption Epidemic

Luna Murray, Staff Writer ~ March 11, 2025

Stanley Cups, TikTok Shop, Samba sneakers, and drawers upon drawers of makeup products. In this day and age, we are constantly surrounded by the media: enticing marketing ploys, bright colors, eye-catching...