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THE SKIER SCRIBBLER

The exciting atmosphere of a Colorado Avalanche game.

Hockey is Back! My Season Predictions

Luna Murray, Staff Writer ~ December 11, 2024

Hockey is Back! To know me is to know that I am an avid Colorado Avalanche fan. Every game, my dad and I hunker down for three 20-minute periods of hockey, watching and yelling as if we’re part of...

Issues of the Skier Scribbler fanned out to demonstrate free speech and action in high school journalism.

The True Cost of Free Speech

Chase Slesinger-Hall, Writer Editor ~ December 11, 2024

Freedom of speech in the United States is turning into a privilege, not a right. We live in an era where being open-minded is celebrated, but a lot of times we don’t practice what we preach, including...

The United States flag blows in the wind on the Aspen School District campus on Nov. 20, 2024.

We are not Enemies

Sara Michelin, Writer Editor ~ December 6, 2024

Members of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party don’t see eye-to-eye, but in the last two elections, the hostility between the parties has escalated. We see each other as enemies rather than...

Bready or Not Here he Crumbs

Bready or Not Here he Crumbs

Haley Schmela, Writer Editor ~ December 6, 2024

Did you know Banana Bread doesn't just satisfy our taste buds with its delicious, moist, and rich flavors but also gives our bodies nutrients? Neither did I. It was only when I talked to Josh Ford, one...

The Traffic Epidemic

The Traffic Epidemic

Josie Jacobs, Staff Writer ~ December 6, 2024

The Morning Traffic Epidemic Traffic is worse than ever before as the school start time shifts back to 8:00 A.M. Now more than ever, AHS is feeling the impact of the Roaring Fork Valley traffic crisis....

Is the Convenience of AI Worth the Impacts?

Is the Convenience of AI Worth the Impacts?

Sara Kershow, Editor in Chief ~ December 6, 2024

Generative AI became widely recognized during my sophomore year of high school 2022-2023. In the wake of this new technology, I suffered through countless lectures about the ethical dilemmas surrounding...

Gieszl brothers support the Detroit Lions.

Touchdown: How Thanksgiving Football Came to Be

Yale Gieszl, Staff Writer ~ December 6, 2024

On November 24, 2022, 42.1 million Americans tuned in to the National Football League’s presentation of the Dallas Cowboys against the New York Giants, making for the most watched regular season NFL...

Less is More: how to stop over consumption

Less is More: how to stop over consumption

Sydney Klausmann, Writing Editor ~ December 6, 2024

Today US citizens buy five times more clothes than during the 1980s. The average US household has over 300,000 things, and the average American throws away 81.5 pounds of clothing annually. If every person...

Thrift More, Waste Less

Thrift More, Waste Less

Quintessa Frisch, Editor-in-Chief ~ December 5, 2024

We have all fallen to the microtrends before - whether it be cow print, ultra-baggy jeans, or the 2019 VSCO phase you relentlessly deny. Fast fashion and micro trends have fueled a dizzying pace in the...

Being a Part of the .8%

Gia Galindo Bartley, Editor-in-Chief ~ December 5, 2024

6,741 people make up the population of Aspen; 0.8% of that population identifies as black. But what does “black identifying” really mean? Does it refer to African Americans? Or possibly the 20+ countries...

Liam Payne’s Tragic Death: The Ethics of Media Coverage and Privacy Tested

Marley Rich, Staff Writer ~ November 30, 2024

Today, with smartphones, social media, and various other technologies, the conversation about privacy is becoming increasingly complicated. Many of us have felt this in our daily lives. We feel pressured...

Robot in a spot it board, an image generated by Adobe's generative artificial intelligence system.

I Spy AI

Sydney Klausmann, Staff Writer ~ November 13, 2024

If you frequently use social media, odds are you’ve come across an AI-generated image. Sometimes it’s obvious that these images are AI as they depict things that are just too fantastical to be true,...

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