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The Owl

The Student News Site of Boulder High School

The Owl

The Student News Site of Boulder High School

The Owl

Rogan Oakes

Rogan Oakes, Writer

Rogan Oakes is a senior at Boulder High and a writer for the Boulder High Owl. This is his second year writing for The Owl, and he intends to write more groundbreaking articles containing investigative journalism. Some of his target articles, as he's shown in the past, include infiltrating cults and exposing wrongdoings of local businesses. The investigations are anything but easy without his fellow journalist Milan Gdowski. Outside of the newspaper, Rogan encourages students to go check out Boulder High's theater performances, where he will be acting or helping with Front of House. When he's not participating in a school activity, Rogan enjoys skiing and hiking in the company of his family and friends. You can often find him working at his dojo teaching children how to effectively attack each other. He also teaches them the importance of preferring green grapes over red ones due to their superior texture and flavor. Some of Rogan's other activities are going out to Minnesota for fishing, family, and camping. To him, the outdoors are a necessity, and he can't live without them. 

All content by Rogan Oakes
While 16 Nobel Prize winning economists have officially criticized Trump's economic plan, the Wharton School of Business has predicted that a Harris presidency would hurt economic progress and reduce wages.

Kamala vs. Trump

Milan Gdowski and Rogan Oakes October 16, 2024

The 2024 election is unlike any other in history. The neck-and-neck race between a district attorney and a convicted felon has been characterized by criminal trials, multiple assassination attempts, and...

Creature Comforts Cafe is only a ten minute walk or a 4 minute bike ride from Boulder High School.

Creature Comforts Cafe

Rogan Oakes and Milan Gdowski May 16, 2024

If you are in search of a place to grab a coffee or a cheap bite near Boulder High, look no further than the Creature Comforts Cafe. Nestled at the corner of 17th and Pearl, this cafe stands out as a charming...

From left to right Oliver Diamond '26, Lucas Wik '26 Toby Wong '26, Quinn Callahan '26, Mateo Benites '26 are enjoying spaghetti and meatballs in the Boulder High cafeteria and seem to approve of the school lunch.

Nacho-Average School Lunch

Rogan Oakes, Staff Writer May 13, 2024

School lunch is a touchy subject. Many students are very critical of the lunch at BVSD, with people we have interviewed saying, “Most of it is suspicious looking,” “It tastes terrible,” and “They...

The Ginger Pig is only 14 minutes away from Boulder High School by foot and 3 minutes by car.

The Ginger Pig

Rogan Oakes, Staff Writer February 26, 2024

If you have good taste and an adventurous palate, you might be interested in a local restaurant called The Ginger Pig. The Ginger Pig is a small restaurant on Pennsylvania and 13th with a very unique aesthetic...

Boulder Valley School District reported in 2018 that 33% of their high school students vape regularly and 46% have vaped at least once.

Nico-teens: Teenage Vaping in Colorado

Rogan Oakes December 21, 2023

Back in 2020, Colorado raised the legal age to buy nicotine products statewide 18 to 21. This was in response to the astonishingly high amount of teenage nicotine users in the state of Colorado compared...

BVSD's 56 schools all gathered in the BVSD is the place to be event on October 11th in an attempt to let individual schools convince students to join the district.

[Photo] Is BVSD the Place to Be?

Rogan Oakes and Milan Gdowski November 13, 2023

BVSD's 56 schools all gathered in the BVSD is the place to be event on October 11th in an attempt to let individual schools convince students to join the district.

The seemingly normal, hippy inspired murals in the Yellow Deli reveal religious texts and founding ideals for the Twelve Tribes religious group.

Yellow Deli: A Good Place to Eat or a Cult on the Street?

Milan Gdowski and Rogan Oakes October 25, 2023

When you think of Pearl Street, the economic heart of Boulder, you may conjure up images of some of your favorite restaurants and stores. From Illegal Petes to Avantis to Rocket Fizz, Pearl Street is full...

Another way Circle K attemps to price gouge its customers is by covering up the iconic 99 cent label on every can of Arizona it sells with its own logo.

Circle K is not OK

Milan Gdowski and Rogan Oakes September 22, 2023

Circle K is one of the most common places for the students of Boulder High to get a quick drink or snack when they have freetime during the school day. It is so popular amongst the students of Boulder...

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