Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Boulder High School

The Owl

The Student News Site of Boulder High School

The Owl

The Student News Site of Boulder High School

The Owl

Ryler Horansky

Ryler Horansky, Features & Insights editor

Despite the chaos she creates in The Owl, Ryler Horansky is the Features and Insights editor in her second year with the paper. When not writing opinionated articles about threats to our democracy, or writing even more opinionated articles about lip gloss, Ryler mountain bikes, is one of the captains of the BHS tennis team, and serves as the president of the Youth Opportunities Advisory Board. In her free time, she rides horses, works as a biking coach, and lectures about the insanity that is purple grapes (go green). 

All content by Ryler Horansky

Battle of the Bottles: Stanley vs. Owala

Ryler Horansky, Features and Insights Editor August 23, 2025

Girls holding their big water bottles, loud sips during your terrifying math test, endless variations on the same basic design. For outsiders to the ever-growing nation of people with large, nicely colored...

Multiple former Coloradan politicians attended Monday’s demonstration to
protest the layoffs of governmental workers.

Boulder Takes a Stand

Ryler Horansky, Features and Insights Editor August 23, 2025

Walking across Baseline on March 3rd, the air is uncharacteristically filled with cheers and car horns. Hands reach out of oncoming vehicles to offer fist pumps of celebration. Cardboard signs and banners...

Between two celebrity cosmetics brands, which of their Volumizing Mascara will win?

Selena vs. Rihanna: Matchless Mascara

Ryler Horansky, Features and Insights Editor August 23, 2025

Picture this: I lean in. I bat my eyelashes. I inch closer to the mirror in the 29th Street Sephora until I am mere centimeters away. As I take out the Mascara wand (as I am told it is called) from the...

"Our Duty": Protecting Students from ICE

“Our Duty”: Protecting Students from ICE

Ryler Horansky and Mark Gallegos August 19, 2025

Since the inauguration of Donald Trump, many of the systems and structures that support undocumented residents of the United States have either changed or toppled. Facing an unknown future, organizations,...

Two lip products, one champion. Who will win?

Battle of the Balms

Ryler Horansky, Features and Insights Editor August 19, 2025

Every time I walk into a Sephora, I am blinded. Not by the white and black striped walls, nor by the employees' smiles, but by the sheer amount of shiny lip products. Oils and glosses shield my view. I...

Boulder High’s divers need to trust one another and their coaches in order to succeed.

Boulder High Diving Makes A Splash

Ryler Horansky, Staff Writer December 17, 2024

It’s only 6:00 pm on a Wednesday, but it's already pitch black outside as the girls on the Dive Team get out of their cars and walk towards the Broomfield Community Center. Inside, they weave their way...

Rise Against Suicide: Profile

Rise Against Suicide: Profile

Ryler Horansky, Staff Writer December 17, 2024

In the last 12 months, 5.5% of youth in Colorado have attempted suicide at least once. Rise Against Suicide is a local non-profit organization that was created to address this problem by providing immediate...

Lily Kraus, Juliana Iannetta, Scarlett Caste, Holden Buckley and Vivian Thomas each directed a black-box performance this year.

Black Box: Five For Five

Ryler Horansky, Staff Writer October 16, 2024

Subtle music plays as I climb the stairs onto the stage in the Boulder High Auditorium. Iridescent fabric hangs to separate me from the outside world, and lights above change colors, highlighting the program's...

Too Young To Vote, Too Young To Matter

Ryler Horansky, Staff Writer October 16, 2024

How does it feel to have lawmakers make decisions about your life, but prioritize the opinions of others simply due to your age? This is the sad truth for many American citizens who lie below the national...

Sara Humble waits for the next call in the Boulder Police Department's Dispatch Center.

The First, First Responders

Ryler Horansky, Staff Writer September 24, 2024

At 6 o’clock in the morning, after working a 12-hour shift answering emergency calls and doing her best to help those in need, Sara Humble exits the Boulder Police Station. Sara has been an Emergency...

Big Fish: Behind the Curtain

Big Fish: Behind the Curtain

Ryler Horansky, Staff Writer March 21, 2024

Every year, members of the Boulder High community eagerly await the exhibition of the theater program's spring musical, and every year, from the sets to the actors and all the amazing work behind the scenes,...

Load More Stories