The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

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The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
In the buzzing world of K-pop, there are many dedicated fans. However, some intense fans can sometimes cross the line into obsession. Some fans develop an emotional attachment to the idols that can lead to entitlement over an idol’s choice. While fan support is crucial, there is a fine line between admiration and intrusion. To maintain a healthy fan to idol relationship, it is key to realize boundaries of artists.

Cartoon: Krazy for K-pop

Amber Chow, Staff Writer
March 2, 2025
Period products are often treated with a sense of secrecy, similar to how drugs are hidden and whispered about. Many girls, especially students feel pressured to keep these 'forbidden' items out of sight. This suppression can reinforce social stigmas and can make menstruation seem shameful. The silence only perpetuates the embarrassment around a normal part of life.

Cartoon: Period products are not drugs

Amber Chow, Staff Writer
March 2, 2025
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Cartoon: An endangered appetite

Skylin Lui, Staff Writer
March 2, 2025
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Cartoon: Closing down by crime

Marlena Reinshagen, Staff Writer
March 2, 2025
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Cartoon: Rapping ‘touchdown’ at Super Bowl

Marlena Reinshagen, Staff Writer
March 2, 2025
Younger generations are hooked on a new game, Block Blast, in which players are given tiles to strategically place on a grid with the aim of completing rows or columns to clear space and earn points. The game has no time limit, but players lose if they fail to clear enough space for the pieces they are given. Though many play Block Blast leisurely, the game has become an addiction for some, causing teens to waste hours of their day on their phones. It is important for them, especially as they approach complete independence, to learn to budget their time wisely. With continual advertising of the game on social media, teens may feel pressured to follow the trend. We need to be more careful of what exactly is being promoted: is it a fun game, or is it encouraging an ongoing epidemic?

Cartoon: Blocked out

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
February 25, 2025
Thousands of park rangers employed at natural parks across the USA have been laid off as part of the effort to reduce federal jobs led by President Trump and Elon Musk. This can create great struggles for the rangers because they have the difficult jobs of managing vast expanses of land, animals, and tourists. Cutting down the number of park rangers makes it incredibly harder for them to do their jobs and sustain natural parks. Online, many are worried for the future of national parks while some rangers have taken to social media to garner external support for them. While some government funded jobs are unnecessary, park rangers should not be included in federal layoffs.

Cartoon: Wrangled rangers

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
February 23, 2025
After the TikTok ban was revoked, users of the app began to take note of the fact that some topics, specifically ones that went against President Donald Trump’s ideals, were censored. So, they created a code hashtag: cute winter boots. under this hashtag, people began to post their videos on topics that would have otherwise been censored, allowing the information to reach a wider audience. As much as the government wants to limit free speech, people will always find a way to express their opinions, even if it means they have to go out of their way to do so. Either way, the government, under the Constitution, does not have the right to censor speech against it, and the fact that people are recognizing this and making it known is a step in the right direction.

Cartoon: Stomping grounds

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
February 11, 2025
President Donald Trump claimed that “the war on women’s sports is over” when he signed an executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The reason behind the executive order is to address the debate surrounding the fairness of allowing transgender individuals to compete with cisgender athletes. Many believe that transgender individuals, specifically ones assigned male at birth, have a biological and physical advantage over their cisgender female opponents due to the hypothesis that androgenic hormones are associated with enhanced athleticism. In favor of these beliefs, President Trump signed an executive order to promote fairness and equality by banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. However, cisgender athletes often have biological advantages as well, such as higher testosterone levels or abnormal height. Despite this, the new executive order targets transgender individuals while dismissing other cases of inequality in women’s sports, raising inquiries about the true intent of President Trump’s executive order.

Cartoon: Fair play

Grace Stiefel, Staff Writer
February 11, 2025
Deepseek quickly rose to the top of AI charts despite it being a chinese development using lower quality chips from Nvidia. It also uses far less money amd is more efficient, whilst having a new style of thought process generation.

Cartoon: Connected competition

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
February 10, 2025
Phones with TikTok pre-installed have been listed on websites for staggering prices ranging from $1,000-$10,000. With the recent TikTok ban, phones pre-installed with the app have become rare. Government restrictions have prevented people from downloading the app once deleted. People are now desperate to get their hands on the phones, however, the prices on the phones are too excessive. It feels like an overinflated marketing gimmick. It turns a simple device into a must-have for the TikTok obsessed.

Cartoon: The TikTok phone frenzy

Amber Chow, Staff Writer
February 6, 2025
Artificial intelligence yields varying results to users, often contradicting itself. It often reports information that is just plain wrong, which causes a ripple effect within the population: someone becomes misinformed, shares the misinformation and causes others to also believe the untrue information. AI is not a replacement for true research. It has its purposes, but quality information is not one of them. With the growing number of people using AI will come an even larger number of people who are misinformed because the “facts” are being shared with wider audiences. Artificial intelligence programs should, at the very least, provide more disclaimers if it is not able to adequately fact check an answer to a question the user has asked in order to prevent the rapid spread of misinformation.

Cartoon: Glitch genius

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
February 5, 2025
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