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.

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Isabelle Ling

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer

Isabelle Ling (class of 2026) is a junior at Carlmont High School and this is her second year in journalism. She loves to meet people with interesting stories and is interested in public policy. Besides journalism, she likes to help with various club meetings and dislikes to go on runs but does it anyways. In her free time, she spends time with her friends and family, reads, and watches old movies.

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Crossword: Online

Crossword: Online

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • November 19, 2024

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A flurry of news reports are published before the election. But afterwards, there is a slow die down in news coverage.

Election reflections: media interest post-election shifts towards community engagement

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • November 18, 2024

Large media networks focus exponentially on elections in the months and weeks leading up to the event. But as soon as a winner is declared, all the uproar and frenzy dies in days or weeks.  After the...

Crossword: Famous Cities

Crossword: Famous Cities

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • November 14, 2024

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Crossword: State Foods

Crossword: State Foods

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • November 7, 2024

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Crossword: Halloween Costumes

Crossword: Halloween Costumes

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • October 25, 2024

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Different people voting for change at Carlmont. "I don't think education is a Republican or Democrat issue. I'm taking time out of my life, out of my retirement, because I want to invest in our next generation of students," said Daniel Torunian, one of the candidates running in the local election.

Local elections: SUHSD board election holds power to drive change

Isabelle Ling and Kiana Chen • October 18, 2024

Local elections trudge along as presidential elections steal the spotlight with all the glitz and glamour.  With the election season underway, local elections are often overlooked under the craze of...

Gov. Gavin Newsom cuts a legacy tree down symbolizing the signing of AB 1780 into law. This bill will ban legacy and donor preferences in California college applications starting in 2025.

Gov. Gavin Newsom chops college legacy admissions with new bill 

Kiana Chen and Isabelle Ling • October 16, 2024

California officially banned legacy and donor preferences in private college admissions with the new Assembly Bill (AB) 1780. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law on Sept. 30, making it effective...

Crossword: Literary Creatures

Crossword: Literary Creatures

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • October 15, 2024

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Crossword: Iconic animals

Crossword: Iconic animals

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • October 10, 2024

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A person with both human and robotic movements is staring away. "If you are following things like elections, everyone is going to see these deep fakes where somebody's voice or picture is associated with something that they never said. You also see this kind of stuff outside the election context," Heinke said.

California law targets AI-generated election misinformation

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • September 27, 2024

California Assembly Bill (AB) 2839, signed into law on Sept. 17, sets clear guidelines to prevent artificial intelligence (AI) generated deepfakes and other deceptive digital content in elections.  AB...

Crossword: Taylor Swift lyrics

Crossword: Taylor Swift lyrics

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • September 27, 2024

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Crossword: American Politicians

Crossword: American Politicians

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • September 19, 2024

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Crossword: Colors in Culture

Crossword: Colors in Culture

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • September 9, 2024

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The blue donkey and red elephant continue to battle amidst growing chasm of differences. "Societal polarization, which is somehow the center, is going away. We're dividing out into two camps, and we could be doing that politically with moderates and centrists disappearing and everybody moving to either the liberal extreme or the conservative extreme," Professor Geoffrey Layman said.

Polarization: Upcoming elections highlight political division

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • September 6, 2024

The growing divide between political parties has led to heightened polarization in electoral politics. According to the European Center for Populism Studies, “political polarization can refer to the...

Crossword: Food Around the World

Crossword: Food Around the World

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • September 6, 2024

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Crossword: Everything Pumpkin Spice

Crossword: Everything Pumpkin Spice

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • August 29, 2024

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Middle ground: Reconciling free speech and university response to pro-Palestinian protests

Middle ground: Reconciling free speech and university response to pro-Palestinian protests

Elaine Jiang, Isabelle Ling, Kiana Chen, Isabella Zarzar, and Franklin Kuo • May 31, 2024

Crossword: Mythology and Legends

Crossword: Mythology and Legends

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • May 28, 2024

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Crossword: Carlmont trivia

Crossword: Carlmont trivia

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • April 26, 2024

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A person waves their hands in despair as the effects of climate change unfold behind them.

Defying climate doomism

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • April 23, 2024

A clock ticks towards midnight. Not to signal the next day, but to signal a point of no return for humanity. Our planet moves toward this reality of an inhabitable future that is fueled by climate change...

Leila Gray's African daisies sit near her patio.

California climate patterns shape superbloom display

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • March 25, 2024

California superblooms, characterized by vibrant wildflowers on hillsides and valleys, showcase nature shaped by climate patterns, affecting both nature and home gardens. The unique blend of rainfall,...

The Thwaites Glacier in the West Antarctic. "Because of that article, scientists invited me to go with them to Antarctica in 2019, and I was there for seven weeks with scientists who were doing the research on (glaciers) and some of these papers that are coming out now are a result of the science we did on on that trip," Jeff Goodell said.

Global warming threatens the ‘Doomsday Glacier’

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • March 5, 2024

The retreat of the Thwaites Glacier is accelerating sea level rise at a rapid rate. Located in the Western Antarctic, the collapse of the Thwaites Glacier, which is larger than the size of Florida,...

Junior Tina Sum listens to the "Serial" true crime podcast in an alleyway.

Murdering the true crime narrative

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • February 26, 2024

In the dimly lit corridors of human history, a storyteller has existed for centuries, where the plot isn't spun from an author's vivid imagination but instead etched in the crimes of true human experience:...

Taylor Swift deep fakes have gone viral on X. "I think that people will see those stories and say, 'Wait a minute. If I look for pictures of Taylor Swift on X, everything I see might not actually be Taylor Swift.' I think that's a good message, particularly for young people to get and to understand that," Timothy Redmond said.

Misinformation spreads through deepfakes of Taylor Swift

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • February 6, 2024
X bans searches for Taylor Swift after explicit deepfakes go viral, raising awareness for advancing deepfake technology. On Jan. 28, deepfakes of explicit Taylor Swift AI-generated images went viral on X in a series of posts. For one day, in an attempt to block these searches, X banned searches of “Taylor Swift.” 
A disguised version of Mickey Mouse escapes the trap of copyright laws from a business official. Drawn by Marlena Reinshagen.

Mickey Mouse escapes the trap of extended copyright laws

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • January 16, 2024

The "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain. As of Jan. 1, 2024, ninety-five years after "Steamboat Willie’s" creation on Nov. 18, 1928, United States copyright law...

Alyssa Lu explains the periodic table to her class. She teaches six periods of science. "The most rewarding thing about being a teacher is when students make a connection or are excited about science," Lu said.

Staff Profile: Alyssa Lu ‘catalyzes’ interest in chemistry

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • December 15, 2023

Since beginning college, Alyssa Lu knew she wanted to pursue a career in the STEM field, and through participating in programs, also learned of her love for education.  “While at Santa Clara University,...

A Carlmont student places food in the ASB room to participate in the food drive. Taking place from Nov. 6 to Nov. 21, the drive aimed to help local families in need ahead of the holiday season.

Carlmont’s annual food drive embraces season of giving

Emma Fry and Isabelle Ling • November 22, 2023

In preparation for the holidays, Carlmont’s food drive helped collect food for donations to local food-insecure families.  From Nov. 6 to Nov. 21, third-period classes competed to collect the most...

Sophomores Sara Ho and Sammy Li sit down during the lunch period to eat. "I generally don't like cafeteria food, but I like the salads," Ho said.

Lunch program strives to cater towards all dietary needs

Isabelle Ling, Staff Writer • October 31, 2023

The school lunch program struggles to completely accommodate students' dietary needs. Starting in 2022, California was the first state to establish a Universal Meals Program (UMP) for all school children....

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