Rumor has it that a common side effect of a vegetarian diet is the oozing moral superiority from of every pore on their body. Based on the interactions that I have observed between myself, a vegetarian,...

My father walked in on me having a passionate affair with a plate of brownies again. A very similar scenario took place about a month earlier, except I was stuffing my face with a Ghirardelli chocolate...

Concealing the fact that some of my table manners resemble those of a caveman is a concern that is on the forefront of my mind whenever I eat in public. Especially when I'm on a date. It is unlikely...

Bread products such as hamburger buns contain the enzyme L-cysteine, which is frequently derived from human hair.

The next time that you accidentally smear some avocado on your face while eating a sandwich, you might as well just leave it there and call it a face mask. When it comes to food, we tend to aim it towards...

Whether you find yourself  in a restaurant that is as crowded as a can of sardines, giving a box of chocolates to the girl that floods your stomach with butterflies every time she walks into your...

Certain aspects of popular culture degrade women by asserting that women hold little value as human beings beyond cooking for men. An example of this would be the common saying: "Shut up woman and make...

As I hunted for a snack in my kitchen, my eyes suddenly became drawn to a plate of brownies. The idea that one brownie won't make a difference to my health danced through my head while I slid into a brief...

It seems that all of the stars have aligned like some kind of cruel joke at the end of this semester, producing an incredibly high risk for an outbreak of the Carlmont plague. The recent rainy weather...

Consuming enough servings of fruit was already challenging enough before it began deceiving us. We are encountering an interesting situation where we are being bombarded with fake blueberries. When...

You are what you eat. This means that after Halloween, I become a very round, nauseous blob, containing the Pacific Ocean's worth of high fructose corn syrup and enough sugar to replace all of the sand...

Many of us have fallen victim to a severe epidemic that has transformed the way we live. You may had been infected by it as a young child, perhaps at a restaurant or worse: grandma's house. Do not...

Are you sick of listening to girls wish for thigh gaps? Boys kicking themselves because their stomachs resemble kegs more closely than a six-packs? Young women feeling insecure because of the size of...

Co-President Lia Eldridge and Vice President Brian Palma plan upcoming meeting.

Pressing one’s lips against those of another person or object has become a common practice in many cultures. When parents kiss their children, it means something different than when they kiss each other....

It is safe to assume that of the 180 days students will spend at Carlmont this year, almost everyone will need to make a trip to one of the bathrooms on campus. There are student restrooms located all...

It is not too well known that airports protect passengers by keeping birds away from the runways. All major airports can apply for a permit to shoot birds out of the sky. They are only allowed to shoot...

"Dude, I doubt that half of the team will even be able to walk tomorrow," remarked a member of Carlmont's frosh-soph lacrosse team as they hung out by their locker room before their game against Latino...

"Dear FS lax fans, I apologize but we have to cancel tomorrow's game," said the team's coach Phil Leichtle in an email that was sent after 10:00 PM the night before the game on April 27 2013. There...

Carlmont's junior varsity lacrosse team stepped up its game and won 7-5  against Saratoga High School on Thursday, April 11, 2013. They have been having a rough season so far, having won two games...

The main goal of the promising new CPR program that has been introduced to the freshmen at Carlmont is to make as many people comfortable with saving lives as possible. "We want to get the kids...

Carlmont's frosh-soph lacrosse team has lost both of their first two games this season. Their most recent loss was against Los Gatos on Feb. 27, 2013 with a final score of one to nine. The Scots held...

For the first time in 600 years, Pope Benedict VXI shocked the world by saying he will resign at the end of the month because of old age. Senior Tereza Dvorak said that she "wonders if it was truly...

Civilians wandered the banks of a Syrian canal, trying to identify some of the 78 young men who were found after being executed and thrown into a river near Aleppo. It was not clear which party...

Photo Credit: Sergei L. Loiko, Los Angeles Times In an effort to cover his tracks, Alexei Kabanov made desperate posts on his Facebook asking for assistance in locating his wife, Irina Cherska. On...

Compressing the content of a novel into a two hour film is hard, and often leaves audience members frustrated with the way their favorite novel was portrayed. Would reversing the order in which it is done...

Though possibly still intoxicated by the new book smell, customers have been urged to pull away from their new novels for a moment  and check their recent credit card transactions as a data breach in...

There are few parallels between JK Rowling's new book The Casual Vacancy and the Harry Potter series. Accepting that Rowling's new novel is intended for a different audience than the Potter books...

Though not everyone has acted in a gold speedo in front of a live audience, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky describes universal themes with which all teens struggle and is a very relevant...

The world of mischief, smoking, drinking, and secrets that Miles Harper, the main character in Looking for Alaska by John Green, gets swept into created a controversy as to whether the novel pushes the...