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
The Kicking Horse Cafe, based in Canada has been calling its americanos by the name canadiano as an inside host. In protest of the re-election of Donald Trump and his policies regarding Canada, several other shops have picked up on the trend. This has essentially created a rebrand for the Americano, which was based on a diluted Italian espresso given to US soldiers stationed in Italy. Just as the Americano became popular worldwide, subtle protests, such as its semi-rebrand, will be vital to pushing a movement.

Cartoon: A change in coffee

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
March 17, 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
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
Literacy rates in children are going down, as many children arent being taught to read in early stages of school. Many teachers enter the professions not knowing how to effectively teach young kids how to read.

Cartoon: Losing literacy

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
February 2, 2025
Travel and going on vacations are romanticized in our culture as something to work towards and look forward to. Although the reason isn’t that people actually crave new experiences; they just want to escape the cycle of life that they exist in. Furthermore, this is another form of consumerism, rather than the well-known product overconsumption; this is “cultural consumerism.” Travel should not be as glorified as it is because a short-term visit may not improve the tourist’s life views or the preexisting ecosystem of the vacation spot.

Cartoon: Trivial trips

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
January 29, 2025
Personal style and individual expression through clothing have decreased due to obsession with celebrities and social media microtrend hopping. Several different "aesthetics" and categories stemming from social media trends, such as "clean girl" and coquette," constantly categorize fashion subcultures and discourage exploration. Additionally, fast fashion companies mass-produce low-quality products to fit trends that change every week. These trends make it difficult for people to develop their own tastes and generally make individual expression uncommon, harming the natural growth of trends.

Cartoon: Temporary trends

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
January 21, 2025
Kids can effortlessly access age-restricted content using the internet in only a few clicks, despite past actions to resolve this concern. A law in Texas mandates websites with sexually explicit content to require users to verify their ages using government identification. However, this law created tension among free speech advocates since the law forces adults to provide personal information on intimate websites, which may be exposing and unsafe. HB 1181, the law that requires adults to provide confidential information to prove their age, has been disfavored by many in Texas since, although it shields kids from accessing explicit content, it also discourages many adults from accessing the same content. Despite the positives of this law, the Supreme Court is considering legitimate concerns about free speech and security, which will hopefully guide the state to a decision that solves both the issue of underage exposure to adult content and the concern of free speech.

Cartoon: One click away

Grace Stiefel, Staff Writer
January 18, 2025
In recent years, avian influenza, or H5N1, has become a growing concern in the U.S., as the disease has killed approximately 92.34 million birds since 2022. However, H5N1 has spread to other animals on the farm as well, specifically cattle. The situation is concerning enough; however, a few cases have also been confirmed in humans. Though the spread of avian influenza has not been traced to human transmission and is a low-risk condition, worries about the future of H5N1 have begun to form. More severe precautions should be taken to prevent the possibility of another pandemic and to help lessen the damage and spread of H5N1 in birds and other important livestock.

Cartoon: Virus flies in

Grace Stiefel, Staff Writer
May 30, 2024
We all know the story: the SATs are unfair. Standardized testing gives an advantage to well-off families who can afford the best tutors for their children. Due to this disparity, colleges have turned to test-optional policies, and more and more students are choosing to opt out of submitting test scores. However, new studies show that SAT scores do not hurt diversity. For some, the SAT is a crucial stepping stone out of poverty and into the world of higher education. The SAT shows trends in intelligence and hard work, helping predict where students' success in college. The SAT is less about how much money you spend and more a reflection of your effort and character and should remain a factor in the college selection process.

Cartoon: SATisfactory scores?

Shiyo Ohashi, Scot Scoop Cartoons Editor
April 1, 2024
A group of radical Republicans voted their speaker Kevin McCarthy out of the house on October 3rd. The vote out was a cumulation of debates between McCarthy and eight far-right Republicans who didn't agree with his decisions. Them, and a unanimous front of Democrats, ousted the Speaker. This makes it the first time a speaker has been voted out of the house, no less by his own party. McCarthy stated that he would not be running again, leaving Republican Patrick McHenry as a temporary speaker.

Cartoon: McCarthy ousted

Shiyo Ohashi, Scot Scoop Cartoons Editor
October 12, 2023
After 148 days on strike, Hollywood's writers are back on the grind. The Writer's Guild of America have been demanding better pay, safeguards against the use of AI, and increased streaming residuals. On Tuesday, September 27th, they received some of those terms. The contract proposed would pay them around $233 million per year, and studios would not be able to force writers to use AI. It's considered a win for the writers, but most of Hollywood's behind-the-scenes are not so lucky: actors, makeup artists, directors, lighting technicians, and other workers remain on strike, with no talk of negotiations with the studios yet.

Cartoon: Writers Guild is back in business

Shiyo Ohashi, Scot Scoop Cartoons Editor
October 5, 2023
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