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

Scot Scoop News
This cartoon explores how policies in the United States continue to affect women and ethnic minorities, exposing deep-rooted inequalities. Economic measures, such as minimum wage laws and labor protections, have offered some progress, yet significant wage gaps remain. Especially for women of color, who earn less than both white men and white women. The work also alludes to broader systemic disparities, including maternal health outcomes and restrictions on civic participation shaped by voting legislation.

Cartoon: Interrupted liberty

Jade Wu, Staff Writer
October 28, 2025
Despite Duolingo's wildly successful marketing in the past few years, many are turning against it for announcing an AI-first policy. This plan backfired on the company, facing massive backlash on social media, where they had been previously receiving massive support and interactions. Several social media users decided to abandon their streaks in protest of the AI-first announcement, quickly changing public opinion of the app. This brings to light opinions of Duolingo never being a useful app for learning language in the first place, as AI does not understand language fluency and translations the same as human workers would.

Cartoon: Dropping Duo

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
May 18, 2025
Despite summer being mere weeks away, it's still not sufficient motivation for the burnout students face by the end of the school year. The idea behind breaks throughout the second semester is to allow enough recharge to get them through the year. However, most students experience the most burnout right after spring break, struggling to stay motivated to study for finals. Others, such as those who take primarily AP classes, feel an abrupt change in the class structure that they are used to. The change can impact their motivation and study habits. 

Cartoon: The final stretch

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
May 12, 2025
In his second term as President, Donald Trump has implemented and abolished many policies. Among these are the instatement of tariffs and the removal of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) organizations from universities. The latter ended in a legal battle between the President and Harvard University, in which Harvard surrendered and re-branded their DEI program. President Trump’s policies have done more harm than good. His tariffs have crashed the economy, worsening an already bad inflation problem. Furthermore, the now legally mandated removal of DEI policies is a violation of the Constitution because all universities, especially private ones, should have the ability to determine what programs they deem appropriate and beneficial to their students.

Cartoon: Caving in

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
May 9, 2025
Pinterest is, or was the goldmine for art references before the expansion of AI generated images. Now, AI generated images flood search results on pinterest, pushing unrealistic, cliche, and even scammy art styles and images. Sellers use AI generated images to sell digital brush packs, tutorials, sewing/knitting/crochet patterns, recipes and more. With no real proof of the effectiveness of different products, AI scams are allowed to fester on once reliable sites such as pinterest. On April 30, 2025 Pinterest announced that it would be integrating AI detection tools, such as marking images and controlling the amount of AI content visible, however the effectiveness of this update is not guaranteed.

Cartoon: Generated guides

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
May 5, 2025
Light pollution is the excessive use of artificial lights, such as city lights in a way that overpowers the stars to the point where in many cities, stars are not visible in the clearest weather. According to National Geographic, around 80% of people live under sky glow, a brightening phenomenon caused by artificial city lights such as those in buildings, street lamps, and car headlights. A light pollution map shows a high concentration of artificial light in highly urbanized/densely populated cities. Light pollution negatively impacts the environment, including the patterns migratory animals such as birds, turtles, and insects, as well as drowning out the stars.

Cartoon: Twinkle twinkle city lights

Leher Kawadia, Staff Writer
April 28, 2025
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
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