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 Tesla Cybertruck, which launched in 2019, is starting to make its rounds in local areas. The extremely modern design has gained traction with some groups, but opposers often have stronger opinions about the car’s angular build, causing them to commonly refer to it as a “trash can.” The car sacrifices a lot of safety features for a design that doesn’t pay off. For example, the rearview mirror doesn’t work unless the bed cover is open. Instead, the truck relies on a camera for vision, which can cause major problems if it malfunctions. Admiration of the truck for its price tag rather than its features should not be happening because it contributes to an ongoing issue of money obsession in our society.

Cartoon: Can confusion

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
March 27, 2025
Egg prices have continued to stay high, having doubled since January 2024. Distribution companies blame the price increase on the Avian Flu, but people have started to become suspicious, especially as these middleman companies benefit greatly from the surcharges. These companies should be more tightly managed in order to prevent similar situations in which the companies deliberately keep prices higher to make themselves more money while harming consumers throughout the country.

Cartoon: Golden eggs

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
March 26, 2025
Subscription services like Netflix, Disney, and Spotify are on the rise, but come with their drawbacks. These companies are hungry for users’ money, often lacking price transparency. Subscriptions are also notoriously difficult to cancel, eventually making users give up and continue to pay for the subscription, even if they don’t want it anymore. These services are an example of companies having far too much power to manipulate their consumers. Rules like the FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” rule, which was finalized in late 2024, should be more widely implemented because they force subscription companies to simplify the cancellation process.

Cartoon: Subscription overload

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
March 24, 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After the TikTok ban was revoked, users of the app began to take note of the fact that some topics, specifically ones that went against President Donald Trump’s ideals, were censored.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
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 6, 2025
It’s common for students to feel immense pressure when preparing for the SAT. The stress of the weight that the test carries for college admissions combined with the high expression of parents creates axiety. Students struggle to balance SAT prep, extracurricular activities, school work, and personal life. The anxiety the prep causes can lead to burn out, sleeplesss nights, and the constant cycle of self doubt as the test day looms closer.

Cartoon: SAT study struggles

Amber Chow, Staff Writer
February 2, 2025
In late 2024, Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork “Comedian” sold for 6.2 million dollars at an auction. The piece was simply a banana taped to a wall. Though the piece likely wasn’t meant to be taken seriously, hence its title, it has still sparked conversation and debate in the art community, as have many similarly simplistic modern art pieces. Modern art has become so minimal that the effort some pieces, like this one, take to make is so low it’s comical. There is a line between minimalism and low effort. Some modern artists have begun to cross into the low-effort territory while still categorizing their work as minimalistic and receiving the same revenue. This is unfair to artists who put time and effort into the symbolism of their pieces.

Cartoon: Modern art is rotting

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
January 29, 2025
President Donald Trump is of the opinion that children of immigrants in the U.S. should not be citizens because he believes it provides an incentive for people to come to the U.S. illegally. He has made ending this an integral part of his presidential campaign for years. However, these children and their parents are an important part of the U.S. as we know it, and, without citizenship, would do more harm than good to our society. President Trump should not be able to determine their citizenship status.

Cartoon: Illegal input

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
January 22, 2025
After years of rumors of a TikTok ban from U.S. officials, the Supreme Court has decided to go through with the ban unless the app is sold to an approved buyer. Members of the Supreme Court claim the ban is to protect the safety of U.S. citizens using the app. Meanwhile, however, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that content moderation policies on Facebook and Instagram will be loosened to a community-based moderation system. Though TikTok and Meta are unsafe in different ways, they should still be held to the same standard. If user safety is the U.S. government’s issue, Meta shouldn’t be allowed to loosen their restrictions protecting their users from misinformation.

Cartoon: Rollercoaster rules

Julia Cline, Staff Writer
January 16, 2025
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Cartoon: Toxic dyes die out

Skylin Lui, Staff Writer
September 3, 2024
Cartoon: Phancy an elephant?

Cartoon: Phancy an elephant?

Shiyo Ohashi, Scot Scoop Cartoons Editor
August 29, 2024
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted that this season will be one of the hardest-hitting hurricanes in the US. 17 to 25 storms are predicted, with seven of the being hurricanes and at least four predicted to cause major damages. This is in part due to rising ocean temperatures and global warming - we need to act fast to stop future situations like this happening.

Cartoon: Going under

Shiyo Ohashi, Scot Scoop Cartoons Editor
June 3, 2024
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