A Straight (half-white) male explains the gender pay gap
Joseph Gomez, Segment Producer
April 6, 2018
Filed under ScotCenter, ScotCenter: Features
Joseph Gomez explains the many problems of the common gender pay gap.
Students participate in activities to advocate gender equality
Maya O'Sullivan, Staff Writer
March 13, 2018
Filed under Campus
What is gender equality? Many students asked this question before Gender Equality Week, which informed them about the true meaning of gender equality and how it extends far beyond equality between men and women. The week of March 5 to March 9 was filled with various activities involving Carlmon...
Carlmont dedicates a week to promoting gender equality
Andrea Butler, Staff Writer
March 10, 2018
Filed under Campus
Gender equality is a goal that is being worked toward on a daily basis worldwide. Here at Carlmont, Gender Equality Week is a week where students can appreciate the rights they have and support others who might not have the same rights. “It's important to ensure that gender equality is recognized a...
Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club offers students a spectrum of opportunities
Nihal Karim, Staff Writer
December 7, 2017
Filed under Campus
The Gender and Sexuality (GSA) Club aims to provide a safe space for LGBTQ+ teens and their allies. The GSA Club is a place where students can go to learn more about issues in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as meet new people. “We want to educate people about queer history, which doesn’t often get taught ...
Feminist Club expands views on feminism
Marina Ferme, Staff writer
October 18, 2017
Filed under Campus
The new officers for the Feminist Club are excited for what they have planned for this year, such as collaborations with other clubs and events planned to spread the true meaning of feminism: the equality of all people. The new officers want to get more people involved this year with the clu...
Gender Sexuality Alliance speaks up for Day of Silence
Cameron Garcia Brown, Staff Writer
April 17, 2017
Filed under Campus
On Friday, April 21, Day of Silence will take place and Carlmont's Gender-Sexuality Alliance is will help the rest of the student body participate. The club presidents include senior Alyssa Feigelson and junior Eli Melmon, and the club has been working to promote this event. Melmon said, "Da...
Students join the fight for gender equality
Izzy Bruguera, Staff Writer
March 12, 2017
Filed under Campus
For over 150 years, women have fought for equal rights. This past week, that fight was brought to Carlmont. Run by the Human Relations Commission of ASB, Gender Equality Week featured a new theme and activity each day, from March 6 to March 10, that supported equal rights for all. Monday encour...
All genders allowed, but not all the time
Jill Albertson, Staff Writer
September 22, 2016
Filed under Campus
It's passing period. Junior Spencer Stancil, a transgender man, walks past lower D-hall, and reluctantly enters what was formerly the girls restroom, wishing to embrace his true self. The now all-gender restrooms, located in lower D-Hall, received much attention at Carlmont when they were first...
Gender-neutral bathrooms aren’t complete ‘safe-zones’
Justin Som, Staff Writer
May 25, 2016
Filed under Opinion
As a conservative Democrat, I completely support the efforts of transgender people to erase discrimination from the general populace. Like many Americans, I have seen that there are similarities between the African-American civil rights movement of the 1960s and the LGBT movements of today. Yet, when...
Sexuality or gender is not an insult, so don’t make it one
Megan Tao, Highlander Editor/Columnist
May 18, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Stabs at Society, Top News
"That's so gay." I hear those three words and I can't help but cringe. Those three words are, unfortunately, commonly used by one person to insult another. Those three words are an insult because they are meant to indicate that if you're gay then you are somehow less than a man. According...
Society needs to stop supporting gender inequality
Megan Tao, Highlander Junior Editor/Columnist
February 27, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Stabs at Society, Top News
"I really want to help people, so I want to become a nurse," he said. "I want to keep our communities safe, so I want to be a police officer," she said. "Wait, you can't be a nurse that's a women's job and you can't be a police officer, you're not strong enough," said society. According to the...
A closer look at Belmont's governmental bedfellows.
Kaylee George, Staff Writer
Think someone in prison has hit rock bottom? Maybe not. The juvenile detention center in San Mateo County provides many opportunities that can help kids who may have fallen down the wrong path turn around. There are many rehabilitative resources and services to offer kids in need, including academic counselors, who make sure school credits are being transferred, and therapists, who help the kids through their traumatic experiences.
Brian Olivares, Staff Writer
The internet is not as private as some may think. There are ways in which the Carlmont staff can see everything that a student accesses on their Sequoia Union High School...
Nihal Karim, Staff Writer
For Rebecca Shentu, Manon Llorach, and Sarah Tocatlian, moving to a new country was just the beginning of a new journey. The transition from middle school to high school...
Sam Hanlon, Staff Writer
Ninety-seven percent of sexual offenders walk free. Only 15 to 35 percent of sexual assaults are reported. Sexual assault can happen to men, women, or children. According...