The Counter impresses in taste, lacks in quality

Rachel Borshchenko, Staff Writer

March 14, 2018

Filed under Reviews

Customizing your food makes everything so much better. The Counter, located in San Mateo, makes it easy to get exactly what you want on a burger, and avoid exactly what you don't. The restaurant, conveniently located just across the street from the Hillsdale mall, is frequently packed with hungry c...

Eucalyptus Ave trick-or-treaters disappointed by lack of decorations

Ethan Tarnarider, Staff Writer

November 2, 2017

Filed under News

When Halloween swings by each year, millions of children become excited to go trick-or-treating and fill their bags of candy. However, many had their hopes let down after seeing Eucalyptus Avenue this year. For many, Eucalyptus Avenue is considered the street for Halloween and Christmas—the street...

VocaliD starts showing results

Hanalei Pham, Staff Writer

May 31, 2016

Filed under Campus, Top News

Over 10 million people don't have a voice of their own. These people rely on machines to generate voices for them, yet the voices that these machines provide generally sound the same. They are mechanical and robotic, and rarely unique to the person. With VocaliD, this is beginning to change. Foun...

‘V’ shows a lack of originality

Kiera Pendleton-White, Staff Writer

October 23, 2014

Filed under A&E

Maroon 5’s new album "V" delivers their familiar pop songs with a few twists. The album has the same distinctive easy-going pop sound that Maroon 5 is known for because of lead singer, Adam Levine. But it also uses a lot more electronic sound than previous albums such as “Overexposed” and...

A lack of magic in ‘The Casual Vacancy’

Veronika Dvorakova

October 18, 2012

Filed under A&E

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 and has nothing to do with Hogwarts is the first step to enjoying the more twisted story of the resi...

Lack of green on St. Patrick’s Day

March 19, 2012

Filed under Campus

On Friday, Mar. 16, it seemed as if the lack of spirit for St. Patrick's Day was over taking Carlmont. Even with posters up on the walls of the school, marked as a reminder for the students, no one really cared to dress in green since it "wasn't really St. Patrick's Day". Even though the majo...