Bomb threat frightens local Jewish community center

Jordan Greene, Staff Writer

February 28, 2017

Anti-Semitism is on the rise. Since the beginning of the year, over 100 Jewish community centers in 27 states have received bomb threats. The largest waves of calls took place on Jan. 18, Jan. 31, and Feb. 20. This situation hit home for many students at Carlmont when a threat was received at a local Je...

An athletic triple threat

Hana Wong, Staff Writer

April 15, 2015

It's hard enough being a full time high school student, especially while playing an after school sport. But, imagine being a full time student while playing three different sports. Sophomore Megan Olazar is passionate about the three sports she has chosen to play before, during, and possibly after...

Woodside bomb threat abruptly cancels school

Taran Sun and Sarah Schisla

April 2, 2015

The students and staff of Woodside High School experienced a school-wide evacuation in response to an imminent bomb threat on Thursday, April 2. According to KRON4, the bomb threat was reported to school officials who then called police at 9:20 a.m. and notified parents at 10:20 a.m. A bomb squad...

Countries respond to the threat of ISIS

Stuart Vickery, Staff Writer

February 18, 2015

ISIS, the terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for attacks such as the Charlie Hebdo massacre and a recent assault on a United States military base, has fallen into the sightline of Egypt. Egypt sent airstrikes to Libya after a massacre of more than 20 Egyptian Christians was committed...

North Korea’s nuclear threat

April 2, 2013

Preceding a blatant threat to bomb the United States of America, North Korea completed a successful rocket launch on Dec. 12, 2012 and its third nuclear test on Feb. 12, 2013. Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, violated earlier restrictions placed on North Korea by the United Nations Security Council...

Dangerous threat stems from Facebook confessions page

March 21, 2013

Anonymous "confession" Facebook pages have become popular throughout local high schools, and one in particular has yielded dangerous consequences. Students are able to voice their opinions or confessions about their school anonymously through a Google document. A secret administrator then transfers the co...

Weresquirrels: the new threat to America

February 4, 2011

For years, the biggest threat to going outside during night has been the threat of werewolves, but recently an outbreak of flying squirrel bitings has caused a growing number of weresquirrels to appear. Weresquirrels pose a much bigger threat to humans than werewolves because they can hide much easier...