Talia Nicole Fine

April 05, 2019

We seniors have waited for months in anticipation of April 1. Before that, we were writing about our life stories and passions. Even before that, we were working as hard as we possibly could to set ourselves up for the best college outcomes. We worked for months, even years. In a way, we were waiting during all that time too.

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Yet, for many of us, March came to a close without the endgame we were expecting. The long-awaited end of the college process left less closure than ever before. Rejections were sent, opened, and felt. But, possibly even worse, the waitlists had been filled with hundreds of students across the United States. More waiting.

October 13, 2018

In debates about internet content, one controversial issue has been that privacy does not exist online so any content could be traced back to the sharer for legal reasons. On the other hand, one could argue that considering there is no Internet Bill of Rights to date, internet dealings are a largely uncharted territory. Along those lines, others even maintain that if enough people do something illegal online then how could everyone be caught.

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This appears to be how teens view PSAT meme-ing.

News

November 17, 2017

“Journalism is under attack,” said Lata Nott (Executive Director and the Newseum Institute and First Amendment Center, Washington D.C.), Jim Dale (Marketing Director at the University of North Texas), Houston Public Media, the Washington Post, and others.

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Journalism is under attack as student journalists are being censored by their teachers, administrations and school boards. It happens in Washington, Texas, Louisiana, Montana, Arizona.

Editorial

October 08, 2017

Whether news comes through emails, texts, or snapchats, we all use social media to share experiences and get information.

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But social media veils the truths about lives and events.

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“Social media is like this giant filter on everyone’s lives and in my eyes, it’s fake and not genuine, so having to find out super disturbing news didn’t feel real because I found out through social media,” said Briana McDonald, a junior who found out about her friend’s suicide over the internet.

News

August 15, 2017

Rain sprinkled down on San Francisco City Hall as 500 protesters lit candles to stand in solidarity with Charlottesville, Virginia. As the wind blew signs across the park, citizens stepped forward to share the stories of prejudice and injustice in their lives.

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On Aug. 12 in Charlottesville, Virginia, a “Unite the Right” protest was held in objection to the removal of a park statue named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Campus

May 31, 2017

A survey conducted by the American Psychological Society in 2013 found that stress is extremely common especially among teenagers, with school as a major contributor to the unhealthy amounts of angst and stress.

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Relaxation Motivation, a club co-founded this year by Sophie Srivastava, Anna Singer, and Samantha Owyang, all juniors, works to combat this societal norm of extreme pressure at school that results in harmful stress, anxiety, and depression.

Campus

April 28, 2017

Some students want to be pilots, some students want to be artists, but the students in Health Occupations Students of America want to be cardiovascular surgeons or biotechnicians.

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The club is new to Carlmont this year, but it’s a chapter of a larger organization that seeks to provide high school students with opportunities and resources to develop their interests in medicine and biology.

Campus

March 23, 2017

Cancer research, 3D printing, and self-driving cars are only a few mysteries being tackled in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) world, and the Carlmont STEM Club strives to help students discover their passions within those subjects.

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STEM Club co-president Jason Liu, a junior, said, “[Co-Presidents] Tiffany Chung and Mikayla Cheng and I have shifted the goal of our club to further foster membership interest in the fields mentioned previously, and to expose members to the myriad of future careers involving STEM-related components.”

Campus

March 02, 2017

The smell of salty sea air, a cool wind whooshing by, and the sound of crashing waves is the perfect setting for the members of Ocean Club, a group of Carlmont students devoted to loving and appreciating the ocean.

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​Ocean Club is comprised of about 20 regular members, including the President and founder Liam Gunning, Vice President Lucas Becker, and advisor Joshua Engberg, who all meet on the first and third Wednesdays of every month in room U23.

Campus

February 13, 2017

Synchronized strumming, voices in harmony, and a steady drum beat can be heard on Thursdays at lunch in the back of the student union, but it isn’t the radio. The Ukulele Club, overseen by advisors Kai Orozco and Jaime Simpson, is simply a group of students with varying levels of musical talent who gather to sing, play the ukulele, and occasionally eat cookies.

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“I joined the club in my freshman year because I already loved ukulele and I was super excited by the fact that there was this group of people who loved it too, and it’s not a very common thing so it’s cool to have that,” said Kyle Jung, a senior and co-president.

Review

September 12, 2016

In the sea of dystopian novels starring moody teenagers, “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline bobs uniquely above the surface. Cline illustrates the near future through the eyes of average teenager Wade Watts, portraying a destitute world where citizens’ only salvation is an alternate reality accessed through an internet server: the Oasis. The virtual universe acts as a literal oasis for the common human in a poverty-stricken world.

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​Considering how much people rely on the internet for a distraction today, the premise is completely fathomable. I appreciate how the book addresses the flip side of common opinions about the internet, and how one is able to relate to one or more strong secondary characters. There were some shortcomings, but overall I was pretty dazzled and enjoyed the book.