BY JULIA KURZ It’s a universal understanding that high school students think with their stomachs, and the newly founded Free Food Club takes this strategy and runs with it by encouraging students…
Financially minded teens invest in the stock market
BY ANDREW WANG In first period classrooms across Carmel High School, members of Investment Club, a group centered on learning the ins and outs of the stock market, excitedly discuss with one…
Monterey Peninsula College proves ideal for students seeking savings
BY KYLIE YEATMAN The dreaded college application season is marked by students desperately trying to get meetings with their college counselors, researching four-year institutions and longing to get as far away from…
Students enjoy a change in tempo in Digital Music
BY MARTIN SEVCIK A course taken by musicians and non-musicians alike, students are taught the fundamentals of creating and producing music electronically in Digital Music, a program which has recently grown in…
Bathroom crackdown sparks student backlash
BY MIA KOTALEC While the concept of group bathroom trips may bewilder and perplex both administration and male students alike, the practice has become almost ingrained in female culture. But with teen…
Students hungry for restock of vending machines
BY CARA CONNER As of the middle of November, the Carmel High vending machines located near the cafeteria had yet to be stocked, and students are eager to regain access to them….
Traveler, music teacher, father: Tom Lehmkul does it all
BY MIA POLETTI Silhouetted by a menagerie of plastic music awards that mean far more than the materials of which they are made, choir teacher Thomas Lehmkuhl sits in one of his…
Community Service Fair provides opportunities for student envolvement
BY BELA PATEL The Carmel High School community service fair will be held Nov. 20, where 30 to 40 local non-profit and civic groups come to the high school gym and present…
CUSD approves bid for increased security camera presence on campus
BY KYLIE YEATMAN Amid growing concerns regarding on-campus security and student and faculty safety, a bid for increased security cameras on district campuses was approved by the school board on Sept. 11…
Successful football program faces decline in athlete participation
BY EMMA BROWN In 2009, the Carmel High varsity football team had 47 players—today, the team has 32members. Although a loss of players from one season to the next is not uncommon,…