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Leadership Holds Clothing Drive in Honor of Leelah Alcorn

Leadership Holds Clothing Drive in Honor of Leelah Alcorn

By Marina Furbush April 23, 2015

Leadership held a clothing drive from March 30 to April 10 in honor of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who lived in Ohio who committed suicide in December 2014. Students could deposit lightly-used clothing...

Mock Trial Takes Fifth at State Competition

Mock Trial Takes Fifth at State Competition

By Camille Morgan April 10, 2015

The mock trial team took fifth place in this year’s Mock Trial State Championship competition in Riverside, California. The competition followed the team’s 20th consecutive win at county and was met...

Associated Student Body Officials Elected

Associated Student Body Officials Elected

By James Finn April 10, 2015

Leadership announced the winners of the Associate Student Body (ASB) elections for next year’s student government positions on April 8 during tutorial. Junior Andy Strike was elected ASB treasurer and...

Mill Valley-Sausalito Bike Path Speed Limit Lowered

Mill Valley-Sausalito Bike Path Speed Limit Lowered

By Calvin Rosevear April 10, 2015

A slower speed limit was passed for a stretch of the Mill Valley-Sausalito bike path between the newly built roundabout and about 50 yards past the opposite end of the Bayfront dog park. The change was...

Eliminated Math Classes Lead to Controversy

Eliminated Math Classes Lead to Controversy

By Marina Furbush and Marina Furbush April 10, 2015

This school year, Tam’s math department didn’t offer Algebra P1-P2, Geometry 1A-2A, or Intermediate Algebra, despite resistance from math teachers. A high number of students who were supposed to be...

California Imposes Mandatory Water Restrictions

California Imposes Mandatory Water Restrictions

By Nate Vogel April 10, 2015

California Governor Jerry Brown announced mandatory water restrictions to help with the ongoing drought crisis during his speech at the annual snowpack measuring in the Sierra Nevada on April 1. This is...

ASB Candidate Speeches

ASB Candidate Speeches

By TBN March 31, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM7e_25EEwM&feature=youtu.be

Tam News Reporter Harassed

Tam News Reporter Harassed

By James Finn March 18, 2015

Junior Tandis Shoushtary, a Tam News editor, was physically confronted by an unknown student outside of Keyser Hall on Thursday, February 26 before the start of fourth period. According to Shoushtary,...

Cosca Group Searches for Superintendent

Cosca Group Searches for Superintendent

By James Finn & Marina Furbush March 18, 2015

Dr. Steve Goldstone, a representative of the search firm The Cosca Group, spoke at a Tamalpais Union High School (TUHSD) Board of Trustees meeting on March 3 to outline the process of selecting a new superintendent....

Environmental Science Class Starts Recycling Program

Environmental Science Class Starts Recycling Program

By Caroline Frost March 18, 2015

Several of science teacher Erin Ashley’s environmental science students have launched a program to increase the number of recycling bins around Tam’s campus. According to an email sent to Tam staff...

Apple to Release “Diverse” Emojis with iOS 8

Apple to Release “Diverse” Emojis with iOS 8

By Megan Butt March 18, 2015

Apple dropped a beta release of the iOS 8.3 update, which will include a new assortment of “diverse” emojis on February 23. Emojis will soon include six different skin tones, 32 new country flags,...

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