Teenagers can’t seem to do anything right. Their small, underdeveloped brains prevent them from driving well, speaking rationally, turning down the music after you ask them to, and, apparently, exercising. That’s...

Another football season has come and gone, and if you are like 90 percent of Tam’s student body you probably never went to a game. Despite the team putting up record point totals and qualifying for the...

In the wake of the fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, news outlets, the Internet, and everyday people focused non-stop on the crisis in Ferguson,...

Space is awesome. It’s awesome, not in the colloquial sense that it is nice- it is- but it also leaves most humans in a slack jawed state at least once in their life. It truly inspires awe. The question...

I was recently subjected to the documentary film “Food, Inc.” as part of my Environmental Science curriculum. “Food, Inc.” highlights many of the major problems with the food production industry...

It’s pretty easy to not think about any of the politics behind something like the Academy Awards. The elegant outfits, cutthroat competition, and opening monologue are great distractions for someone...

One morning, Ms. Hall asked our second period social studies class to respond to a journal question: What would we like to do before we die? The response was sort of like a bucket list. After answering...

There are some things that are simply better in theory, and unfortunately, for me, live music is one of them. Don’t get me wrong—I love to see my favorite artists in person and soak up familiar...

It was storming the day I sprinted up my front porch steps to the sound of wailing fire engines, two trucks parked outside our house. To my surprise, I didn’t hear the screams from broken bones or see...