News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Hungry Hawk Snack Review

Hungry Hawk Snack Review

By Morgana Sidhom Jun 4, 2012

The bell rings, and there’s a demon in your stomach gnawing away at your resolve to keep it together until lunch. You fast walk, eschewing any semblance of nonchalance, to the snack bar to beat the 9:30...

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The Drowned Cities: a much needed sci-fi thriller

“The Drowned Cities”: a much needed sci-fi thriller

By Emma Talkoff Jun 4, 2012

For anyone still mired in the world of “The Hunger Games,” this latest young adult offering from celebrated sci-fi author Paolo Bacigalupi is sure to at least temporarily fill the void. As seems to...

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Ms. Abreu taking a break from an outdoor excursion.

Abreu leaves Tam to explore and learn

By Katharine H May 31, 2012

This June, beloved science teacher Lyanne Abreu will bid her students and colleagues farewell. She has taught environmental science, Integrated Science 1-2 and one year of Integrated Science 3-4. Though...

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Mark Pitta and Friends: an impressive local event

Mark Pitta and Friends: an impressive local event

By William Choulos May 31, 2012

If you live anywhere near downtown Mill Valley, then there is no doubt that you have seen the sign outside of the Throckmorton Theatre on Tuesday nights that reads “Mark Pitta and Friends.” The comedy...

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Graphic by Aaron Newman

Y2K, rapture, 2012…the apocalypse

By Jeannine Englander May 30, 2012

Apocalypse, Armageddon, zombie invasion, and Doomsday are just a few terms that come to mind when you hear “2012,” otherwise known as “the end of the world.” The buzz that our world will end...

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One Direction infection sweeps the U.S.

“One Direction” infection sweeps the U.S.

By Emma Boczek May 22, 2012

Yesterday’s pop music phenomenon, Bieber Fever, is now a thing of the past. Today, the epidemic that’s sweeping the world is One Direction infection. The British five-member boy-band called One Direction...

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Hip Hop Square Preview: An Old Show with a New Style

By Aaron Vad May 21, 2012

On May 22, MTV will be premiering its new show, “Hip Hop Squares.” This is a reboot of the old 60’s show “Hollywood Squares”, an old American panel game shows in which two contestants play...

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Beatrice Biagini, Paul Furstenwerth, and Jeanne Cassiers.

Friendly foreigners at Tam

By Sophie McGuinness May 21, 2012

  Beatrice Biagini, Jeanne Cassiers, and Paul Fürstenwerth left their families almost one year ago to experience America at Tam High. They arrived with rudimentary English, minimal electronic...

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Nothing can save clunky “Dark Shadows” from its own script

Nothing can save clunky “Dark Shadows” from its own script

By Wesley Emblidge May 16, 2012

From just the first few shots at the beginning of “Dark Shadows,” you can already tell, this is obviously a Tim Burton film. Johnny Depp’s voice-over lets you know that, since he’s in it, there’s...

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Getting Personal with Harry Potter

Getting Personal with Harry Potter

By Cassie Jeong May 12, 2012

Fans of the Harry Potter franchise, hold your hippogriffs. Pottermore.com, a website designed by author J.K. Rowling with TH_NK and Sony, officially opened to the public on April 14. The site was previously...

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Book Review: The Fault in our Stars

Book Review: “The Fault in our Stars”

By Emma Boczek and Emma Boczek May 10, 2012

In “The Fault in Our Stars”, John Green’s authentic writing sweeps readers into the bleak world of 16-year-old Hazel, a quirky, sarcastic realist, who lives “busy days of Having Cancer,” which...

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FIRE BREATHING FISH: Empire of the Sun

Mini music reviews of royalty inspired artists

By Veronica Russel and Veronica Russel Apr 30, 2012

Rule the school and its airwaves with artists that remind one of a simpler time, a time when feudalism was still at its prime and a king and queen ruled over vast territories. Artists like King Charles,...

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