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

In-depth and long-form journalism about our community’s important issues

Driving Under the Influence in Marin

Driving Under the Influence in Marin

By Ashley Townsend, Chloe Bowman, and Hillary Betz ♦ Nov 16, 2023

According to the Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the United States, 32 people are lost every day due to driving under the influence, amounting to over 11,000 people per year. In California,...

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Al-Aqsa Mosque. Photo courtesy of Amaani and Umar Cassim

The Knowledge We Bring Back

By Elisa Cobb, Features Editor ♦ Nov 13, 2023

Note on Content: The perspective of this article came from a Tam High student who visited Palestine with a non-profit organization, with her experience shaping the discussion. This is not an article that...

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Map of Bolinas Watershed

Bolinas Under Siege: Another Chapter in Marin’s Housing Crisis

By Caden Bernstein-Lawler, Nathan Robinson, and Emma Pearson ♦ May 30, 2023

It would be an understatement to label the unincorporated Marin Country community of Bolinas, Calif., a “reclusive environment.” With a population of a little under 1,500 residents, per the 2020...

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Graphics by Anika Kapan

Wise beyond our years

By Savy Behr, Lifestyles/Sports Editor ♦ May 2, 2023
The house is on fire. Teenager’s social, emotional, and academic development is struggling post-pandemic. While efforts are being made by the Tamalpais High School administration to provide mental health support, many believe more could and should be done.
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Be ready: Tam prepares emergency, natural disaster readiness

Be ready: Tam prepares emergency, natural disaster readiness

By Elisa Cobb, Features Editor ♦ Feb 16, 2023
The Tamalpais High School front desk received a phone call issuing a bomb threat on Nov. 30, 2022. Students were directed to evacuate to the football field to receive further instruction.
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Dunphy Park Encampment

California Homeless Union v. Sausalito

By Anika Kapan, Features Editor, Graphics Editor ♦ Nov 18, 2022
“These are Sausalito residents, people who in many cases lived a good chunk of their lives there, they rented apartments in the past, and paid rent, a lot of that went to property taxes, sales taxes, raised children, went to schools, they are part of the artistic community,” Prince said. “They are contributing members of the Sausalito community. They’re residents. They’re not just ‘the homeless.’”
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What One Pill Can Do… Life or Death

By Annie Shine and Violet Howard ♦ Nov 14, 2022
Opioid use in Marin County has become a dangerous and a life-threatening issue, more commonly to teens.
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Fifty Years of Title IX and We Still Have Work To Do

Fifty Years of Title IX and We Still Have Work To Do

By Siobhan King, Reporter ♦ Sep 29, 2022
The neglect of the Tamalpais High School softball field and its facilities seems to instill the message that the team and its players are not worth investing in.
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(Carley Lehman)

A Stained Work Experience

By Shaina Mandala, Graphics Editor ♦ Jun 7, 2022
Young women in the Tam community delve into their experiences with workplace harassment.
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(Mikyla Williams)

Out of the Binary

By Kennedy Enlowsmith, Editor in Chief ♦ Mar 29, 2022
Every non-binary person at Tam has a different experience with gender. ​​For some, changing pronouns, changing names, and clothing style are important for them, and for others, there is no desire to change anything at all.
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How The Pandemic Has Affected Teenager’s Mental Health

How The Pandemic Has Affected Teenager’s Mental Health

By Colette Hale, Op/Ed Editor ♦ Mar 17, 2022
In the Tam community, anxiety and depression levels have been rising, there has been an increase in drug usage, and attendance records have shown a decrease in student attendance at school. While these issues were prevalent even before the pandemic, the coronavirus has increased these rates.
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(Mikyla Williams)

Pipeline

By Samantha Nichols, Editor in Chief ♦ Feb 23, 2022
Black students at Tam are suspended at nearly four times the rate of their white counterparts, contributing to a process known as the school-to-prison pipeline. But a novel approach to school discipline called restorative justice shows potential to dismantle that system from its roots.
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