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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

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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...

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...

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...

Battleship Review: This ship sunk itself

“Battleship” Review: This ship sunk itself

By Wesley Emblidge May 19, 2012

“They ain’t gonna sink this battleship, no way,” says one Navy officer toward the last act of “Battleship,” in total seriousness. It made me contemplate, for maybe the hundredth time, how did...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Overlong The Five-Year Engagement still has fun despite runtime

Overlong “The Five-Year Engagement” still has fun despite runtime

By Wesley Emblidge Apr 30, 2012

On the surface, “The Five-Year Engagement” sounds great. The director of “Forgetting Sarah Marshal” teaming up with his star from that movie, Jason Segel, on another R rated romantic comedy....

Beths Community Kitchen review

Beth’s Community Kitchen review

By Sonja Hutson Apr 19, 2012

Downtown Mill Valley has a new addition to its rows of quaint shops and restaurants, and, although I may be unrealistically optimistic sometimes, I think it’s safe to say Beth’s Community Kitchen is...

Junior Wenlock Kayne Nau dancines with a resident of the Redwoods

Senior prom at the Redwoods

By Mae Puckett Apr 5, 2012

  As I walked into the 20th Annual Redwoods Senior Prom at the Redwoods Retirement Center, I was astounded by the scene. I was greeted by leadership students who checked everyone in, handing out...

Tyga “Careless World, Rise of the Last King”

By Aaron Vad Apr 5, 2012

I’ll be honest, I did not go in to this album with high expectations. In my eyes, Tyga, the new Young Money rapper from Compton, seemed like another weak mainstream rapper who got way too much support...

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