Skip to Main Content
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

All about our everyday individual choices for how we live our lives

Varsity baseball coach Mike Terry and Coach Schmidty enjoy and afternoon at the field before practice.

Yellow lab assists varsity baseball

By Joe Laland Mar 7, 2012

Baseball managers have often been labeled as very passionate. Tam’s manager Mike Terry is no different, but he also brings something unique to the table: his best friend and trustworthy assistant,...

Continue Reading
"Being Flynn" centers around undesirable character

“Being Flynn” centers around undesirable character

By Wesley Emblidge Mar 7, 2012

At one point, Robert De Niro one of the best actor’s in the business. As of late however, he’s struggled to release anything of real value with films like “New Year’s Eve” and “Little Fockers.”...

Continue Reading
“Jeff Who Lives at Home” embraces heartfelt moments

“Jeff Who Lives at Home” embraces heartfelt moments

By Wesley Emblidge Mar 6, 2012

When you sit down to watch a film starring Jason Segal (“Forgetting Sarah Marshal”) and Ed Helms (“The Hangover”), one might expect a crazy, raunchy, R comedy. Although “Jeff Who Lives at Home”...

Continue Reading
Justin Bieber and Christmas Music: Two Wrongs That Don’t Make a Right

Justin Bieber and Christmas Music: Two Wrongs That Don’t Make a Right

By Sophie McGuinness Mar 1, 2012

Justin Bieber and Christmas music alone are poisons potent enough to kill even the brightest of moods, but Justin Bieber has really dropped the bomb with his Christmas special, “Under the Mistletoe,”...

Continue Reading
The Fault in Our Stars Review

The Fault in Our Stars Review

By Nate Vogel Jan 15, 2012

You know you have a good book in your hands when it makes you laugh, cry, think deeply of life and death, and feel incredibly awkward at moments. “The Fault in Our Stars” is such a book. The author...

Continue Reading
Q&A with Tam band Satellites Don’t Blink

Q&A with Tam band Satellites Don’t Blink

By Trevor Perelson Nov 23, 2011

Aggressive jazz funk and moshable acid jams are some of the ingredients that should be thrown into the description of one of Tam High's hidden musical treasures, Satellites Don’t Blink. This compilation...

Continue Reading
Hit FOX series "Bones" returns for a sucessful season 7

Hit FOX series “Bones” returns for a sucessful season 7

By Christopher Yip Nov 3, 2011

Fox’s hit series, Bones, continued with its seventh season on November 3 in its signature fashion. The first scene opened with a group of armor-clad men rushing through the forest in an intense game...

Continue Reading
In Theaters: 10/28/11

In Theaters: 10/28/11

By Wesley Emblidge Nov 2, 2011

Welcome to the brand new Tam News column, "In Theaters," which once a week will inform you about the latest films in theaters and where's the best to see them. Bear in mind that unless I say so (such as...

Continue Reading
New teachers Severin, Pender and Lawley bring their own philosophies to Tam

New teachers Severin, Pender and Lawley bring their own philosophies to Tam

By Sophie McGuinness Nov 2, 2011

Nate Severin PE Teacher Teaching Philosophy: “First and foremost is my relationship with my students. If I know who they are and what they like, then I can teach them better. When students know I...

Continue Reading
Political satire “Butter” makes use of talented cast with creative concept and witty screenplay

Political satire “Butter” makes use of talented cast with creative concept and witty screenplay

By Wesley Emblidge Nov 2, 2011

Is there really anything more compelling than the story of a small town butter carving competition? “Butter,” the film by Jim Field Smith that showed at the recent 34th Mill Valley Film Festival,...

Continue Reading
"A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas" brings exactly what you expect, in a good way

“A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas” brings exactly what you expect, in a good way

By Wesley Emblidge Nov 1, 2011

The “Harold and Kumar” film series has always been about one thing: madness. Insane, drug induced, sex-filled madness. What starts as just two stoners (Kal Penn and Kumar and John Cho as Harold)...

Continue Reading
From spandex to tapas: A Guide to the Haight

From spandex to tapas: A Guide to the Haight

By Geneva Earl Oct 31, 2011

The Haight is a culturally rich neighborhood in San Francisco that seems perpetually stuck in the 1960s. Walking down the streets, you can find a wide variety of venues, such as a vintage record store,...

Continue Reading
Load More Stories