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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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Peer Resource and Special Ed Unite

Peer Resource and Special Ed Unite

By Hailey Miller Nov 9, 2013

Peer Resource will continue their work with Michael Lovejoy’s Special Education class this school year. Every Wednesday and Friday for 45 minutes, these two groups combine to “build a social connection,”...

Hawk Talk: Affirmative Action

Hawk Talk: Affirmative Action

By Bella Levaggi Nov 8, 2013

In 2006, the state of Michigan passed a public referendum that barred the preferential treatment of college applicants based on gender or race. This move against a practice commonly referred to as “affirmative...

Bike Theft Spike Prompts Security Re-evaluation

Bike Theft Spike Prompts Security Re-evaluation

By Emma Boczek Nov 8, 2013

Bicycle theft has increased on campus this semester with five bikes stolen on October 17 alone, according to an email sent to Tam parents on October 18 by Principal Julie Synyard. “We know we’ve...

New Staff Members Join Tam Community

New Staff Members Join Tam Community

By James Finn Nov 6, 2013

With the start of the 2013-2014 school year, the Tam administration has hired new teachers. These new staff members bring with them a wide range of passions, expectations and backgrounds. Math teacher...

Transgender Homecoming Queen in LA

Transgender Homecoming Queen in LA

By James Finn Nov 6, 2013

Cassidy Lynn-Campbell, a transgender student at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, California, was voted Homecoming Queen of her class in mid-September. According to the Los Angeles Times, Campbell...

Grand Theft Auto 5 Sparks Controversy

Grand Theft Auto 5 Sparks Controversy

By Joe Russell Nov 6, 2013

Rockstar Games released the fifth installment to the popular and controversial game series Grand Theft Auto (GTA), on September 17. The first day of its release, GTA V made over $800 million, the most...

Eraser Law Will Change Social Media for Teens

“Eraser Law” Will Change Social Media for Teens

By Haydn Wall Oct 29, 2013

A new bill known as the “Eraser Law” was signed by Governor Jerry Brown on September 23. The bill, SB 568, will act as an online eraser for minors, allowing them to permanently delete any social media...

William Bartrug Joins Tam Staff

William Bartrug Joins Tam Staff

By Jackson Gathard Oct 29, 2013

William Bartrug began teaching both Integrated Science 3/4 and Chemistry courses at Tam on October 7. After six weeks of searching, the administration has hired a replacement for Chemistry teacher Dr....

CTE to Perform Student Written Flare

CTE to Perform Student Written “Flare”

By Hannah Yerrington Oct 28, 2013

Senior Michael Van Zandt, Junior Tessa King and alumnus Glyn Peterson (class of 2013), who now attends The University of Edinburgh in Scotland wrote "Flare," their own 2-act play in Bob Earnst's play-writing...

Photo by Lacy Atkins for the SF Chronicle.

Students Organize Benefit Concert for Steven Rodriguez

By Ethan Lawrence Oct 23, 2013

A benefit concert for Tam alumnus Steven Rodriguez (class of 2011) will take place at the Sweetwater Music Hall in downtown Mill Valley on November 26 at 7 p.m. The concert is organized by friends of...

Hawk Talk: Government Shutdown

Hawk Talk: Government Shutdown

By Bridget Lowry Oct 23, 2013

The federal government shut down September 30 at midnight due to Congress’s failure to come to a consensus on a national budget. Many Republicans insisted that any budget passed include provisions to...

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