Editorials Archives - The Tam News

Editorial: The emotional impact of distance learning

February 6, 2021

In addition to its commonly cited academic pitfalls, the student body seems to be experiencing emotional distress at the hands of at-home education.

Editorial: Use Your Voice and Vote

By Editorial Staff • September 23, 2020

We implore you to vote for both local and national measures.

Editorial: “Breach of contract and gross negligence”

By Editorial Staff • May 22, 2020

The problems with AP testing are not novel or unprecedented — but the pandemic may give us the chance to rethink public education.

Editorial: Save our schools

By Editorial Staff • March 12, 2020

Measure B failed, and our district is facing drastic cuts. We can't let that happen again.

Editorial: Save The Tam News

By Editorial Staff • March 8, 2020

The district’s proposed cuts would eliminate the print edition and crater the publication’s quality.

Editorial: This is not a drill

By Editorial Staff • February 8, 2020

The recent lockdown at Tam demonstrated just how important it is to be prepared.

Editorial: Undercovered

By Editorial Staff • December 15, 2019

The recent police raid in Marin City raised questions about some of the news sources that covered it.

Editorial: Disunity

By Editorial Staff • November 21, 2019

Tam Unity Day succeeded, but it revealed a student trait that is both valuable and possibly destructive.

Editorial: Burn notice

By Editorial Staff • October 19, 2019

Our house is on fire. Absent global action on an unprecedented scale, it will stay that way.

Editorial: Not on schedule

By Editorial Staff • September 19, 2019

Parts of the scheduling conflicts were unavoidable. But there were many places where they could have been handled more smoothly.

A local high school student’s YouTube channel featuring Islamophobic, racist, and other fringe right-wing content under the guise of satire went viral. But whether to react to an instance of hateful alt-right messaging at all is a crucial question.

Editorial: Not all fun and games

By Editorial Staff • June 7, 2019

An event which casually encourages sexual assault, peer pressure, illicit and dangerous drug use should never be dismissed as a simple tradition.