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Editorial: Not Quite Breaking Through

Editorial: Not Quite Breaking Through

By Editorial Staff Mar 13, 2019

In the summer of 2017, two former Tam students spray painted a racial epithet on the side of Wood Hall, directed at our principal J.C. Farr. While this hate crime was egregious and despicable, it provided...

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Editorial: BACR Must Stay

Editorial: BACR Must Stay

By Editorial Staff Feb 7, 2019

In light of the proposed budget cuts for the 2019-2020 school year, Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) administration received significant pushback on their plan to cut 50% of Bay Area Community...

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Editorial: District in Decay

Editorial: District in Decay

By Editorial Staff Feb 7, 2019

Beginning in 2016, the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) saw a precipitous drop in the General Fund, a reserve of past surpluses saved for the prospect of a district-wide crisis.The debacle...

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Editorial: Global Warming and California Fires

Editorial: Global Warming and California Fires

Dec 14, 2018

Over the past two years, neighboring communities have been ravished by devastating wildfires. While Marin County has been relatively unharmed by these fires, it is important to understand that one day,...

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EDITORIAL: The Tam News on Kavanaugh

EDITORIAL: The Tam News on Kavanaugh

Oct 18, 2018

In the wake of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, many Tam students are feeling disillusioned with the current state of our political system. A trial held in the Supreme court should not be subject to senseless...

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Editorial: Technology in the Classroom

Editorial: Technology in the Classroom

By Editorial Staff Jun 11, 2018

Educational technology, which includes things like Chromebooks and Google Drive, has the potential to be incredibly beneficial. It makes many parts of learning faster and simpler; it streamlines student...

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Editorial: The Power of the Panther

By Staff Mar 23, 2018

Just over a century ago, the white supremacist propaganda film “Birth of a Nation” overtook the cultural consciousness. President Woodrow Wilson was so taken with the now-infamous racist film that...

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Breaking Through Breakthrough Day

Breaking Through Breakthrough Day

Feb 9, 2018

In February 2017, Tam had its first ever “Breakthrough Day,” which commemorated the 50th anniversary of Operation Breakthrough, an event intended to promote racial understanding and organized by students...

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EDITORIAL: Ending the STEM Supremacy

Dec 18, 2017

Most writing is bad. Anyone who’s suffered through the dreaded peer editing session or seen the anguish on the face of an English teacher facing a tall stack of papers to grade knows this. Yet many people...

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EDITORIAL: The Artist vs. Their Art

Nov 15, 2017

In the weeks following The New York Times’ story on Harvey Weinstein’s pattern of sexual harassment and assault in early October, as more and more people have come forward to accuse prominent pop culture...

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Editorial: Current Events in the Classroom

By The Tam News Staff Oct 26, 2017

All around us, crisis and disaster run rampant. The months of September and October brought vicious hurricanes, the deadliest mass shooting to date, a twitter beef backed by nuclear weapons, incredibly...

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EDITORIAL: Dreams Deferred

Sep 22, 2017

DACA, an Obama-era immigration policy may be revoked. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as DACA, was an executive order put in place in 2012 by the Obama administration. DACA protects...

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