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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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Editorial: Because We Don't Talk About College Enough...

Editorial: Because We Don’t Talk About College Enough…

May 22, 2018

We could spend this editorial proving the obvious: that Tam students are drowning in college talk and it’s making us miserable. But despite frequent hand wringing, it only gets worse every year. What...

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Autism: No Laughing Matter

Autism: No Laughing Matter

By Skye Schoenhoeft, Editor in Chief May 22, 2018

It’s a Friday night, and again I find myself living out the teenage stereotype; eating crackers and scrolling through Instagram in my bed after a long week of school. Everything is going just fine until...

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Wrap Your Head Around This

Wrap Your Head Around This

By Amina Nakhuda Apr 23, 2018

Every year in middle school, we would have a moment of silence in remembrance of 9/11. And every year, I would bow my head trying to mourn, but my classmates’ attempts to subtly glance at me interrupted...

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Political Party

Political Party

By Samantha Locke Apr 23, 2018

Youth trends are almost always scrutinized, and youth culture remains an enduring staple of headline material. From internet behavior to social differences, we’ve received pity and disdain from previous...

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We Regret to Inform You...

We Regret to Inform You…

By Marie Hogan Apr 23, 2018

Sometime last year, just as college admissions seemed to become, almost overnight, the topic of every conversation, I started watching college acceptance videos on Youtube. After a while, every video...

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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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Grey Area

Grey Area

Mar 23, 2018

My first brush with the cultural tsunami that is "Fifty Shades of Grey" was in fourth grade, when I noticed, in one of the magazines my class was gleefully vivisecting for collage fodder, a book review...

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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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Let's Have The Talk: #MeToo

Let’s Have The Talk: #MeToo

By Abby Frazee Feb 9, 2018

It’s been four months since news broke that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein paid off dozens of actresses to remain silent about their sexual assault accusations against him. Thank God they didn’t....

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A Dystopian Present

A Dystopian Present

By Jake Paz-Priel Feb 8, 2018

August 12, 2039 Beginning this academic year, parents are sending record numbers of applications for their unborn children to participate in internships in order to have a competitive edge. Selective...

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Fresh Frosh Fashion

Fresh Frosh Fashion

By Dara Noonan Jan 26, 2018

Trends are constantly changing and it can be hard to keep up, in case you feel that you are left behind I want to keep you updated on some recent trends at Tam. Let’s begin with the must-have item of...

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Why You Shouldn't Take Things Personally

Why You Shouldn’t Take Things Personally

By Josh Love and Josh Love Dec 18, 2017

Have you ever been in a class discussion and all of a sudden found yourself defending something that you said while the class berates you tirelessly? Even the teacher questions you and you feel small and...

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