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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Opinion

3D Printers Offer Academic Opportunities

3D Printers Offer Academic Opportunities

By Dom Quaranta Oct 31, 2013

Tam’s Engineering Club has nearly assembled a 3D printer and is just “working out some bugs,” according to junior Nathaniel Knopf. The parts of Tam’s printer were themselves printed using a 3D...

Graphic by: Cassie Jeong

In Defense of Alphabet Soup

By Bella Levaggi Oct 29, 2013

A lot of today’s social and cultural hot button issues can seem hopelessly mired in a maze of terminology. To an outsider, there seems to be a million specifics to keep track of, and it can get confusing...

Graphic by: Cassie Jeong

Hawkward 2.0

By Cody Duane-McGlashan Oct 28, 2013

It’s been a while since I’ve written about my incredibly uncomfortable experiences in perfectly ordinary situations, but that’s not due to a lack of awkwardness in my life. A staple of social...

San Francisco Zine Fest

San Francisco Zine Fest

By Cassie Jeong Oct 15, 2013

Follow this link (Zine Fest by Cassie Jeong) to see Cassie Jeong's take on San Francisco Zine Fest and do-it-yourself culture.

EDITORIAL: Student Involvement in District

EDITORIAL: Student Involvement in District

Oct 7, 2013

This past summer and this fall, our publication gained some firsthand experience with local politics. We sought Tam and district administration approval for the purchase of new equipment to support our...

Graphic by: Cassie Jeong

The Miley Debacle

By Bella Levaggi Oct 1, 2013

The week of August 26 was quite eventful. News headlines everywhere boldly advertised the image of former Disney sweetheart Miley Cyrus as she engaged in a style of dance commonly referred to as “twerking”...

Graphic by: Dennis Lubensky

Bending the “One Year Law”

By Haydn Wall Sep 22, 2013

The accident rate for 16-year-old drivers is 3.7 times higher than that of drivers of all other ages. As a teenager, it’s my job to believe I am impervious to this statistic. I’m not a reckless driver,...

#Pointless

#Pointless

By Cody Duane-McGlashan Jun 12, 2013

When I see a “#” pop up on whatever social networking site I happen to be wasting my precious time on, my heart rate immediately increases, my pulse quickens and the desire to punch the nearest inanimate...

EDITORIAL: Centralizing Technology in the District

EDITORIAL: Centralizing Technology in the District

By Staff Jun 11, 2013

In hopes of alleviating the frequent problems that students and teachers face when using district technology, the Tamalpais Union High School District Board of Trustees has begun to examine the organizational...

The Wrong Kind of Ally

The Wrong Kind of Ally

By Mae Puckett Jun 11, 2013

If there’s one thing any queer teenager wants, it is support. We are coming out in a world dominated by straight people, and the last thing we want is to be alienated and isolated in a world that was...

The Final Opportunity

The Final Opportunity

By Riley Kuffner Jun 11, 2013

It is the end of the year and grades are on the line. Most students are sitting at home, stressing over their final assessments, worried of failure. But I look over my math binder, the units where I excelled...

How Soon is too Soon?

How Soon is too Soon?

By Sonja Hutson Jun 10, 2013

I remember the first time I started to think seriously about college. I was visiting my cousin the summer before my freshman year, and he asked me where I wanted to go to school. Not having thought about...

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