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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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Instagram Madness

Instagram Madness

By Sophia Ellingson May 8, 2012

Caught in the midst of our tech-savvy generation of teen robots, it seems we’re always looking forward to the next installation of self-absorption. As if the olden days of Myspace weren’t enough, Facebook...

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Kony Baloney: The Madness Behind the Kony 2012 Movement

Kony Baloney: The Madness Behind the Kony 2012 Movement

By Billie Mandelbaum Apr 19, 2012

On the evening of March 5, my Facebook news feed was inundated with links to a YouTube video. I ignored the link, assuming that I would be sent to view the typical viral video consisting of babbling...

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Tiburon: a paranoid penninsula

By Sophie McGuinness Apr 19, 2012

Yes, Tiburon may seem a benign peninsula; it is home to the shortest main street in the country, its first murder occurred only two years ago, and its residents had a median household income just under...

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Photo by: Gage Skidmore / CC

Nugget of truth in Santorum’s criticism of college

By Morgana Sidhom Apr 5, 2012

Politicians say the darnedest things, especially when their lips are moving. Perhaps it is because of the long primary season, but it would seem that the more they talk, the better their feet taste....

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Sophie Selfie

Selfies emerge from the depths

By Julia Kligman Apr 5, 2012

Photography has blossomed since its birth. A recent development for this profound art form has graced iPhones, cameras, and the internet, in a new sect of snapshots, dubbed “selfies.” This photocraft...

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Battling the Sunday blues

By Emma Talkoff Apr 5, 2012

For many of us, the weekend effectively ends early Sunday afternoon—certainly for me, that’s the last possible second that I can hold off the crushing weight of responsibilities-yet-to-be-fulfilled...

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The problem with the Oscars

The problem with the Oscars

By Wesley Emblidge Mar 5, 2012

The Academy Awards are often regarded all over the world as the highest honor a filmmaker or actor or anyone in the film industry can be presented with. Every year, roughly 6,000 members The Academy of...

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Leashing children: parent or pet owner?

Leashing children: parent or pet owner?

By Max Shulman Jan 4, 2012

Earlier this month my uncle participated in the 16th annual Alcatraz Swim. While sitting in Aquatic Park, I witnessed an occurence which made me lose a portion of my hope for humanity. A woman was...

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Dumpster diving: common sense conservation

By Emma Sandrolini Dec 8, 2011

When I first heard the term “dumpster diving” I thought it was a recreational activity where people jump into dumpsters. For those who don’t know, dumpster diving is when people raid dumpsters and...

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Graphic by Emma Talkoff.

Letter to the editor: Is wireless the new lead paint?

By Lisa Miller Dec 8, 2011

Dear Tam News, I have been suffering from migraine headaches that began shortly after a wireless utility “SmartMeter” was installed on my home in the fall of 2010 by PG&E. I saw many doctors,...

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EDITORIAL: Paying Homage to Steve Jobs

EDITORIAL: Paying Homage to Steve Jobs

By Tam News Staff Oct 31, 2011

Co-founder and former CEO of Apple Incorporation Steve Jobs passed away earlier this month after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He died peacefully on October 5 in the company of his family....

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Ritchie and Ken sitting in front of a PDP-11 computer. Photo credit: dmr (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/picture.html)

Dennis Ritchie, computer scientist, dies at 70

By Chris Henn Oct 31, 2011

The recent death of Steve Jobs has brought to attention the enormous impact of Apple’s technology on our lives. But Jobs wasn’t the only tech innovator to pass away this week. Dennis Ritchie, an...

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