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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: The impact of smartphones on student life

By Tam News Staff Sep 30, 2011

Today there is a more complete, intricate, and accessible web of information in the world than ever has existed before – an “Age of Information,” as it has been called. Technology is developing at...

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Attention Males: Bring a Shield to Urinal Gatherings

Attention Males: Bring a Shield to Urinal Gatherings

By Max Shulman & Wesley Emblidge Sep 27, 2011

At breaks in between classes, a line of urine-filled teens ready to burst branches off from the two urinals out through the door. Each man, restraining his stream, waits impatiently as the two at the front...

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Graphic by Aaron Newman

The cost of efficiency

By Chris Henn Jun 2, 2011

The average reaction to Ticketmaster’s fees is something along the lines of “Where the eff did all my money go?!” Concert-goers have come to despise the service, which sells tickets exclusively...

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Graphic by Aaron Newman

Quirky characters on college visits

May 27, 2011

I’m in a dim wood-paneled room, staring at two young men reclining in naugahyde chairs. The well groomed boys, both wearing blazers, khakis and tasseled loafers, are munching on rice crispy squares....

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Home Access overaccessed

By Julia Kligman May 27, 2011

I hate Home Access. Our parents’ generation is constantly complaining about how no one has any privacy because of the Internet’s prevalence. Then, they go ahead and stalk their own offspring with...

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Graphic by Aaron Newman and Wesley Emblidge

Computer literacy for the technologically literate

By Aaron Newman Mar 1, 2011

Over this past summer, I resolved to advance further on my path towards high school graduation by eliminating one of the least liked and most condemned objectives: “Student Learning Outcome #3,”...

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The Median

The invisible December

By Sonja Hutson Jan 10, 2011

She sits on the curb between Tam and Safeway. Clad in a purple down coat and orange head wrap, she rests her weary legs as she places herself on a deep green walker holding a white poster board asking...

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Graphic by: Jason Rasmussen

Two dimensions aren’t enough?

By Wesley Emblidge Dec 14, 2010

In the final days of 2009, an event occurred that would cause movies to be ruined for months to come. What was it? “Avatar” was released into theaters. The film amazed millions of people as blue...

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10 tips on getting a date

Dec 14, 2010

Holiday Season has just begun, and what could possibly be better than cuddling up next to your significant other, warming up aside the fireplace video being looped on your 50 inch HDTV in your Santa Snuggie...

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Get it crackin’ in KC yaddadymean?

Dec 13, 2010

We walk into a dimly-lit rectangular room where self-respect goes to shrivel up and die. Across the writhing mass of journalism students clumped in the middle of the room prances a teenage boy flaunting...

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Christmas Shopping

Dec 13, 2010

Think about walking into a store, there is Christmas music playing and shelves full of Santa Clauses and miniature Christmas trees. Jingle Bells plays overhead. Red and green lights blink out at you from...

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Fallen through the cracks: Tam’s lost Latinos’ speak out

Dec 13, 2010

The day of Tam’s back to school rally; when my friends and I were walking near Mill Valley Middle School. All of us are Latinos. Jazmin, Jorge, Diego, and Victor are all Mexican; Lily and I are both...

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