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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Get Off Your Butts, Armchair Activists!

Get Off Your Butts, Armchair Activists!

By Aaron Newman June 5, 2013

Let’s assume it’s an average day. You’ve just arrived home after your slew of college-résumé-building extracurricular activities and, hoping to find a reason to procrastinate before starting up...

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Hawk Talk: Technology in the Classroom

March 24, 2013

Tam’s plentiful technological resources have grown in recent years. For some innovative teachers, this means supplying students with web-equipped devices, such as laptops and iPads, and making use of...

Various rides and attractions being assembled on Wednesday, May 23. Photo by Aaron Newman.

Memorial Day carnival arrives

By Aaron Newman & Jackson Twilling May 23, 2012

At 5 a.m. this morning, some early risers in Mill Valley may have noticed an unusual sight: a huge caravan of trucks, trailers and camper style vans parked in between Mill Valley Middle School and Friends...

Emmy-winning “Modern Family” begins a sucessful third season

Emmy-winning “Modern Family” begins a sucessful third season

By Aaron Newman October 1, 2011

When I first saw an episode of ABC’s “Modern Family,” I was pleasantly surprised by the show’s candid and spot-on humor. It was gratifying to see a sitcom that could so accurately pick apart...

Smartphones: Finding a Balance

Smartphones: Finding a Balance

By Aaron Newman September 29, 2011

Smartphones are prominent on campus nowadays. Devices such as the iPhone and the Blackberry are potent, versatile machines of interaction, information, and entertainment. But do they make us happier? Evolved...

“The Walking Dead” season 2 set for early October 2011

“The Walking Dead” season 2 set for early October 2011

By Aaron Newman September 23, 2011

The air is heavy with a silence broken only by distant birdsong and the buzzing of flies. A man clad in a sheriff ’s uniform and a wide-brimmed hat is the only moving thing in sight. He turns around...

“Portal 2” surpasses predecessor and gratifies gamers

“Portal 2” surpasses predecessor and gratifies gamers

By Aaron Newman May 26, 2011

Post-apocalyptic stories are quite common in entertainment media these days. In this regard, the video game “Portal 2,” set in the fictional, isolated Aperture Science laboratories long after a hinted-at...

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