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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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The Antisocial Network: College Admitted Student Groups

By Billie Mandelbaum May 21, 2013

Upon receiving news of his acceptance to Emerson College, senior Jackson Strike joined the “Emerson College Class of 2017” Facebook group for admitted students. Strike became a part of the group in...

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Team students on their Sierra trip last year. Photo by: Kira Collins.

District Announces that Team will Continue

By Billie Mandelbaum and Emma Boczek Feb 11, 2013

On February 11, the Tamalpais Union High School District Board of Trustees and Superintendent Laurie Kimbrel announced that Team, the experiential learning program open to juniors in the Tam District,...

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FINALLY LEGAL: The Mock Trial team closed the case on their 18th win at the County championship February 2. Photo by: Rex Chinchilla

Mock Trial Wins County For 18th Time

By Billie Mandelbaum Feb 11, 2013

Tam High’s Mock Trial team gathered in the parking lot of the Marin County Civic Center on the evening of February 2. The team surrounded coach David Vogelstein’s black Ford Mustang as Queen’s...

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Team students on their Sierra trip last year. Photo by: Kira Collins.

UPDATED: Team Program Faces Possible Elimination From District

By Billie Mandelbaum & Wesley Emblidge and Billie Mandelbaum & Wesley Emblidge Feb 11, 2013

The Tamalpais Union High School District announced on January 25 that it is considering plans to discontinue the Team program for the 2013-14 school year. Longtime Team teacher Chuck Ford, who has...

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Ke$ha’s Off Her Rocker with “Warrior”

By Billie Mandelbaum Dec 30, 2012

On her second full-length album, “Warrior,” Ke$ha seeks to explore the supernatural aspects of life. As she said in an interview with Ryan Seacrest, “The theme of this record is magic. I went on...

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BREAKING THE SURFACE:  Brigitte Winkler comes up for air during a breaststroke race at the Olympic Trials. Photo courtesy of: Peter Macintosh

Tam Senior Swims in Olympic Trials

By Billie Mandelbaum Oct 8, 2012

There are 300,000 swimmers registered with USA Swimming, the national governing body for American swimmers. Of these swimmers about 1,700 swimmers were invited to participate in the Olympic Time Trials...

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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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The Archives: A Look Back at Tam’s History

The Archives: A Look Back at Tam’s History

By Wesley Emblidge, Chris Long & Billie Mandelbaum Apr 5, 2012

“Internet access to reach all classrooms,” “Come ‘Injun’ dance at the prom tonite” and “Goldfish lose tails” are just a few of the breaking news headlines that have appeared in the Tam...

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Graphic by Emma Talkoff

Winter canned food drive is a success

By Billie Mandelbaum Dec 7, 2011

Since the economic recession began in 2008, an increasing number of Americans are living in poverty and face the challenge of food insecurity. According to a 2010 report published by the United States...

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