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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Editorial: We Can Do Better

Editorial: We Can Do Better

By Staff Sep 20, 2018

(Above) The Faces of Willow Creek is a magazine produced by Willow Creek Academy 8th graders with the help of The Tam News, in an effort to recruit a more diverse staff. The Tam News needs to do better....

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Editorial: Technology in the Classroom

Editorial: Technology in the Classroom

By Editorial Staff Jun 11, 2018

Educational technology, which includes things like Chromebooks and Google Drive, has the potential to be incredibly beneficial. It makes many parts of learning faster and simpler; it streamlines student...

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Editorial: Because We Don't Talk About College Enough...

Editorial: Because We Don’t Talk About College Enough…

May 22, 2018

We could spend this editorial proving the obvious: that Tam students are drowning in college talk and it’s making us miserable. But despite frequent hand wringing, it only gets worse every year. What...

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Editorial: The Power of the Panther

By Staff Mar 23, 2018

Just over a century ago, the white supremacist propaganda film “Birth of a Nation” overtook the cultural consciousness. President Woodrow Wilson was so taken with the now-infamous racist film that...

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Breaking Through Breakthrough Day

Breaking Through Breakthrough Day

Feb 9, 2018

In February 2017, Tam had its first ever “Breakthrough Day,” which commemorated the 50th anniversary of Operation Breakthrough, an event intended to promote racial understanding and organized by students...

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Editorial: Current Events in the Classroom

By The Tam News Staff Oct 26, 2017

All around us, crisis and disaster run rampant. The months of September and October brought vicious hurricanes, the deadliest mass shooting to date, a twitter beef backed by nuclear weapons, incredibly...

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EDITORIAL: Dreams Deferred

Sep 22, 2017

DACA, an Obama-era immigration policy may be revoked. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as DACA, was an executive order put in place in 2012 by the Obama administration. DACA protects...

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EDITORIAL: Hunting for New Ideas

EDITORIAL: Hunting for New Ideas

Jun 2, 2017

The annual scavenger hunts, referred to by those involved as the “scav hunt,” is a high school tradition that takes place in late May. This year’s junior scavenger hunt took place on May 26, with...

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EDITORIAL: Operation Breakthrough

EDITORIAL: Operation Breakthrough

Feb 10, 2017

Fifty years ago, as racial tensions divided the nation, Tam High was no exception. From 1964 to 1968, more than 100 American cities were swept by race riots. Faced by this violent expression of hopelessness...

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Editorial: Mental Health Stigma

Editorial: Mental Health Stigma

Jan 12, 2017

It’s no surprise to many of us that mental health issues such as depression, O.C.D., and bipolar disorders plague our school. According to the most recent Healthy Kids Survey from 2016, 30 percent of...

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Editorial: The Problem with Fake News

Jan 12, 2017

On December 4, a man walked into a neighborhood pizza place with a gun, positive that he was about to encounter a vast conspiracy involving child sexual abuse and Hillary Clinton. What brought him there?...

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Editorial: Presidential Moderators Need to Push Back

Editorial: Presidential Moderators Need to Push Back

By Tam News Staff Oct 11, 2016

The first presidential debate of this election garnered a record 84 million viewers. News organizations across the globe have analyzed every word the candidates said. But another important aspect to consider...

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