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A culture of misinformation

By Sophia Weinberg, Op/Ed Editor • May 25, 2023

Presently, high schoolers are living in a time of technological advances. Teenagers are relying more and more on social media, and in many unfortunate cases, it is their only news source.

Lack of motivation for state testing

By Luella Searson, Reporter • May 16, 2023

In recent years CAASPP testing has not been a top priority for Tam students. Students opt out of these tests, creating a lack of participation problem and driving the school's ranking down.

Call Ski Week whatever you want.

By Emma Pearson • Apr 3, 2023

I couldn't care less what Ski Week is called. Its existence is elitist, changing the name doesn’t erase that.

Dianne Feinstein is the last thing you should be worried about in congress right now – Here’s why

By Emma Pearson • Mar 6, 2023

I read an article today in my American Government class about California Senator Dianne Feinsten. The class is a state-required course in which we are supposed to learn and understand the systems and inner-workings of the American government system so that we may navigate citizenship.

American Education and the Fate of Affirmative Action

By Sophia Weinberg • Nov 17, 2022

Affirmative Action should be banned, but only once America's systematic racism is no longer prevalent in society. In order to reach this point in society, we need policies like Affirmative Action as a safeguard against already existent systematic racism.

Halloween ‘too scary’ for Mill Valley residents to celebrate

By Anika Kapan • Nov 3, 2022

As All Hallow’s Eve looms on the horizon, Mill Valley residents avert their eyes, hide under their blankets, and tremble at their festive responsibilities. The houses are bare of jack-o-lanterns, spiderwebs,...