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The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Jordan Jackson: Cross Up

Jordan Jackson: Cross Up

By Adam Tolson and Adam Tolson Feb 1, 2017

This year’s boys’ basketball team is on fire this season.  After taking down Terra Linda, Justin Siena, Marin Catholic, and Redwood, they have begun their season  as a top three-team in the Marin...

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Sports Opinion: Selective Spirit

Sports Opinion: Selective Spirit

By Zoe Wynn and Zoe Wynn Feb 1, 2017

Ask a student about Tam school spirit at basketball games and they’ll  probably describe the atmosphere as electric. Masses of people line up at the door waiting to get their hands stamped so they can...

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Boys' Varsity Basketball Team Loses to Redwood at Home "White Out" Game

Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team Loses to Redwood at Home “White Out” Game

By Jack Goldman Feb 1, 2017

Photos by Ethan Swope A capacity crowd. A White Out event. A fitting setting for a rivalry game between Tam and Redwood. Fans screaming on both sides, preparing for the chaos to unravel itself on the...

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Recollections of a Kenyan Sisterhood

Recollections of a Kenyan Sisterhood

By Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes Jan 12, 2017

Senior Lucy Mutunga considered herself part of a sisterhood in Kericho, a county in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley. Mutunga looks back on the days where she would join the other girls in...

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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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This Chair was Made for Skatin'

This Chair was Made for Skatin’

By Marina Furbush & Marie Hogan Dec 15, 2016

Freshman Garnett Silver-Hall’s new wheelchair is bright green and already covered in scratches. It’s the first wheelchair he’s bought himself. “The state [and insurance] pays for everyday chairs...

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Sports Opinion: Tam-Redwood Rivalry

Sports Opinion: Tam-Redwood Rivalry

By Nell Mitchell Dec 14, 2016

The Tam-Redwood rivalry is alive. Ask almost any varsity athlete at Tam and you’ll get the same response. As a member of the track and field team for all four years of high school, the week leading...

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Red Hawk Chalk Talk: Girls’ Varsity Basketball

By Jack Loder and Jack Loder Dec 14, 2016

For the first time in their history, the  girls’ varsity basketball team will be looking to defend their MCAL championship title. Returning with a core group of guards and shooters, the team looks to...

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Boys' Varsity Basketball Team Loses to Healdsburg Greyhounds

Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team Loses to Healdsburg Greyhounds

By Ryan Leake Dec 1, 2016

The boys varsity basketball team lost to the Healdsburg Greyhounds 70-36 at home on November 28. From the beginning, the Hounds came out strong and the Hawks fell behind early. It stayed that way until...

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How to Have a Sickness Free Winter

How to Have a Sickness Free Winter

By Kennedy Cook, Editor in Chief Nov 16, 2016

A sniffle, a cough, a sneeze. It’s coming. Cold and flu season is creeping closer and closer; selecting victims and spreading germs far and wide. As winter approaches, an increasing amount of preventative...

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The Cycle of Life

The Cycle of Life

By Georgia Pemberton Nov 16, 2016

Thirty dollars can buy you a lot. It’s three custom sandwiches from Whole Foods, plus three kombucha, if you’re a kombucha kind of person (I am). It can fill three-quarters of my gas tank, which can...

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