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Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

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Tamar Willis

Tamar Willis

September 1, 2014
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
CHESED: Seniors Sarah Soroudi and Annie Asch paint a Habitat house last month.

At Habitat house, a day of sun, sweat and spackle

By Tamar Willis, Editor-in-Chief
May 28, 2014

The smell of sunscreen, sweat and sawdust permeated the air at 3305 Magnolia Avenue in Lynwood on Apr. 9. Instead of sitting in...

Party Culture

Party Culture

By Tamar Willis, Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2014

A full bottle of vodka lay nestled in a bush, out of anyone’s line of vision in the unlikely case a parent would come home. ...

FAREWELL: Retiring U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman is a member of the Conservative Adas Israel synagogue in Washington. Though he has grandchildren living in Israel, he said he could be a good Zionist living in the U.S.

Waxman reflects on a Jewish life in U.S. politics

By Tamar Willis, Editor-in-Chief
March 10, 2014

Standing five-foot-five with a bald head and a thick mustache, U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman may not look intimidating or powerful—but...

Why you're wrong about feminism

Why you’re wrong about feminism

By Tamar Willis, Editor-in-Chief
February 14, 2014

I recently asked a few of the Girls Learn International club members—both girls and boys—whether or not they consider themselves...

CANCELLED: Shalhevet's Model Congress team won 15 awards at Penn last year, above.

Penn Model Congress trip off due to ‘egregious’ behavior on Princeton trip

Administrators have cancelled this year’s annual Penn Model Congress trip due to student misbehavior on an earlier debate trip,...

What’s in a pseudonym?

What’s in a pseudonym?

By Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
November 20, 2013

Melissa transformed into Mah Lissa. Natalie rechristened herself Nah Tally, and Kaili became Kay Lee...in cyberspace, that is. With...

QUESTIONS: As students watched, members of the Los Angeles Fire Department conferred outside the Annex Thursday morning, Oct. 31.  No cause for the alarm had been found as of Thursday afternoon.

Fire truck arrives on campus after alarm goes off, cause is unknown

By Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
October 31, 2013

Executive Director Robyn Lewis said that the Los Angeles Fire Department and school officials were not able to find the cause...

PROBLEM: Starbucks across the street from school is closed for renovations.  Sophomore Boaz Willis's solution does not work at lunchtime.

Student’s coffee business shut down during lunchtime due to contract with caterer

By Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
October 27, 2013

Sophomore Boaz Willis stopped selling coffee and iced chai lattes during lunch last Tuesday after Mrs. Robyn Lewis, Shalhevet's...

BAGGAGE: Interviewed at LAX, the former Speaker of the House said Iran poses a much greater threat to Israel than to the U.S.

Newt Gingrich tells BP that for Israel, in a tough neighborhood, ‘survival is victory’

By Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2013

Former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that survival, not peace, is what Israel should strive...

VIDEO: Goodnight, Shalhevet

On Review Day June 6, students and staff bid farewell to classrooms at the north end of the building, which is slated for demolition...

Paint confusion sabotages senior prank

Paint confusion sabotages senior prank

By Tamar Willis, Outside News Editor
May 31, 2013

The class of 2013 stayed up all night May 20 transforming the school into what they called “death row” -- a hodgepodge...

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