After two years of campaigning, Obama took the presidency in an overwhelming fashion. The final electoral vote total was 364-174, and he won by as many as eight million votes in the popular election, 52%-46%. The deal was sealed when California polls closed at 8:00 pm pacific time, to a chorus of exuberant celebration throughout Marin County and the rest of the world.

    Many called this the most important election in our history. Tam sophomore Elijah Goldberg said, “This is the defining moment of our generation.” Goldberg and many other young campaigners throughout the country are considered one of the driving forces in this election.

    Campaign messages like “Change we need” and “Yes we can” were summed up l night. Obama said “Change has come to America.” And the crowds chanted “Yes we did.”

    The San Francisco 49ers “Coach of the Week” was awarded to Tony Keefer after Tam football beat Terra Linda 39-16 on Saturday, October 18^th. The Red Tailed Hawks improved 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in MCAL play. Tam was on a 12 game losing streak, and had won only 3 of their last 40 prior to this year.

    Even though the boys varsity water polo team improved their record to 12-8 by wiping out San Rafael 19-17 on October 7, they’ve experienced a mid-season crisis. On October 3, the team suffered a devastating 14-4 loss to Marin Catholic. While the team easily won the sprints for the ball at the beginning of every quarter, they were unable to score off of those opportunities.

    On October 4, the team suffered another defeat, this time to St. Ignatius. Head coach Bob Kustel said in an email to parents, “I thought we were lucky to lose only 14-3 to St Ignatius given how poorly our starters played. We were never, unfortunately, in that game.” Sophomore Max Sieck said, “I think that our team has a lot of good games where we play really well, but there are always a few games a year where our chemistry isn’t there and then we get frustrated and play worse.”