A High School Teacher Remembers Adam Yauch Before Adam Yauch was a world-conquering clown prince of hip-hop, he was a gangly kid in oversize jeans and sweater in Judith Berezin List's Writer's Workshop in Room 210A at Edward R. Murrow High School. He was not too much into doing his homework but sunk his teeth into a book report about Tony Hawk, the superstar skateboarder. Ms. List's fond recollection of the fledgling Beastie Boy is on SchoolBook.