The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White

The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White

The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White

Buyers beware: some foods aren’t as healthy as they appear

By Emilia Malachowski April 26, 2015

Over the past decade, the people of Bethesda and the rest of the world have placed more importance on eating healthily. Much of the world has become yoga-obsessed, vegan and salad-loving. Streets are often...

Cartoon by Sebi Sola-Sole.

A letter to teachers from a victim of senioritis

By Emilia Malachowski February 23, 2015

Dear teachers, I understand there's a strong irony behind the fact that most seniors are now trying their hardest to try their least. From calculating the lowest grade one could possibly get on a...

News websites should be MCPS homepage

By Emilia Malachowski February 8, 2015

A student illuminates the black power button on a school computer and inputs his or her password. Some time passes. All the glaciers melt. Humans evolve so they finally don’t have their useless appendixes....

Why I love Christmas

By Emilia Malachowski December 21, 2014

54 percent of me still believes Santa exists. Maybe more like 64. When I was seven, I, along with my brothers, attempted to sleep next to the fireplace all night long to try to catch Santa in action. ...

El Niño: the return

By Emilia Malachowski December 3, 2014

It’s coming. Not senior skip day—snow days. Usually, when people think of massive snow storms, they recall Snowmageddon in 2010. Little do they know that this was only classified as a “moderate”...

Background information about your favorite holidays

By Emilia Malachowski October 28, 2014

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a holiday as a day sent from the gods for fatigued children to finally sleep in and for overtired parents to not go to work (not actually, but I wish). Yet we often...

Photo by Emilia Malachowski.

Mindfulness should be implemented every day

By Emilia Malachowski October 5, 2014

The ring of the bell is notoriously associated with shuffling papers, furiously stapling essays and hurriedly memorizing the textbook before a test. Yet, walk into Mrs. Crewdson’s English classes and...

Easy ways to help the earth

By Emilia Malachowski April 29, 2014

Earth Day, originally started in 1970, took place just last week on April 22nd. While this holiday is meant to honor and help our planet, I was disheartened to see people uploading pictures of leaves...

Wheely backpacks should roll into style

By Emilia Malachowski April 14, 2014

The bell rings for sixth period. You’re still in the parking lot, and getting to class on the third floor will be a trek not unlike Frodo’s to Mordor. But you’re lucky—you have a rolling backpack. Instead...

Top 10 childhood musts

By Emilia Malachowski April 7, 2014

As we grow older and more nostalgic, childhood truly seems like the golden age. Here are 10 childhood memories that trigger our nostalgia as we wrap up the final years of high school. 10. ZAP. Although...

SGA and Whitmaniacs to host pep rally for boys basketball state semifinal game

By Emilia Malachowski March 12, 2014

There will be a pep rally tomorrow to celebrate the boys basketball regional championship victory and pump students up for the state semifinal game. There is usually a pep rally for teams when they...

A day in the life: Second semester junior vs. senior year

By Emilia Malachowski March 1, 2014

It’s 7:20 a.m. and a junior slowly drags himself up off his desk, spewing AP books and SAT study guides in all directions. The blinds are drawn shut, and he uses the light from his TI-85 Plus as a guide...

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