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

Eidolon: photography

By Gabe Kahan February 11, 2016

    Photos by Gabe Kahan.

Trigger warnings: what’s necessary?

Trigger warnings: what’s necessary?

By Gabe Kahan December 8, 2015

As a public high school, we turn to local government for our curriculum and models of instruction. But colleges, with their more autonomous and loosely-prescribed curricula, are looked to as the leaders...

Easy ways to avoid supporting animal cruelty

By Gabe Kahan February 28, 2015

In psychology class, we discussed the term “cognitive dissonance,” which is basically having two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time, especially if those beliefs influence your behavior....

What has become of the Pledge of Allegiance? (Round Two!)

By Gabe Kahan January 23, 2015

Last week, the Black & White received a letter under the alias of “H.” The envelope contained a flyer from the American Humanist Association encouraging its supporters to boycott the Pledge of...

Local Indian Restaurant preserves unique flavor

By Gabe Kahan December 4, 2014

The American Dream may be hard to realize these days, but for some it’s a matter of determination, passion and perseverance. For Anil Sustawar, the key to the American Dream lies in spicy curries and...

What happened to TAG?

By Gabe Kahan October 29, 2014

Oh TAG...it seems like a faint, glittering memory now. I can still recall the twiddling of thumbs and the furious scribbling of procrastination. And for you private school kids who have no idea what I'm...

Infographic by Joanne Choi.

Bethesda ranks second snobbiest city in the US

By Gabe Kahan October 2, 2014

Living in Bethesda, surrounded by iPhones, upscale SUVs and double shot venti soy lattes, it can be hard to put affluence into perspective. Real estate blog Movoto did it for us. In July, content writer...

Junior Sam Dodd watches actors from behind the set of a film on which he previously worked. Now, Dodd is directing a 10-minute film for his enrollment in a filmmaking course provided by Imagination Stage. Photo courtesy Sam Dodd.

Junior Sam Dodd directs short film

By Gabe Kahan June 3, 2014

Few people can say they’ve directed a movie, let alone directed multiple during their high school career. Junior Sam Dodd is part of this minority. Dodd is directing a ten-minute film for his enrollment...

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