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The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

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The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

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Students raise awareness about Joseph Kony through social media, Invisible Children club to Cover the Night

Students raise awareness about Joseph Kony through social media, Invisible Children club to ‘Cover the Night’

By Lucy Chen March 7, 2012

If you've checked Facebook in the last 24 hours, it's almost impossible to miss the “Kony2012” campaign video. Created by the charity Invisible Children, the video’s purpose is to make Joseph...

Photo of the Day: March 6

Photo of the Day: March 6

By Lucy Chen March 7, 2012

Dozens of students shared the "KONY 2012" video on Facebook today, after the organization Invisible Children premiered the video online to raise awareness about Joseph Kony, who leads the Lord's Resistance...

Logo courtesy www.physics.umd.edu.

UMD hosts ‘Physics is Phun’ lectures to spark student interest

By Lucy Chen March 6, 2012

Physics can be fun, with the help of the University of Maryland’s lecture series “Physics is Phun.” In its 30 years of existence, “Physics is Phun” has acquired a steady following...

Graphic by Billy Lenkin.

Apple responsible for shocking conditions in Chinese factories, consumers should take heed

By Lucy Chen March 6, 2012

Apple has a reputation for being clean: clean designs, clean computers, and up until now, a relatively clean reputation. But the company’s recent reports have exposed its suppliers’ failure to adhere...

County council approves cameras to catch drivers who pass stopped buses

By Lucy Chen March 6, 2012

About 100,000 MCPS students ride a school bus every day. To remind drivers that they can't pass the bus while students are getting on or off, each bus sports many safety features: flashing lights, a crossing...

Senior Evan Reeves collects donations for his beard/mustache today in the last day of Battle of the Beards fundraiser for Leukemia and Lymphoma month. Another student competitor, senior Andrew Feder, won with over $1200. Photo by Abby Cutler.

Photo of the Day: March 2

By Lucy Chen March 2, 2012
Senior Evan Reeves collects donations for his beard/mustache today in the last day of the Battle of the Beards fundraiser for Leukemia and Lymphoma month. Another student competitor, senior Andrew Feder, won with over $1,200.
Junior Ali Foreman holds a local South African child during a visit to a township. Foreman spent six weeks in South Africa as part of an exchange trip. Photo courtesy Ali Foreman.

South Africa: A desire to help in the future

By Lucy Chen March 1, 2012
As I write my last blog post on my 19-hour flight home from South Africa, I’m filled with overwhelmingly bittersweet emotions.
New Google privacy policy prompts criticism from competitors

New Google privacy policy prompts criticism from competitors

By Lucy Chen March 1, 2012

"Don’t be evil." This is Google’s informal motto, a philosophy that’s helped it grow from a tiny dot-com startup to a Fortune 500 internet empire in just 14 years. But a new overhaul in Google’s...

Jean Dujardin, who won Best Actor for The Artist, celebrates the films Best Picture win with the films other star, the dog Uggie, at the 84th Academy Awards. The Artist and Hugo led the night, with both five wins each. Photo courtesy www.hollywoodreporter.com.

‘The Artist’ wins Best Picture Oscar, ends satisfying awards show

By Lucy Chen February 27, 2012

After plodding through yet another Golden Globes with Ricky Gervais and an unnoticeable SAG Awards, award season finally reached its annual zenith with the 84th Academy Awards. For the most part, they...

Photo courtesy www.whitmandrama.com.

Cappies review praises ‘Frankenstein’

By Lucy Chen February 23, 2012
A blue light hits a metallic table, and the body lying on it begins to convulse. Thus began Walt Whitman High School’s terrifying production of Frankenstein; a show about how playing God will result in horrifying consequences.
John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore star in Big Miracle, based on a real-life story. The movie offers a unique plot and Photo courtesy www.sheknows.com.

‘Big Miracle’ offers compelling tale based on a real-life story

By Lucy Chen February 22, 2012
An Alaskan Inupiat tribe, an oil corporation CEO, a Soviet freighter crew and Ronald Reagan team up to save whales trapped in the Arctic ice and then celebrate with Mexican food. Sound ridiculous? This is the tangled plot of “Big Miracle."
Graphic by Billy Lenkin.

Vague BOE tech credit standards deny credit to valuable classes

By Lucy Chen February 17, 2012

Computers are integral to all sorts of systems across the modern world. The field of computer science is full of opportunity and career options. So why don’t some computer-based classes count toward...

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