The Black and White

May 28, 2018

As a nation inextricably tied to slavery grapples with the resurgence of white nationalism, places of worship, civic spaces and national battlefields across Maryland face a divisive question: what to do with their countless Confederate monuments.

Review: ‘Black Panther’ empowers community with black heroes, female warriors

By Elyssa Seltzer • May 3, 2018

“Black Panther,” now the top-grossing film with a black director and cast, has taken Hollywood and the country by storm. The film is one of the first major superhero movies to address racial politics, directly addressing issues in communities across the country.

Students write letters to Parkland shooting victims

By Elyssa Seltzer • May 3, 2018

Following the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which took the lives of 17 students and teachers, MSD history teacher Diane Wolk-Rogers requested handwritten letters from across the country to greet her students Feb. 28, their first day back in school. In an effort to reach out, Whitman staff and students have sent letters and banners to the school.

“Just Say No:” Discontinue DARE in Maryland

By Eva Herscowitz • April 28, 2018

DARE is an ineffective and insufficient program; to save lives, Maryland should discontinue the DARE program in these counties and replace it with local Narcotics Overdose Prevention & Education chapters across all Maryland school districts.

Infographic: speech and debate national tournaments

By Mira Dwyer • April 27, 2018

Many Whitman students qualified for national debate tournaments.

MD to implement text-to-911 system

By Hannah Feuer • April 17, 2018

The Maryland Board of Public Works voted in February to approve a 2.4 million dollar program providing first responders the technology and equipment to receive and respond to text messages. Individual counties will choose whether or not to implement the program locally and are expected to have the texts operating next month.

Boys: don’t let activism become a ‘girl thing’

By Thomas Mande • April 12, 2018

We live in a very inspiring time for high schoolers, with students across the country rising up in force to fight for the issues they care about. At Whitman, though, there’s a glaring disparity in those who participate in this movement: boys are extremely underrepresented.

Junior Lucy Filyaw to shave head for cancer research

By Eric Neugeboren • April 7, 2018

Junior Lucy Filyaw plans to shave her head April 13 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises money for child cancer research.

Whitman junior elected president of Tryka Film Coalition

By Sydney Miller • April 6, 2018

The Tryka Film Coalition, a local youth filmmaking organization, recently announced its executive board for the 2018-2019 year, which includes several Whitman students in top positions. Junior Aubrey Lay will serve as President, junior Urban Seiberg will serve as Director of Public Relations and sophomore Gwen Arbetman will serve as the Shots Editor.

Five Whitman athletes selected for All-Met honorable mention

By Jessie Solomon • April 5, 2018

Basketball guard Alex Sanson, swimmers Danny Calder and Lena Redisch, wrestler John Luke Iglesias and ice hockey captain Tiger Björnlund were all selected for the honorable mention for their respective sports.

“We say ‘No more’”: this is the March for Our Lives

By Jessica Buxbaum • March 25, 2018

Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded Pennsylvania Avenue March 24 to fight for gun reform, decry the NRA’s political influence and say to lawmakers, “enough is enough.”

Letter from FieldTurf VP Darren Gill, with Black & White response

March 22, 2018

Editor's note: the 3/19/18 B&W magazine ran an article headlined "Danger on our turf: is MCPS protecting athletes?" FieldTurf Vice President Darren Gill wrote the following Letter to the Editor in response to the article. The Black & White composed a response to Mr. Gill's letter. The original article can be found online or in the print version of the magazine.

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