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

The Global Citizen Festival was also broadcast live on MTV, VH1, nytimes.com, Yahoo, and YouTube. Festival organizers said it was the largest syndicated charity broadcast in history. Photo by Ben Zimmerman.

NY music festival aims to help impoverished

By Ben Zimmermann October 4, 2012

Sixty thousand fans screamed as a surprise act took the stage. As I heard the opening chords of “Imagine,” the lights came up and I recognized singer John Legend at the piano. The performance...

Jon Stewart, Bill O’Reilly to come to D.C. Oct. 6

By Ben Zimmermann October 1, 2012

Washington D.C. is ready to rumble with the upcoming presidential election. The city will host a live debate Oct. 6 featuring two media personalities – but it’s unlikely to have any effect on the actual...

Members of the Kastles team celebrate. Photo courtesy Ned Dishman.

Q&A with Kastles General Manager Kevin Wynne

By Ben Zimmermann September 12, 2012

D.C. sports fans cherish the recent successes of Ryan Zimmerman and the Nationals, Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals, and the early-season hit of RGIII and the Redskins. But what fans don’t realize is that...

Four male students receive Zero Tolerance punishment

By Ben Zimmermann September 6, 2012

Four male students were punished Friday evening for coming to the home football game under the influence of alcohol, principal Alan Goodwin said. Police at the game helped with the investigation, but the...

Woodmont Ave. will be closed for. Photo by Ben Zimmerman.

Woodmont Ave. to close around Sept. 4

By Ben Zimmermann September 3, 2012

Bethesda traffic could be impacted with the closure of a key street during construction of a new development at the corner of Bethesda and Woodmont Avenues. A portion of Woodmont will close...

Juniors Ben BOuvier and Rachel Arnesen recieved books from Harvarda nd Smith, respectively. The books are meant to honor those with outstanding achievement, both academic and otherwise. Photo by Carolyn Freeman.

Fourteen juniors win book award

By Ben Zimmermann May 31, 2012

Fourteen juniors received book awards from various colleges May 30. The CIC receives about fifteen awards every spring and then works with counselors and teachers to find students who fit the bill of each...

The poor acting and extraneous visual effects in Battleship made this movie a sinker. Photo courtesy Universal Pictures.

‘Battleship’ sinks with absurd plot, weak acting

By Ben Zimmermann May 30, 2012

Recent summer blockbusters lit up the silver screen with superheroes from Batman and Spiderman to the Green Hornet. But 2012 brings us a new type of action flick: “Battleship,” based on the popular...

Pyle English department chair to retire

By Ben Zimmermann May 16, 2012

Pyle English department chair Celia Harper will retire at the end of the school year, ending her 43-year teaching career. Harper taught both seventh and eighth grade and has been head of the English...

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