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

DECA club attends business competition

By Carolyn Freeman May 6, 2012

Five students traveled to Salt Lake City April 27 for a three-day entrepreneurship and business management skills competition, where they challenged about 16,000 other high school students in various events. Students...

Three seniors earn National Merit Scholarships

By Carolyn Freeman May 4, 2012

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation honored three seniors with National Merit Scholarships May 2. Kevin Cheng and Lucy Chen, the former editor-in-chief of the Black & White Online, received...

Photo of the Day: May 2

By Carolyn Freeman May 2, 2012
Math teacher Bonnie Duvall admires artwork set up in the gym for Festival of the Arts. This year's festival takes place Wednesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

On Sundays, cafeteria becomes Hispanic church

By Carolyn Freeman May 1, 2012

On Sundays, student chatter and cafeteria clatter are absent from the area around Whitman's lunchroom, the halls filled instead by crooning Spanish songs. It’s 10:30 a.m. and the cafeteria’s weekday...

From left to right: Carolyn Freeman, Isaac Rubin, Zach Fuchs, Rachel Lang, Liam Knox. Photo by Maryam Abutaleb.

Congratulations Black & White staff 2012-2013!

By Carolyn Freeman April 27, 2012

Congratulations to the staff of the Black & White for next year! ONLINE Editor-in-Chief: Carolyn Freeman Managing Editor: Rachel Lang Sports Managing Editor: Parisa Davoodi Webmasters:...

Photo by Julia Berard.

Bdubbs Bakes: Cinnamon rolls

By Carolyn Freeman April 18, 2012

It’s time to rock and (cinnamon) roll with this scrumptious mini-cinnamon roll recipe. Ingredients: Cinnamon rolls 1 cup whole milk 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup sugar 1 1/4 teaspoons...

Photo by Carolyn Freeman

Gallery brings past celebrities to life ‘in vibrant color’

By Carolyn Freeman March 15, 2012

Past the portraits of our nation’s presidents and the Martin Luther King, Jr. exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, you’ll find a narrow hallway filled with Technicolor images of Roy Rogers and...

YOLO, or you only live once, is the name of a popular restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The phrase has become popular recently. Photo courtesy www.insidefortlauderdale.com.

Just remember ‘YOLO’

By Carolyn Freeman March 12, 2012

It’s tattooed on Zac Efron’s hand. It’s hashtagged in hundreds of tweets every day. It’s 2012’s “swag,” the fresh new way to live every day like it’s your last. YOLO — or “you...

Photo by Billy Bird.

First dance marathon bRAVE raises over $9,000 for leukemia

By Carolyn Freeman February 27, 2012

Students came out glowing in neon crop-tops, gold lamé leggings and their best sneakers for the 12-hour dance marathon bRAVE Feb. 25. The new event carried on until 2 a.m. the next day, raising...

Chris Brown performed at the 54th annual Grammy Awards Feb. 12. Photo courtesy www.rap-up.com.

Chris Brown’s Grammys performance sends wrong message on domestic abuse

By Carolyn Freeman February 14, 2012

After an enthusiastic introduction, R&B singer Chris Brown sauntered on to the Staples Center stage Sunday night before dancing to his new song, “Turn Up the Music.” Brown performed at the...

Photo by Julia Berard.

Bdubbs Bakes: Valentine’s Day cookies

By Carolyn Freeman February 13, 2012

Tired of the same old Valentine’s Day chocolates or flowers? Try these chocolate chip meringues this Valentine’s Day for an elegant twist on classic chocolate chip cookies.   Ingredients: 2...

Graphic by Pablo Ramirez.

No sugar for a month? Yep, I’m a tough cookie

By Carolyn Freeman February 12, 2012

A Georgetown cupcake has never tasted so good. After a month of abstaining from foods with added sugar, the coconut chocolate cupcake was a godsend. Sugar-free January was not, to say the least, a rousing...

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