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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The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

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A proposed Bethesda Center plan Graphic courtesy Montgomery County Planning Board.

County planning board approves new hotel and business center

By Lucy Chen January 4, 2012

Bethesda is one step closer to a new hotel and business center, after the Montgomery County Planning Board unanimously approved a Dec. 15 bid to redevelop existing land between Wisconsin and Woodmont Avenues. The...

MCPS superintendent Joshua Starr (center) chats with SGA president and senior Ari Kapner (right) during his visit Jan. 4. Community superintendent Christopher Garran (left) and principal Alan Goodwin also helped introduce the school to Starr. Photo by Liam Knox.

Superintendent visits classes, speaks with staff and students

By Lucy Chen January 4, 2012

The new MCPS superintendent Joshua Starr visited Whitman for the first time Jan. 4 to observe some classes. Starr toured the school for an hour in the morning with principal Alan Goodwin and community...

Photo by Liam Knox.

Pinkberry opens fifth D.C. location in Georgetown

By Lucy Chen December 26, 2011

Over 700 “berry” excited customers showed up to the Dec. 22 grand opening of the latest frozen yogurt chain to hit the nation's capitol: Pinkberry. The Georgetown Pinkberry, the fifth location...

The fourth Mission: Impossible film opened Dec. 21 in time for the holiday season. Photo courtesy www.wikipedia.org.

Latest ‘Mission: Impossible” film maintains franchise success

By Lucy Chen December 24, 2011

As another big holiday movie season rolls around this year, eyes are turning to the most prominent big-budget action movie of the winter: “Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol.” The fourth installment...

Five-cent bag tax to start in new year

By Lucy Chen December 23, 2011
Supermarkets and retailers in Montgomery County will begin charging customers five cents for shopping bags Jan. 1. The tax is expected to decrease disposable bag consumption and raise money.
Can you name all of Santas reindeer?

Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?

By Lucy Chen December 22, 2011
Writers Maddy Simon and Carolyn Freeman set out to ask students and staff to name all eight of Santa's reindeer for the fourth holiday video of the week.
Graphic by Billy Lenkin.

Teachers shouldn’t teach new material on day before break

By Lucy Chen December 22, 2011

On the half-day before Thanksgiving this year, attendance secretary Judy Neches recorded over 35 percent of the student body absent for at least one period of the day. With so many students missing, it’s...

Richard Berke (’76) oversees political coverage and features for the New York Times as assistant managing editor

By Lucy Chen December 21, 2011
It’s November of 2000, and Al Gore and George Bush are locked in a stalemate in the race for the American presidency. In the heart of the action is Richard Berke, hot on the story as debates raged over who would be the victor. Now, Richard Berke (’76) is an assistant managing editor for the New York Times, overseeing all political campaign coverage as well as the Times’ feature sections, but this news buff got his start writing for the Black & White in the 1970s.

UMD Regents drop plans to merge College Park and Baltimore campuses

By Lucy Chen December 20, 2011

The University of Maryland’s College Park and Baltimore campuses will not merge, University System of Maryland Regents announced Dec. 9. Instead, the main campus at College Park and the medical school...

Whats your favorite holiday jingle?

What’s your favorite holiday jingle?

By Lucy Chen December 20, 2011
For the second funny holiday video of the week, writers Billy Lee and Laura Rostad ask students at lunch to sing their favorite holiday jingles.
How do you spell Hanukkah?

How do you spell Hanukkah?

By Lucy Chen December 19, 2011

To kick off our daily funny holiday videos this week, feature writers Daniel Lowet and Julia Dionne ask students during lunch, "How do you spell Hanukkah?" The frequently misspelled holiday begins tomorrow,...

Intelligence Community Campus to come to Bethesda

By Lucy Chen December 19, 2011

The Defense Intelligence Agency is leading efforts to repurpose the former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency base in Bethesda as a campus for multiple intelligence agencies. The DIA is working with...

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