The Black and White

Photo of the Day: March 22

By Scott Singer • March 22, 2015

Great Falls National Park, just over 10 minutes by car from school, offers majestic views of the Potomac River. The water levels in the river have increased due to snow melt. Photo by Scott Singer.

Photo of the Day: March 19

By Scott Singer • March 19, 2015

Black & White juniors meet up at the arch in Washington Square during the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Journalism Conference. The writers are in New York through tomorrow....

Photo of the Day: September 5

By Scott Singer • September 5, 2014

Nationals P Stephen Strasburg delivers a fastball in Friday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Nationals are the talk of the hallways these days, as they enter into the final stretch of...

Photo of the Day: August 25

By Scott Singer • August 25, 2014

The sun rises this morning as the first day of school commences. Photo by Scott Singer.

Incoming freshman walk from class to class as part of Freshman Orientation. Students attended an abbreviated version of their schedule as part of the event, which took place 7:20-11:45 this morning. Photo...

‘How I Met Your Mother’ finale deserves a slap in the face

By Scott Singer • April 2, 2014

After years of suiting up, slap bets and saluting (it’s a general trend), “How I Met Your Mother” fans were ready to learn the answer to the mother of all questions: how exactly did Ted meet his...

The Wikipedia experiment

By Scott Singer • March 30, 2014

We’ve all heard the rumors: it’s public, crowded and uncontrollable. No; it’s not the stands at a football game or an EDM concert--I’m talking about Wikipedia, a mainstay at the top of Google searches...

Alum charged for ricin possession at Georgetown

By Scott Singer • March 21, 2014

Updated Monday, March 24. Graduate Danny Milzman (’12), now a student at Georgetown University, was charged Friday afternoon with possession of the deadly chemical ricin after authorities discovered...

Starr hosts roundtable discussion, MCPS to focus on widespread student achievement

By Scott Singer • March 3, 2014

MCPS will turn its attention to closing the achievement gap between schools by incentivizing veteran teachers to teach in schools with underperforming students, superintendent Joshua Starr told student...

What we learned from Sochi

By Scott Singer • February 25, 2014

Sochi’s Olympic torch may have been extinguished, but the games certainly fired up sports fans around the world. Before the press on Sochi cools down, let's look back at what we learned from the 2014...

Spring and summer trips offer unique travel experience to students

By Scott Singer • February 6, 2014

Now that students are back from chilly Breckenridge, its time to focus on warmer destinations. Here's a preview of spring and summer trips available to students. St. Petersburg, Russia: While this trip...