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

Pyle sexters, girls and boys, aren’t victims

By Stephanie Haven April 29, 2010

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you’ve heard about, read about and made jokes about the Pyle sexting scandal. Everyone has speculations about who was involved and what...

Starbucks new size, Trenta, needs to come to Bethesda

By Stephanie Haven April 15, 2010

At 6 a.m., it’s pitch black. From the kitchen a low rumbling sound echoes through the house. The coffee beans begin to grind. I finally have the incentive to crawl, albeit slowly, out of bed. Caffeine...

Miss Maryland attends Best Buddies meeting

By Stephanie Haven April 15, 2010
Miss Maryland USA 2010 Simone Feldman attended the Best Buddies meeting April 13 as part of her community outreach effort.

Water main breaks outside of newly installed gym floors

By Stephanie Haven April 8, 2010
County maintenance employees worked to find the water main break that flooded the area outside the back entrance of the two gyms this morning.

Whitman is falling down, down, down

By Stephanie Haven March 17, 2010
London Bridge is falling down.Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Down came Whitman, cradle and all? The school is falling apart.There’s no denying it.

Sweet Green definitely tops the new Bethesda Yogi Berry

By Stephanie Haven March 15, 2010

10 topping choices. Three free toppings. One environmentally friendly cup and spoon. Healthy food never tasted so good. Personally, I’m a double mango and strawberry kind of person. If they don’t...

Robotics club prepares for competition domination

By Stephanie Haven March 9, 2010
Here, where overachievers are the norm, students strive to be the best at everything. And, in the third attempt at a championship, the athletes are robots.

Boy Auction raises money for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

By Stephanie Haven February 26, 2010
The first annual Boy Auction raised over $4220 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Feb. 25.

Third floor bathroom fire causes school day to end late

By Stephanie Haven February 17, 2010
When the fire alarm went off at 1:50 p.m. today, confused students streamed onto the parking lot. Senior Jung-Duk Seo pulled the fire alarm after noticing a soap dispenser on fire in the third floor bathroom.

When crazy bored with the snow, try some of these activities

By Stephanie Haven February 8, 2010

*Also by Rachel Nussbaum* No more whining texts and Facebook statuses about how bored you are. Even if you absolutely can’t imagine having any fun when your parents are around and your friends...

Gym floors will take several weeks to repair

By Stephanie Haven February 1, 2010
Maintenance estimates that repairs will take a minimum of three weeks before the floors in both gyms will be ready for P.E. classes to use. Sports teams will have to wait even longer.

2009 SAGA wins first place for yearbook

By Stephanie Haven January 27, 2010
The ASPA honored the 2009 edition of SAGA with the prestigious first place award for Best Yearbook and the first place award for Best Theme.
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