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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

John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore star in Big Miracle, based on a real-life story. The movie offers a unique plot and Photo courtesy www.sheknows.com.

‘Big Miracle’ offers compelling tale based on a real-life story

By Lucy Chen February 22, 2012
An Alaskan Inupiat tribe, an oil corporation CEO, a Soviet freighter crew and Ronald Reagan team up to save whales trapped in the Arctic ice and then celebrate with Mexican food. Sound ridiculous? This is the tangled plot of “Big Miracle."
Students perform at Battle of the Bands Feb. 15. The event raised over $1,600 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Photo by Bailey Hults.

Freshman band emerges victorious at Battle of the Bands

By Rachel Lang February 16, 2012

Students exchanged machine guns for drumsticks and army fatigues for jeans and slogan tees during the second annual Battle of the Bands Feb. 15. The event raised over $1,600 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma...

Photo courtesy www.whitmandrama.com.

‘Frankenstein’: Not your typical green monster

February 15, 2012

With "Frankenstein” often comes the generic, Hollywood image of a green, groaning monster, complete with a rectangular skull and bolts through its neck. But this year’s production of “Frankenstein,”...

Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams star in The Vow, released Feb. 10. McAdams character loses her memory, forcing Tatums character to try to win her back. Photo courtesy www.usatoday.com.

‘The Vow’ doesn’t deliver as promised

By Lucy Chen February 15, 2012

The latest installment of romance movies with Rachel McAdams, titled “The Vow,” arrived Feb. 10, but it was essentially an update of her 2004 film “The Notebook,” another movie in which she lost...

Sophomore Jack Jobst, lead guitarist for the last years winning band Lockhouse 8, performed at Battle of the Bands last year. Jobst and the rest of the band hope to repeat this year. Photo by Annie Russell.

Students band together to fight cancer

By Lucy Chen February 14, 2012

With guitars, drumsticks and microphones in their arsenal, these mercenaries of modern rock are preparing for the fight of their lives in the name of a worthy cause. The second annual Battle of the...

Photo courtesy Rachel Bird.

Photo of the Day: February 12

By Lucy Chen February 12, 2012
Sophomore Rachel Bird won the second Photo Club contest last week with this photo. The theme was portraits.
Photo courtesy Dale and the Zdubs.

Alums form Dale and the ZDubs, release EP

By Lucy Chen February 11, 2012

Since alumni band Dale and the ZDubs formed over this past fall, it’s brought some serious funk to Bethesda. In the past few months, Dale and the ZDubs has performed at Bethesda restaurants like Wing...

Graphic courtesy www.soe.comoj.com

Sounds of Empowerment combines music, philanthropy

February 11, 2012

For junior Lindsay Worthington, helping others is second nature. With a dad who served as CEO of Plan USA and siblings who helped start Youth United for Global Action, she’s been surrounded by philanthropy...

Graphic courtesy www.bethesda.org.

Imagination Stage hosts seventh annual ‘Play in a Day’

By Lucy Chen February 10, 2012

In the span of 24 hours, a space shuttle orbits the earth 16 times, a season of the TV show "24" comes to an end and six original 10-minute plays are written, rehearsed and performed. The seventh...

Senior Gabe Slesinger plays Photo by Justine Wood.

Students demonstrate musical skills at Classical Me

February 8, 2012

Classical music echoed through St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church during Classical Me Feb. 7. This is the fourth year of Classical Me, which gives student musicians the unique opportunity to perform...

From school stage to Kennedy Center: Freshman competes nationally in Irish dance

From school stage to Kennedy Center: Freshman competes nationally in Irish dance

By Nicole Payne February 7, 2012

Freshman Alex Papados steps in front of the crowd and starts to dance. His feet move rapidly across the floor, tapping and jumping to traditional Irish music, while his arms and torso remain straight in...

Schoolboy Q showcases his skills at a show. The rapper recently released his second full-length album. Photo courtesy www.zoorge.blogspot.com.

Schoolboy Q album showcases guest artists, producers

By Hunter Keene February 7, 2012

Schoolboy Q’s second full-length album, “Habits and Contradictions," showcases his unique rhyme style and his superb eye for interesting beats.  The young Los Angeles rapper is quickly becoming one...

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