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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
All content by Ben Zimmermann
Photo of the Day: May 18

Photo of the Day: May 18

By Ben Zimmermann
May 18, 2014

Pro-life activists rally on school grounds

By Ben Zimmermann
March 14, 2014

Balanced lineup, defensive intensity propel boys basketball to Comcast Center for state semifinals

By Ben Zimmermann
March 12, 2014

Q&A with Capital Weather Gang meteorologist Dan Stillman

By Ben Zimmermann
March 3, 2014

Photo of the Day: February 26

By Ben Zimmermann
February 26, 2014
Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan in a scene from "Inside Llewyn Davis." (AP Photo/CBS FIlms, Alison Rosa)

The Black & White’s top 5 movies of 2013

By Ben Zimmermann
January 9, 2014

Controversial animal rights activist speaks to environmental science classes

By Ben Zimmermann
December 7, 2013
Respected Pyle math teacher passes away after long battle with cancer

Respected Pyle math teacher passes away after long battle with cancer

By Ben Zimmermann
July 3, 2013

Hip, Hip, Jorge: Richardson elected as SGA president

By Ben Zimmermann
April 24, 2013

Perpetrators charged in vandalism crime

By Ben Zimmermann
April 3, 2013
Girls Basketball loses in State Semifinals

Girls Basketball loses in State Semifinals

By Ben Zimmermann
March 7, 2013

Hateful vandalism appears in Woodhaven neighborhood

By Ben Zimmermann
February 25, 2013

Olympic gymnast speaks at Pyle on the importance of making healthy choices

By Ben Zimmermann
February 11, 2013
US Navy SEALs storm Osama bin Laden's compound in the detailed and dramatic last scene of Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty. Photo Courtesy Sony Pictures.

“Zero Dark Thirty” brings raid on bin Laden to the big screen

By Ben Zimmermann
January 15, 2013
Redskins players and medical staff huddle around rookie phenom Robert Griffin III after he re-injured his knee in the fourth quarter. Photo by Nick Sobel.

Prematurely clearing RG-III will hinder Redskins in future

By Ben Zimmermann
January 8, 2013

County to study school start times

By Ben Zimmermann
December 12, 2012
The varsity girls basketball team practiced with football pads to prepare for overly aggressive opponents. Photo courtesy Dani Okon.

Photo of the Day: December 11

By Ben Zimmermann
December 11, 2012

County AP scores, participation increase

By Ben Zimmermann
December 5, 2012
Photo by Ben Zimmermann.

Photo of the day: Courtyard construction

By Ben Zimmermann
November 27, 2012

Petition pushes for later start times

By Ben Zimmermann
November 13, 2012
A tree fell on a house on the corner Massachusets Avenue and Cromwell Drive. Despite this incident, most damage was minor. Photo by Billy Bird.

D.C. area escapes brunt of storm

By Ben Zimmermann
October 30, 2012
Hurricane Sandy, as viewed from space, moves up the east coast before making landfall Monday night in southern New Jersey. Photo courtesy NASA.

Hurricane Sandy arrives in Montgomery County

By Ben Zimmermann
October 29, 2012

Philanthropist speaks to students

By Ben Zimmermann
October 28, 2012
Crowds of people came to snag a free meal at the California Tortilla opening Tuesday. The restaurant moved to a bigger lot at the corner of Norfolk and Cordell Avenues. Photo by Ben Zimmerman.

California Tortilla opens at new location

By Ben Zimmermann
October 11, 2012
The Global Citizen Festival was also broadcast live on MTV, VH1, nytimes.com, Yahoo, and YouTube. Festival organizers said it was the "largest syndicated charity broadcast in history." Photo by Ben Zimmerman.

NY music festival aims to help impoverished

By Ben Zimmermann
October 4, 2012

Jon Stewart, Bill O’Reilly to come to D.C. Oct. 6

By Ben Zimmermann
October 1, 2012
Members of the Kastles team celebrate. Photo courtesy Ned Dishman.

Q&A with Kastles General Manager Kevin Wynne

By Ben Zimmermann
September 12, 2012

Four male students receive Zero Tolerance punishment

By Ben Zimmermann
September 6, 2012
Woodmont Ave. will be closed for. Photo by Ben Zimmerman.

Woodmont Ave. to close around Sept. 4

By Ben Zimmermann
September 3, 2012
Juniors Ben BOuvier and Rachel Arnesen recieved books from Harvarda nd Smith, respectively. The books are meant to honor those with outstanding achievement, both academic and otherwise. Photo by Carolyn Freeman.

Fourteen juniors win book award

By Ben Zimmermann
May 31, 2012
The poor acting and extraneous visual effects in "Battleship" made this movie a sinker. Photo courtesy Universal Pictures.

‘Battleship’ sinks with absurd plot, weak acting

By Ben Zimmermann
May 30, 2012

Pyle English department chair to retire

By Ben Zimmermann
May 16, 2012
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