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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
Camille Caldera

Camille Caldera, Online Copy Editor

Grade: 12

Interests: Politics, Medicine, Writing

Why did you join the Black & White? I joined Black & White because journalism is important — informing the community is an essential role in any democracy.

Why are you well suited to write/edit for your section or to perform your job? I am well suited to copy edit after a month long internship reporting for the Dallas Morning News, where I learned so much about journalism that informs how I edit for clarity and concision.

All content by Camille Caldera
Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

Junior year: advice from a survivor

By Camille Caldera
September 8, 2017
Photo by Tomas Castro.

Food tracking assignments cause students more harm than good

By Camille Caldera
April 22, 2017
Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

Too powerful to ignore: the importance of learning to write poetry

By Camille Caldera
April 3, 2017
Je’Nan Hayes, a junior at Watkins Mill, finished her first season of organized basketball on the sidelines after referees told her coaches that due to national sports rules, she wasn’t allowed to play in her hijab. Photo courtesy Je’Nan Hayes.

Little-known national sports rule sidelines hijabi player, spotlights confusion

By Camille Caldera
March 23, 2017
Graphic by Selina Ding.

Mock trial team charges into playoffs

By Camille Caldera
March 21, 2017
Members of New Wave Feminists, a pro-life feminist group, participating in the March for Life 2016. The group was removed from the list of partners for the Jan. 21 Women’s March on Washington. Photo courtesy New Wave Feminists.

The limits of inclusivity: is it possible to be pro-life and feminist?

By Camille Caldera
March 7, 2017
Graphic by Selina Ding.

BOE approves calendar revisions, reducing instructional and professional days

By Camille Caldera
March 3, 2017
Graphic by Selina Ding.

Funding for the arts, humanities a necessity, not a luxury

By Camille Caldera
March 1, 2017
After a series of prayers Feb. 9, worshippers joined hands and sang “We Shall Overcome,” the final anthem of the service held in the shared sanctuary of BHPC and BJC. Photo by Camille Caldera.

Local interfaith service forges community in times of division

By Camille Caldera
February 17, 2017
Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

Gender gap in US government persists

By Camille Caldera
February 1, 2017
Cartoon by Eli Saletan.

More than affirmative action: it’s time to stop minimizing minority students’ success

By Camille Caldera
January 21, 2017
Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

America is still great, even with President Trump

By Camille Caldera
December 5, 2016
Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

Pro-Con: Is Donald Trump’s presidency the end of the world?

By Camille Caldera and Elisa McCartin
December 5, 2016
Graphic by Camille Caldera

I’m with her, not her husband

By Camille Caldera
November 6, 2016
Non-citizen veterans should be protected from deportation

Non-citizen veterans should be protected from deportation

By Camille Caldera
October 4, 2016
Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right), protested racism in the United States by raising black gloved fists as the national anthem played during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympics. The U.S. Olympic Committee expelled Smith and Carlos from the Games as punishment for their actions. It was the first major race-related protest at a sporting event, paving the way for recent athletes’ protests. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Let them kneel: on respecting the free speech of athletes

By Camille Caldera
September 13, 2016
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America rally in Arlington, listening to representatives speak about ways to get legislation passed to tighten gun laws. Photo by Sophia Knappertz.

Gun violence in America can’t be the new normal

By Camille Caldera
June 12, 2016
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