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Jacob Cowan

Jacob Cowan, Opinion Writer

Grade 11

Why did you join The B&W?

I joined the Black and White because I love writing and saw it as an opportunity to both pursue writing outside of English class and to share my work with the school

If you were a candle, what scent would you be?

Christmas Pine Tree

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Pi day celebration

Photo of the Day, March 14: Holloway’s Pi Day celebration returns to Burning Tree

By Jacob Cowan and Maddie Kaltman
March 14, 2023
FIRST referees inspect a robot for damage after the end of a match.

Whitman hosts FRC district competition, robotics team places 12th

By Jacob Cowan
March 13, 2023
While 2022 wasn’t perfect, as no year can be, it marked an important transition to a post-pandemic society.

Forget the Grammys. Here are The Black & White’s best albums of 2022.

By Jacob Cowan
February 5, 2023
The words “gay” and “girly” unsurprisingly continue to follow me, but I understand now that those juvenile claims are part of a larger pattern of people denying other men’s masculinity to assert their own.

Boys dance too: My experience as a male ballet dancer

By Jacob Cowan
January 22, 2023
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is a chaotically entertaining film and the directors’ courage to be boldly absurd pays off immensely.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once”: weird in all the right ways

By Jacob Cowan
June 14, 2022
Whitman teachers should capitalize on the leeway in MCPS’ curriculum to incorporate other mediums of education into English classes.

Whitman teachers: expand beyond just the books

By Jacob Cowan
June 5, 2022
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