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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

Rishith Alimchandani, Online Managing Editor

All content by Rishith Alimchandani
Zainab Mazari, a college student from Kabul, Afghanistan, lived part of her life amidst this volatile conflict. Her world became increasingly uncertain as the Taliban retook control in recent years, pushing her to seek a way out of the country and build a new future beyond the borders.

Escaping the Taliban: how Zainab reclaimed her future

By Rishith Alimchandani
May 1, 2025
Despite significant progress on the field, women still account for less than 25% of head coaches in NCAA women’s sports, and female coaches are practically nonexistent in men’s sports. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, only 13% of all coaches were women.

Beyond the game: the fight for female coaches

By Rishith Alimchandani
March 20, 2025
The Trump administration is taking steps to redefine traditional press by creating new applications for press credentials and introducing new media seats in the briefing room.

Karoline Leavitt redefines media in the White House

By Rishith Alimchandani
March 17, 2025
LIVE: Boys Basketball takes on Churchill in second round of playoffs

LIVE: Boys Basketball takes on Churchill in second round of playoffs

By Kavya Rajani and Rishith Alimchandani
March 4, 2025
Photo taken from USAID panel held Feb. 4, open to Georgetown University students.

Georgetown professors host panel discussing USAID, Feb. 15

By Rishith Alimchandani and Maria Garcia-Musalem
February 22, 2025
Two suspects arrested in connection to B-CC shooting incident

Two suspects arrested in connection to B-CC shooting incident

By Ella Kotelanski and Rishith Alimchandani
February 20, 2025
The cost of Super Bowl advertisements continues to rapidly increase as the event becomes a cornerstone for brand advertising. In the first Super Bowl, held in 1967, a 30-second ad cost around $40,000. In the 1990s a Super Bowl ad cost over $1 million, and in 2025, around $8 million.

Super Bowl commercials defy norms of marketing

By Rishith Alimchandani
February 9, 2025
The report card measures high schools in five key performance areas: school quality and student success, academic achievement, graduation rate, progress in achieving English language proficiency and readiness for post-secondary success.

MCPS requests $300M budget increase for Fiscal Year 2026

By Rishith Alimchandani
January 13, 2025
Starting Jan. 1, 2026, MoCo businesses will no longer be allowed to provide customers plastic bags at checkout, except for certain items like fresh meat, prescription drugs and dry cleaning.

Special Election Committee hosts SMOB panel

By Rishith Alimchandani
January 13, 2025
Photo credits to the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art website.

National Museum of Asian Art lights up “Asia After Dark” Diwali festival

By Rishith Alimchandani
November 11, 2024
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the Maryland 2024 Senate race between Angela Alsobrooks (D) and Larry Hogan (R) has become more competitive than anticipated.

Maryland’s Senate race draws closer between Alsobrooks and Hogan

By Rishith Alimchandani
October 22, 2024
Jamie Raskin visits Whitman to discuss careers in government, policy

Jamie Raskin visits Whitman to discuss careers in government, policy

By Rishith Alimchandani
October 4, 2024
LIVE: Girls volleyball takes on BCC in the Battle of Bethesda

LIVE: Girls volleyball takes on BCC in the Battle of Bethesda

By Rishith Alimchandani
September 30, 2024
Student leaders set up tables with decorated tri-fold posters, many of which featured QR codes and sign-up notebooks for students to register easily.

Photo of the Day, 9/17: Whitman Clubs Night 2024

By Rishith Alimchandani
September 19, 2024
One week later, community members notified police of bias-related graffiti at five MCPS schools — Whitman, Winston Churchill High School, Thomas Wootton High School, Strathmore Elementary School, and Fallsmead Elementary School.

Increasing instances of anti-Israel, antisemitic graffiti in past two weeks

By Rishith Alimchandani
September 5, 2024
Before serving in Stafford County, Taylor was the Deputy Superintendent in Chesterfield County, the 2016 Region III Superintendent of the Year for Middlesex County and the University of Virginia’s Alumni Outstanding Principal in 2012.

MCPS appoints Dr. Thomas W. Taylor as new Superintendent

By Rishith Alimchandani
June 24, 2024
Throughout Dodd’s tenure at Whitman, he has made many improvements to the school through programs like the Leadership Academy for Social Justice, One Whitman and Bridge to Wellness.

Farewell Q&A with Whitman Principal Robert Dodd

By Rishith Alimchandani
June 7, 2024
During the incident, students circulated multiple TikTok posts from the same user containing threatening messages and images. School administrators have yet to confirm that this account was the originator of the threat.

Cyber-bomb threat forces Whitman into shelter-in-place, evacuation

By Rishith Alimchandani
June 7, 2024
Starting Jan. 1, 2026, MoCo businesses will no longer be allowed to provide customers plastic bags at checkout, except for certain items like fresh meat, prescription drugs and dry cleaning.

MCPS Board of Education rejects student wellness bill

By Rishith Alimchandani
May 31, 2024
Montgomery County Police have received calls partly due to the realistic appearance of some toy guns. Some manufacturers design fake guns to closely resemble real handguns, while others produce brightly colored versions that look completely harmless.

Whitman Reacts: ‘Senior Assassin’ game raises concerns among MCPD

By Rishith Alimchandani
May 31, 2024
Students brought the Passover story to life by crafting houses of Matzah decorated with kosher candies to depict significant historical events.

Photo of the Day, 4/30: Jews4Change hosts Passover celebration

By Rishith Alimchandani
May 3, 2024
Montgomery County voters elected Rita Montoya as the at-large Board of Education (BOE) representative, Natalie Zimmerman as the District Two representative and Laura M. Stewart as the District Four representative, Nov. 5.

Whitman administrators announce new quarter 4 testing schedule

By Rishith Alimchandani
April 16, 2024
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