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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
Emma Iturregui

Emma Iturregui, Perspective Editor

Grade

12

Why did you join the Black and White?

To engage with the Whitman community and showcase student voices.

What's your favorite scent?

Power, Putin or Pasta.

All content by Emma Iturregui
Walt Whitman: the Overlooked Namesake of our School Turns 200

Walt Whitman: the Overlooked Namesake of our School Turns 200

By Emma Iturregui
May 15, 2019
My dog, Calvin, poses in front of the Kenwood cherry blossoms back in April. Throughout our five years together, Calvin has taught me about life in ways that my favorite human mentors never could.

Life lessons from my dog

By Emma Iturregui
May 14, 2019

Avoid a slippery slope for limiting free speech: separate art from the creator

By Emma Iturregui
May 5, 2019
Pro/Con: Should you separate art from its creator?

Pro/Con: Should you separate art from its creator?

By Emma Iturregui and Syndey Miller
May 5, 2019
Language fluency—it’s more attainable than you might think

Language fluency—it’s more attainable than you might think

By Emma Iturregui
April 16, 2019
Seasonal Affective Disorder damages students social lives, grades

Seasonal Affective Disorder damages students’ social lives, grades

By Emma Iturregui and Alex Robinson
March 20, 2019
Junior Gwen Arbetman sits in her 3rd period APES classroom. Unlike in many classes, students in AP Environmental Science use textbooks fairly often to complete assignments.

Stop distributing textbooks: A textbook case of wasting resources

By Emma Iturregui
January 19, 2019
Graphic by Landon Hatcher.

Settling into high school—It doesn’t mean you have to stop branching out

By Emma Iturregui
January 15, 2019
Graphic by Landon Hatcher.

Vegetarianism and veganism aren’t “health fads”

By Emma Iturregui
January 5, 2019
Graphic by Selina Ding

MCPS immersion programs provide unique educational enrichment opportunity

By Emma Iturregui
November 23, 2018
Graphic by Alex Silber.

Mindlessness is just as good for you as mindfulness

By Emma Iturregui
October 18, 2018
Graphic by Selina Ding.

End the suffering: adopt pets, don’t buy

By Emma Iturregui
June 11, 2018
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