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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
Eva Herscowitz

Eva Herscowitz, Print Editor-in-Chief

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An ‘on-the-go high’: dab pens make getting high easier than ever

An ‘on-the-go high’: dab pens make getting high easier than ever

By Jessica Buxbaum, Eric Neugeboren, and Eva Herscowitz
December 14, 2018
Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

“Just Say No:” Discontinue DARE in Maryland

By Eva Herscowitz
April 28, 2018
Beyond a shadow of a doubt: Groundhog Day festival draws D.C. residents

Beyond a shadow of a doubt: Groundhog Day festival draws D.C. residents

By Eva Herscowitz and Maddy Frank
March 15, 2018
Graphic by Emma Davis.

Inpatient programs: students seek hospitalization to keep mental health in check

By Eva Herscowitz
March 10, 2018
Junior Jeremy Wenick stars in Whitman Drama's spring play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The play will debut March 1-3. Photo by Adam Hirsh.

Setting the stage: ‘Curious Incident’ to showcase character development, elaborate set design

By Eva Herscowitz
February 28, 2018
Poms line up in anticipation of their competition. The team finished second. Photo by Annabelle Gordon.

A day in the life of a Whitman pom

By Eva Herscowitz
February 28, 2018
Graphic by Meimei Greenstein.

State lawmakers propose bill to increase school funding from gambling revenues

By Eva Herscowitz
February 15, 2018
Graphic by Selina Ding.

Mass shootings evoke trauma among victims, fear in students

By Eva Herscowitz
February 15, 2018
D.C. residents congregate in DuPont Circle for D.C.’s annual Groundhog Day. Since 2012, Potomac Phil has offered his winter weather predictions. Photo by Eva Herscowitz.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt: Groundhog Day festival draws D.C. residents

By Eva Herscowitz and Maddy Frank
February 2, 2018
Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

Happy Days? For some, I suppose.

By Eva Herscowitz
January 22, 2018
MoCo Snow Alex Tsironis currently works as a a physical education teacher at the Blair Ewing Center in Rockville. Tsironis created MoCo Snow in 2014 in 2014 to provide Montgomery County residents with winter weather updates and predictions for school delays and closures. Photo courtesy Alex Tsironis.

Q&A with MoCo Snow creator Alex Tsironis

By Eva Herscowitz
January 8, 2018
Graphic by Meimei Greenstein.

Media bias sways student news consumers

By Eva Herscowitz
December 20, 2017
Psychology teacher Marisa Del Savio helps students with the Psych Journal. Whitman's Psych Journal is the only student-run psychology journal in the country. Photo by Katherine Luo.

Psyched about psych journal: student-run publication opens doors for aspiring psychologists

By Eva Herscowitz
December 10, 2017
The National Cathedral voted to take down Confederate-themed monuments. The move is part of a national trend of protest against Confederated statues and glorification. Photo by Eva Herscowitz.

Extended: Washington National Cathedral removes controversial Confederate windows

By Eva Herscowitz
October 12, 2017
Fallen trees scatter a neighborhood in De;ray Beach, Florida. Hurricane Harvey, Irma and Maria all led to widespread tree damage, power outages and flooding. Photo courtesy Jill Kittredge.

Successive hurricanes devastate U.S., Puerto Rico, Caribbean

By Eva Herscowitz
October 1, 2017
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