Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor
• December 17, 2021
The Omicron variant is one of many COVID-19 variants that has developed over the course of the pandemic. Omicron was named a variant of concern on November 26, only a week after it was first discovered...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• December 9, 2021
As the winter season approaches and students and teachers push through the last couple of days until winter break, ICCSD Superintendent Matt Degner notified families via email on Dec. 8 about a recent...
Hawkeye and Trojan wrestling faced a tough loss on the evening of Dec. 8 when the passing of Coach Mark Reiland was announced. Reiland is a wrestling legend at the University of Iowa and brought his expertise...
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Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• December 1, 2021
For the first time in two years, Theatre West is back in Arganbright Auditorium to present the 1998 classic "Footloose". The production will begin with its first show on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. and...
Pulitzer Prize Winner Nikole Hannah-Jones was welcomed back to her alma mater, Waterloo West High School, on Tuesday, Nov. 23 to speak about her Pulitzer Prize-Winning 1619 Project. A crowd had gathered...
Krisha Kapoor, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• November 23, 2021
The House of Representatives passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill Nov. 5, which includes $47 billion designated to climate resilience and preparing communities for natural disasters that have been...
Facebook whistleblower testifies
In September, West High graduate and former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen ’02 provided internal documents that led to the “Facebook Papers.” These files...
West High’s beloved coffee shop is reopening on Nov. 18. Around ten years ago, Diane Fickel, one of West’s business teachers and Business Professionals of America (BPA) advisors, brought to the school’s...
Honoring the nation’s best, National Scholastic Press Association named West Side Story one of its 29 prestigious Pacemaker winners Saturday, which honors scholastic student newspapers, newsmagazines...
