Archive for category: Opinion

/ January 31, 2012 9:26 am

Show Me The Love

As Valentine’s Day nears the West Side Story Staff go to the student body of Iowa City West High School with a question Various answers and opinions were given when asked the question of, “What does love mean to you?”  

/ January 28, 2012 10:30 am

Worry wart

by WSS intern, Fiona Armstrong-Pavlik Sometimes, I worry about myself. And then I worry about everything else that I could possibly have to deal with. Is that kid next to me tapping his pen? Or am I hallucinating that sound? Is there a disease where hallucinating the sound of someone tapping a pen is a symptom? Oh, wait. He is

/ January 27, 2012 8:25 am

It’s always sunny in Chicago

by wss intern, Stephon Berry I remember Jasmine, Willie, and Davarus. The summer of pyros. I remember finding it. A crow as black night, which was extremely weird, I remember every aspect as clearly as if I’m reliving the entire experience at this moment. It was the middle of a Chicago summer, 97 degrees out. There were 300 seagulls in

/ January 26, 2012 8:20 am

A day in the life

by WSS intern, Alyssa Hancock It has been staring me in the face for about 20 minutes now. It shines in the light and mocks me. I feel as though I may throw up. All because of a stupid hair. This hair is just sitting there. Right on the back of the guy in front of me. He is a

/ January 25, 2012 1:35 pm

Where are the real athletes?

by WSS intern, Hannah Merrill It is a common headline–another athlete suspended for a drug violation, or a coach fired for his involvement in a sexual scandal.  But you probably missed the news that Michelle Kwan, one of the most accomplished athletes in American history and a sports ambassador for the U.S. State Department, had been inducted into the Figure