Archive for category: Opinion

/ April 10, 2012 9:39 pm

2+2+2 = to, too, two

Find x in the middle of a haystack the size of Manhattan. Find angle B using only a rubber band, a paperclip and duct tape. You’ve taken MacGyver mathematics, right? Now what’s a comma splice? The difference between their, there and there? At West High an inordinate amount of stress is placed on mathematics and science fields. Advanced courses in

Planted (Short Documentary)
/ April 8, 2012 7:58 pm

Planted (Short Documentary)

  A short environmental documentary of how one’s thoughts lead to the process of doing. And before there is growth, the idea of change has to be planted within.    

1 in 2000 – Mark Mellecker ’12
/ April 6, 2012 7:28 am

1 in 2000 – Mark Mellecker ’12

  There are nearly 2000 students, staff and faculty members throughout Iowa City West High School. Each with their own personalities and stories. See how students make themselves individuals and what it feels like to be 1 in 2000 Mark Mellecker ’12 has a passion. A passion for comics and design. His esteemed “Nerd Pride” has made Mellecker an individual

The Simplicity Project
/ April 3, 2012 4:59 pm

The Simplicity Project

A rap song I wrote in 1 hr and 30 mins exactly to show how easy rap songs are put together. I.E. if I can write this in an hour and a half, think about what could have been written in weeks. I hope I don’t sound awful. This song is completely satire and is not used in anyway to

Show Me The Love
/ 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?”