Upcoming events
  • Seniors vote on faculty speaker later this week
  • Boys soccer tournament- March 29th-30th @West
  • Women of Troy relays- March 26th home@4:30
  • Chamber ensemble concert- March 28th- Band room@7:00
  • Senior poets: send poems to Mr. Robins
  • College fair Wednesday in Cafeteria
  • Girls soccer vs. North Scott- Tuesday JV@5:30 V@7:00
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The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

Aromatherapy is the practice of using aromatic compounds for

Column: Aromatherapy

Renee Gould, Opinion Editor
February 24, 2022
The American flag hangs in a West High classroom on Sept. 7.

Afghanistan has a right to self-determination

Jack Harris, Online Copy Editor and Arts Editor
September 8, 2021
A mugshot of Little from an arrest in the 1980s and from his arrest on murder charges in 2012.

Even in death, everyone should be equal

Jack Harris, Online Copy Editor and Arts Editor
October 17, 2019
Online Managing Editor Sophie Stephens 19 writes about the recent national college admissions scandal and why its unfair that students and their parents can pay their way into a good college when they didnt work hard in high school.

Hard work pays off, but money does too

Sophie Stephens, Online Managing Editor
March 14, 2019
Online Editor-in-Chief and Co-Sports Editor Kara Wagenknecht 19 shoots a photo while covering a basketball doubleheader at West High on Saturday, Jan. 5.

A race to be picture perfect

Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
February 8, 2019
Ting Gao 19 talks about how and why many teenagers fall out of love with reading.

A lost love

Ting Gao, Reporter
February 3, 2019
Column: A tip for freshmen

Column: A tip for freshmen

Nina Elkadi, Print Editor-in-Chief
August 2, 2017
Trump speaks to the people of Cedar Rapids, IA last summer in July.

Opinion: Say no to the trans ban

Emma Brustkern, Print Entertainment Editor
August 1, 2017
Dear Westina

Dear Westina

Westina, Reporter
April 8, 2017
Photo by Allie Schmitt-Morris

Column: hallway etiquette

Grace Yarrow, Copy Editor
October 20, 2016
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