• MONDAY 3/10: third trimester begins, boys track and field @ Wartburg + UNI Dome
  • TUESDAY 3/11: girls track and field @ UNI Dome
  • THURSDAY 3/13: boys track and field @ Lied Rec Center
  • FRIDAY 3/14: 2 hour early release, girls track and field @ Lied Rec Center
  • SPRING BREAK 3/17-21: NO SCHOOL
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Softball season preview
Celia Sadewasser, Print Sports Editor • March 6, 2025
Moustafa Tiea '25 runs his third cross country race in the 2024 season for West High at Seminole Valley Cedar Rapids.
The Moustafa “Moose” effect
Maddux Neukirch, Photographer • March 6, 2025
Photo courtesy of Leiya Rodriguez
Q & A with Leiya Rodriguez
Grace Bartlett, Print Profiles Co-Editor • March 5, 2025
News
West’s Jazz Bands traveled to Chicago. Over the course of the trip, they competed twice and visited The Jazz Showcase, a professional jazz club in town.
Through the lens: jazz band Chicago trip
Anna Greenlee and Lea Abou Alaiwa • March 13, 2025
Saxophones Nathan Butler '27, Claire Lawler '25, Colin Wehrle '27 and Caleb Davies '26 stand for applause after finishing their performance.
Jazz Collective places second at SEIBA Jazz Festival, Jazz Ensemble advances to Iowa Jazz Championships
Anna Greenlee, Design, Entertainment and Opinion Editor • March 12, 2025
On Feb. 20, West High's Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble held their annual spring concert.
West High bands perform in concert on March 6 and Feb. 20
Anna Greenlee, Design, Entertainment and Opinion Editor • March 11, 2025
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Meet The Staff
Celia
Celia Sadewasser
Print Sports Editor

Celia is a junior at West and this is her second year on staff. She is the Sports Editor for print. Outside of school, she likes playing soccer, listening to music and hanging out with friends and family.

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Opinion
High schools should start teaching students how to use AI ethically.
Generating student preparedness
Ashlyn Brady, Online Editor-in-Chief
School rigor and the negative influence of social media have made it nearly impossible to keep up with hobbies.
The death of the hobby
Haneen Eltyeb, Video Co-Editor
Carter Birch
Abolishing grades
Carter Birch Houchins-Witt, Print Entertainment Editor
A&E
What kind of cat could you be?
What type of cat are you?
Yeju Seol, Artist and Reporter
West Side Story shares Trojans’ love confessions in honor of Valentine’s Day.
Missed connections
Anna Song, Print Design Editor
Photos by Evelyn Kraber, Anna Song and Colin Wehrle.
Where excellence is a tradition, but where stress thrives
Anna Greenlee and Lea Abou Alaiwa
Video
Teachers are confused about Gen Alpha terms.
Teachers get quizzed on brain rot
Abby Guo and Haneen Eltyeb • March 3, 2025
Reports Josie Nabhan-Warren ’27 and Nili Olalde ’27 review a week's worth of school lunches. The two try and rank the food to find the best lunch.
A week of school lunches: review
Nili Olalde and Josie Nabhan-Warren • February 24, 2025
Gianna Liu '25 and Marie Stier '25 indulged in a fire of spicy flavors and secrets.
Spilling secrets with Sophie: Gianna Liu and Marie Stier
Sophie Bergman and Abby Guo • February 20, 2025
Feature
Sebnati Jamal '27 mainly uses her phone to post compliments that get submitted to the account.
Kindness, community and compliments
Lila Eastvold and Evelyn Kraber • March 9, 2025
Many students submitted various kinds of artwork for the show March 6.
West hosts art show
Jessie Li, Print Copy Editor • March 7, 2025
Family notes
Family notes
Jessie Li and Celia Sadewasser • March 4, 2025
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