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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West Side Story

The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

Many athletes face pressure in their respective sports
Getting an A in sports
Yaya Orszula and Anna Gibson March 25, 2024
WSS recap the 2023-24 winter sports.
No cap recap: leaving snow days behind
Yaya Orszula and Anna Gibson March 6, 2024
Waad Dafalla 26, Trinity Myers 25 and Julian Manson 26 pose for a photo
Black excellence at West: Waad Dafalla, Trinity Myers and Juju Manson
Minna Abdalla, Assistant Sports Editor • March 4, 2024
Model UN is West Highs club that emulates the United Nations to create and research solutions to problems.
Model United Nations at West
Defne Bayman, Communications Coordinator, Artist, Reporter and Photographer • March 26, 2024
Henry Timmer-Hackert 26 is a national finalist for a staff editorial he wrote for the Oct. 6, 2023 WSS.
Quill and Scroll recognizes WSS in annual contest
Staff March 22, 2024
Matthew Bedell 24, Sabrina Du 25, Anjali Lodh 25, Precilia Kangni 24, City student Amal Eltayib 26 and Shanza Sami 26 hold their awards after the awards ceremony.
Nine West students compete at the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair
Shanza Sami, Reporter • March 18, 2024
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Meet the Staff
Taelim
Taelim Yoon
Yearbook People Co-Editor

(she/her) Taelim is a sophomore at West High, and this is her first year on staff. Specializing in sports coverage, she is a reporter and designer for Trojan Epic. Outside of school, she's usually listening...

The world needs to stop dehumanizing Arabs and condemn the Palestinian 
Genocide.
Wake up, world
Reem Kirja, Print Profiles Editor
In an age of cancel culture and wokeness, who gets to decide whats funny and whats not? Is offensive comedy actually offensive, or just unfunny?
Tough crowd
Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
Advisory is a pointless addition to West Highs schedule that needs major changes.
Advising Advisory
Henry Timmer-Hackert, Print Assistant Opinion Editor
A&E
Classic Animated Series
Ranking and summarizing nine classic animated series
Airi Thompson, Assistant News Editor
Percy Jackson and the Olympians can be watched on Disney+
"Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" live-action review
Vera Tanas, Josephine Schwartz, and Nicole Lee
Spot the difference
Spot the difference
Erinn Varga, Print Design and Opinion Editor
Boys swimming celebrate setting a new record
West High Weekly 2.29.24
Abby Guo, Video Editor • February 29, 2024
TikTok, a social media platform known for its For You page, is now becoming a popular search engine.
Is this the end of 'Google it'?
Ashlyn Brady and Ethan Tisdale January 22, 2024
Logos of timeless apps on the left and on the right, logos of trendy apps.
Timeless vs. trendy
Minna Abdalla and Neema Ash January 17, 2024
Model UN is West Highs club that emulates the United Nations to create and research solutions to problems.
Model United Nations at West
Defne Bayman, Communications Coordinator, Artist, Reporter and Photographer • March 26, 2024
Trobotix and Trobotix 2 took distinct design approaches to their robot.
Meet the bot: Troballin’ and Pumpkin
Haneen Eltyeb, Videographer • March 25, 2024
Stress is not anything new for high school students, especially when you take into consideration the many other aspects that can impact a student’s mental health, such as work, family, friends, their future and politics.
Impacts of student stress
Ethan Tisdale and Airi Thompson March 25, 2024
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