Ban on g-a-y marriage Des Moines, Iowa — It was a rainy day when Iowa legislature passed House Bill 69, a ban on gay marriage. Gov. Kim Reynolds declared it a monumental day for progress. The reasoning...

Crystals, angel numbers, vision boards and tarot cards — one may wonder what these seemingly separate things have in common. The answer lies in the manifestation culture recently gaining popularity on...

Jade Spicher ’23 Item: Sunset lamp  Description: An LED lamp featuring multiple color settings that come together to project a sunset across any room.  Star rating: 4 stars “The colors...

It may come as a surprise that the spring musical features a live pit orchestra — not just a recorded soundtrack. Composed of West High band and orchestra members and directed by Jonathan Welch, the...

Write me a 1000-word essay analyzing the Hero’s Journey in “The Odyssey.” Can you explain meiosis to me in simple terms? Give me a programming function to loop through a file. How about writing a...

This review contains spoilers for the HBO series and game “The Last of Us”.    Released to both an excited and apprehensive audience on January 15th, the HBO series “The Last of Us”...

Sometimes in life, you are at a crossroads with a fork in the road. Two decisions, one impact. This concept has been formed into one game that is commonly known as This or That. WSS staffers have interviewed...

Students representing Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, Europe, Black America, East Asia, and South Asia came together on Saturday, April 8, to perform in the annual Walk it Out show. Both the...

Today is the day Theatre West presents its' spring musical, 'Beauty and the Beast,' but the audience will only see so much in Arganbright Auditorium. The backstage ongoings combine for a show-stopping...

WSS: When did you start drawing? Adeline Lasswell (they/them): So in fifth grade, I was drawing in my notebook and I came up with this way to draw people where [I made] a circle and their head and...