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Summer 2015 events guide

Summer 2015 events guide

May 29, 2015

A list of all the exciting, must attend events going on in the area this summer. Anything from Salsa dancing lessons, state championships, and FREE movies. June: June 2nd- A Night with Nick Offerman at...

Chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches

Chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches

Eugenia Chen May 28, 2015

If you like chocolate chip cookies, get ready for a chocolate chip cookie overdose with two crisp cookies sandwiching cold and creamy ice cream, dotted with chocolate chip cookie dough chunks. Now say...

Fashion Friday: Phinny Brady '17

Fashion Friday: Phinny Brady ’17

Megumi Kitamoto April 24, 2015

Donning a sweater with eccentric print, Phinny Brady ’17's fashion stands out in the hallways at West High. West Side Story investigates the story behind his 80s inspired fashion. West Side Story:...

Meet the cast of Theatre West's Cinderella

Meet the cast of Theatre West’s Cinderella

Allie Biscupski, Online Managing Editor April 8, 2015

Videos compiled by Megumi Kitamoto Photo by Chanel Vidal Each spring, Theatre West puts on a musical, and this year’s musical is Roger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. From people onstage, backstage...

Restaurant review: Mirabito's Italian

Restaurant review: Mirabito’s Italian

Megumi Kitamoto April 2, 2015

Mirabito’s Italian opened last month, and the owners are the parents of senior Anthony and sophomore Nick Mirabito. Tucked away in a place with other restaurants and stores in North Liberty, finding...

First-rate facilities

First-rate facilities

Akash Borde April 1, 2015

Following the construction of some new restrooms, the WSS editorial board looks at the facilities that over two-thousand users take for granted every day. There they are, right outside the main gymnasium....

Students react: musical festivals

Students react: musical festivals

Leola Eko March 25, 2015

By Leola Eko This upcoming spring and summer, music festivals like Coachella and Lollapolooza will take over and have people scrambling for tickets  to see their favorite artists. However, Bennet Luethje...

Missed connections 2015

Missed connections 2015

Kelsey Keranen February 15, 2015

In case you wanted more, here are this year's Missed Connections that didn't make it into the February issue.  

Students react: Taylor Swift

Students react: Taylor Swift

Schyler Davis, Web Master February 13, 2015

Written, Compiled, and Photographed by Consuelo Mendoza, Morgan Schmitt-Morris, Michael Moonjely, Ebony Mckeever, and Benjamin Bliven Being the youngest Grammy award winner for Album of Year and becoming...

13 movies for Friday the 13th

13 movies for Friday the 13th

Brittani Langland February 13, 2015

Friday the 13th is the perfect night to watch a horror movie with your friends, but the problem is there are so many to choose from. So here are 13 horror movies the West Side Story recommends you watch...

Oscar reviews

Oscar reviews

Brittani Langland January 25, 2015

Pump It Up! affected by new Healthy Kids Act

Pump It Up! affected by new Healthy Kids Act

Allie Biscupski, Online Managing Editor January 20, 2015

West High’s coffee shop, Pump It Up!, will no longer be serving iced coffee after 8 a.m. due to Michelle Obama’s newly enacted Healthy Kids Act. This is the first in a number of restrictions the...

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