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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

French Clubs crêpe day

French Club’s crêpe day

Danetta Dobre, Copy Editor September 22, 2014

The members of the newly created French Club met for the first time on Sept. 9 in room 211. The day ended as a success. Wielding a small griddle, a table full of ingredients and a roomful of hungry mouths...

Globetrotters Club: Japanese day

Globetrotters Club: Japanese day

Leola Eko September 22, 2014

West High's Globetrotters Club held a meeting where they discussed Japanese culture and made colorful origami. Take a look at the photo gallery from this event. By Leola Eko and Jiung Jung

2nd annual Music Playathon 2014

2nd annual Music Playathon 2014

Eugenia Chen September 21, 2014

How important do you think the music program in school is? Important enough to spend seven hours on a weekend working to raise money for it? Most students would say not, but some say yes. Jaehee Lee...

Dietary restrictions in America

Dietary restrictions in America

Layla Hannaford, Video Editor and Broadcast Manager September 21, 2014

Compiled by Layla Hannaford and Katie Fuhrmeister. West High students face the unique problem of finding suitable food for their diet at restaurants. The Iowa City area offers an array of restaurant...

Club connection: Comedy Club

Club connection: Comedy Club

Cameron Cook, Reporter / Videographer September 20, 2014

West Side Story investigates the new Comedy Club and what they do. Comedy Club meets after school Tuesdays in room 122.

Fashion Friday: Spencer Meacham 16

Fashion Friday: Spencer Meacham ’16

Nick Deerberg, Photographer September 19, 2014

Photos by Nick Deerberg West Side Story: Where do you get your fashion inspiration? Spencer Meacham ’16: My inspiration is VEC. It’s kind of really stupid. [My friends] and I made it up one...

Bubble Pop

Bubble Pop

Yiming Liu September 18, 2014

A quaint little place in the Old Capitol Mall, downtown Iowa City. Bubble Pop is a relatively new boba tea shop that is on the rise, seeing lots of traffic from college students, West High teens, and happy...

Review: Maroon 5 V

Review: Maroon 5 “V”

Megumi Kitamoto September 14, 2014

Photo from flickr.com When I first found out that Maroon 5 was coming out with a new album, I kind of freaked out (that was an understatement). I loved their radio hits “Moves Like Jagger” and “One...

Guardians of the Galaxy review

Guardians of the Galaxy review

Sharon Xiang, Co-Editor-in-Chief September 13, 2014

As a self-proclaimed Marvel geek, I couldn’t wait to see Guardians of the Galaxy when I saw the trailer. After seeing it, I can say that Guardians of the Galaxy is undoubtedly one of the best movies...

Music Auxiliary Playathon raises money for music programs

Music Auxiliary Playathon raises money for music programs

Madie Miller September 9, 2014

The 2nd Annual Music Auxiliary Playathon was held on Saturday Aug. 30  from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. The Playathon is a student-organized fundraiser that raises...

Fashion Friday: Allye Boardman 15

Fashion Friday: Allye Boardman ’15

Megumi Kitamoto May 23, 2014

Photos by Megumi Kitamoto West Side Story: How would you describe your style? Allye Boardman ’15: I like to choose and mix and match a lot of different styles like Bohemian and preppy. WSS:...

Graduation playlist

Graduation playlist

Hannah Merrill May 19, 2014

"Bitter Sweet Symphony" by the Verve: this song will definitely catalyze tears for yourself and the countless relatives coming to watch you walk the stage. Play carefully, bitter sweet tears rarely end...

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