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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Comedy directors Ryan Bozer and Jenna Choi and drama directors Ryan Hansen and Olivia Sheff take you behind the scenes of Students Producing Innovative Theatre, also known as S.P.I.T. The four directors...

Show choirs from West High School and City High school came together at City High School to perform their shows January 7th, 2015.

The second annual No Shave November, organized by the WHSDM club, raised $2200 for the kids fighting against cancer. This year, Ben Gast’s class raised the most, over $1000 the past month. Many teachers,...