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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

West Side Story investigates: are passing periods too short?

West Side Story investigates: are passing periods too short?

Paul Curry May 5, 2014

"Time flies when you're having fun." Ironically, time also flies when you are desperately lugging several pounds of unrelated notebooks in a feeble attempt to reach a room several continents away from...

Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Rebecca Wen May 3, 2014

For me, Spider-Man has always been ranked near the bottom among superheroes, and the most recent Spider-man movie hasn’t changed my mind. It wasn’t a bad movie, and the actors were decent, but everything...

Local jewels

Local jewels

WSSIntern April 23, 2014

By Megan Stewart Sometimes it's hard to find somewhere fun around your local area. In this video, the WSS shows many different things to do around the Iowa City area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foIwWWoVgiU&feature=youtube_gdata

Spring mixtape

Spring mixtape

Blake April 20, 2014

With the sun beginning to consistently shine and the flowers blooming, the WSS feels it is necessary to grant its readers with some tunes to accompany outside's joyous ambiance. Hopefully you will be able...

Thomas Sparks

On the arts: Thomas Sparks ’14

Katie Mons April 18, 2014

An On the Arts profile of senior saxophone player, Thomas Sparks. http://youtu.be/1lwExQ1nrck

Annie tech heads

“Annie” tech heads

Velarchana Santhana April 17, 2014

Compiled by Blake Oetting, Matthew Murry, Megumi Kitamoto, Consuelo Mendoza, and Velarchana Santhana Photos by Abby Burgess, Lizzie Pruneau, and Gage Van Dyke Art by Shirley Wang As the musical, Annie, prepares...

The Grand Budapest Hotel movie review

The Grand Budapest Hotel movie review

Kelsey Keranen April 17, 2014

Since I first saw the trailer in November, I had been impatiently awaiting the release of director Wes Anderson’s most recent film, the Grand Budapest Hotel.  His harnessing of saturated colors, deadpan...

West High promposals

West High promposals

Lauren Knudson April 16, 2014

By: Lauren Knudson and Brooke Lofgren [View the story "West High Promprosals " on Storify]

Foreign language trip to France

Foreign language trip to France

Megumi Kitamoto April 12, 2014

Photos by Megumi Kitamoto As a part of the foreign language program, I went to France for two weeks with 14 other students and two teachers.  It is safe to say that it is one of the best experiences...

Book review: The Education of Nancy Adams

Book review: The Education of Nancy Adams

Danial Syed April 8, 2014

    First of all, I have a confession to make.  When I picked up my copy of Larry Baker’s The Education of Nancy Adams last Friday, I defied what is, perhaps, the iron-law of reading--I...

Movie review: Divergent

Movie review: “Divergent”

Kaitlyn McCurdy April 6, 2014

My friends badgered me for weeks to read “Divergent” before we went to see the movie on March 20. I’ve had the book for years, since a friend loaned it to me back in freshman year and I never got...

West High seniors study habits

West High seniors’ study habits

Paul Curry April 4, 2014

Finals are coming up! West Side Story interviewed two Seniors to see how they study, and whether being a senior has effected their work ethic.

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