During the weekend of Nov. 7 and 8, a video of a white West High student using a racial slur went viral on social media among West High students. On Nov. 9, West High Principal Mitch Gross and members...

Fraternal twins differ greatly in physical features, yet the bond between the two gets stronger over the days. Musawir and Masood Shah ’23 are fraternal twins born in Pakistan who moved to...

Immigrating to a foreign country is one of the most difficult experiences a teenager can go through. You leave your friends, family, school and activities behind to start from scratch in a place you are...

Snow days are one of the best things about cold Iowa winters. There is nothing better than waking up to get ready for school to realize that it has been canceled. But what should you do with all this new...

Looking down at a scale and feeling your heart drop is a common feeling among teenagers in 2021. Small Waist in Twenty Days challenges is plastered across every screen in the nation. The bone structure...

Last year, many students opted to learn from home, often citing the threat COVID-19 posed to the safety of themselves and others. As more individuals were vaccinated and knowledge about COVID-19 increased,...

His pencil flies across the paper, lightly shading here and there, harsher lines drawn from time to time. For Bryan Chuong ’23, sketching is often his creative outlet. He has been drawing for four years...

Screens vs. Our Attention Span Many high school students have faced the struggle of completing homework with their phone in reach. They may find themselves incredibly bored or fidgeting in their seat...

It’s okay to say it. Periods. The natural part of life that occurs when the lining of tissue around the uterus thickens in case there is a fertilized egg that needs help growing every month and if no...

Gender. Even before a child is born, they are given a label: boy or girl. Excited parents choose clothes and toys based on the social construct that is gender—pink is for girls, blue is for boys. Girls...

Back in 1968, when West High had just been built, Ed Barker was appointed as the very first principal of the school. Barker was the principal for 11 years, from 1968 to 1979. When West was built, the students...