For students who are deciding what to do with their lives after graduation, the future is unpredictable. Since the onset of COVID-19, many colleges have tweaked their application requirements. Additionally,...
For many high school athletes, some of their best memories are a big win over their cross-town rival or a trip to the state tournament, but not for Aurora Roghair ’21.
Only a couple of months before...
Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
• November 1, 2020
With the pandemic still a major threat, the All-State Musical Festival was canceled on Oct. 1. Students auditioned and were accepted into All-State, however, the process was changed to accommodate...
For many, school pride is a pivotal aspect of the high school experience. Football games and school assemblies are an expected part of the social dynamic for students, but these events have come to a halt...
Soomin Koh, Print Co-Profiles Editor
• October 20, 2020
Peering through the iron bars stretched across her mask, she takes one look at her opponent as she prepares her next strike. Sweat drips down her face as her gloved hands tightly grasp the sleek bamboo...
A Kind Companion
While living in Indonesia, Spanish teacher Ashley Lorsung decided to visit a town called Yogyakarta to see Borobudur, a Buddhist temple. She rented an Airbnb outside of town, and when...
The streets of Iowa City were lined with protesters demanding racial equality. Groups chanting “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “Say their names” filled every corner of the city while voices echoed...
COVID-19 paired with election season has caused a surge in the amount of political discourse that takes place online, leaving students to distinguish between what’s real and what’s fake.
In terms...
This piece was written as a companion to WSS's 10/16 cover story, Unmuted.
Stories of people being called slurs, acts of harassment and discriminatory jokes. All of these things, and more, have been...
