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The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

Living with SAD

Jane Lam and Lilly Graham January 22, 2024

For some, the onset of winter conjures feelings of excitement and festivity — holiday dinners with family, sledding over winter break, sleeping in on the occasional snow day. Yet, for others, the...

Paraeducators are the beating heart of West High.

Unsung heroes: exploring the challenges faced by paraeducators in the West community

Zoe Smith and Yaya Orszula January 17, 2024

Nine-hour work days, emotionally, physically and mentally exhausted, juggling multiple students with vastly different needs. These are just some of the many things that describe a paraeducator's day-to-day...

Logos of timeless apps on the left and on the right, logos of trendy apps.

Timeless vs. trendy

Minna Abdalla and Neema Ash January 17, 2024

While a wide variety of social media apps have risen in fame ever since the start of the internet, only a few of them have strived since, and others, although they have made an impact on users, just don't...

A collage of some members of the Coralville Public Librarys Teen Advisory Board.

Beyond books: The Coralville Public Library

Evelyn Kraber and Anna Greenlee January 11, 2024

Every month a group of teens gathers after hours at the Coralville Public Library. Known as the Teen Advisory Board, they volunteer and plan events like the summer reading program. The TAB opens...

Holiday gifting: The spending, the waste and the little tricks to find a better gift.

Holiday gifting: welcome or wasteful?

Defne Bayman and Airi Thompson December 22, 2023

The moment winter begins, people all over the U.S. run to start decorating and preparing for Christmas and its most famous aspect: gift-giving.    Starting right after Thanksgiving, Black Friday...

Tina Hart is a librarian secretary who fills the library with her warm and welcoming personality.

Full circle: from student to librarian secretary at West High’s haven of books

Tessa Gibson and Vera Tanas December 21, 2023

Working in the West High library is somewhat of a full-circle experience for Tina, as she used to be a student here, coming to the library while Ms. Hofmockel worked there. “I love working in libraries,...

Unidos is the Latinx student union at West.

Unidos | A United Community

Yeju Seol, Artist and Reporter December 21, 2023

Unidos is a club for Latin American students and other students to hang out with each other. Students feel united, whether just chatting and watching a film or participating in projects.  “I joined...

Behind the counter of Pump It Up

Behind the counter of Pump It Up

Anna Greenlee and Evelyn Kraber December 8, 2023

Pump It Up, West High’s coffee shop, opened for the school year on Nov. 27, but it's been around for over a decade. It's managed and run by West's Business Professionals of America chapter. PIU is open...

Stuffed animal donations can be left either in the main office or foreign language classrooms.

1440 Interact holds Stuffed Animal Drive

Lilly Graham, Print Managing Editor December 4, 2023

This week, Dec. 4-8, 1440 Interact, West High’s Rotary International affiliated service and volunteering club, will hold a stuffed animal drive. 1440 is accepting donations of new or gently used stuffed...

Lots of students at West participate in cosplay.

Behind the costume

Kamakshee Kuchhal and Jessie Li November 22, 2023

Jet-black hair, tinted sunglasses, a simple black suit with a dress shirt open at the collar and a comically large gun are only a few notable characteristics that distinguish Trigun Stampede protagonist...

WSS interviews students to determine how much young adults spend on artists.

Worth it or wasteful?

Ashlyn Brady and Elena Garcia Van Auken November 20, 2023

With high statistics comes an even higher amount of money that fans will pay to not only see Beyoncé on tour, but to also buy merchandise.

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