Every week, West Side Story photographers will explain the story behind some of their favorite photos of the week. This week, Sarah Longmire gives a sneak peek to a story, West's unsung heroes, coming...
Dave McNair, World language teacher
West Side Story: What did you do over break?
Dave McNair: Mostly just stayed at home and relaxed. The highlight was we got our dirt bikes out and during that first...
By definition, mindfulness is the state of being mindful or aware of something. But on a psychological level, mindfulness is a technique where one focuses their full attention on the present, experiencing...
West High School’s SPIT (Student Produced Innovative Theater) has two comedy directors and two drama directors. These four students share what it is like to be in charge and making the the decisions.
What began as a collaboration between the Iowa Fashion Project (IFP) and Friends of the Animal Center Foundation (FACF) became a reality, as twelve dogs gathered on Dec. 16 to make their debut entrance...
Maddie Huinker is a basketball player through and through. She comes from a basketball family, with her dad Jon and older brother Gabe both having played. She’s been playing on a club basketball team...
Nina Elkadi, Print Editor-in-Chief
• December 23, 2016
Although many readers may only be familiar with the sleek, in-color West Side Story, there was a time when the paper contained stories about Beatlemania, Nixon and student animosity toward ITEDs. Well,...
Ala Mohamed, Digital Profile Editor
• December 22, 2016
Her legs shook violently under the table as she held both of her hands tightly together. She rubbed them against each other as she tried to get at least a word out. One stumble of a word led to another...
Lauren Katz, Copy Editor, Editorials Editor
• December 13, 2016
One irony of the 2016 presidential election was that Trump, a critic of the electoral college system prior to the election, in fact, benefitted from the “rigged system;” in this election, the...
Ala Mohamed, Digital Profile Editor
• December 9, 2016
“Hijabi fashion is not new; it’s been going on,” Lujayn Hamad ‘18 said. She flips a long strand of her tanned, yellow pashmina scarf back, which covers her ears and hair. Her neck stands bare....
