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West Side Story

A Joe Biden campaign sign sits in a Coralville lawn.

Power to the people: 2020 election preview

Alex Carlon, Maddy Smith, and Abby McKeone November 3, 2020

After what feels like years of campaigning, the 2020 presidential election is coming to a close. More than 30 candidates, 12 debates and countless rallies have boiled down to two months of in-person and...

Katie Milani 23 poses in her Rockette uniform. Milani became a Radio City Rockette after attending Park Point University.

Life After a Trojan: from the halls of West to Radio City Music Hall

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor November 2, 2020

Katie Milani graduated from West High in 2013, having had a quintessential Trojan experience: school dances, football games, the lack of air conditioning, funny class memories and great times spent with...

Part two of West Side Radios conspiracy theories series explores QAnon.

West Side Radio: conspiracy theories podcast episode 2

Paige Albright and Renee Gould November 1, 2020

Chances are you’ve heard of QAnon. But most people don’t know how it started and spread, and the actions people are taking for and against it. The second part of West Side Radio’s conspiracy theories...

The fourth installment of WSS Weebs features Amin Elkeurti 20.

WSS Weebs episode 1

Sam Westergaard, Videographer and Photographer October 20, 2020

In the first episode of WSS Weebs, host Sam Westergaard '21 and co-host Landon Mohr '21 discuss anime recommendations, underrated animes, as well as where to watch certain anime. The West Side Story...

A three-week pause in West High athletics has impacted team atmospheres and athletes mentalities.

Broken season

As the summer heat fades into an autumn breeze, the cool weather is normally met with roaring crowds on the bleachers of West High and the excitement that comes along with the fall sports season. The cheering...

Students in the ICCSD speak out about discrimination they have faced.

District discrimination

Bess Frerichs, Maggie Huang, and Abby McKeone October 16, 2020

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...

Organizing online school

The 2020-21 school year has been a change of pace for everyone. For students enrolled in the online academy, the change in routine has been especially drastic. While there are many benefits to online school,...

WSS staffers Paige Albright 23 and Renee Gould 22 discuss and debunk popular conspiracy theories.

West Side Radio: conspiracy theories

Paige Albright and Renee Gould October 4, 2020

In this episode of West Side Radio, WSS staffers Paige Albright '23 and Renee Gould '22 explain and debunk popular conspiracy theories ranging from the moon landing to the Manhattan Project and gay frogs....

West Side Story Staffer Bess Frerichs and her mother, Dannye Frerichs, pose for a photo on September 28.

Surviving cancer: five years later

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor September 29, 2020

When I was a kid, my house was full of music. My mom, Dannye Frerichs, was a singer. She sang in bands and at concerts, but what I remember most is hearing her sing at home. She would sing while getting...

No cap recap: fall sports shutdown

No cap recap: fall sports shutdown

Owen Aanestad and Camille Gretter September 28, 2020

It has been a crazy couple of months for athletes at West High. On this episode of the No Cap Recap, hosts Owen Aanestad '22 and Camille Gretter '23 take a look back at the summer sports season and...

Life After a Trojan: from West High to Silicon Valley

Life After a Trojan: from West High to Silicon Valley

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor September 27, 2020

In the first episode of Life After a Trojan, David Rodnitzky ’90 explains how his company, 3Q Digital, went from a single person working out of a coffee shop to a billion dollar tech company in Silicon...

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