West High hosts celebration in honor of their 50th year. West Side Story brings you the highlights. Click here to see the full West High Weekly news show.
Nick Pryor, Anchor, Feature and News Producer
• September 27, 2017
Over the summer, West's BPA club worked to turn an old computer lab into the new and improved Pump It Up cafe. Here's a look at what they do, and what the cafe has to offer.
If you're interested in...
Even before Donald Trump became president, he had been the focus of the nation’s attention. And why not? He’s a showman by trade, an ex-reality TV star and now the President of the United States.
However,...
Fenna Semken, Online Editor-in-Chief
• September 21, 2017
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West High will celebrate their 50th anniversary...
Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
• September 20, 2017
Jingle Cross is an annual Iowa bike race centered around Cyclocross, which is a bike race where bikers ride on grass, gravel, dirt and mud.
West and Liberty high school students were scattered among the crowds, racing and watching. Read about some of the young cyclists.
Prior to this school year, AP Psychology teacher Travis Henderson taught his class like most social studies courses at West: nightly textbook readings followed by in-class lectures over the material....
"Whose streets? Our streets!": this chant is a reference to the fact that black people are often criminalized simply for existing in their own neighborhoods and is chanted by the Black Lives Matter movement....
Ian Prescott, Broadcast Editor-in-Chief
• September 20, 2017
Jingle Cross comes to Iowa City once again this year. Hosting a variety of races, from the Grinch Race to the World Cup. The West Side Story was able to grab some interviews with professional racers...
College. Who in high school isn’t thinking about it? It looms in our future, the threat of it ever-constant in our minds. And for good reason. These days, the need for a college education in the workplace...
The West High Trojan football team triumphed over the City High Little Hawks on Friday in the annual Battle of the Boot game with a final score of 52-6.
Cheered on by an energetic student section,...
