<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span> West High will celebrate their 50th anniversary...

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....

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,...

Steven Yuan ‘19 had volunteered at the Veterans Affairs Hospital during past summers, but felt there was a lack of volunteering from other students. “There are a lot of people at school who I feel...

WSS: How are the student section themes decided for each game? MD: For the games we have a group message of the people that run the Twitter account so we usually just text in that, I mean it's not very...

As the seasons change, so does the wardrobe of Jackson Elkins '18. Check out all of Elkins's essentials for the upcoming fall season.   Jackson's Instagram

While the opening of Liberty High School has definitely had an impact on the West High student population, the staff size has decreased as well. This has resulted in empty classrooms, allowing many teachers...

Bookworm | Noun |: A person unusually devoted to reading or study. (According to Merriam-Webster.com) Emma Gibson '20 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling “It's kind of the first...