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Theatre West presents Beauty and the Beast this weekend

Theatre West announces 2023-2024 show lineup

Isabella Tisdale, Features and Visuals editor June 1, 2023

After a successful year of shows by Theatre West, including the recent production of Beauty and the Beast in April, the program has announced their lineup for next year’s productions.   Christmas...

A group of NWJH students perform a skit in the little theater on May 1.

The demolition of drama

Evelyn Kraber, Assistant Copy Editor June 1, 2023

  "The Crimson House Murder" Act One, Scene One SOUND EFFECT: Heavy Rain. AT RISE: Main room of Crimson House, evening. The lights flicker and dim, giving a shadowy look to establish a...

A snapshot into Iowa City Pride 2022.

A preview of Pride

Tessa Gibson and Katherine Shoppa May 31, 2023

Pride 2023 As Pride Month, June, approaches, people are generating ideas for how they will choose to celebrate. The purpose of Pride Month is to recognize the LGBTQ+ community and celebrate each...

Last years Walk For Water participants pose in front of the Iowa River.

1440 club to hold Walk For Water event

Eleanor Weitz, Managing Editor May 30, 2023

For the past three years West High's 1440 club has been holding an event called Walk For Water. West students gather together after school and walk all the way downtown to the Iowa River and back again....

Prabhas Gupta 28 answers the final Countdown question, winning Countdown for the entire in-person competition.

West High Math Club wins Mathleague Nationals

Athena Wu, Print Entertainment Editor May 26, 2023

Last Saturday the West High Math Club won the Mathleague National contest in Kansas City, for the first time since 2018. This is the culmination of a series of competitions from the district to state to...

Shanza Sami 26 and Lilly Graham 24 attend the International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas, Texas May 16.

Three West students compete at ISEF

Lilly Graham and Heidi Du May 25, 2023

For the second year in a row, West High sent three students to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. Shanza Sami ’26,...

Anna Vasi 24 and Grace Cheng 24 work on their chemistry lab for AP Chemistry. .

AP Classes after testing

Mrudani Ramkumar, Print News Editor May 25, 2023

In the first two weeks of May, students across West were taking numerous AP tests, ranging from AP Biology to AP Music Theory. Many worked the entire school year to do well on those tests. However, what...

Maeve Christians 25 sports a green bandana in support of mental health awareness

Student Government raises money for mental health awareness

Ashlyn Brady, Features Editor May 24, 2023

The West High Student Government announced a spirit week to commemorate the end of the 2022-23 school year as well as to promote mental health awareness. On the final day of the spirit week, Friday, May...

Samir Singh 24 serves as Shivy Mannengi 23 prepares for the return during their match for seventh place at the state singles/doubles tournament at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex May 24.

Three boys tennis players place at state singles/doubles tournament

Ella De Young, Print Managing Editor May 24, 2023

With temperatures in the 80s and the sun beating down, two days of exciting yet grueling tennis were on the horizon for the boys state tennis singles/doubles tournament at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation...

Ian Kraske 25, Anjali Lodh 25, Sam Abdel-Malek 25, Waylon Houchins-Witt 25, Eli Asper 25 and Sid Westergard 25 perform with the Symphonic Jazz Band.

West High jazz bands perform at Friday Night Concert Series

Audrey Parrish, Copy Editor May 24, 2023

The weather was perfect for a jazz concert at the ped mall on Friday, May 19. A slight, cool breeze blew through the mall as jazz bands from Liberty, City and West High Schools played their way through...

The Chauncey location in Downtown Iowa City.

Scenesters at FilmScene

Jules Keranen, Entertainment Editor May 18, 2023

If you’ve ever driven downtown Iowa City, you may have noticed FilmScene. As a local theater founded by Andy Brodie and Andrew Sherburne, FilmScene offers a variety of films that bring the magic of...

Derek Hua 25 and Nathan Chen 23 pose in cuts outs of traditional Chinese clothing at Asian Fest 2023.

Inaugural Asian Fest 2023

Gianna Liu and Sachiko Goto May 15, 2023

From 12-6 p.m., vendors, performers and community members gathered in ST Morrison Park to honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and participate in the first-ever Coralville Asian Festival....

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