National Scholastic Press Association announced finalists for its 2019 individual contests, with contest categories including up to 10 finalists nationwide. The West Side Story students recognized include:
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Walk into West High on Oct. 19 and you’ll be greeted by mostly vacant hallways with well-dressed students scattered around. People mutter to themselves as they await their turn to debate or give a speech....
Your name is called, and you stand up from the uncomfortable wooden chair, tucking the small cube into a coat pocket. You walk up to the brightly colored table where a judge, a mat for cup stacking, and...
Abby McKeone, Graphics and Social Media Editor
• October 15, 2019
The DeGowin Blood Center, which is apart of the University of Iowa, will be holding a blood drive on Oct. 16 from 11:00 am-3:30 pm and Oct. 17 8:30 am-1:00 pm in the auditorium lobby. Students must be...
Most people are familiar with Pride month in June, but LGBTQ+ history month in October is less known but still as important to the LGBTQ+ community. With the library display now changed to celebrate...
America's voter turnout for the upcoming 2020 presidential election is anticipated to be record-breaking, numbers not seen in centuries experts state. Millennials and Generation Z combined are expected...
Iowa City Community School District Superintendent Stephen Murley announced his intention to resign in a letter to staff and families on October 1. The superintendent will officially leave his position...
Jack Harris, Online Copy Editor and Arts Editor
• September 23, 2019
This article has been updated to better portray the renovations taking place at the Englert.
Strengthen. Grow. Evolve. These are the words that FilmScene and the Englert used to describe their vision...
Hundreds of students and activists lay down in unison on the lawn of the University of Iowa Pentacrest, completely silent. They stayed like that, under in the sun in 90 degree weather, for 11 minutes,...
The National Scholastic Press Association named the 2018-2019 West Side Story staff a Newspaper Pacemaker finalist today for the second year in a row. Deniz Ince '19 was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.
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