West High students appeared on national television in The View's MLK Day special on Monday, Jan. 16. The segment, which consisted of clips from one-on-one interviews with students and a 70 minute student...
Underneath the 3D-printed cutout ceilings of the concert hall inside the new Voxman Music Building on Jan. 21, almost 300 junior high and high school students from across Southeast Iowa came together...
Each year School Newspapers Online offers student newspaper programs with outstanding journalism the opportunity to apply to become a SNO Distinguished Site. This past month, the West Side Story web staff earned this status--becoming the second school in the nation to receive this honor. Isabelle Robles '17 is the website editor-in-chief.
Fenna Semken, Online Editor-in-Chief
• January 24, 2017
The West High robotics team went to competition in Cedar Falls on Saturday, Jan. 21. West was a member of the winning alliance, meaning they were part of the three highest scoring teams overall.
They...
On Jan., 20 a new president was sworn into U.S. office. He did not win the popular vote, and was not an actual politician. A day into office, and funding has already been cut for programs (that don’t...
Fenna Semken, Online Editor-in-Chief
• January 21, 2017
The grey, foggy weather matched the minds of many Iowa City residents the morning after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Across the world, women’s marches broke out to advocate for women’s...
Fenna Semken, Online Editor-in-Chief
• January 20, 2017
Julie Adams, a 1995 West High graduate was appointed as the Secretary to the US Senate last January. Of her many duties, one will be administering in this position at the Inauguration ceremony on Friday,...
Science teacher Matt Harding and English teacher Tom Lindsey face off on Sunday nights around 10 p.m. to play in 45 minute indoor soccer games. Lindey's team, Spartik, ended up winning the league of four...
