Poll students at West High and many would likely say that racism is no longer as prevalent of a problem as it was 50 years ago. With a half African American president and minorities gaining more foothold...
By Hannah Merrill
Summer of the Arts in Iowa City is back starting this Friday, May 16, 2014 to kick off the summer fun. Every Friday night until September from 6:30pm-9:30pm, families and friends...
West Side Story staffers won 17 awards in the Iowa High School Press Association’s writing, design and photography contest.
The newspaper staff received five first place awards:
Megumi Kitamoto...
"Time flies when you're having fun." Ironically, time also flies when you are desperately lugging several pounds of unrelated notebooks in a feeble attempt to reach a room several continents away from...
It has been almost a week since the new budget proposals were laid out at an Iowa City Community School board meeting. Possible programs to be affected by the reductions include the district's German...
By Grace Young
Members of the boys and girls track teams will load up a bus Thursday afternoon and head to Drake Stadium to compete in one of the most prestigious track and field events in the nation....
In honor of Behind the Mask, West High's new mental health awareness club, Behind the Mask investigates what it's
really like behind the mask of mental illness.
By Fiona Armstrong-Pavlik
EATS club, Environmental Advocates Teaching Sustainability, will be holding the annual Focus the Classroom event tomorrow in the Little Theater.
"The goals are to educate the...
By Miriam Perez
As the spring sports season starts, West athletes try the new juicing trend in order to receive the health benefits they (supposedly) provide.