• 9/10: Volleyball vs. Linn-Mar @ Home
  • 9/10: Girls swim and dive vs. Waterloo West @ Coralville Rec Center
  • 9/11: Club fair
  • 9/12: Boys golf @ Twin Pines Golf Course
  • 9/12: Boys and girls cross country @ Seminole
  • 9/13: Football @ Muscatine
  • 9/14: Volleyball Live Like Line tournament @ Home
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West Side Story
The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story
The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story
Have Disney villains gotten worse?

Fall of Disney villains

Ethan Tisdale, FOJ Intern
May 31, 2024
Child stars are often caught in the limbo between maturity and immaturity that is Hollywood.

Don’t treat me like a kid!

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
May 27, 2024
Does the truth have any place in Hollywood?

Art imitates life

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
May 17, 2024
Athena Wu shares her thoughts on Math Olympiads

The failure theorem

Athena Wu, Print Entertainment Editor
April 19, 2024
Some of the most famous franchises have fallen off hardest.

Downfall of the franchise: five series that fell off

Eleanor Weitz and Jules Keranen
April 17, 2024
Despite entering an age of an oversaturated market for superhero movies, why is it that the film industry still fails female superheroes?

She-ro!

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
April 2, 2024
The mid-budget movie "Ghostbusters" lies in a dumpster.

The death of mid-budget films

Samuel Rosenthal, Podcaster and Reporter
April 1, 2024
The world needs to stop dehumanizing Arabs and condemn the Palestinian Genocide.

Wake up, world

Reem Kirja, Print Profiles Editor
March 4, 2024
In an age of cancel culture and wokeness, who gets to decide what's funny and what's not? Is offensive comedy actually offensive, or just unfunny?

Tough crowd

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
March 4, 2024
Advisory is a pointless addition to West High's schedule that needs major changes.

Advising Advisory

Henry Timmer-Hackert, Print Assistant Opinion Editor
March 1, 2024
Caled Medina '27 reuniting with his family on July 16, 2021 after two years.

How I came to the United States

Caled Medina, Guest Columnist
March 1, 2024
Poster from Mattel Films

The 2023 year in cinema

Samuel Rosenthal and Jules Keranen
December 22, 2023
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