• 1/7: Boys and girls basketball vs. Liberty @ Home
  • 1/9: Boys and girls wrestling @ Xavier
  • 1/10: Boys and girls bowling @ Colonial Lanes
  • 1/10: Boys wrestling meet @ Ottumwa
  • 1/10: Girls wrestling meet @ Highland
  • 1/11: Boys swimming @ Linn-Mar
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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
Luke Krchak ’21 describes why he thinks students should take Intro to Agricultural.

The value of highschool

Luke Krchak, Reporter
May 4, 2019
Natalie Dunlap '20 talks about the importance of close friendships.

Friendship: an underappreciated necessity

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
April 28, 2019
Sumner Wallace '20 discusses the recent misinformation surrounding vaccinations due to the spread of fake news and social media and answers common questions anti-vaxxers may have.

An open letter to anti-vaxxers

Sumner Wallace, Columns Editor
April 24, 2019
Ken Wilbur '20 frowns as he reads an email about the ISASP testing schedule.

ISASP: an Iowa statewide annoyance

Ken Wilbur, Podcast Editor
April 19, 2019
Annabel Hendrickson '21 discusses the discrepancy between high school girls and boys track distances.

Going the distance

Annabel Hendrickson, Copy Editor
April 17, 2019
News Editor Fatima Kammona '19 talks about mental health in her column.

Tell me I am human

Fatima Kammona, News Editor
March 31, 2019
Opinion Editor Lucy Polyak '19 talks about the importance of gratitude in her latest installment of Lucy's Lowdown.

Lucy’s Lowdown: gratitude is rad-itude

Lucy Polyak, Columns Editor
March 28, 2019
Alyssa Skala '21 discuses her experiences with anxiety and panic attacks.

Don’t panic

Alyssa Skala, Yearbook Managing Editor
March 27, 2019
Online Managing Editor Sophie Stephens '19 writes about the recent national college admissions scandal and why it's unfair that students and their parents can pay their way into a good college when they didn't work hard in high school.

Hard work pays off, but money does too

Sophie Stephens, Online Managing Editor
March 14, 2019
College athletes are treated as amateurs despite working at a professional level.

Boxed out: the exploitation of college athletes

Joe Goodman, Sports Editor
March 8, 2019
Guest columnist Sumner Wallace '20 smiles for a portrait in the West High courtyard. She writes about the need for communication in her piece.

Let’s focus on communicatin’

Sumner Wallace, Columns Editor
March 4, 2019
Reporter Bess Frerichs '21 poses for a photo. In her column, she writes about why they/them pronouns are important for inclusivity.

The pronoun problem

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 22, 2019
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