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The student news source of Iowa City West High

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The student news source of Iowa City West High

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

West Side Story
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 Lucys 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 its unfair that students and their parents can pay their way into a good college when they didnt 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
Photo Editor Maddi Shinall 19 poses for a photo as she displays her feminist slogan sweatshirt on Friday, Feb. 15.

A woman’s place is in charge

Maddi Shinall, Photo Editor
February 17, 2019
Luke Krchak ’21 describes why he thinks students should take Intro to Agricultural.

Agriculture: the industry of tomorrow

Luke Krchak, Reporter
February 12, 2019
Online Editor-in-Chief and Co-Sports Editor Kara Wagenknecht 19 shoots a photo while covering a basketball doubleheader at West High on Saturday, Jan. 5.

A race to be picture perfect

Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
February 8, 2019
Online Managing Editor Sophie Stephens 19 talks about the the issue of owing people explanations.

I owe you nothing

Sophie Stephens, Online Managing Editor
February 5, 2019
Ting Gao 19 talks about how and why many teenagers fall out of love with reading.

A lost love

Ting Gao, Reporter
February 3, 2019
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