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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
Artists can easily feel exploited in modern society, meaning we have to take extra care to respect them.

Stop the spotlight

Kailey Gee, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
March 8, 2022
Taxing the rich is more necessary than many people think.

Radical reputation

Katherine Shoppa, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
March 5, 2022
Aromatherapy is the practice of using aromatic compounds for

Column: Aromatherapy

Renee Gould, Opinion Editor
February 24, 2022
Jack Harris 22 gives his thoughts on the Iowa Football program.

Column: Kirk Ferentz shouldn’t be the future of Iowa

Jack Harris, Online Copy Editor and Arts Editor
February 16, 2022
Mayasa Hamid ‘23 poses for a photo on Sept. 9, 2021

Guest column: A chance for hope

Mayasa Hamid
January 27, 2022
In this first installment in a recurring series of columns, columns editor Helen Zhang argues in favor of casting age-accurate actors in the media’s dramatization of teenage life.

Helen’s Hot Takes: Putting the ‘age’ in ‘teenager’

Helen Zhang, Print Columns Editor
January 17, 2022
The percentage of Americans who trust the government has fallen dramatically in the last 60 years.

Managing mistrust

Rosemary Timmer-Hackert, Print Opinion Editor
October 5, 2021
The isolation room in South Korea we were forced to stay in due to COVID-19.

Nicole’s Headspace: 10 days in isolation

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
September 15, 2021
The American flag hangs in a West High classroom on Sept. 7.

Afghanistan has a right to self-determination

Jack Harris, Online Copy Editor and Arts Editor
September 8, 2021
Summer jobs: the good, the bad and the ugly

Summer jobs: the good, the bad and the ugly

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
June 9, 2021
Helen Zhang 23 discusses losing her native tongue.

Fading tongue

Helen Zhang, Print Columns Editor
April 28, 2021
In A glance into the past, columnist Kamakshee Kuchhal 24 dives into the WSS archives.

A glance into the past: Miss Iowa, you’re ugly

Kamakshee Kuchhal, Lead Print Copy Editor
April 8, 2021
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