• MONDAY 5/19: girls golf MVC Divisional @ Western Dubuque
  • TUESDAY 5/20: girls soccer vs. Liberty, band concert @ 7:00 in Arganbright Auditorium, girls tennis semifinals @ U of I tennis complex
  • WEDNESDAY 5/21: baseball vs. Prairie, boys tennis substate vs. CR Jefferson, girls golf @ Southeast Polk, boys soccer @ Kennedy, senior recognition ceremony @ 7:00 in Arganbright Auditorium
  • THURSDAY 5/22: state track & field @ Drake, orchestra concert @ 7:00 in Arganbright Auditorium
  • FRIDAY 5/23: state track & field @ Drake, baseball @ Davenport West
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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
In the first installment of "A glance into the past," Kamakshee Kuchhal '24 uncovers an article detailing a high school party.

A glance into the past: We’re going to party like it’s…

Kamakshee Kuchhal, Lead Print Copy Editor
February 9, 2021
Iowa's civil rights history is more storied than one may suspect.

The unknown history of Iowa, the radical star

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
February 5, 2021
With a pandemic, extreme weather and inequality, 2020 hasn't shaped up to what everyone thought it would be.

Can we call 2020 the worst year ever?

Katherine Shoppa, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
December 14, 2020
Image from Creative Commons by NIAID used with permission

The importance of the flu shot this year

Maggie Huang, Online News Editor
December 10, 2020
Rosemary Timmer-Hackert '23 stands out in the snow on October 19.

Rosemary’s Rambles: watching the climate change

Rosemary Timmer-Hackert, Print Opinion Editor
November 16, 2020
WSS staffer Maggie Huang '21 discusses inequalities in political media coverage.

Double standards

Maggie Huang, Online News Editor
November 2, 2020
Bering a Novel during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Isolated in my passion: finding my writing in a pandemic

Luke Krchak, Reporter
October 18, 2020
Rosemary Timmer-Hackert '23 talks about the stress caused by online school.

Rosemary’s Rambles: drowning in due dates

Rosemary Timmer-Hackert, Print Opinion Editor
October 11, 2020
West Side Story Staffer Bess Frerichs and her mother, Dannye Frerichs, pose for a photo on September 28.

Surviving cancer: five years later

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
September 29, 2020
Why it's important to vote in 2020

Why it’s important to vote in 2020

Katherine Shoppa, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
July 25, 2020
Scarcity scares

Scarcity scares

Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
June 4, 2020
6 things that bring us joy despite tough times

6 things that bring us joy despite tough times

Kailey Gee, Alex Carlon, Hanah Kitamoto, Marta Leira, Abby McKeone, and Alyssa Skala
June 3, 2020
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