The Iowa Department of Education released their reopening guidance for schools on June 25. This document was released as a resource for school administrators to safely reopen schools in the fall, but this...

Panic. I thought my heart would race, but, I don’t think it’s beating. I don’t think I’m breathing. I don’t have my insulin, my reservoirs, my syringes. What do I do? How do I live without the...

2020 has been a difficult year. Many events that we had to look forward to have been cancelled. On top of that, it's easy to feel lonely due to self-isolation, or helpless with the acts of police brutality...

As we plunged into the COVID-19 pandemic, movie theatres started to close, leaving movies like "Trolls 2" and "Scooby!" to release on video on demand.  With movie theatres planning a late summer...

The 2019-2020 athletic season was definitely one to remember. State championships, comebacks, wins, losses and most recently cancelations are what made up West High athletics over the past eight months....

Sachiko My dad is a very hard-working, kind, and funny person, and he is one of the people in my life that I truly admire. Until now, the dad that I knew was the serious, yet lighthearted person who liked...

“Tiger King” is the hit Netflix documentary that’s taken the world by storm since it’s release on March 20th, 2020. To be blunt, just about everyone on the show has done awful things, with two...

It’s a Sunday afternoon, and my dad returns home with a load of groceries after a trip from the store. With a sullen look etched on his face, he sets the bags on the kitchen countertop. I ask him about...

We all know the common Asian stereotype: super smart, math geeks and are perfectly quiet. Asians have achieved more success than any other minority and are therefore the model to follow, otherwise known...

Dear readers, As a child I was a crier.  Many of you can probably understand that I found this quite embarrassing. It was how my body dealt with anxiety, frustration, anger, sadness, you name...