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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

5 reasons why you should never forget health class

5 reasons why you should never forget health class

Taylor Shelfo, Broadcast Anchor January 20, 2017

With registration materials at hand, you are likely in the process of selecting all of your favorite classes for next year. The obvious choices are foods 1 & 2, I’m sure, along with the required...

Letter of recommendation: ASMR

Letter of recommendation: ASMR

Grace Yarrow, Copy Editor January 6, 2017

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a set of aural stimuli used to result in a relaxing tingling sensation starting in one’s scalp and eventually washing over the rest of the body. Few studies...

10 reasons why I dislike teenagers

10 reasons why I dislike teenagers

Pareen Mhatre, Photo Editor, Online Managing Editor December 19, 2016

We’re addicted to our phones: As phones are becoming smarter, people are becoming dumber. This particularly applies to people in my generation. Every time we have to do a simple mathematical calculation,...

Houseparty: the social media weve been lacking

Houseparty: the social media we’ve been lacking

Nina Elkadi, Print Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2016

Although I just got the app Houseparty yesterday, it has become one of my favorite concepts. Here’s how it works: you add your friends, and they can video chat with you if you’re online. Here’s where...

Is Black Friday starting too early?

Is Black Friday starting too early?

Samalya Thenuwara and Mason Wang November 25, 2016

Black friday starting times are nothing to complain about Samalya Thenuwara Feature Editor, Feature Producer Black Friday a day of the year unlike any other. A day where people across the country...

Protesters march through the ped-mall.

Protests: two weeks in review

George Liu, Videographer, Anchor November 22, 2016

It’s been two weeks since that fateful night, when the world was turned upside down. Two weeks since the moment in which everything most of us in Iowa City were so sure about was swept out from under...

The West Side Story editorial board reacts to the results of the election.

Comm(unity) against hate

WSS Staff November 17, 2016
The West Side Story editorial board reacts to the results of the election.

Students oppose hateful rhetoric with afternoon protest

Harry Westergaard, Caroline Young, and Alyson Kuennen November 12, 2016

It has been two days since Donald Trump was appointed President Elect of our country and there has already been significant hostility towards those he has targeted. Conversely however, there have also...

Thank you, West High football, for making my senior year

Thank you, West High football, for making my senior year

Leah Dusterhoft, Art editor, Sports Producer, and Designer November 10, 2016

Last year, I had my first opportunity to photograph an event for the West Side Story. As a designer on staff who had never used an actual DSLR or professional grade camera, this was quite a daunting task....

Election panic sparks talk of secession

Election panic sparks talk of secession

Eleanor Ho, Opinion and Blogs Editor November 9, 2016
Voters voice their outrage at the prospective outcomes of the election. This is satire and is not meant to be perceived as factual.
Kinnick in the eyes of a virgin

Kinnick in the eyes of a virgin

Taylor Shelfo, Broadcast Anchor October 21, 2016

Living in Iowa City, Iowa, the Hawkeyes are everywhere. You see tiger hawks on bumpers of cars, hawkeye flags hanging in front of homes, and black and yellow clothing all over the city. I lived in a small...

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