• 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
The student news source of Iowa City West High

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
Met Gala: Top 15 best dressed

Met Gala: Top 15 best dressed

Sila Duran, Print Assistant Design Editor
May 26, 2023
The West Side Story seniors write about experiences in life before or during high school. Whether it is trees or a parking lot horror story, the tales are endless.

Senior Columns 2023

WSS
May 26, 2023
Using the same algorithm will always get you the same result that people are tired of seeing.

Trigonometry of love

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
May 24, 2023
Gabriella Esch '23 started using mobility aids her junior year of high school.

Yes, I can walk

Gabriella Esch, Guest Columnist
May 11, 2023
Feelings of despair and confusion fill those in Sudan as the already struggling country turns into a battlefield.

Guest column: Jinann’s Visit to Palestine

Jinann Abudagga, WSS student
May 11, 2023
After students peeled the gendered bathroom signs off of the walls, the school had the signs painted on instead. Students have since tried to scratch them off and cover them up.

Life-changing legislation

Audrey Parrish, Copy Editor
April 25, 2023
Jay Sainsbury, Parker Vick and Lucybelle Gerlieb are easy to pick out of the crowd due to their fashion sense. Photographed by Jules Keranen, Parker Vick, and Sara Whittaker.

Spring and summer 2023 fashion predictions

Jules Keranen, Entertainment Editor
April 25, 2023
Sylvia De Young ’26 shares why she has remained an owl, someone enrolled in the ICCSD Online Learning Program.

Hello, I’m here too

Sylvia De Young, Guest Columnist
April 23, 2023
Janet Abejo-Parker describes her duties as the ICCSD's ombuds.

“Oms-what?”

Janet Abejo-Parker, Guest Columnist
April 21, 2023
West High should increase the variety of vegetarian lunches.

Editorial: Herbi-more

WSS Editorial Board
April 20, 2023
After the bill requiring students to use the bathrooms that align with the sex they were assigned at birth passed, some students at West covered restroom placards with all gender flyers in protest.

Bills that ban gender-affirming care in Iowa will kill transgender youth

Miela Miller-Jacobs, WSS Intern
April 19, 2023
From banning books to banning medically transitioning, LGBTQ+ rights are slowly being whittled away.

Bloody bills

Jack Alden, Reporter
April 18, 2023
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