Sachiko Goto, Design Editor, Photographer
• June 28, 2020
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...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• June 26, 2020
The Iowa City Community School District's Return-to-Learn survey was posted on Twitter and sent out to parents and staff to fill out on June 9. The purpose of the survey was to gather information on what...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• June 26, 2020
West's Trojan baseball team faced the Cedar Rapids Jefferson J-Hawks in a doubleheader on June 25.
Starter pitcher Marcus Morgan ’21 began the first game strong by striking out all three batters in...
The third and final Speak Up, Speak Out event was held at Mercer Park on June 6. Iowa City's Mayors Bruce Teague and Pro Tem Mazahir Salih, as well as Johnson County Supervisor Royceann Porter have been...
After the first Speak Up, Speak Out event at Wetherby Park on June 3, Iowa City Mayors Bruce Teague and Pro Tem Mazahir Salih and Johnson County Supervisor Royceann Porter hosted the second Speak Up, Speak...
On the evening of June 3, Mayor Teague, Royceann Porter and Mazahir Salih lead an event called Speak Up, Speak Out. This event allowed citizens to speak their mind, particularly about racial matters. People...
Minivans, garbage trucks and semis alike honk in celebration as they pass by Broadway St., cheering on community members painting a mural that has been two years in the making. Despite the wide range of...
Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
• June 4, 2020
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...
After three days of individual graduations held at West, seniors participated in a car parade on May 31. There were two routes for the seniors to drive through, one in Iowa City and the other in Coralville....
(She/her) Maddy is a sophomore and this is her first year on staff as a reporter. She dances at the National Dance Academy and is on the West High Dance Team. In her free time, she likes to read, listen...
