On Friday Nov. 1, assistant wrestling coach Kody Pudil announced the addition of a girls wrestling team to the sports roster through an email to female West students. This news comes on the heels of Pudil...
Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
• November 1, 2019
Changing classes, planning for college and signing up for AP tests are just a few of the duties guidance counselors at West have to help students. All of their work is related to their primary goal, helping...
Jack Harris, Online Copy Editor and Arts Editor
• October 30, 2019
“The Lighthouse” is a tale of how two men, isolated on a decrepit rock, fall into a state of murderous hysteria. Robert Eggers is such a stupendous filmmaker, viewers will likely fall victim to the...
Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
• October 30, 2019
There is a chill in the air accompanied by the changing of leaves and a shiver down your spine. Halloween is here, and as a lover of autumn, I am required to like horror and thriller films. These are my...
The West High volleyball season ended just as it began.
Sort of.
The Women of Troy lost in three straight sets to City High despite key assists from Emma Dunlap '22 and great all-around defensive...
This is a topic that could easily fill a hundred-page thesis with no trouble. For simplicity, this article will be broken up into three major parts; The Ukrainian Call, Syria-Turkey Stuff, President Trump...
"That was one of the best high schools games I've ever been to."
That phrase was overheard from a passing City High fan following his team's loss on Friday night in the 51st annual Battle for the Boot....
Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
• October 25, 2019
Today, instead of the usual 30 second warning bell that was added this year, students were surprised to hear the West High marching band blasting over the loudspeaker.
Last night was the Sounds of the...
They are five of the biggest guys on any given football field, yet most fans hardly even notice they are there.
Football fans eyes’ are almost always glued to the ball, meaning they focus on the quarterback...
The Iowa High School Press Association recognized both the Trojan Epic yearbook and West Side Story staffs at its annual state journalism conference at The University of Iowa on Oct. 24. The Trojan Epic...
Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
• October 24, 2019
Mia Dillingham '20 and Mary Woodward '21 met two years ago in cross country, completely unaware that they both knew sign language. They were sprinters, so they became friends over their shared love for...
In an event brought to fruition by the Iowa City Public Library and the Prairie Lights bookshop, Australian author Markus Zusak visited the library on Oct. 21 in promotion of his 2018 novel “Bridge...
(she/her) Callie Gao is a sophomore at West and this is her first year on the yearbook staff as a designer and photographer. She enjoys reading memoirs, taking photos of her cat and eating poutine. Her...
