Immigrating to a foreign country is one of the most difficult experiences a teenager can go through. You leave your friends, family, school and activities behind to start from scratch in a place you are...
During third period at 11:19 a.m., the power went down at West High. Students, however, remained inside their third period classrooms. The internet went out at 11:33 a.m. For lunch, students were dismissed...
Jack Harris, Online Copy Editor and Arts Editor
• January 12, 2022
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” has drawn many comparisons with Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”. Both films offer fictionalized tellings of the Hollywood their respective...
Maddy Smith, Visual Editor and Feature Editor
• January 11, 2022
“Democracy dies in darkness,” is the motto of the Washington Post. Since the birth of America, the press has been a way to spread information and hold politicians accountable. Iowa’s GOP threatens...
Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
• January 9, 2022
The West High debate team competed in an in-person tournament for the first time since 2020. The debate team traveled to Ankeny to compete in the IHSSA state tournament Jan. 7-8. West High repeated as...
Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief
• January 8, 2022
Head Coach BJ Mayer and the girls basketball team faced off with the Waterloo Wahawks on Jan. 7 for the first time since seeing them in the 2020 State Quarterfinals at Wells Fargo Arena where the Trojans...
Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor
• January 7, 2022
One of the many things that students missed out on due to COVID-19 was snow days. However, on Jan. 6, students in the Iowa Community School district received their first snow day in two years.
In order...
In the first Weekly of 2022, anchor Mohana Sunkara ’23 recaps the wildfire donations, Anastasia rehearsals and more school news, while Assistant Sports Editor Zoe Smith ’24 takes over the winter...
Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor
• January 6, 2022
Snow days are one of the best things about cold Iowa winters. There is nothing better than waking up to get ready for school to realize that it has been canceled. But what should you do with all this new...
(she/her) Sigrid Rossi is a senior that has been on the Trojan Epic staff for two years. She is the Clubs and Academics Editor as well as the Design Editor. Sigrid enjoys hiking, listening to music, and...
