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Trobotix poses with their robot and trophies after the awards ceremony.

Trobotix dominates at the Horace Pippin league tournament

Haneen Eltyeb, Videographer January 25, 2024

Through treacherous snow and below-freezing temperatures, Trobotix spent hours in and out of storage room 14 working on their robot, engineering portfolio and judge’s presentation. Before the league...

Melae Lacy 24, Aria Warren 26 and Ashley Niemiec 25 showcase their talents and confidence by participating in pageantry in high school.

Pageant personas

Kamakshee Kuchhal and Maddy Cook January 24, 2024

This past November, Miss Universe 2023 made history as Sheynnis Palacios became the first Nicaraguan to win the prestigious title. While Miss Universe was initially created to empower women, the pageant...

The Radish

The Radish

Carter Birch Houchins-Witt, Reporter January 24, 2024

Festive Flash At West High’s “A Christmas Carol” production, audiences were sorely disappointed with Theatre West’s interpretation of the classic holiday play. The cast entered singing Jingle...

A Soul from Seoul

A Soul from Seoul

Reem Kirja and Henry Timmer-Hackert January 23, 2024

The city of Seoul is bustling, and rows of cars line the streets as rambling vendors call out their prices. Billboards with K-Pop idols are in every corner, and students are giggling as they eat tteokbokki...

Editorial: Parking not permitted

Editorial: Parking not permitted

WSS Editorial Board January 23, 2024

During passing time, daily announcements list the license plates of cars parked in the fire lane, followed by threats of towing. While the West administration has put effort into enforcing punishments,...

Living with SAD

Jane Lam and Lilly Graham January 22, 2024

For some, the onset of winter conjures feelings of excitement and festivity — holiday dinners with family, sledding over winter break, sleeping in on the occasional snow day. Yet, for others, the...

Paraeducators are the beating heart of West High.

Unsung heroes: exploring the challenges faced by paraeducators in the West community

Zoe Smith and Yaya Orszula January 17, 2024

Nine-hour work days, emotionally, physically and mentally exhausted, juggling multiple students with vastly different needs. These are just some of the many things that describe a paraeducator's day-to-day...

Wrestlers often go to great lengths to rapidly lose weight.

Losing to win

Neema Ash and Yaya Orszula January 16, 2024

Trigger warning: This article contains content about weight loss and unhealthy eating habits. To compete at a high level of wrestling, one may feel required to cut weight to decrease their body fat,...

How lessons usually start in the Behavioral Health class.

Behavioral Health at West

Abby Guo and Maya Mueller January 15, 2024

West High is currently in the middle of the academic year. The second trimester is known for having a much heavier workload than the first trimester and being in winter, which is the hardest time mentally...

Iowa’s capitol building in Des Moines is open to the public and is a place where people can go to talk with legislators.

Iowa’s legislative session: what you need to know

Evelyn Kraber, Assistant Copy Editor January 13, 2024

On Jan. 8, Iowa legislators returned to the capital for the beginning of Iowa’s 2024 legislative session. This is a time devoted to making laws, and the process in which this happens varies across...

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