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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 boys swim team placed third at the Iowa high school state swim meet in Marion on Feb. 13. The team finished with 208.5 points.

Boys swimming places third at state

Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief February 13, 2021

Different pool. New team. Same goal. With the state meet moved to Linn-Mar due to COVID-19 restrictions at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City, and many teams experiencing unpredictable...

Parker McBride 22 flexes after winning the district championship at 120 pounds on Feb. 13.

Trojans send 8 wrestlers to state

Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief February 13, 2021

For the second year in a row, Athletic Director Craig Huegel and the boys wrestling team welcomed area schools to the West High gym for the Iowa High School Athletic Association Class 3A District 5 wrestling...

WSS recaps the latest ICCSD school board meeting.

School board recap: 2/9/21

Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor February 12, 2021

Many things were discussed at the Feb. 9 ICCSD Board of Directors meeting. There were updates from Tate and West High, information about construction at school buildings and votes held on new legislation...

West teacher Alex Michenfelder used to teach music before switching to special education after losing most of his hearing.

The music of teaching

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor February 12, 2021

West High special education teacher Alex Michenfelder started losing the upper ranges of his hearing in sixth or seventh grade. Hearing loss has always run in his family, so he wasn’t that surprised....

Guard Christian Barnes 22 pushes the ball up the floor past his defender against Kennedy on Feb. 11.

Missed free throws cost Trojans the win against Kennedy

Owen Aanestad, Online Editor-In-Chief February 12, 2021

Coming off their first conference win of the year against Jefferson on Tuesday, the boys basketball team was looking to turn around their shortened season tonight in another Mississippi Valley Conference...

With COVID-19, social media has been gaining popularity, predominantly with Generation Z. Todays youth has pushed several large movements like BLM and Save the Arctic.

#SaveTheArctic: Growing power

Alaina Greenlee and Emma Hall February 11, 2021

Generation Z has been notorious for creating a voice for the voiceless and bringing crucial problems to light. Movements such as Black Lives Matter, Fridays for Future, and Save the Arctic have taken the...

Zach Wahls 09 discusses his path to become and Iowa State Senator.

Life After a Trojan: From West High to a voice for the people

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor February 11, 2021

Zach Wahls graduated from West in 2009. He went on the study engineering at the University of Iowa. After delivering a now-famous speech to the Iowa legislature about his experience with two mothers, he...

Q&A with Science Talent Search finalist Dasia Taylor ’21

Q&A with Science Talent Search finalist Dasia Taylor ’21

Ruba Ahmed, Reporter February 10, 2021

West Side Story: How did you feel when they announced that you were in the top 40 finalists? Dasia Taylor '21: "I was not expecting to get the news when I did … I thought this random number from Washington...

Kareem Earl 24 is the latest shining star on the Trojan boys basketball team.

Rising star: Kareem Earl ’24

Hanah Kitamoto, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief February 10, 2021

West Side Story: When did you start playing basketball?  Kareem Earl: I started playing basketball when I was 3 years old. My dad used to coach and train other basketball players so I was always with...

Olivia Casebolt 22s cat, Baby Gaga, helped her get through quarantine.

A little help from furry friends

Nao Oya, Photographer February 9, 2021

From forgetting to do an assignment to unknowingly being unmuted during your Zoom class, there are millions of things that could go wrong in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, at the end of the...

Image courtesy of Warner Bros.

“Wonder Woman 1984” is a half-baked superhero film

Sam Westergaard, Videographer and Photographer February 7, 2021

Besides "Birds of Prey" and "New Mutants," there was not a single superhero film released last year. That was, until HBO Max put “Wonder Women 84” (WW84) up for a month. Audiences who were starved...

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