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 student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story

The volleyball team cheers during the Battle for the Spike.
50 years later
Yaya Orszula, Assistant Sports Editor • March 8, 2023
Top 3 moments
Top 3 moments
Krisha Kapoor and Jack Alden March 8, 2023
The boys basketball team stands behind broken glass.
At what cost
Zoe Smith and Ashlyn Brady March 7, 2023
Jannell Avila 23 pins opponents arm behind back at girls state wrestling.
Saying goodbye
Elena Garcia Van Auken, Podcaster, Reporter • March 7, 2023
March news briefs
March news briefs
Mrudani Ramkumar, Reporter • March 3, 2023
No Cap Recap is a sports podcast with editors Paige Albright and Zoe Smith
No cap recap: winter sports in hindsight
Paige Albright and Zoe Smith March 2, 2023
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Meet the Staff
Erinn Varga
Erinn Varga
Artist, Designer

(she/her) Erinn Varga is a junior and this is her first year on staff. She is a designer and artist for the print publication. If she's not running, you can find her drawing, listening to music, or consuming...

Love is all around west high. Is that love genuine?
High School sweethearts and heartbreak
Yaya Orszula, Abby Guo, and Elena Garcia Van Auken March 8, 2023
Keiko and her mom, Reiko, smile for a selfie during Reikos month long hospital stay.
What it feels like: finding out your mom has cancer
Laney Prelle and Abby Guo March 8, 2023
Iowa parents come together to protest  child labor bill SF 167.
Iowa citizens met to protest against the SF 167 bill
Defne Bayman, Artist, Designer, Photographer
The Iowa High School Press Association named Krisha Kapoor 23 as Iowa’s Journalist of the Year for 2023.
WSS print co-editor-in-chief named Iowa’s Journalist of the Year
Staff
The library board displays clues leading up to the announcement on Mar. 10, 2023.
West High library reveals "big announcement"
Zoe Smith, Sports Editor
No matter how many decades pass, its important not to forget the history which costs so many people their lives
Tragedy or massacre, two sides to history
Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
Fashion Friday: 2023 Fashion Predictions
Fashion Friday: 2023 Fashion Predictions
Sila Duran, Print Assistant Design Editor
The Editorial Board voted 11-4 against the current tardy policy at West.
Editorial: Is it excusable?
WSS Editorial Board
A&E
Fashion Friday: 2023 Fashion Predictions
Fashion Friday: 2023 Fashion Predictions
Sila Duran, Print Assistant Design Editor
Mason Starbuck ’24, Aubrey Miller ’23, Emily Sierra Carbajal ’23 and Alexa King ’23 listen to the young girl talk.
A day in the life of a PAL
Erinn Varga, Artist, Designer
With the spring production of Beauty and the Beast coming up, now is the time to acknowledge the hard work of Theatre Wests various crews.
Cue the crew
Maya Chu, Print Feature Editor
Bringing the beat, making a community complete
Alaina Greenlee, Video Editor
The Editorial Board voted 11-4 against the current tardy policy at West.
Editorial: Is it excusable?
WSS Editorial Board
A podcast full of reviews, rants, and spoilers.
Top ten anime discussions: The recline of the shoujo genre
Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor
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