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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
Paige Albright

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor

(she/her) She is a senior this year, and she is also the Co-Managing Editor and Podcast Editor for web this year. In her free time, you can find her at practice for the West High Dance Team or at Nolte academy taking dance classes. She really enjoys reading, biking, and spending time with her friends!

All content by Paige Albright
Wests best Thanksgiving stories

West’s best Thanksgiving stories

November 28, 2022
No Cap Recap is a sports podcast with editors Paige Albright and Zoe Smith

No-cap recap: 2022 fall sports review

November 16, 2022
The dance team has practice with a guest coach the morning before their competition.

West High dance team starts their road to state

October 28, 2022
Graphic depicting the travel routes women in states with abortion bans could be forced to take.

The new underground railroad

October 11, 2022
West and City clash during the second half of the Battle for the Boot game on Friday, September 23.

Homecoming showdown for the Battle for the Boot

September 27, 2022
Senior Mayowa Dokun 22 hypes up her volleyball team for the Trojan Games.

Homecoming spirit week announcements

September 15, 2022
West high club fair 2022

West high club fair 2022

September 12, 2022
Life After a Trojan: from West High to hospitals abroad

Life After a Trojan: from West High to hospitals abroad

May 27, 2022
Caden Noeller 22 hands off too Asher Overholt 23 during the 4x800 meter relay.

Trojans head to state

May 18, 2022
Aidan Jacobsen 24 runs down the runway during the long jump

Trojans compete at annual Drake Relays

May 5, 2022
Photos courtesy of James Hall

Life After a Trojan: Sugar Bear’s legacy continues

April 27, 2022
The covers of books that are being challenged in the state of Iowa depicted in a literary jail.

The books that instill fear

April 4, 2022
Balancing the court

Balancing the court

March 5, 2022
West High dance team takes on nationals

West High dance team takes on nationals

February 22, 2022
Life After a Trojan: From Arganbright Auditorium to center stage

Life After a Trojan: From Arganbright Auditorium to center stage

January 21, 2022
A man protesting the military coup in Sudan holds the American and Sudanese flag in his hand while addressing the crown at the Pentacrest in downtown Iowa City on Oct. 30.

Sudan’s fight for democracy

November 9, 2021
17.8 million people in the United States still do not have access to fresh produce, and many more do not have the funds to pay for fresh foods regularly.

Growing change

November 4, 2021
The second Monday in Oct. is nationally recognized as Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day.

Celebration conundrum

October 12, 2021
The American flag hangs in a West High classroom on Sept. 7.

A deeper look into Afghanistan’s ongoing conflict

September 23, 2021
West High weekly wrap: Sept. 17th

West High weekly wrap: Sept. 17th

September 17, 2021
West High Weekly Wrap: Sept. 10

West High Weekly Wrap: Sept. 10

September 12, 2021
West High Weekly: May 25th

West High Weekly: May 25th

May 26, 2021
Rising stars: Gabby Moniza 24 and Erinn Varga 24

Rising stars: Gabby Moniza ’24 and Erinn Varga ’24

May 15, 2021
This episode of Life After a Trojan features Nate Kaeding 00.

Life After a Trojan: From Trojan Field to SoFi Stadium

April 7, 2021

All men are created equal… does not just apply to men

March 31, 2021
Principal Mitch Gross poses for a picture outside his office on March 23.

‘Interim’ tag dropped from Principal Gross’ title

March 24, 2021
Seung-Min Kim covered President Donald Trump extensively.

Life After A Trojan: From the West newsroom to the White House press room

March 2, 2021
Abigail Buckwalter 01 talks a career in marketing and being a lifelong learner.

Life After a Trojan: A forever student

February 26, 2021
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

February 11, 2021
Students share their opinions of the attack on the Capitol.

A nation divided: Students reflect on the Capitol attack

February 8, 2021

Significance

February 8, 2021
Iowas civil rights history is more storied than one may suspect.

The unknown history of Iowa, the radical star

February 5, 2021
WSS staffers Paige Albright 23 and Jack Harris 22 give their unsolicited advice.

Our unsolicited insight

January 4, 2021
Wests student-athletes have varied opinions about whether sports should proceed in the midst of a pandemic.

In-person versus online schooling: Student-athletes weigh in

January 3, 2021
Emily Hughes 86 reflects on her journey from being a West High student to becoming a lawyer.

Life After a Trojan: from student to teacher

December 26, 2020
Anjali Tanna 86 may have started out at West High, but she ended up with a successful career as a musician.

Life After a Trojan: from high school halls to concert halls

December 6, 2020
Breese in 1996 with the Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4.

Life After a Trojan: from Iowa City to soaring to new possibilities

November 22, 2020
Court packing is a political ploy, used to shift the views of the Supreme Court.

Crowding the bench

November 21, 2020
Katie Milani 23 poses in her Rockette uniform. Milani became a Radio City Rockette after attending Park Point University.

Life After a Trojan: from the halls of West to Radio City Music Hall

November 2, 2020
Part two of West Side Radios conspiracy theories series explores QAnon.

West Side Radio: conspiracy theories podcast episode 2

November 1, 2020
WSS staffers Paige Albright 23 and Renee Gould 22 discuss and debunk popular conspiracy theories.

West Side Radio: conspiracy theories

October 4, 2020
Life After a Trojan: from West High to Silicon Valley

Life After a Trojan: from West High to Silicon Valley

September 27, 2020

Trojans split with Little Hawks

July 11, 2020
Collin Leavy 20 attempts to tag a City High runner at home plate July 10.

West baseball and softball face cross-town rival City High

July 11, 2020
Iowa City Mayor Pro Tem Mazahir Salih speaks at the Speak Up, Speak Out event. African American and people of color are dying not just by the police. They are dying mentally, they die emotionally, she said.

Second Speak Up, Speak Out event held at Pheasant Ridge

June 6, 2020
The spring feeling has got all of us from small to large stretching to get out and stretch.

[Photo] Signs of spring

April 10, 2020
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