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The student news source of Iowa City West High

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The student news source of Iowa City West High

West Side Story
With college admissions on the rise and the recent overturning of affirmative action, Asian Americans are significantly impacted in the new educational and societal landscape.

Equity, not equality

Kamakshee Kuchhal, Lead Print Copy Editor
October 10, 2023
Affirmative actions place in college admissions is under the Supreme Courts scrutiny, with a decision likely to be released this summer.

Affirm or overturn

Lilly Graham, Print Managing Editor
January 20, 2023
WSS explores the Columbia University ranking scandal and the role prestige plays in students college applications.

Fake rank

Lilly Graham and Jane Lam
November 18, 2022
Columns Editor Helen Zhang ’22 criticizes the academic culture that classifies extracurricular activities as necessary elements for college applications rather than opportunities for fun and passion.

Helen’s Hot Takes: Exhausting extracurriculars

Helen Zhang, Print Columns Editor
March 23, 2022
For some students, their high school years become a balancing act between their interests and what they believe colleges want from them.

The college conundrum

Lilly Graham, Kamakshee Kuchhal, and Helen Zhang
October 5, 2021
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

Paige Albright, Managing Co-Editor, Podcast Editor
November 2, 2020
Weighing the decision

Weighing the decision

Marta Leira and Annabel Hendrickson
May 23, 2019
Online Managing Editor Sophie Stephens 19 writes about the recent national college admissions scandal and why its unfair that students and their parents can pay their way into a good college when they didnt work hard in high school.

Hard work pays off, but money does too

Sophie Stephens, Online Managing Editor
March 14, 2019
Will Conrad 19 describes the costs of the college admissions process and how it affects lower-income students.

Price of admission

Will Conrad, Assistant Sports Editor
December 27, 2018
Diversity or discrimination?

Diversity or discrimination?

Lily Meng, Online Co-Copy Editor
November 16, 2018
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