• FINALS WEEK 11/19-21
  • 11/19: Girls wrestling @ City
  • 11/21: Girls wrestling vs. Liberty @ Home
  • 11/21-23: All-State Music Festival
  • 11/22: Girls basketball @ Solon
  • NO SCHOOL 11/22
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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
Special education social worker Elizabeth Lilly at the end of her career.

Elizabeth Lilly

Yaya Orszula, Sports Editor
May 30, 2023
East Asia Kpop group performs "Antifragile" at the annual Walk it Out show.

Students host the 5th annual Walk it Out

Gianna Liu and Anna Song
April 17, 2023
African American literature is being offered for the first time to ICCSD students in grades 11-12 for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Elevating untold stories

Helen Zhang, Print Columns Editor
February 28, 2021
The WSS takes a stance on how effective the MCGF plan is at enforcing a diverse curriculum.

Editorial: Colorful?

Jenna Wang, Editorial Editor
February 24, 2020
Attendees of the Diversity Dinner enjoyed food from a variety of different cultural groups.

SSIKED holds successful Diversity Dinner

Fareeha Ahmad, Profiles Editor and Yearbook Copy Editor
November 18, 2019
Reporter Mariam Keita '20 stands at the flagpole outside of West.

Young voters have the potential to make a change

Mariam Keita, Reporter
October 12, 2019
Mariam Keita '22 discusses the recent improvements in representation of minority groups in the media and in books.

Why representation in media is a necessity

Mariam Keita, Reporter
September 19, 2019
Prisca Namutchibwe '19 poses for a photo outside of West High on Wednesday, March 27. She is currently working on a poetry book which she hopes will come out before she graduates.

Amplifying the voices of a nation

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
April 25, 2019
Unlike Christmas, which is celebrated on a specific day, Hanukkah takes place over the course of eight days. The start and end dates vary each year, but typically fall in the month of December.

Celebrating Hanukkah in a Christmas-crazed school

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
December 27, 2018
Diversity is being seen not just as a movie, but a movement

Minorities in the spotlight

Jenna Wang, Editorial Editor
December 14, 2018
Diversity or discrimination?

Diversity or discrimination?

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

Novel conversations

Sophie Stephens, Online Managing Editor
September 21, 2018
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