• 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
Voters line up to privately complete their ballots; once their ballot is filled, voters submit their slip into the ExpressVote machine. Photo taken with voter consent.

A voice through voting

Waad Dafalla and Shanza Sami
November 13, 2024
Ahead of the 2024 presidential primaries, the WSS compiles election information for the student body.

Election season

Carter Birch Houchins-Witt and Marie Stier
March 7, 2024
A protester holds up a sign urging people to vote during the protests on June 24, 2022.

What are midterm elections?

Vivian Polgreen, Managing Co-Editor, News Editor
November 4, 2022
President Trump and his Twitter account survey the chaos of last week's Capitol riots.

Caroline’s Comics: Watching American democracy burn

Caroline Mascardo, Editorials Editor and Copy Editor
January 13, 2021
A vaccine and U.S. administrative changes are just two of the many news developments from the month of December.

December news brief

Maggie Huang, Online News Editor
December 15, 2020
A Joe Biden campaign sign sits in a Coralville lawn.

Power to the people: 2020 election preview

Alex Carlon, Maddy Smith, and Abby McKeone
November 3, 2020
Why it's important to vote in 2020

Why it’s important to vote in 2020

Katherine Shoppa, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
July 25, 2020
Meet the student senate candidates

Meet the student senate candidates

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
May 17, 2020
Jack Harris '22 gives his thoughts on the Mike Bloomberg campaign.

We should be afraid of what Mike Bloomberg’s campaign meant

Jack Harris, Online Copy Editor and Arts Editor
March 8, 2020
Seven candidates vie for school board positions

Seven candidates vie for school board positions

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
November 5, 2019
Lucy Polyak describes why wanting to stay out of politics is inherently privileged in her latest installment of Lucy's Lowdown.

Lucy’s Lowdown: the importance of being political

Lucy Polyak, Columns Editor
December 16, 2018
Special Counsel Robert Mueller was named Special Counsel to investigate supposed Russian meddling in the 2016 election shortly after Comey’s firing. Photo permission from Wikimedia Commons.

The Mueller investigation

Sophie Stephens, Online Managing Editor
November 8, 2017
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