• 12/16: Pajama + stuffed animal day
  • 12/17: Jersey day
  • 12/17: Girls basketball vs. Wahlert Catholic
  • 12/17: Boys basketball @ Wahlert Catholic
  • 12/17: Boys swimming @ Linn-Mar
  • 12/17: Band concert in Arganbright Auditorium
  • 12/18: Pink out day
  • 12/19: Throwback Thursday
  • 12/19: Boys wrestling @ Linn-Mar
  • 12/19: Girls wrestling @ Solon
  • 12/20: 2 HOUR EARLY RELEASE
  • 12/20: Ugly sweater day
  • 12/20: Boys and girls double-header vs City
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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
Second trimester brings a lot of changes for every member of West’s community. The most noticeable change being the bulk of the construction moving from the courtyard to the front of the building.

Construction continues through second trimester

Gwen Watson, Entertainment Editor
November 26, 2019
City Council member Bruce Teague speaks about his experience as a gay man in Iowa City.

Human Rights Campaign announces Municipal Equality Index in Iowa City

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
November 21, 2019
Seven candidates vie for school board positions

Seven candidates vie for school board positions

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
November 5, 2019
Guidance counselor Kelly Bergmann explains what her role as counselor is.

School counselors: the one-stop shops of high school

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
November 1, 2019
Signs warning students not to enter the courtyard because of construction (and rain).

Upside down and backwards

Ella Rosenthal and Isaac Young
October 7, 2019
Students from all over Iowa City participate in an 11 minute die-in. The 11 minutes symbolize the estimated 11 years we have until the earth reaches its tipping point.

Students attend climate strike

Bess Frerichs and Renee Gould
September 23, 2019
Alexis Dick '21 shares her thoughts on Internment by Samira Ahmed.

Book review: “Internment” is packed with powerful emotion

Alexis Dick, Reporter
September 21, 2019
Caleb Rainey, organizer of IC Speaks, poses for a photo on Monday, Sep. 9.

From the page to the stage

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
September 10, 2019
McKenna Proud ‘21 flaunts her favorite pair of socks. This pair features Cleopatra and Egyptian cats against a purple background. Proud’s love for Cleopatra stems from her childhood.

Fashion Friday: socks

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
May 24, 2019
As spring gets in full swing a mallard stands in the grass looking for food in Iowa City.

Green hope

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
April 21, 2019
The wonder twins

The wonder twins

Lily Meng, Online Co-Copy Editor
April 18, 2019
Sharon DeWitte mixes her childhood fascination of disease with her profession as a biological anthropologist as she presents her research on the Black Plague and its application to todays world at Darwin Days on Feb. 23.

Darwin Day: discoveries and diseases

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
February 23, 2019
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