• 11/11: Girls basketball, boys swimming and bowling practices begin
  • 11/13: Signing day
  • 11/15: Cadenza concert @6:30 in West High commons
  • 11/15: Girls swimming state championship @ Marshalltown
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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

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Reading slump

Reading slump

Carter Birch Houchins-Witt and Waad Dafalla
October 6, 2024
Nili Olalde '27 watches a TikTok video while looking for book recommendations.

Booktok: A deep dive

Josie Nabhan-Warren, Photographer
October 1, 2024
Magic flows upwards from a book lying open.

Nostalgia in novels

Anna Greenlee and Vera Tanas
September 25, 2023
Books are becoming a major topic in politics today, with some causing people to post false threats directed at school libraries.

If you like these popular titles you may love these lesser known books

Eleanor Weitz, Managing Editor
September 17, 2021
Little Free Libraries provide free books to the community.

Spreading joy, one book at a time

Kailey Gee, Print Co-Editor-In-Chief
January 5, 2021
Bering a Novel during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Isolated in my passion: finding my writing in a pandemic

Luke Krchak, Reporter
October 18, 2020
Anu Dokun '20 poses for a photo before school on Sept. 19.

Forced to scramble

Joe Goodman, Sports Editor
October 8, 2019
"Lord of the Flies" written by William Golding tells the story of a group of young boys stranded on an island. The 1954 novel has earned itself a Noble Prize in Literature.

Four books to read this summer

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
May 6, 2019
Ting Gao '19 talks about how and why many teenagers fall out of love with reading.

A lost love

Ting Gao, Reporter
February 3, 2019
West High's library is a place where friends can hang out before school, students can study and classes can meet.

West High library by the numbers

Bess Frerichs, Online Managing and Feature Editor
October 11, 2018
Sandra Cisneros held a public reading at Macbride Hall on Sept. 11 for college students majoring in literature.

Siempre Sale Bonito – “It always comes out beautiful”

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
September 20, 2017
International Literacy Day was first celebrated in 1966, making this 51st year of celebration.

International literacy day

Sophie Stephens, Online Managing Editor
September 9, 2017
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