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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

Characters huddle together to analyze sketch of the crime scene. From left to right: Cade Koch '18, Brandon Burkhardt '18, Meg Moreland '18, Sam Sunderland '19, Damarius Levi '18, Pieper Stence '18, Sean Harken '21. Paige Harken '18, Ethan Seylar '19 and Leah Brownsburger '18

“12 Angry Jurors”: Behind the Scenes

Emma Brustkern, Print Entertainment Editor
January 3, 2018
Aside from counseling, Greg Yoder  occupies himself with other activities.  “I actually am a camera operator for Iowa basketball games [...] we provide the in-house feed for the big screen so students may see me there.” said Yoder

Greg Yoder

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
Kelly Bergmann attributes her interest in going into education to both her high school teacher and her mother. “According to my mom, I always wanted to be a teacher. My mom was a teacher so I’d always play teacher.”

Kelly Bergmann

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
“I like to work with people and I like to help people and I see that [my] job is doing both of those,” said Kay DiLeo, who has been a counselor at West for 22 years.

Kay DiLeo

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
Paul Breitbach has been a part of West high academics and athletics since 1995. “It's fun to see what young people want to do and kind of encourage them to dream," said Breitbach.

Paul Breitbach

Carmela Cohen Suarez, Entertainment Editor
December 20, 2017
Stores begin to prepare for the Black Friday madness coming on this Friday, the 24th

An open letter to all Black Friday shoppers

Sophie Stephens, Online Managing Editor
November 22, 2017
G. Willow Wilson kicks off her time in Iowa City by doing a book signing at Daydream Comics.

A real life superhero at Hancher

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2017
Byamangu Omari '20 smiles as he sings "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars.

Best Buddies start year on a sweet note

Alyson Kuennen, News Editor, Photographer
September 25, 2017
Noah Yetley '20 must carry his bike up the stairs, remount at the top, and ride down the slope on the other side.

Students race over to Jingle Cross

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
September 20, 2017
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