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        MWHS Wildcat News – Episode 9 (02.09)

        Madelyn Anderson, Andrew Pfeifer, Sydney Looney, Cole Filer, Jake Janousek, Nathan Thomas, Makenna Cole, Kaitlin Kocis, Kaitlyn Willard, and Hannah Olafson
        February 9, 2018

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        About the Writers
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        Madelyn Anderson, Opinions Editor

        Madelyn is starting her final year at Millard West. This is her first year in journalism and she enjoys writing opinion and feature stories. Madelyn is...

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        Andrew Pfeifer, Staff Writer

        I have been an edition to journalism ever since my junior year. I have been involved in numerous sports writing and broadcasting providing quality information...

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        Sydney Looney, Editor-in-Chief

        Sydney is a senior and this is her second year being apart of the CATalyst and MWHS Wildcats News staff. Her favorite part of journalism is getting to...

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        Cole Filer, Broadcast Editor-in-Chief

        Cole is a Senior Millard West CATalyst and MWHS Wildcat News staff  member, returning for his second year on the team. In the previous year he had been...

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        Nathan Thomas, Striv Executive Producer

        Nate is in his second year working on the Catalyst Staff. He enjoy sports, and loves to broadcast and write about them. During his free time, he likes...

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        Makenna Cole, Staff Writer

        Makenna Cole in new student to the journalism class. She enjoys writing about different things, and taking on new challenges when it comes to writing....

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        Kaitlin Kocis, Staff Writer

        Kaitlin is beginning her first year as a staff writer. She is interested in writing hard news, feature stories and opinion stories. She is involved in...

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        Kaitlyn Willard, Catalyst Editor-in-Chief

        Katie is a senior and this his her third year on the CATalyst staff. For the past two years, Katie has served as Features Editor. She enjoys writing and...

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        Hannah Olafson, Staff Writer

        This is Hannah's first year in journalism. She took intro to journalism as a sophomore and loved it, one of her stories was chosen to be in the yearbook....

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        Ellie impacted so many lives and made so many friends. She will always be remembered. 
“She was one of my best friends since kindergarten and was the most loyal and kind person I could ever ask to grow up with,” sophomore Haven Dalke said. “She always put others before herself and lit up my days with her giggles and happiness.”

        A light never dims

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        The 2014 journalism classes gather for a photo following their state championship advised by Lisa Lukecart and Mark Hilburn. Millard West dominated the Class A competition, winning the title by 42 points. “I've seen students grow tremendously over the years of teaching them,” Hilburn said. “For some, it's just gaining the confidence to allow others to edit and view their work, and for others, it's getting in front of the camera, behind the microphone or taking on leadership roles on a publication staff. Even if students aren't interested in going on to study journalism in college or pursue this as a career, the skills they learn here will benefit them in whatever they do. I've had many former students return or reach out thanking me as they felt more prepared than many of their college peers during their freshman and sophomore years because of the skills they learned at West with writing, editing, broadcasting, etc.”
Photo courtesy of Mark Hilburn.

        Headlines to hallways

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        Gene Wilder had extensive input into the design of his costume. He even wrote to the movie director Mel Stuart to express his raw and unfiltered thoughts after viewing the early costume sketches.

        50 years of Willy Wonka

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        High-school athletes can be severely demoralized after going down by large margins

        The mercy rule

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        Cancel culture is detrimental to Gen Z’s mental health. It is important to reshape digital punishment to leave room for the inevitable mistakes that come with being teenagers.

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