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The Catalyst
The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
The reality most students in the LGBTQ community is harassment and bullying by others. To stop this, changes need to be made to schools across America to show support for these students and help them feel safe.

LGBTQ+ students still struggle within schools

Alexis Bahensky, Cartoonist
October 13, 2020
: Understanding the importance of public health can help young kids be mentally and physically healthy years to come. If we are not teaching students the importance of mental wellbeing it can lead students to drug abuse, toxic relationships and bad mental health.

Let’s talk about public health

Haden Batchelder, Staff reporter
October 13, 2020
Starbucks workers receive tips from their customers throughout their workday. A customer’s generosity benefits the workers by providing them more wage and appreciation for their hard work.

To tip or not to tip

Brenna Batchelder, Staff reporter
October 9, 2020
While students take required classes to fulfill graduation requirements they miss out on the opportunity to discover and explore subjects they have interest in. By not being able to take classes that pertain more to a students interests, their futures are being negatively affected.

Class requirements are restricting

Kaden Roth, Staff Reporter
October 7, 2020
According to the Mayo Clinic “This year’s flu shot will offer protection against three or four of the influenza viruses expected to be in circulation this flu season.” The available options of delivery this year for the vaccination are through injection or a nasal spray. Although the flu shot does not provide 100% protection, it is still worth getting.

Fighting the flu

Paige Fortney, Staff Reporter
October 6, 2020
This infographic talks about ways to safely throw a party during a pandemic.

Pandemic Parties

Annabelle Harshbarger, Staff Reporter
October 5, 2020
President Donald Trump was right when he referred to America’s history education as a “twisted web of lies,” but it’s not because of a heavy emphasis on slavery, as the Southern Poverty Law Center found in their study.

America needs to confront its history

Morgan Weir, Opinions Editor
September 30, 2020
The current wave of conspiracy theories has quickly spread to mainstream audiences. Many factors influence who is most likely to believe them, including political affiliation and education level.

Coronavirus conspiracies

Morgan Weir, Opinions Editor
September 21, 2020
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time that shines a light on young warriors but also the extreme lack of funding for the disease.

Four-saken funding

Emma Baker, Catalyst Editor-in-Chief
September 18, 2020
Student voices are being limited within Nebraska. Action must be taken in order to prevent censorship within student journalism.

Censorship: the enemy of student journalists

Alexis Bahensky, Cartoonist
September 18, 2020
Students are overwhelmed with work and pressured to push even harder each day. Rest, in any form, is often their last priority.

Students deserve a break

Morgan Weir, Opinions Editor
September 14, 2020
Suicide rates have been on the rise in the past years and because of this, more awareness must be brought to the issue.

Every life holds value

Alexis Bahensky, Cartoonist
September 11, 2020
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