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The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
Being aware of the dangers behind popular energy drinks can save you from numerous long-term health issues.

Red Bull gives you high blood pressure, not wings

Carley Bailey, Staff Reporter
November 18, 2022
Health Science Academy students practice their emergency medical skills in class. The EMT class, taken by seniors, teaches them about everything from taking vital signs to delivering babies. “In my academy class to prepare, we have not only learned the textbook content material, but we spend half of the class working on skills like taking vital signs, transporting patients and setting up airway management,” senior Gwyneth Stocker said. “We also, multiple times a week, do scenarios where someone is a patient, and we are told what happened and their injuries so we can practice going through different assessments and working in a real situation.”

Riding along to a future in emergency medicine

Morgan Weir, Editor-in-Chief
March 4, 2022
Schools should start later because of health reasons. Teens need more sleep than children and adults.

The issue with start times

Camille O'Neill, Sports Director
November 30, 2021
Daylight Saving Time may appear to be harmless to your health but can cause extreme damage physically and mentally. Society no longer needs the sun to work at early hours in the morning but we do need it to stay healthy. DST negatively affects people’s sleep schedules leading to heart attacks and sometimes death.

Deadly daylight saving time

Olivia Ray, Staff Reporter
November 15, 2021
A food desert tracking map by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows food deserts in the Omaha area. In accord with the national trend, many of them overlap areas with high concentrations of poverty.

The classist politics of food insecurity

Morgan Weir, Opinions Editor
April 26, 2021
Governor Pete Ricketts continues pushing for Nebraskans to stay home. Following recommendations to reduce the spread of COVID-19 helps maintain healthier communities.

Our home state is also affected

Michelle Zhang, Opinions Editor
April 14, 2020
In this era of COVID-19, social distancing and self quarantining ranks high on the list of priorities. Staying home gives people the opportunity to not only stay safe and healthy but to read a book or play video games from the comfort of their couch.

Vouching for the couch

Emma Baker, Staff reporter
April 2, 2020
This graphic shows the countries with an abundant amount of reported cases of the virus.

COVID-19 in Omaha

Annabelle Harshbarger, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2020
The recommendation of caffeine for teens is 100 mg, unfortunately, many popular energy drinks go above this amount. Recognizing this is important to student’s health to ensure they don’t abuse caffeine.

The dangers of caffeine

Brenna Batchelder, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
A 3D illustration of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - MERS-CoV - which shares the same family as the novel coronavirus.

Panic spreading like the novel coronavirus

Michelle Zhang, Opinions Editor
February 7, 2020
Wrestling and Weight

Wrestling and Weight

Kiersten Watkins, Staff Writer
February 5, 2019
Don't miss your big 'shot'

Don’t miss your big ‘shot’

Delaney Aikins, Staff Writer
November 20, 2018
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