Wailing and screaming, Chris Dunn’s son, Nolan Dunn, struggles against the insulin syringe and needle approaching his soft skin. He kicks and fights against her firm grip and she wishes more than anything she didn’t have to do this; this is her least favorite part of the day. Her son, freshly two years old, has just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, bringing along the new responsibility of...

Four years. Four years of time between the simplicity of middle school and the imminent reality of adulthood. These four years of high school are a time to learn about ourselves, our world, and skills that will carry us into the future. Year one. Freshmen are just putting their foot into the door of high school. This is the year that the four-year cumulative measure- the GPA- is created and one’s...

On the sidelines of every football and basketball game are our perpetrators of pep - the cheerleaders. With a focus on the crowd’s enjoyment and entertainment, their chants and routines are practiced for weeks before every season. Unlike years past, though, the cheer program has taken on a new form this year - a structural separation. With cheerleaders busy preparing to put on their game faces,...

You’ve had a bad day. It feels like everything possible has gone wrong. You forgot your laptop at home, woke up late, and your hair’s been frizzy all day. To make matters worse, your friends have been acting weird all week and you completely flunked your physics quiz. You feel alone and exhausted; you need to talk to someone who will listen. MN has introduced a new caring batch of students aiming...

Standing at the front of the room, the teacher is met with an army of slumped-over, dead-eyed seniors. As if in a hivemind, they all have the same question on their mind: why are we still here? It’s the last few weeks of second semester and the seniors have nothing left to do but take one or two inconsequential tests before they’re off for the summer and the rest of their lives, leaving high...

Summer, the rare moment in a student’s life when they are able to relax, have fun and spend days as they please. Then all of a sudden, wham students nationwide are made to go through with the most demeaning, quite frankly awful task of all time: Summer Reading.  Over the summer, English teachers district wide assign mandatory reading assignments that put a dark looming cloud over summer fun,...

On March 12-14, everywhere around Nebraska, alarm clocks go off as tousled-hair, baggy-eyed, yawning HOSA members from Scottsbluff to Omaha high schools stumble out of bed to prepare for the long-awaited, big day ahead of them.  The students are up early these mornings for HOSA’s Nebraska State Leadership Convention, an annual event where high school HOSA associates showcase what they’ve learned...

“Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house.” “Where does the door go?” prompted Coraline.  “Nowhere, dear,” said her Mother. “It has to go somewhere,” Coraline concluded. This is just a snippet of senior Rook Jacobsen and junior Julia Clausen’s award-winning Forensics act about the story of Coraline. “Julia and I split a bunch of...

A cool, summer breeze blows gently through the air. The voices of customers shopping and sellers working their stands combine to create a steady hum of noise. It’s the Omaha Farmers Market, and for some, the stalls it hosts are perfect for a relaxing summer job. Senior Faith Withers spent this past summer working at a dog treat stand at the Farmers Market in Aksarben. She was asked to run the...

In today's age, being tech savvy is not a skill but a requirement. Technology is everywhere, and being left in the dark isn’t an option. As new students roll in, the school is taking a different approach on what is required for graduation. Incoming freshmen and beyond are now required to take one computer class as a graduation requirement.  Business department head Jeff Gustafson is in charge...