On April 9th, Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban visited

Medrano to talk to all of the business students in

Mrs. Hopkins’ class. Mark Cuban is an American

businessman; investor; and owner of the NBA's

Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia

Pictures; and the chairman of the HDTV cable

network AXS TV. He came to talk about everything

from how he got his start in business to how he gets

along with his fellow “sharks”. After the assembly

was over, I had the amazing opportunity to interview

him for this month’s newspaper.

What’s the wallpaper on your phone and/or

computer?

Picture of my family on my phone, me shooting hoops on pc.

What’s the one word you are guilty of using too

often?

Right. I say it far too often and cannot break the habit!

What is the last thing you searched on Google?

A workout schedule at my gym.

Who is the last person that called or texted

you?

David Falk (Sports agent)

The Eagle Nest Staff

Editor-In-Chief —

Jesus Quinonez

Assistant Editor —

Solo Williams

Writers &

Photographers —

Brandon Castro

Roberto Ibarra

Jacqueline Prieto

Mauricio Vazquez

Mirna Dominguez

Alejandra Rueda

Kimberly Valenzuela

Faculty Advisor —

Mr. Spillers

In this issue:

Cuban Visits

Editorial

2

Eagle Scholars

Interview with

Ms. Sigurdson

Band Success

3

Teachers vs.

Students

Baseball & Softball

4

Drive Like a Girl

Five Nights @

Freddy’s

5

Four Leaf Clovers

Disney Finds

St. Patrick’s Day

6

Eagle Excellence, Eagle Effort, Eagle Esteem Volume 2, Issue 5

THE EAGLE’S NEST

What was the last awkward situation

you were in and how did you handle it?

Forgot a belt, had to buy one at a store.

What TV show should everyone be

watching?

Shark Tank!

What is the one food you cannot

resist?

Alyssa’s Healthy Cookies.

What music are you currently listening

to?

Lots of Old School Hip Hop.

What movie makes you laugh the

most?

Any stupid movie. The dumber the better.

What drives you absolutely crazy?

People who eat with their mouth open.

To see more of what

Mark had to say

about the interview,

visit his blog:

http://bit.ly/1IzpmN5

March/April 2015

The Mark Cuban Interview By Mauricio Vazquez

Mark Cuban with Shark Tank co-star,

Daymond John

Mark Cuban Owner, Dallas Mavericks

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On

Thurs-

day

April

9th, the

business

classes

got the

chance

to receive a special speaker by the name of Mark

Cuban. Mark Cuban is an American businessman

and owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks. He

came to our school to talk to us about what it

takes to start a business. He told the students

about how he started his first business when he

was only 12 years old by selling trash bags. At the

end of the story he told us that a business

doesn’t have to be the next smartphone or the

newest app that it can be anything we’re passion-

ate about. He later went on to ex-

plain some of the businesses he has

invested in while on the TV show Shark Tank.

He informed us that he doesn’t really care

about the way the person presents his/her

company but the idea they have. He later

went on to tell us some of the business that

went wrong: Painted Pretzels, Gameface and

Toygaroo. At the end he advised that if we

want to start a business that we should do

something we like and that a business takes

time to grow.

M ark Cuban V i s i t s Medrano

b y J a c q u e l i n e P r i e t o

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The greatest joy of teaching

is watching caterpillars turn

into butterflies, or better

yet, eaglets into majestic eagles. That analogy seems quite

appropriate for 8th grader, Mauricio Vazquez. I’ve had the

pleasure of teaching Mauricio for 2 years now. Last year,

when he was in 7th grade, he consistently showed his great

depth and talent for writing. This is why I asked him to be

on the yearbook and newspaper staff for this year.

If you have read Mauricio’s articles in the Eagle’s Nest any-

time this year, you know just how talented this young man

is. Not only is he a great writer (and gets better every

day), but he is a great thinker. I am always amazed at how

he seemingly pulls great ideas out of thin air. He deftly

demonstrated this skill with a recent visit to Medrano by

Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and co-host of

the ABC TV show, Shark Tank. Without fear, and unbe-

knownst to me (but what a very pleasant surprise!), Mauri-

cio asked Mr. Cuban for an interview. Mr. Cuban gave Mau-

ricio his email address, as he had to leave, and said to send

him the questions. Mauricio promptly did just that.

That evening, Mark Cuban posted the interview on his per-

sonal blog (find the link/QR code on page 1, “The Mark Cu-

ban Interview”) calling Mauricio’s line of questioning “The

Best Interview I Have Done in a Long, Long Time.” Mr. Cu-

ban pointed out that he gets tired of the same questions

again and again. He explained how Mauricio’s questions were

insightful. Even more amazing, they were simple and to the

point. Folks, professional journalists get this wrong time and

time again.

To put the icing on the cake, you should check out the

comments made after the interview on Mr. Cuban’s blog.

Post after post praises Mauricio for his wonderful questions:

“Out of the norm is refreshing”, “The young man who posed

these questions to you is brilliant”, and “This reporter will go

on to head up MVN – Mauricio Vazquez Network”; all high

praise indeed and well deserved.

I hate that soon, this Eagle will fly away from Medrano, but

I am so excited for him to show the rest of the world just

how brilliant he is. Congratulations, Mauricio. I and the rest

of the Medrano faculty, staff, and student body couldn’t be

more proud that you are one of us.

Advisor Editorial

by Mr. Spillers

We here at the Eagle’s Nest are proud

to congratulate staff member, Mauricio

Vazquez, on the tremendous honor be-

stowed upon him of being the only 8th grad-

er named to the Dallas ISD Scholars for

2014-2015! Mauricio proves to be a most

valuable asset to the Eagle’s Nest team, day in and day out. Congratulations, Mauricio!

We are also so very proud of our

group of 7th graders that also made the list

of Dallas ISD Scholars for 2014-2015! They

are: Ana Benitez, Bryan Gonzalez, Giovana

Lozano, Gisselle Marin, James Mendoza,

Dulce Mercado, Alexa Morales, Samayra

Rosales, and Ronald Torres.

The 2014-2015 Dallas ISD Scholars

Recognition Ceremony was held on Thurs-

day, March 19th, 2015, at the Ellis Davis

Field House. DISD Superintendent Mikes

Miles was on hand to make a few remarks.

Congratulations to all of our

Eagle Scholars!

Eag le Scho lars ! Page 3

On Wednesday,

March 25th, the Medrano

Symphonic Band partici-pated in the DISD Pre-

UIL Band Contest. They represented our school

and community with great pride and suc-

cess. Their performance on stage and in the sight

-reading room was at a very high level musically

and technically. Some comments and critiques

from the judges’ panel…

“Band plays strong ensemble sound.” “Overall nice tone quality from individual

players.”

“Nice looking group.”

“Some really wonderful sounds in this

band!”

“Some excellent accuracy on Pinnacle.”

Stage performance ratings on a scale of 1-5, 1 being the highest (Superior):

1-1-2 for an overall 1st division rating

Sight-reading

1-1-1 for an overall 1st division rating

This achievement by the students placed them

in the top tier of band programs in our district.

On Wednesday, April 8, our Symphonic Band

competed in the UIL Re-

gion 20 Concert & Sight-reading Contest in Cedar

Hill. Their representa-

tion of our school was

simply tremendous

throughout the

day. They received

“Excellent” ratings from 5

out of the 6 judges on the panel. Out of all of the Dallas ISD schools, they

ranked 4th in overall ratings accomplishments. A

few of the judges’ comments…

“I enjoyed your performance today.”

“You are doing many things well.”

“Students have done a good job learning

their music.” “You are definitely on the right track for

success.”

“You did so many things well today.”

We are so very proud of their hard work and

dedication. A hearty congratulations to them all!!!

Band Success!

As told by Mr. Cote

$2000 Donation

by Alejandra Rueda

Farmers In-

surance created

“Thank Ameri-

ca’s Teachers”,

who recently

donated $2,000

to our school.

The money will

be used to build

a recreational

area beside the cafeteria which students will be able to use

for studying and hanging out. There will be new tables and a

soccer cage that we will share with the new school, Joe May

Elementary, being built across the street. Thanks to Lions

Raw, who contacted Farmers Insurance, we received the

money. When they visited, students got to play soccer, get

autographs from players from FC Dallas, and vote for a

teacher that may get a chance to win money. Principal

Sigurdson gave a speech to thank them for their generous

donation.

This year, like

always, we had

our Teachers vs.

Students basket-

ball game. Everyone

was excited and ready

to watch the game.

Before it started, I

asked people who they

thought would win. I

found my fellow re-

porter Roberto Ibarra

in the stands and asked who he thought would win the game. “I think the

students will win because they had a season of training.” Since I had one

student’s perspective, I thought I might as well get a teacher’s. I found

Coach Hyunh and asked him what he thought. “The teachers are going to

destroy the students!” he replied. Will this be the year the students re-

deem themselves and become the first team to beat the teachers? Or will

they suffer defeat again?

Starting the game, the teachers quickly scored four points. Oscar Avila

scored the first two points for the students. Robert Nooks then scored, 6

-6. Starting into the second quarter Cynthia Dominguez scored, putting

the students in the lead for the first time in the game. Ezekiel Clark then

scored 5 points. Mr. Garcia tried to bring back the teachers by scoring.

This ended the second quarter with the score tied at 12-

12. At the beginning of the third quarter, Coach Epps put

the teachers in the lead. Out of nowhere, Mr. Dixon made 2 amazing

dunks. Anthony Dominguez then scored; first point for the students

in the third quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the score was 20

-14, teachers in the lead.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Mr. Jones showed us what

he’s got and started dancing. This might have distracted the students

because Mr. Jones grabbed a steal and scored. Further into the quar-

ter, Mr. Garcia and Coach Lowery worked together to gain 4 points

for the teachers. At the end of the quarter, the teachers were still

winning, 37-14. Starting the fifth quarter, Kendrick Murphy scored.

Mr. Dixon scored another amazing dunk! Before the game ended, we

got surprised, as all the students came off the bench and entered the

game.

In the end, the teachers won 48-24. We eighth graders now pass

on the torch to

the seventh grad-

ers, so hopefully

next year, day

the teachers will

go down.

Teachers v s . S tudent s b y J e s u s Q u i n o n e z

Page 4

Batter up!

Baseball sea-

son is finally here

and Coach Stewart

is super excited to

see how this year

comes out. He has

chosen the best he

can find and hopes

they will push them-

selves to the limit

for the “W”. Pitch-

er Anthony Dominguez, I think, is the most excit-

ed of all to strike out as many people as possible. I

wish them the best this season because Coach

Stewart has no chill when he is upset.

For the girls, softball season has already start-

ed and they’re undefeated so far, making them feel

more confident of themselves for the upcoming

games. Coach Hyunh doesn’t really look excited or

happy, but I know he is secretly more excited than

the girls. Coach Walker is pumped up to guide the

team to more victories! Pitcher Kimberly Valenzue-

la is nervous for the next game because she hasn’t

pitched before but she knows she’ll try her best.

Hopefully, it goes as good as volleyball season, since

they

have the

coaches

and the

will to

push

them-

selves.

Baseball & Softball

by Brandon Castro

Danica Patrick, is a

female NASCAR

racer. She is the

most successful

woman in the history of Ameri-

can open-wheel-racing. She is

the first woman to lead the

Indy 500 and the first woman

to win the pole position at the

Daytona 500. ‘’I was brought up

to be the fastest driver not the

fastest girl.’’ Danica says.

Danica dropped out of high

school to pursue her dream of

becoming a NASCAR racer.

She was named rookie of the

year at the 2005 IRL (Indy Rac-

ing League). ‘’That’s how I’ve always approached my ca-

reer. I’ve been lucky to make enough to make history and

be the first woman to do many things. We have a lot

more history to make and we are excited to

do it,’’ she says. Her youth and good looks has given

her a lot of great media opportunities. She has served

as a host on Spike TV, featured on the cover of sports

illustrated, and has appeared in commercials and music

videos; she also published her autobiography in 2006,

Danica: Crossing the Line.

Dr ive L ike a G i r l b y K i m V a l e n z u e l a

Page 5

Five Nights at Freddy’s (aka FNAF) is a very popular

game. Scott Cawthon, the creator of FNAF, has now

taken scary to a whole new level by making Five Nights

at Freddy’s 3! In this game, there’s only one animatronic

(robotic animal), named Springtrap. In FNAF 2, the

building burned down, killing BB (Balloon Boy), Mangle,

toy Freddy,

Chica, Bonnie,

and Foxy. But,

there was still

one left, in this

case,

Springtrap. So,

when they

opened the

new building,

which is a haunted house, he was in a locked room.

Basically, the point of the game is to make it to six a.m.

without getting caught by Springtrap. If you look to the

left, there’s an orange button. When you press it, a

screen will pop up with the words: “Audio”, “Camera”,

“Ventilations”, and “Reboot All”. These are the reboot

options

you use

when

some-

thing

goes

wrong.

If you

don’t fix

the vents,

you will

start to see frightening hallucinations of the dead anima-

tronics, so be careful.

If you look to the right, there’s a blue button. This is

your camera. This is where you look for Springtrap.

There’s also two buttons on the camera screen in the

bottom left corner. Play audio is used to lure Springtrap

into another room and the second button is your vents.

You can double-tap one vent to seal it while Springtrap is

in it.

DON’T LET SPRINGTRAP FIND YOU OR ELSE……

BOOO! If games are not your thing, it was just an-

nounced that a movie adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s

is coming out sometime in the future! Springtrap on the

big screen! Ahhhhhhhhh!

Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 News

by Solo Williams

Foxy, Balloon Boy, Marionette, Freddy,

and Mangle are ready to play!

Springtrap is coming for you!

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Just Saying...

Every-

one

knows

that the

four

leaf clo-

ver

brings

you

good

luck,

but when did the tradition start? No one

knows when it started, but its origin is in

the bible when Eve takes a four leaf clover

out of God’s paradise before getting ban-

ished. The three leaf clover represents The

Father, The Son and The Holy spirit while

the four leaf clover represents God’s glory,

but some people think it brings luck just

because it is rare to find one. They are

usually found in piles of clovers with white

on the base of the leaf and are linked with

rainbows and leprechauns.

Four Lea f C lovers

b y R o b e r t o I b a r r a

Page 6

1. When it was released, The Lion King came

under fire when people thought the word “SEX”

could be read in a puff of dust during one scene. Animators

claimed that the dust actually spells “SFX” which is a refer-

ence to the film’s special effects team.

2. Beast’s appearance in Beauty and the Beast is a com-

bination of several animals. It’s said he has the head of a buf-

falo, the brow of a gorilla, the body of a bear, the mane of a

lion, the tusks of a boar, and the legs and tail of a wolf.

3. Rapunzel and Flynn from Tangled can be seen in

Frozen.

4. Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Donald Duck can all be seen

making a brief appearance in The Little Mermaid.

5. If the events of Finding Nemo actually happened, and

Nemo’s mother and siblings were eaten, Nemo’s father

would have developed female sex organs and bred with

Nemo.

6. When a 10-year-old girl with cancer was too sick to see

“Up”, Pixar flew an employee to her house with a DVD of

the movie. She died seven hours after her private screening.

7. Walt Disney received one regular Oscar stat-

ue and seven smaller statues when Snow White

and the Seven Dwarves won an honorary

Academy Award.

8. Walt Disney once hired 11 little people to

dress up as Pinocchio and greet children. After being left with

an entire day’s worth of food and wine, the actors ended up

naked and screaming swear words at the crowd at the film’s

premiere by mid-afternoon.

[They had no strings to hold them down! - Mr. S]

9. Technically, alcohol and the resulting hallucinations are

what unlock Dumbo’s potential in Dumbo.

10. In the original Peter Pan book, he killed the Lost Boys

when they got too old.

11. Goofy’s wife died in a car accident off screen.

12. Disney made a World War 2 propaganda film. It won an

Oscar.

13. Piglet is actually a boy.

14. The real story of The Little Mermaid involves her get-

ting her tail split into two, excruciating pain for every step she

took as a human, and not even getting to marry the Prince but

instead dissolving into sea foam and her spirit having to earn

her soul one good deed at a time.

Surprising Disney Movie Facts

by Mauricio Vazquez

St . Pat r ick ’s Day

b y M i r n a D o m i n g u e z

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated

every year on March 17. This

holiday is usually praised with

wearing green clothing and dying

everything from food to drinks in

green dye. Ireland is nicknamed

"Emerald Isle," it represents spring and it’s the color of sham-

rocks. Saint Patrick’s Day celebrates the Roman Catholic’s feast

day for the patron saint of Ireland. But why do we really cele-

brate Saint Patrick’s Day? Saint Patrick was born in Roman Brit-

ain, but he was captured by Irish raiders and taken to Ireland as

a slave.

He later entered the church like his father and grandfather,

as a missionary. Patrick went around the island converting pa-

gans (a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the

main world religions) into Christians. Legend has it, that he

performed many miracles such as driving all the snakes out of

Ireland into the sea. During his travels, he and his companions

prayed to God for food when wild pigs wandered in front of

them. We should celebrate what St. Patrick did for the people

of Ireland and not just party.