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The Medallion Newsletter
Mr. Jose A. De Leon
Ms. Rebecca Gonzalez
Dear parents, I would like to wish you Happy Holidays. Thank you for your support as we educate your child in the academic and fine arts. Your child’s education is our priority. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call me. From the Vidal M. Treviño faculty and staff, I would like to wish you a happy and safe Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Happy Holidays VMT Family! It has been a great first semester. I want to thank all of our VMT teachers and staff for everything that they do for our students every day. Students, we are so proud of all your accomplishments, talent, and behavior. We hope next semester is even better. I want to wish all VMT students and their families, teachers, and staff a great holiday season. Stay safe and enjoy your break. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!
Principal
Assistant Principal
TMEA Region Band Placements Federico Gian Otero Flute Belen Loredo Flute Kathleen Martinez Flute Veronica Cadena Flute Emma Ramirez Flute Erick Delgadillo Oboe Andrea Guevara E-flat Clarinet Carlos Carreon B-flat Clarinet
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7th 12th 14th 20th 26th 1st 3rd 12th
Kassandra Vasquez B-flat Clarinet 31st Layla Garza Bass Clarinet 4th Christian Carmona Bass Clarinet 8th Angel De la Pena Bassoon 8th Nestor Olguin Alto Saxophone 1st John Andrew Sosa Alto Saxophone 3rd Jaime Fernandez Alto Saxophone 7th
TABLE OF CONTENTS In this month’s edition...
Page 4 "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" Book Review
Page 5 & 6 Nurse’s & Counselor's Corner
Page 9 & 10 Feminism: Evolution of a Revolution
Page 11 & 12 Houston’s Nightmare
Page 13 How to Draw a Snowman
Page 14 Christmas Crossword December Newsletter
I'm Feeling Lucky
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
Joseph Sosa Trumpet/Music Student 12th NHS It is my distinct honor to nominate Joseph Sosa for student of the month. Throughout his high school years, Joseph continues to demonstrate a willingness to succeed and the determination for high achievement in both academic and music progress. He is responsible, positive, has a great personality and takes pride in his work. He continues to demonstrate a high level of professionalism and respect for his fellow students and teachers not only as a musician but as a person. -Mr. Robert Lopez
TEACHER
EMPLOYEE
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Johanna Chaney AP U.S. History
Luz Lara Administrative Assistant
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“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” BOOK REVIEW
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velyn Hugo is ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life to an unknown magazine reporter, Monique Grant. Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jump start her career. As Hugo tells her story, from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. As Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own life. I fell in love with the book. It took me about four days to finish. The way that Taylor Jenkins wrote her characters made me think that they were real. I genuinely thought that Evelyn Hugo was a real person and not a fictional character. I felt stupid for searching up movies and interviews that Evelyn did in the book. I honestly was expecting some sort of a love triangle or a straight relationship with Evelyn, but I was wrong. Evelyn meets Celia St. James, another great actress. As they give each other advice on acting and help each other out, they develop feelings for each other. Their relationship felt like a rollercoaster; they had so many issues and insecurities. I closed the book every time I felt that they were going to break up. Evelyn has an amazing platonic relationship with Harry Cameron, a producer.
Since day one, he has always been there for her. I wish I had a friendship like theirs. I felt this joy whenever Harry would take care of Evelyn. The only reason I bought this book was because I was trying to get away from sad books. I did not expect for this book to make me sob towards its ending. I had to put down the book. I did not expect the plot twist at the end. I -again- had to put down the book. My mouth was literally hanging open. I was shocked, but all I kept thinking was, “I love this book so much.” I feel like I fell in love with almost every character in the book. It really felt like they were real humans. This book does include topics about the LGBTQ+ community. When I finished reading this book, I went to BookTok and searched up the book to see what people thought about it. I was surprised that there were white booktokers who were calling this book a “great representation for Hispanics.” Evenlyn Hugo is Hispanic. She only talks about her ethnicity briefly. I rate this amazing book five out of five stars. When I finished the first chapter, I knew I was going to love this book. I only loved husbands number four, five, and seven. I know if anyone reads this book, they will love the fifth husband. He will always have a special place in my heart.
By Jazmine Jurado
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Nurse’s V
accines remain the best public health measure to protect people from COVID-19, slow transmission, and reduce the likelihood of new variants emerging. COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalizations, and death. What is the Omicron variant? On November 24, 2021, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). This new variant was first detected in specimens collected on November 11, 2021 in Botswana and on November 14, 2021 in South Africa. How easily does Omicron spread? The Omicron variant likely will spread more easily than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and how easily Omicron spreads com-
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pared to Delta remains unknown. CDC expects that anyone with Omicron infection can spread the virus to others, even if they are vaccinated or don’t have symptoms. Will vaccines work against Omicron? Current vaccines are expected to protect against severe illness, hospitalizations, and deaths due to infection with the Omicron variant. However, breakthrough infections in people who are fully vaccinated are likely to occur. With other variants, like Delta, vaccines have remained effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalizations, and death. The recent emergence of Omicron further emphasizes the importance of vaccination and boosters. CDC recommends that everyone five years and older protect themselves from
COVID-19 by getting fully vaccinated. CDC recommends that everyone ages 18 years and older should get a booster shot at least two months after their initial J&J/Janssen vaccine or six months after completing their primary COVID-19 vaccination series of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna. Masks offer protection against all variants. CDC continues to recommend wearing a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high community transmission, If your test has a positive result, stay home or isolate for 10 days, wear a mask if you have contact with others, and call your healthcare provider. If you have any questions about your self-test result, call your healthcare provider or public health department.
Ways to Protect Yourself & Others:
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Get vaccinated as soon as its your turn Keep a safe distance and avoid crowds
Wear a mask.
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Cough or sneeze into your elbow or a tissue. Open your windows and keep spaces well ventilated.
Clean your hands regularly.
Counselor’s Mental Health Tip of the month:
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ocial Emotional Learning also referred to as SEL is a framework for helping students develop critical skills around working with others and managing emotions. Self-Awareness is one of the SEL standards. This means the ability to recognize your own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they influence behavior. Some ways to develop self-awareness include: - Discuss thoughts-actions-feelings - Keep an Emotion Journal - Establish and work towards goals - Use your strengths. One easy Positive Awareness activity is to write a list of all the things you like about yourself. Another is to list and recognize all your strengths. If you are not sure what those are, ask your best friend or one of your teachers. They will be happy to share those qualities about yourself with you. If it is a short list, then you have a personal goal to add on to the list. If you work on these skills, you will reach success with your goals as well as with others.
January Dates: January 6th:
GE-Reagan Scholarship Deadline
January 10th:
1st Day of Classes for New Semester
January 15th:
FASFA Priority Deadline for Seniors
January 18th:
LC first day of classes, Dual Enrollment
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Journey
By Alondra Reyes
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Driver’s Education is the worst thing to ever happen to me. Today in America, millions of teens attend their local driving school to earn what they’ve wanted most since driving around a plastic car in their backyard: a license. Living on this earth for 16 years, needing a license is a common thought. The used car your parents got from a lot a couple years ago sits in the driveway awaiting your outings. But alas, there are tricks to being “free,” you must attend Driver’s Ed. Dictionary.com defines Driver’s Education as the course in which high school students learn about basic vehicle maintenance, safety, laws and traffic regulations. The definition is quite dull, but how hard can it be? I attended a local driving school- which I will not name- and the weeks of learning by the book stretched as far as the eye
can see. The two blistering hours created a slouch in all 36 backs against the test chairs. Most of them are using their phones or sleeping. The use of Bluetooth earbuds is common, and in all honesty, smart. We were warned to not use our cellphones during instruction for we can get in trouble and be sent home. I am currently writing this while the instructor takes the phrase “don’t text and drive” and makes it a run on sentence filled with anecdotes. “Everyone looks like zombies walking out of those doors,” my mother said as I got into her car after class. Unfortunately, this is legitimately the case. The price of this course is quite high, in order to protect the identity of this school I will not disclose the amount. Why is it that I feel as though I’m wasting my parents’ money sitting here on a desk with a
20-year-old book sitting and staring in front of me? “It’s serious matters,” my brother said to me as I asked why can’t the course be more interactive and- dare I say- fun. “If the lessons were like kindergarten, nobody would learn.” That is not necessarily true. A study by Education World states interactive learning is six times more likely to help students comprehend a subject. This doesn’t mean you need a bunch of moody teens interacting with each other while cutting and pasting construction paper onto a composition notebook- although, that might work. Sometimes a sole student-teacher relationship is all it takes for one to grasp a subject fully. The American English State website says fun lessons help students retain more information better. The rules and regulations taught in driver’s education should be embedded into the students brain
for as long as possible, shouldn’t they? I don’t believe that learning something so essential to human life should trigger sloth. Driver’s Ed can be improved. For starters, the books must go. As a book lover, it pains me to say this, but it is proven that if a book does not interest the reader there is no use for it. Second, as not relatable as this might sound to enemies of academics, assignments based on the lessons help. Grades are not necessary because they only lower the self esteem of the future drivers on our roads, but explaining why it’s wrong and helping pupils understand and correct themselves would make a difference. Driver’s Ed is necessary and the things taught are essential, this should not mean serious business means a somber classroom environment.
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Black Christmas Movie Review
By Juan Espinoza
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lack Christmas 1974: THE FIRST UNCREDITED SLASHER was one of the first slasher films made in the horror movie genre. Although it may be slightly popular in the horror community, this hidden gem doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.
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lack Christmas is a Canadian film that came out in the early 70’s. Before that, there weren’t really any slashers, but when Black Christmas was released many followed its footsteps making Black Christmas the pioneer for slasher films even to this day. The movie changed the way horror films were made today. Black Christmas is about a maniac hiding out in the attic of a sorority house during Christmas. He calls and torments the girls and picks them off one by one. As cliche as it sounds, Black Christmas manages to be more than it is. This isn’t your typical cheesy slasher film. These characters are realistic and intelligent, that deal with issues like accidental pregnancies, family problems, the fear of relationships, police corrpution and the main character Jess has an abortion plotline the year after Roe V Wade. The film has a physiological killer named Billy nicknamed “The Moaner.” The nickname was given to him because of the disturbing moans he makes to torment the sorority sisters when he calls. The Moaner is a deranged man who escapes the mental ward hunting whoever steps foot in his home. The kills and scares are more than a horror fan can ask for; they’re shot with amazing cinematography. The kills don’t happen off screen and are always put in front and center. The Moaner is a more effective killer than most in the genre due to his murder weapon choices. He doesn’t just use one weapon to murder, he uses hooks, hands, plastic bags and the most iconic murder weapon in the franchise today, a glass unicorn. Black Christmas’ budget was only $620,000. Although it seemed like a big budget, it was not enough for an average film, but it still managed to exceed the expectations of films with a greater budget. The cast and crew went into this film with a lot of love and care, you are able to feel and experience it throughout the film. The late Bob Clark, director of Black Christmas, didn’t want cheesy or cheap, he wanted something different from what had been coming out in cin-
ema. He greatly achieved his goal of making a great and effective film. Black Christmas was originally titled “Stop Me!” but later changed its name to Black Christmas. If it wasn’t for the name change, there wouldn’t be all these holiday titled slasher films including Halloween, My Bloody Valentine’s, April Fool’s Day, Mother’s Day and many others. Would Have they been released with the names we know now, or their original titles? Black Christmas is one of the greatest horror films made in the horror genre. It deserves a lot more credit than it gets. Black Christmas does so much stuff that most people give all the credit to other Horror Films. A few examples are the big classics in the genre, a title that falls short for Black Christmas. For example, the 1978 John Carpenter’s Classic Halloween and 1979’s When A Stranger Calls are two big horror films that borrow a lot from Black Christmas, but everyone seems to turn a blind eye to Black Christmas. Black Christmas was ahead of its time because it influenced and changed the way slashers were made. It formed all the classic tropes the horror community knows and loves.The pointof-view shots, the terrorizing women, the killer in the house, victims getting brutally murdered, getting picked off one by one, and that shocking end twist. Clark was doing techniques that no other horror film directors were doing at the time; he was experimenting with Black Christmas. It’s a film that doesn’t lose its charm after the first viewing. Every viewing doesn’t feel like a rewatch, you spot more from Billy as the viewer starts to understand the film more which gives for a further exciting and enjoyable watch. Black Christmas has that eerie feeling that gets balanced well with the amazing characters played by a talented cast. Along with that, the film is shot nicely and beautifully and includes humor in between the horror that’s not too much. Plus, with the plot twist ending, even though it has been done many times after it’s released, it
If this movie doesn’t make your skin crawl... IT’S ON TOO TIGHT!
always works. Black Christmas being the first to do the amazing twist is another reason why this uncredited film deserves more attention. The editing for Black Christmas is both humorous and unsettling. The film uses the holiday setting to its advantage with the lighting being only flashing Christmas lights; Christmas carolers, Christmas decorations, and the snow give the film a more horrifying feel. Black Christmas is not a mayhem film that just starts with the killings; there is a building of atmosphere and dread, there is character development, and there is tremendous suspense. The sound and score is what strikes deeply for the film, the usage of the sound & score is unlike anything else in the genre. Plus, the disturbing calls from Billy becoming more aggressive and unsettling to the ear as the film progresses. The sister characters consist of Jess played by Olivia Hussey best known for this role and It, Barbra, “Barb” played by the great Margot Kidder, Phyllis played by Andrea Martin who plays the house mother in the 2006 remake of Black Christmas, and Clare played by Lynne Griffin along with the sisters’ house mother Mrs. Mac. They are nicely developed and have some nice depth into them, each character has a likable personality. These are not the one-sided characters that just exist to be murdered. Overall Black Christmas is an amazing holiday film with an ending that will leave the viewer shocked, in a state of trauma, more paranoid than the surviving character. The ending is greatly executed and makes you unsure whether or not The Moaner will still stalk the sisters of the sorority house. Watch out for Christmas Day or maybe The Moaner will be leaving you a call.
Fun Fact: John Carpenter (Creator of Halloween) knew Bob Clark was not doing a sequel for Black Christmas. Carpenter asked Clark what the plot would be if there was one. Clark responded and a few years later Carpenter came out with Halloween, with the exact plot line Clark gave and that was how Halloween was born.
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FEMIN T
The Evolution o
raveling as far back as ancient Greece and Rome, feminism has been a topic of conversation. The early feminists who fought for the right to vote by going through what is commonly known as Women’s Suffrage, fought against the stigma of “what being a woman is supposed to be.” After many years of fighting for recognition from the government, and then getting it, a new wave of feminism began.
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (published in 1963), expressed the severe inequality within American society. The term feminiene mystique came from the stereotype that women naturally “fulfill their duty” of housework, marriage, sex and raising children. The common thought was that women didn’t want to go to school, they weren’t interested in a career nor did they care about politics. This book ignited the Women’s Liberation movement that fought for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) which was written by Alice Paul in 1923. This amendment would ban descrimination based on sex. Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug and Gloria Steinem joined forces in 1971 to create the National Women’s Political Caucus. In 1976, Steinem then produced and published the first magazine to talk about feminism, “Ms. Magazine.” With this came backlash from the rightwing population who helped organize the STOP ERA meetings as a campaign against equal rights for women. Led by Phyllis Schlagly, the STOP ERA movement was created after Congress passed the proposal of the ERA to be determined by state ratifications; STOP meaning “Stop Taking Our Privileges.” These women believed the women of
America were already living a free life, a housewife life. The people involved in this movement were right-wing republican families who thought Women’s Liberation was detrimental to the “family environ-
praised in a way that women are yet to be. Along with this, women continue facing unacceptable levels of violence and harassment that both the government and media fail to shine a light on. According to an article by Forbes, reports show that in 2021 there was an 18% difference in the wage gap between women and men, resulting in a 2% difference accumulating over the years that leads to a significant prejudiced gap. This dissimilarity is embedded within this economy and to stress this fact, a prediction by The Telescope states that stability won’t arrive until 2152. The injustices aren’t only in the economy, though. In Mexico, domestic violence against women is on the rise. According to an article by GlobalVoices, femicides, or killings of women, have increased a dramatic 137% between 2015 and 2020. The Mexican government has failed to shine a light on the families of the victims who live in fear because their own country doesn’t care. Even though this problem is immensely affecting all communities, only 27% of homicides are investigated with only 4% actually going to trial. A survey conducted by GlobalVoices concluded people are alarmed by the rising number of murder victims and dissaprove
“Female empowerment is global.”
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ment” Americans worked to maintain for so many years. Along with these claims, they believed the certification of the ERA would lead to “reversal” in gender roles, drafted women and same-sex marriages. The ERA has been ratified by 37 states. The states who haven’t include Arizona, Utah, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina; in fact, constituents can call these states’ representatives to convince them otherwise. Today, feminism lives on as a very controversial topic. Many people believe there’s more to it than just equality. First off, many women are still getting paid less than men and they’re still getting
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of a Revolution of the current president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador or AMLO. The Guardian reports at least ten women and girls are murdered everyday in Mexico. The Guardian refers back to a “scathing report” made by Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization, documenting the “disturbing lack of interest on the part of Mexican authorities to prevent or solve the murders.” The unconsciousness of these murders trigger rage in women all around the country, making them take it to the streets. Women’s marches, which are often organized, fight for attention. AMLO has turned away their claims so, at this point, all they want is to be heard. Unfortunately, the cry for help sometimes results in violence and damage to public property. This usually leads to the mocking and generalization of the movement. This internalized and embedded ignorance continues to affect Mexico and the whole world, meaning we’ll probably not see the end of it anytime soon. Topics like the previously mentioned express only a small amount of the normalized inequity women go through, sometimes without realizing it. “I grew up thinking the women are in the house, they cook, clean and have kids,” Maria Salas, 29, said. “My dad very much expected that from me as well. I remember we were 11/12 years old and he told us to learn from our mom how to do those chores. Then one day saying ‘no’ changed
everything.” Salas explained her daily life was a mix of a conservative Mexican mentality and the fact that she is a woman. “In my youth it was the norm to go to school then come home,” Salas explained. “‘You want to go out with your friends? You can’t. You have to stay home and do your chores.’ On the weekends it was family time, I never had time to explore anything outside of my household.” It wasn’t until her adulthood that she realized there is more to being a woman than settling as a housewife and that now Generation Z is breaking the stigma. “There is going to be a shift from when I was growing up to now,” Salas stated. “You guys [Gen Z] aren’t tied down by the traditional lifestyles of the first generation [Mexican-American]. You all will set the foundation for what being a woman is like and future generations will build on it. The understanding of saying ‘Wait a minute, that is not what I want for myself!’ is much more normalized with people your age [16].” Although the common treatment of women has changed in the eyes of the people who came before us, the youth of today believes there is still a fair amount of inequity to work on. “I love clothes, cars and shoes. Sometimes when conversing about such I get told ‘You don’t even know what an engine does.’” Iris Rodriguez, 16, said. “The same occurs when I sell vintage (items), since it is male dominated, I get questioned over
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everything I do. Sometimes it’s not even worth the conversation.” Jordyn Rebeles, 17, said that even though she didn’t realize it at the time, her Hispanic-Mexican culture thinks the woman is supposed to do everything. “I wasn’t taught that’s the way things are supposed to be, but maybe it happened subconsciously because of how normal it was,” Rebeles said. To illustrate, within the last five years, women have been in local headlines as victims of domestic violence and homicides. “The machismo that comes with the culture of Laredo will not change,” Rodriguez stated. “It’s really up to our generation to teach the further generations that there is no such thing as an assigned role to any gender, we must collectively work together, though.” Rebeles said feminism is when you see men and women as equal and that society thinks feminism means women are above men. Today, female empowerment is global. “We have made strides in many places of the world,” Chelsea Morgensen, 27, said. “Unfortunately, many steps back at the same time. In Afghanistan women had freedom until recently. Here in Texas, the rights to our bodies and choices have been stripped away.” Nobody knows if this problem will be collectively solved within years or decades. One can only hope for the best to come.
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ravis Scott headlined the Astroworld Festival in Houston on November 5 after two years of it being held back because of the pandemic. The festival started well and people were having the time of their lives but tragedy struck after people in the crowd started to get injured and some even died. Eight people were confirmed dead that night alone and days after other victims were pronounced dead including a 9-year-old and a Texas A&M University student, bringing the total to 10 losses. Twenty-five people were hospitalized. Local 23-year-old Rodolfo “Rudy” Peña was one of the initial eight victims who tragically died after many people rushed to the stage of the concert and “compressed” themselves forward. In videos posted on social media, it shows that staff and Scott himself ignored the situations where people were getting evacuated to ambulances and fans screaming for help. Peña, a Nixon High School graduate, was laid to rest earlier last month. Scott claims in his recent interview with radio personality Charlamagne tha God that he didn’t hear the cries
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of help within the crowd. “Nah man you know it’s so crazy I am that artist, too. Like you know anytime you can hear something like that you want to stop the show to make sure that fans get the proper attention,” Scott said. “Anytime I could see anything like that I did, you know, and I stopped it a couple of times to just make sure everybody was okay. I just really just go off the fans’ energy as a collective and I just didn’t hear that.” After the Astroworld tragedy, Scott lost support from fans and also from his hometown Houston. Recently, Scott was pulled out of one of the most important music festivals in the country. Coachella has removed him from the lineup after a petition with 60,000 signatures asked to remove him. Additionally, Scott’s hard seltzer brand Cacti has been pulled from shelves indefinitely following the incident. Scott has denied all claims that he was responsible for the 10 deaths and over 300 injuries sustained at the festival. After the astroworld festival, Scott made an apology in an Instagram video saying that his fans mean the world to him and that he’s trying to help out, while denying all
the claims made. “You know my fans really mean the world to me and I always just want to leave them with a positive experience and any time that i could make out anything that’s going on i stop the show and help them get the help they need,” Scott said. “I could just never imagine the severity of the situation. We’ve been working closely with everyone to get to the bottom of this.” Scott added that he was devastated and couldn’t imagine anything tragic happening at his show. Over 275 lawsuits were filed. Scott is being sued for over $750 million dollars and on Dec. 6, via his attorneys, Scott has requested to be dismissed from the laawsuits naming him. This story is developing.
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NIGHTMARE By Luis Sanchez
IN MEMORIAM: Mirza Baig, 27, Houston Rodolfo Peña, 23, Laredo Madison Dubiski, 23, Cypress Franco Patiño, 21, Illinois Jacob Jurinke, 20, Illinois John Hilgert, 14, Houston Axel Acosta Avila, 21, Washington Brianna Rodriguez, 16, Houston Ezra Blount, 9, Denton Bharti Shahani,22, Houston
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How to Draw A Snowman By Frida Garcia
First, make a half circle and fill the inside two small cicrcles.
Next, on top of the half circle draw a top hat, along with a triangle on the face and a smile.
Then, add two sticks on the corner, and draw a v like scarf and add two sleeves.
After that, draw one medium circle under the scarf and on the bottom draw a bigger circle
Inside the circles for the body, on top fill in two small circles, on the bottom and three big circles.
Finally, complete your snowman with colors :)
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Board of Trustees Hector J. Garcia President, District 6
Hector J.Noyola Vice President, District 3
Monica Garcia Secretary, District 7
Dr. Minita Ramirez Parliamentarian, District 3
Jose A. Valdez Trustee, District 1
Guadalupe Gomezc Trustee, District 2
Ricardo Garza Trustee, District 4
Dr. Sylvia G. Rios
The Medallion Newsletter is produced by students in Communication and CTE classes of the Vidal M. Treviño School of Communication and Fine Arts, Laredo ISD.
Maria Salas Photojournalism Adviser
Jose A. De Leon Director
The Medallion NewsLetter Vol. 1 Issue 2 - December 2021 Production: VMT Journalism/CTE students using Adobe InDesign and iMac Computers Copyright: ©2021 Vidal M.Treviño School of Communications and Fine Arts & The Medallion Newsletter VMT is a magnet school within the jurisdiction of the Laredo Independent School Districts.
Contributors
Superintendent
Luis Sanchez NHS
Emily Leon MHS
Juan Espinoza CHS
Jazmine Jurado NHS
Frida Garcia NHS
Lluvia Garcia MHS
It is the policy of the Laredo Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, limited English proficiency, or handicapping condition in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
