By Alexandra Martinez
Life Is Beautiful has arrived with the cooler temperatures of fall. Life Is Beautiful is an annual music and art festival that takes place in Downtown Las Vegas, it is a large scale event that takes place over three days. This year, the dates that it’s being held are September 21-23. Even though the festival was first launched back in 2013, the event is now seen as a time of unity. This year’s musical lineup is diverse in the style and genres of music. For 2018, it will include well known artists like: Tyler the Creator, The Weeknd, T-Pain and The Neighbourhood. Hannibal Buress, Michelle Wolf, Trixie Mattel, and many more comedians are all included on this years comedy line-up. Also making an appearance are some popular restaurants including Dutch Bros. Coffee, Chipotle, Afters Ice Cream, and so many more will be there. A graduate from Eldorado, Cristal Martinez, is planning to go to Life Is Beautiful this year. This would be her second time going to this event. She says, “The vibes that I get while being there are really something else. Everyone is just so happy to be there and to experience such a wonderful thing together.” Of all the artists going, she is most excited to see Travis Scott. “I’m very excited to hear his newests songs from the new album, [Astroworld], that he recently released.” Her favorite memory of LIB is when she saw her favorite artist, J Cole. Cristal is hopeful that 2018’s LIB will also give her such cherished memories. Samantha Contreras, 11, is also going to LIB, but for her very first time. “I’ve been wanting to go ever since I first heard about it back in 2016.” As a fan of music, Samantha is eager to see Galantis preform. She is even more thrilled to be able to share this experience with her boyfriend. She says, “My boyfriend and I are always looking for new things to do, and this seems like the perfect adventure for us.” Samantha hopes this festival will be everything, and maybe even more, than she imagines. More information (such as: a full lineup, ticket information, what to bring, extra information, etc.) can be found on the official website of Life Is Beautiful. https://lifeisbeautiful.com/
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By Alexandra Martinez
School is back in session! On August 13th, the 2018-2019 school year began, although this year is different because the bell schedule has been altered. The old schedule used to be 6 periods, but the correlative new schedule now has 7 periods. Another contemporary change is: there is now a block schedule. On Wednesdays, students only go to their 1st-4th periods. On Thursdays, students go to their 5th-7th classes. Thursdays are the most unusual because it strays from the typical school day. Students have the choice to stay for lunch, or skip it and go home. Samantha Contreras, 11, has been enrolled in Eldorado for two years. She has experienced the change first-hand. She said, “It was overwhelming, but I made friends.” She continued to say that the new bell schedule, “It’s hard [to keep up with] because I have to wake up at four just to get ready on time.” Although, she still manages to get to school on time everyday. This year she is embracing the schedule change by looking to make changes of her own. She hopes, “To not procrastinate with work, and to get the more involved with school.” Samantha, like many other students, hopes this year will be a great one. School can be stressful, complicated, interesting or exciting. Whichever way you look at it, school is necessary. Therefore, you should try your best in all of your classes. Working on getting to class on time, doing your work, and attending school will definitely help. Receiving your high school diploma will help you in advancing your life. No matter what job field you would like to go into, it is beneficial to have one. If you are trying to get a job without one, chances are you are going to lose your chances to someone that has a diploma. Hopefully, every student has the great 2018-2019 school year they want. Work hard, be on time, do your best, and remember, “Everyday is a great day to be a Sundevil!” By Tabatha Rickard
On July 9th, 2018, the Eldorado journalism program was invited to go and interview the NBA recruits at NBA Summer League. We were accompanied by High School Nation, they gave us the opportunity and pieces of advice to interview these possibly famous recruits. The advice truly did help make the whole process a lot less nerve-racking. We were advised to stay calm, cool, and collected, the players are regular people like us just a lot taller. As a journalist that is more accustomed to writing and submitting articles, being an on-camera interviewer was a new and terrifying experience. When on camera you have to be incredibly self aware. Your posture, tone of voice, the space between you and the person you’re interviewing, and much more. During interviews you have to be extremely assertive. There’s no taking turns, you have to push your way through to be able to converse with the players. There are dozens of other reporters and they’re all fighting to get an interview for their stories. The idea of being on camera and interviewing possibly famous basketball players was extremely nerve wracking, especially the fact that I’d have to fight my way through. My first interview was with the 26 year old Aussie recruit for the Dallas Mavericks, Mitchell Creek. Mitchell was a very chill and well spoken person to interview. Interviewing him truly helped erase any anxiety I could have had because it was a really comfortable conversation; however, we were so comfortable our conversation went on for too long. Interviews should be brief, because there are other interviewers waiting to get a story for their paying job. All in all, the experience was truly eye opening and definitely helped me grow as a journalist and interviewer, and it even helped my confidence grow a bit. |
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