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Volume VI; Issue 1 October 2012 King’s Academy, Manja - Madaba, Jordan PAGE 2 NEWS PAGES 3-4 OPINION P AGE 5 WORLD P AGE 6-7 ARABIC AVISELLE DIAZS STORY CONTEMPORARY ARABIC MUSIC THE DINING HALLS NEW STAFF ARABIC YEAR STUDENTS THE SYRIAN REVOLTS IPHONE 5 US PRESEDENTIAL ELECTIONS ! ... MR. TOMMY AT THE OLYMPICS COACH OF THE ISSUE: MR. MATT JORDAN VS. AUSTRALIA INVISIBLE BOUNDARIES KINGS AT OXFORD THE KINGS ACADEMY PROM A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS FACEBOOK ETIQUETTE RECOMMENDED SONGS & BOOKS MASHROU’ LEILA DATING ADVICE FROM TEACHERS THE ZODIAC THE SCANDAL T ABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES 10-11 SPORTS PAGES 12-13 LIFE PAGES 14-15 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT PAGES 16 FUN The houses come together for a second year to compete for the Madaba Cup. One Star to Rule Them All The King’s Academy Madaba Games are gatherings where both stu- dents and faculty members join forces and participate in numerous group activities. These activities are chosen according to individual talent and in- terest. As a tradition, Madaba games are usually held on the third day of school, and this year is not an exception. Since there are a lot more new Arabic Year students at King’s this year, the Madaba Games was more exciting than ever. The games provided a chance for students to talk to games, students also prepared themselves for the challenges that lay ahead of them this year. The activities in Madaba Games are roughly separated into three main groups – sports, arts and science. Among them, sport has the greatest va- riety of activities available of all three. Such sports activities include house games, individual races such as track, and group competitions of soccer, basketball, and volleyball. The house games are another part of the athletic division of Madaba Games, and arguably some of the most fun activities. One of the games required team members to carry teammates sitting on a - able, but also promoted cooperation in the process. In fact, not only the house games but all of the events of Madaba Games, whether it was sports or arts, encouraged teamwork. The second part of Madaba Games, which consisted of the arts, was held in the auditorium in front of the entire school community. The various events, including skits, musical performances, a baking competition, and a of talented student chefs, who baked delicious cupcakes with unique reci- pes, and spokespersons, who passionately advertised their team’s concoc- tions. The funny hair competition comprised of representatives from each house expressing the theme of world peace through their creative and hilari- ous hair styles. After these two competitions followed the performing arts events, which consisted of the house musical performances and skits. Nihal, in unanimous consent of the judges. - slide of 70 points. Regardless of the winner, The Madaba Games success- fully ignited the new busy school year, and together with the atmosphere of On Thursday October the 4th, the school had the pleasure of taking some time out of the day to hear about how women were outperforming men in high schools all around the world. Even worse for the boys in the audience, the man to break it the news was a world-class psychologist, making it that much more devastating. On a serious note, though, Michael Thompson was incred- ibly successful in engaging the school as was demonstrated by the frequent applause and laughter. One can even argue that he was among the best speakers King’s has ever hosted, right beside Dan- iel Dennett who stirred up quite a fuss two years ago. Yet what made him able to turn the typically dull school meeting scene into such a passionate and argumentative one? Well, to begin with, not only is he a psychologist but also a school consultant and author of eight different books. Some of his books include the New York Times bestseller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys and Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children. Further- more, he also frequently travels around the world and speaks to audiences just like ours, having consulted more than 500 schools Boys Will Be Boys BY TALAL TOUKAN ‘13 NEWS SUB-EDITOP Michael Thompson visits King’s Academy, causes mixed feelings. BY XU ZHAOYING ‘15 CONTRIBUTING WRITER Courtesy of the Communications Department Courtesy of the Communications Department see BOYS on page 2 Nihal camels: The most talented and artistic of them all!

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Volume VI; Issue 1 October 2012 King’s Academy, Manja - Madaba, Jordan

PAGE 2

NEWS

PAGES 3-4

OPINION

PAGE 5

WORLD

PAGE 6-7 ARABIC

AVISELLE DIAZ’S STORY

CONTEMPORARY ARABIC MUSIC

THE DINING HALL’S NEW STAFF

ARABIC YEAR STUDENTS

THE SYRIAN REVOLTS

IPHONE 5US PRESEDENTIAL ELECTIONS

!� ��������� �������� ����������������������� ... ����������� ��!" �#�

MR. TOMMY AT THE OLYMPICS

COACH OF THE ISSUE: MR. MATT

JORDAN VS. AUSTRALIA

INVISIBLE BOUNDARIES

KING’S AT OXFORD

THE KING’S ACADEMY PROM

A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS

FACEBOOK ETIQUETTE

RECOMMENDED SONGS & BOOKS

MASHROU’ LEILA

DATING ADVICE FROM TEACHERS

THE ZODIAC

THE SCANDAL

TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGES 10-11

SPORTS

PAGES 12-13

LIFE

PAGES 14-15

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

PAGES 16

FUN

The houses come together for a second year

to compete for the Madaba Cup.

One Star to Rule Them All

The King’s Academy Madaba Games are gatherings where both stu-dents and faculty members join forces and participate in numerous group activities. These activities are chosen according to individual talent and in-terest. As a tradition, Madaba games are usually held on the third day of school, and this year is not an exception. Since there are a lot more new Arabic Year students at King’s this year, the Madaba Games was more exciting than ever. The games provided a chance for students to talk to ������������������ ����������� ������ ���������������������games, students also prepared themselves for the challenges that lay ahead of them this year.

The activities in Madaba Games are roughly separated into three main groups – sports, arts and science. Among them, sport has the greatest va-riety of activities available of all three. Such sports activities include house games, individual races such as track, and group competitions of soccer, basketball, and volleyball. The house games are another part of the athletic division of Madaba Games, and arguably some of the most fun activities. One of the games required team members to carry teammates sitting on a ����������������������������������������� ������ ����������������������������������������������������������� ������������������-able, but also promoted cooperation in the process. In fact, not only the house games but all of the events of Madaba Games, whether it was sports or arts, encouraged teamwork.

The second part of Madaba Games, which consisted of the arts, was held in the auditorium in front of the entire school community. The various events, including skits, musical performances, a baking competition, and a ���������� �������������������������������������� �����������������of talented student chefs, who baked delicious cupcakes with unique reci-pes, and spokespersons, who passionately advertised their team’s concoc-tions. The funny hair competition comprised of representatives from each house expressing the theme of world peace through their creative and hilari-ous hair styles. After these two competitions followed the performing arts events, which consisted of the house musical performances and skits. Nihal, ���������������������������������������������������� �!���������������in unanimous consent of the judges.

�����������������������������������!��"������#� �������������-slide of 70 points. Regardless of the winner, The Madaba Games success-fully ignited the new busy school year, and together with the atmosphere of ������$������������������������������������� ����������

On Thursday October the 4th, the school had the pleasure of taking some time out of the day to hear about how women were outperforming men in high schools all around the world. Even worse for the boys in the audience, the man to break it the news was a world-class psychologist, making it that much more devastating.

On a serious note, though, Michael Thompson was incred-ibly successful in engaging the school as was demonstrated by the frequent applause and laughter. One can even argue that he was among the best speakers King’s has ever hosted, right beside Dan-iel Dennett who stirred up quite a fuss two years ago. Yet what made him able to turn the typically dull school meeting scene into such a passionate and argumentative one? Well, to begin with, not only is he a psychologist but also a school consultant and author of eight different books. Some of his books include the New York Times bestseller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys and Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children. Further-more, he also frequently travels around the world and speaks to audiences just like ours, having consulted more than 500 schools

Boys Will Be BoysBY TALAL TOUKAN ‘13

NEWS SUB-EDITOP

Michael Thompson visits King’s Academy, causes mixed feelings.

BY XU ZHAOYING ‘15CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Courtesy of the Communications Department

Courtesy of the Communications Department

see BOYS on page 2

Nihal camels: The most talented and artistic of them all!

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BARAKAT ELSAQA ’ 13LEILA SHABAN ’13TALAL TOUKAN ’13AMINA AWAD ‘14SAIF ABU HASHISH ’13MOHAMMED ABU DALHOUM ’13FARAH KILANI ’13OMAYMAH ALHARAHSHEH ’14LAYTH ISMAIL ’13SANAD ZUMOT ’13SEUNGJONG PARK ‘14TAMARA NASSAR ’13SALINDI HERATH ’13AMOUNEH LARISA ABU GANAM ’14

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SEO YOUNG PARK ‘15EUN SOL JUN ‘15XU ZHAOYING ‘15

FACULTY ADVISOR

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2012-2013

When asked, if she found it dan-gerous to move to a place considered by many Americans to be unstable, this particular student answered “I am not afraid… diplomacy is not �������������%�����&��

Aviselle Diaz, a sophomore from Miami, Florida is dreaming of be-�����'�(������� �������������������get there. From the age of eight this ambitious scholar set her sights on a dream and would strive to achieve it. She carried out extensive research until she discovered our very own King’s Academy. Seeing it as a way to achieve her dream, she seized the opportunity to travel to Jordan, to explore the Arabic language and cul-ture, and to become a global citizen.

Her story starts when she sought out funding to attend King’s Acad-emy. She so passionately desired to do so that she collected glass bottles, designed them beautifully and wrote a message inside stating: “I write to you dear reader as my last resort and pray that you who have found this plea riding on the ocean waves will ��� ��� �� ���� ����� ��� ����� �� ������������������&�

So who is this determined aca-demic? Originally Cuban she speaks both English and Spanish, loves read-��� ������ ������� ��� ������������boards in al-Nilam, and participates in Round Square and Toastmasters. When asked about her role models, she answered “my parents, grand-

parents, His Majesty King Abdullah, and Her Majesty Queen Rania. But mostly my parents because of their complete support; they were saying don’t stop trying. Because of them, I was here today and because of all I was taught, I had the determination �������������&

When asked about her favou-rite things about Jordan and King’s Academy, she answered “What I love most about Jordan is the Jor-�������������)������� ��������-coming, caring and I would love to have some real Bedouin Mansaf....Now what I love about King’s Acad-emy are two things: Firstly, the com-munity we share with its many dif-ferent people from different parts of ��������������������� �������� �-thing in common and getting along. Secondly, the library; the way it’s just full of all the books you can think of. I mean, you can just focus in its atmosphere and get this mental con-nection when you’re inside around �����������������������&

A quote Aviselle loves is “we ��������������������������������� &��Aviselle’s goal is to stay in King’s Academy for three more years. She is a wonderful person; she loves the experience, and is enjoying the diversity. On behalf of the King’s Academy we welcome you Aviselle! We’ll keep an eye out for that Man-saf for you!

Aspiring Diplomat Finds Herself at King’s

BY OMAR MEGAHED ‘13CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Aviselle Diaz, a sophomore, joins us at King’s all the way from Miami to

fulfill her dream of becoming a diplomat.

so far. If that isn’t enough, he has appeared on a variety of different TV shows ranging from the Today Show to the Oprah Winfrey Show to 60 Min-utes.

As for what he discussed, for those of you who weren’t present, Mr. ��� ������������������ ��� ����� �������� ������������������ ��-wards the fact that girls were achieving higher results in high schools than boys. An example of such a statistic was how the majority of, if not all, the high schools Mr. Thompson had visited had the top tiers of each class (with regards to GPA) consisting of mostly girls. Conversely, the bottom tier consisted of mainly boys. After stating such statistics Michael then referred to ten possible reasons behind this. This statistics that he had encountered in the past were distributed on individual papers throughout �������������1��������������������������� �����2���� ���&���������to the audience to offer what they thought were the true explanations.

While I could not catch any of the students’ comments then, due to my own desire to partake in the discussion, I did compile a few after-�������������������)������������3�!�������������������������������psychologist, who stated that “Men are so used to being the leaders and always being in front of the woman that they now are laying back and ������������������������������������ ������������������������&�On the other hand, Tammara Nassar said, interestingly enough, that “The statistics he said are wrong because they took high school students �� � ���� ���� ���� �����&� ���� ������� ���� ������� ������ ����� ������������������������������&����������������������������������������������females mature earlier than males, so they cannot take a sample of high school students and expect that there won’t be compounding variables ��������&�1��������6�6�8�������������� �������� �����9�����������the ones that were offered when he said “Women have been encouraged more by their parents and have received higher expectations which led to ������������� ������ �����������&�

HonorCommittee

DisciplinaryCommittee

Nora NesheiwatRanda HashimAlNilam

Talal SisalemHusam Al KhreisatN i h a l

Marah Al Ju’behSabal AlmadiA t a i r

Faris NaffaKhaled JarwanM e i s s a

Tamara NassarAseel SaadehMurz im

Rakan SawalhaQais MasriS u l a f a t

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Page 3October 2012OPINION

I think it’s safe to say that when asked about Arabic music, most of the time the artists that pop up in our minds are Nancy Ajram, Hai-fa Wahbi, Tamer Hosni, Fairuz (if you’re classy). No offence to any-one who listens to them regularly, but what most Arabic singers sing about is “She loves him, he loves �����&� �� 2<�� ������ ���� ����������� �� &�� )! � ��� ������ ��-thing is wrong with singing about love, oh God no. I’m a Beatles fan therefore I believe from the core of my soul that really “All ���� ���� ��� ����&�� =��!�� ��� ���-ous though now. That story that mainstream Arabic music is all about is sort of lame. This sum- ��� )� ���� ������ ������ ��� ���a lot of Arabic singers that, not only have a better sound, rhythm and beat, but also talk about ev-ery day issues that our region and generation faces. I will be guiding you to the amazing Arabic music that, unfortunately, isn’t as wide-spread as it should be.

1-El-Murabba3This rock band’s songs touch

upon so many Arab issues from political to social. Any rock fan will love to hear their music. It is

very unique in terms of sound, but also, Tarik Abu Qwiak and Muhammad Abdullah’s voices are just mind-blowing.

2- AutostradAn indie/pop band, their

rhythm is really joyful and fun to listen to. Some of their songs have quite funny lyrics.

XZ�"�����X�=����It’s just a must to listen to at

������ ��� "=� ���� ����� ����lifetime. They have such a unique sound, and their lyrics are so pleas-ant to hear mixed with the sound the band makes. When listening to them, you will be absorbed by their greatness.

4- Zade DiraniIf you’re into classical music,

this is the guy for you. He is an internationally known pianist and composer. The beauty of his mu-sic is the oriental touch he puts in his pieces, making them sound Arab, but classical at the same time.

5- Arab RapIf you’re into rap, there are art-

ist like El-Fer3i, Torabeye, Khotta Ba that rap about our society’s problems, Palestine, our genera-tion, their opinions, and anger.

They really touch whoever is lis-tening, even if he is not into rap per se.

"�����������\=]�(]�^_��_��#]�]`�=){]� �`�8)|� "'-SIC. Give these artists a try, I guar-antee you’ll like at least one song from one of them. What I was ������ ���������� ������ ���� ��-ing out about these artists, is how

much they strive to speak about what matters to them, rather than what pleases the majority. It gives me great pride in what the future of Arabic music looks like. For more Arabic music (of quality), please go to www.radioarddi.com and check out other artist. Enjoy!

The Hidden Arabic Music of Today

It is probably safe to say that the most an-ticipated time during a school day is lunch-time, whether it is in an elementary school or high school, African school or Europe-an school. The same applies to King’s Academy. Similar exclamations can be heard all around the campus after 5th period, “Do we have school meet-��� ������ ����� �����}&�� 2~���!�� �������}&��2$����)�!���������������&�)��wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that the primary reason why King’s students visit KANet is to check the menu. In that sense, the most epic change King’s Academy has gone through this sum-mer is the change in dining. This year, King’s Academy has a team of new chefs and new dining systems. This change has brought the ���� �������� � ������ 2������&�� � <����-er, after just two weeks of school, that an-ticipation has become extinct, and the whole school body appears to have already set their opinions on the new food. While there were some positive responses such as “The hum- ��� ��� ���� ������ ���� ����� ����&� �� 2����

�������������������&��2�������������� ������������� ���������������������� ����������&�����been the most popular response. Then again, there doesn’t seem to be any outbursts of joy at the improvement of the food.

Nevertheless, Ms. Amira Amr, King’s Academy’s nutritionist and Dining Hall Co-ordinator, has been most will-ing to explain the new changes of the year. “First of all, we now have our own pastry

chef whereas last year, we only had a semi-pastry chef that wasn’t specialized in desserts. We are not changing the whole menu, but we are planning to modify our old dishes and �������� �� ���������&����������������“More and more people at King’s are going for healthy options these days. So we are trying to include more diverse healthy options, such as new rotation for the salad bars. But at the same time, we are trying to introduce better

tasting dishes that may not be the healthiest, but are much cleaner and better than ordered food from outside. We want to encourage the students to eat and enjoy our cleanly prepared ������� �����������&

However, the most important message that Ms. Amira wanted conveyed to the students was that feedback is needed. “There is no in-teraction between the dining staff and the stu-dents. How are we to improve the food if we don’t know what the students like or do not like? I am always available in the dining hall ��������������� ���������~�������������������������������������������������&�

Ms. Amira’s request is perfectly valid. The quality of Kings’ Academy’s food is not only the dining hall staffs’ responsibility, but also the students’ responsibility. Before we set our opinions about the new chefs and complain �����������������!����������������������-ate the dining staffs’ effort to make healthy AND delicious food for a thousand people three times a day for almost the whole year. Help them by voicing our ideas of improve-ment. Perhaps the most epic change to King’s Academy’s food can be brought not by chefs �� ����Z��������������������������������

The Hungry Lions

BY SEO YOUNG PARK ‘15 LION CUB

New chef, new staff, new food!

Who said that All Arabic songs are boring?!

BY AMOUNEH LARISA ABUGANAM’14LAY-OUT EDITOR

Amouneh Larisa Abu Ganam‘14

Yay! It’s chicken tenders!

El-Murabba3 perfoming at Al-Balad Theater

The RexonianPage 4OPINION

����� ����� "���� =��� (� ���� ������� �� ���family to King’s Academy: the Arabic Year stu-dents. A total of sixteen students applied and came to King’s to be a part of the Arabic year program from all over the world. I personally ���� ��� ������ "���� =��� ��� �9����� ����� ����Arabic Year program is, and she answered, “The Arabic year program is a program where students can come from abroad. They can come for a year to King’s to study intensive Arabic. They stay here for a year and if they wish, they can con-tinue. They take two classes of Arabic every day. They are basically immersed within our culture: they go on trips, they go to cultural places, and there’s even a co-curricular called ‘Out and About in Madaba’ where they meet locals. They become ����������� ���������������������&

~��� )� ���� ����� ������ ���� ������ $���program, I was more confused than interested.

<�����������)������� ��������$����������)�felt that this was my chance to experience new culture with new people and I loved it. I realized how lucky and special this chance was to me. In a place which is located in the Middle East, it’s ���������������������������� ����������we have in King’s. When I heard from Dr. John Austin that our school had students from over 30 different nationalities, I felt very privileged, and I also felt the same towards the AY students. It is certainly not an easy thing to gather people from this many countries in a small country like Jordan. I met a lot of new AY students at many differ-ent places on campus starting with the common rooms where we have dorm meetings every Tues-day, the dining hall where everyone becomes one when saying the grace, the gym, co-curriculars, the classrooms, and more. They are getting ad-justed very fast to their new environment day-by-

day. Most of them even know all the locations on campus now!

To be honest, being one of the international �������� ��� ���!��� )� ��������� ���� �������������considering the fact that I was a full boarder and I was at a place which was a fairly long distance from home. For me, homesickness was the big-gest problem, and I bet this applies to all the full boarders and some of the weekday boarders as well. For many people, this blocks them from studying, socializing, and other important things for quite a long time. However, the AY students have only been here for about 2 weeks and I don’t see anyone who is still suffering from homesick-ness. I think the members of AY program have the ability to bond quickly with others. This makes it possible for these students to get over ������������������ ����������������� ��� �������������������������������������������

Miss Lina’s new familyMiss Lina’s new family 16 new students join Kings Academy Arabic Year Exchange Program!

BY SEO YOUNG PARK ‘13LION CUB

Tamara Nassar ‘13The Arabic Year students:From top left : Brandon Navon ‘14, Alejandro Rojas ‘14, Andrea Toomey ‘13, Samuel Cummings ‘14, Bashaar Nemri ‘13, Jack Olson ‘14, Elisabeth Carr ‘15, Jacqueline Al Nimri ‘13, Rene’e Underhill ‘13, Perry Tolley ‘15From bottom left : Marshall Yaklin ‘13, Lana Feteiha ‘15, Muheb Esmat ‘13, Kristen Stark ‘15, Anand Sunder ‘14

Page 5October 2012WORLD

Bloodshed on the Syrian lands, and the effect of the revolution on Jordan

Syria is in chaos. Rebels have been trying to destroy the govern-ment while the government is trying to destroy the rebels. But strangely enough, there are some news agen-cies overlooking the issue with underestimation. Why would this be the case? Simply, it works as a disadvantage to the news agencies’ governments. The best country do-�����������������)���%����������topic a complete 180 degrees as though it were the rebels who are the bad guys and the government the good guys. Just a few days ago, Al-Jazeera news caught the Iranian national television agency changing the words of president Morsi dur-ing his speech in the Non-aligned Movement summit. The word “Syr-��&������������ ���28����&�������� ���� 2���� (���&� ����������2`������ �)��� &���9�����������opposite of the intended to the Ira-nian people.

No matter what speeches, urges or protests accompanied the civil war, one thing is for sure, neighbor-ing countries are being affected, es-pecially our very own Jordan. The

number of Syrians crossing the border will increase from 180,000 to 240,000 in the next few weeks, pushing the country’s energy re-sources to the limit. This, of course, is affecting the economy. As inves-tors continue seeing the situation intensify, they are all pulling back. Whether from the Gulf, Africa or the West, investors have stopped spending their money in the real estate sector of the economy, drop-ping the real estate trade volume by 25%. With the already fallen econ-omy, lack of investors and poverty of Jordanians, the purchasing pow-er of the Jordanian community has slumped to the ground.

With all the casualties and mis-haps occurring, it does not stop the Jordanians from hosting the refu-gees of Syria. Recently American actress Angelina Jolie visited the refugee camps and commented on ��� � ������� 2���� ���� ����� ����soldiers are ordered to do once they meet a refugee family is to ask ‘Are you all right?’ and welcoming them �������$���������������!&

Syria... The RevolutionBY OMAR MEGAHED ‘13

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The iPhone 5 that has been a source of anticipation since Octo-ber 4th. However, it isn’t too much different from the previous 4S. The new iPhone 5 is a bit taller, thinner �����������&�����������������resolution. After it was highly an-ticipated, the minor things that have been changed could make people less innovated. It is 18% thinner and 20% lighter than the �\���� �(�� 8���� ��� ��������� ����more advanced functions from the inside and outside. From the head-phone port being at the top in the previous iPhones, the new style is having the port on the bottom of the iPhone. It has the world’s most advanced display and the newest wireless technology in the uni-verse. The A6 chip enables us to change between apps in a quicker, smoother way. It has 8MP camera making many people fall in love with the extraordinary pictures. It has an outstanding battery life and faster graphics allowing the access to intensive apps and games. More-over, the phonewas supplied with

23��������(��&������������ ��������different from the other iPhones, since you can get things done by just saying your thoughts aloud!

Having said that it seems that the iPhone 5 was a joy for some but disappointments for others es-pecially that it hasn’t show any cru-cial difference from the previous generations…

Iphone 5Ever since the launch of iPhone 4S, Apple fans have been on the edge

of their seats and highly anticipating the new iPhone 5.

BY EUN SOL JUN ‘15LION CUB

President Of The World?The United States presidential saga is under the light with only

weeks left for the elections

BY SUN WOO KIM ‘15LION CUB

The US Presidential Elections are less than a month away, and the tension between the Republicans and the Democrats are intensify-ing as the elections come down to two candidates. President Obama of the Democratic Party, and Mitt Romney, the presidential candidate for the Republican Party, are seen to be the two major competing candidates.

President Obama plans to con-tinue on with his current economic policies if re-elected. Having been elected during a global recession, Obama presented the Stimulus package, an economic stimulus-spending package to stimulate the economy to create more jobs. Al-though praised by democrats to have effectively ended the global recession and improved the un-employment rate, republicans and Mitt Romney maintain the stance that the effect of the package was only temporary, and was ineffective in stabilizing the economy in the long term. Obamacare, the health-care reform promoted by Presi-dent Obama, albeit criticized for its costs, is to continue if he is to be re-elected to expand the range of healthcare coverage and decreasing the number of uninsured individu-als. Obama is proposing to contin-ue to maintain stimulus spending to create jobs and remove tax cuts in place for the wealthy.

Mitt Romney, the co-founder of Bain Capital and the Governor of Massachussetts, is presenting policies to counter government expansion and reverse President Obama’s economic policies. He is

staunch in his stand that the private sector has the potential to create ���������������<�����������������corporate tax to encourage them to create job opportunities. Further-more, cuts in capital gains taxes are supported in his policies. He plans to end Obamacare plan, which in-creased taxes hindered business development, and encourage states to devise their own healthcare plans. To balance out revenue loss from tax cuts, Romney suggests reducing government spending in areas other than defense.

The current economic situation of the US and the world are cer-tainly major concerns that people �������������9�������������\���-dent. Both candidates are looked up to to reduce the unemployment rate, boost the economy, and in-crease growth in the US.

Right now, the polls are some-what more tilted towards the favor of Obama. Recently, Mitt Rom-ney’s tax payments were brought into spotlight, when people accused him for paying lower tax rates than the rest of the citizens. Although Romney declared that the lower tax rates he paid were legal as his gains were majorly from invest-ments (tax rates are lower for gains from investments), analysts say that this incident affected the popular-ity poll to tilt towards Obama. Still, it must be understood that there are still over 6 weeks with 3 formal �����������������������������������and the polls may lean towards any of the two candidates before the election.

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The RexonianPage 10SPORTS

After hearing some rumors that Mr. Tom-my was working in the Olympics this summer ��=���������`�9��������������� ������questions that needed to be answered. And, here is how it went:

Rexonian: What was your role in the Olym-pics?

Mr. Tommy: I was working in hospitality for NBC (American TV Company that sponsors the Olympics). Hospitality brings in around 400 clients every 4 and half days (600 total guests). We guide them and pick them at air-ports, offer them transportation, hotels, tours, ������ ��� ��������� ����� ��!�� ����� �� �����and we do everything for them. I was one of the senior guides: along with 4 other people, and we were in charge of 45 college kids.We worked like 18 hours a day, so it was tiring and we did not get a day off.

Rexonian: How was it, being part of the Olympics?

Mr. Tommy: It is an amazing experience and a huge party for a month. I got to see people from all over the world, and I spoke Arabic a lot. It is a cultural event, where you get to learn many interesting things about other people.

`�9�����<�������������������=���}�Mr. Tommy: The NBC is a marketing part-

ner, so we had special driving lanes. We had a %������ ���������������������������������-������~���������������������������

Rexonian: How much time did you spend in England?

Mr. Tommy: One month in total: a week of training before hand, then 16 days of the Olympics and a couple of days afterwards.

Rexonian: Did you enjoy your time, and was it a once in a lifetime experience?

Mr. Tommy: I have been for 6 Olympics, 4 of which I worked in. Every time I am in the Olympics, it feels like a once in a lifetime ex-perience. It was amazing. I ate a lot, we stayed ������������������������������������ �6����

Rexonian: Can you tell us any special moment(s) you had there?

Mr. Tommy: I love tennis, so one was see-ing Roger Federer at Wimbledon. I have seen

him in the US open. But, it was different see-ing him in Wimbledon. Also, I went to swim-ming about 5 times, and I got to see Michael Phelps.

Rexonian: Do you have any regrets?Mr. Tommy: I did not see any cycling, I am

a big cyclist. And, I did not meet an Olympian to marry!

Rexonian: Is there anything else you want us to know?

Mr. Tommy: It was tiring; however, it was lots of fun. I advise you if you get a chance to go to the Olympics anytime, you should. It is a great EXPERIENCE.

Interview with Mr.Tommy

BY LAYTH SPORTS EDITOR

On September 11th, many people around Jordan were waiting for the clock to tick the 7pm and mark the start of the long anticipated Jordan vs. Australia soccer match in the sec-������������� �� ����~����|�����������������3������������������������� �����������the expectations and managed to mark an ex-traordinary and legendary win against the “Soc-�����&���Z����

The Jordanian team’s achievement was due to their sheer determination and will. Despite the humiliating defeat to Japan back in June with a score of (6-0), Jordanians did not give up on their national team and had faith as always �� ���� 2����� �&�� ��������!�� ���� �� � |������tweeted two hours before the game saying: “the stadium is packed full, the atmosphere is amaz-���&� _��� ������ ���� ������ ��� ���� ������the stadium due to its limited capacity leaving

almost the same number of supporters behind the doors.

������ �!���� ������������������� ������ �King’s Academy with excitement among Jorda-nian students and all other soccer fans; many �����������������������������%��������������������������2�� ���&����������������

Nothing felt better than emerging victori-ous against the ranked 25th team around the world which shows the intelligence of Coach Adnan Hamad who could get his team out of the emotional state that accompanied their ������� ������� ��� ���� 2(� ����&�� ���� ����part is a quote from the goalkeeper of Austra-lia who said: “Jordan will be nothing but a pic-��&��3����������������������������~����Cup and is ranked 87th in the world, opened the scoring courtesy of a 50th-minute penalty from Hassan Abdul Fattah. Jordan doubled its

lead in the 72nd-minute when Amer Deeb found his way past the defense and scored the winner. He could have even scored the killing goal 5 minutes later from a quick counter attack but his loop came only few centimeters above the cross bar.

With this tremendous victory, Jordan moves into second in Group B with four points from 3 games behind Japan that is leading the group with 10 points from 4 games. This win will ������������6��3���!����������� �����������to the world cup in Brazil in summer of 2014. Jordan will be playing two home games and 3 other away games. They will be traveling to the southern neighbor Oman in October 16th��=��!�����������������������2����� �&�

Jordan vs. Australia Soccer Match

BY GHAZI ALZYOUD’13

Personal experiance in the Olympics

Ghazi Al-Zyoud reports on the Jordan vs. Austalia soccer

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Mr. Matt Westman, King’s Acad-emy’s French teacher, has earned ���� ������ 2|����� �� � ���� )����&� ��-cause of the great effort he has put into coaching the boys’ volleyball and basketball teams and the great achievements the teams have made so far. Hazem Hashem ‘12, a player on the varsity boys’ basketball team, said that Mr. Matt always told them to give 100% and show energy dur-ing practice. He also said that he was a coach loved by everyone (so was Mr. Darian), and they really enjoyed their times with him. Just a little background information on Mr. Matt; He graduated from Mid-dlebury College in 2009 and was player number 5 on his basketball team. Mr. Matt was captain of his high school’s basketball team, and the team won the Division 1 state championship in Massachusetts.

The Rexonian sat down with Mr. Matt to ask about several aspects of his coaching career as well as inquir-ing about his personal views and thoughts on this matter. Here’s how it went:

Rexonian: How long have you been coaching for? Did you partici-pate in these sports during college?

Mr. Matt: This is my 4th year coaching, and I participated in both volleyball and basketball during my college career.

Rexonian: What made you inter-ested in coaching both the volleyball and basketball teams?

Mr. Matt: Ever since I was a little child, my family cared a lot about sports. My mum was a tennis and softball player and coach, and my dad played and coached basketball and volleyball as well. I’ve been playing since I was really young and I just love them.

Rexonian: What did you think of last year’s teams and seasons?

Mr. Matt: Awesome. The teams were awesome. The boys on the teams were excited, worked hard, and learned a lot throughout the year.

Rexonian: How do you feel about the fact that the basketball team lost most of its players from last year, and you have a new team to work with?

Mr. Matt: The team lost 7 players who were seniors and they were re-ally good, but I’m expecting this year to be a lot of fun; a lot of the boys know what they’re doing, they’re �������������� ����=�������!��players were mostly professionals, but I am expecting a lot from this year’s team.

Rexonian: How do you manage

balancing your personal life and coaching?

Mr. Matt: Playing sports is ac-tually part of my personal life. I had full afternoons last year, and I would go to the gym until 8 pm to practice and coach. When I was in 6th grade, I would do sports during the afternoon so I’m really used to it. I was also very good friends with my coaches and my teammates.

Rexonian: What’s your favorite memory related to your coaching career at King’s?

Mr. Matt: I have a lot of good memories! But I would say last year’s Beirut tournament. The boys were very respectful, conducting them-selves and showing superior power of will all throughout the tourna-ment, that to me is as important as winning - if not more important.

Rexonian: What do you want your players to take away from their high school athletic experience?

Mr. Matt: I can certainly relate that to what I took away from my high school and college athletic ex-perience. I want them to enjoy what they do and work as hard as they ��������������!����������������������because it eventually becomes fun.

Rexonian: Do you enjoy volley-

ball and basketball more as a player or a coach? Why?

"�� "����� �� ������� ����������Coaching is great, but I like being out there, so when I’m watching a game, I just wish I’m playing with the players. Coaches are very impor-tant, but players affect the game in a different way. I play during practice with Mr. Darian, who is extremely competitive by the way, unbeliev-able. But he’s a very good player and coach.

Rexonian: is there anything you would like to add?

Mr. Matt: I just want to say something for all student athletes, working hard creates a bond with your coach and your team which ultimately makes you more success-ful. Even though teachers have the biggest impact on you during your high school and college career, don’t forget that your coaches have an im-pact on you as well. Just enjoy what you do and work hard at it!

And so, as this year progresses, we would like to wish the teams the best of luck in their upcoming tour-naments and seasons, and we can’t wait to see what this year has to bring. Would the teams and season’s be as good as Mr. Matt’s last year’s teams? We’re going to have to wait and see!

Coach of the Issue: Mr. MattWhy Mr. Matt has earned his title

BY AYA ABUOSBEHCONTRIBUTING WRITER

BY TAMMARA NASSAREnjoying a nice fall day outside of the dining hall.

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)����������� ��������������� ������������������� ��)���������attended outside of Jordan. But as I got out of the cab and headed to-wards the main building, a plethora of unfamiliar feelings pounded my �������������� ������������������������������������%����������the building meant nothing to me. I did not know whether to be ner-vous or excited; I was in an emotional state of confusion. As soon as I entered the building I was met by the calming cool breeze of the air conditioner that perfectly suited this hot summer day in Spain. I was the ������ ������������`������������� � ��������������������� �������a wide welcoming smile that never seemed to leave his face. It was obvi-ous that he was the man I was looking for: the camp organizer. As I approached him there was only one question that stood out on the top of ��������2~������� ���� ���!�����������}&�)�was never a fan of stereotypes or labeling people based on their nationality but the fact that I am going to share a room with a complete stranger made me curious to know everything about him. I knew I could not ask him that question directly in order not to give out the wrong impression of me being a racist. I introduced myself then preceded the ultimate question with a series of ���������������<�� ������� ������� ����� ������my room number and the boy I have been paired up with. Finally, after what seemed like an hour to me he answered. “Room 717, your roommate is Jeremi Cohen, from )�����&������������������ ������������������ ���������)��������������the most courteous smile I could fake, took my keys, and headed towards the elevator. It was the longest elevator ride in my life; I forgot to press the button for a couple of minutes because of the deep intense thoughts I was experiencing. All different kinds of questions roamed inside my head: How the hell could I share a room with an adversary? What is my family going to think about this? How should I greet him? How are we going to tolerate each other for three weeks straight? Yes, I am a Pales-tinian. Our beautiful land has been taken away from us by the Israelis. I could not accept the fact that I was going to be sharing a room with one of them. The elevator door opened, I forced myself to calm down, and entered my room. I was exhausted after going through the most intense 15 minutes a man can imagine. The room was tidy and fairly spacious. The bed looked so comfortable surrounded by the peaceful blue walls of the room. I could not think of doing anything other than taking a nap until the other campers arrived. So I did.

I woke up. I had that weird disoriented feeling that usually strikes me after daytime naps. I looked out the window, the sun light had disap-peared. I knew I had overslept. I could hear the calming sound of water ���������������������� ����������� �%����)����������������� ���� -mate taking a shower. I started thinking about how I should greet him as the steam sneaked gradually through the slim openings of the bathroom door. I knew what I had to do: just treat him as I would treat any other person. The soothing sound of water suddenly stopped. A well-built pale ���������������� �������������������� ������������������������eyes came out of the bathroom. I extended my right arm out and shook ���������2�� ��������������������� �������&��<�������������������I predicted it to be, it shaped the most awkward of moments, “Name ���3�� ���~������������� }&�~����������������)���������2\����-���&���<����������������<���������������������������9�����������������������������������������������������������)������9��������<��

adjusted his face expressions immediately and gave me that fake smile that I read so well. I smiled back and went to get ready for orientation.

A week passed. Every night seemed to be stressful than the previous one. It was as if there were boundaries in the room that separated us. The interaction between us was limited. We could not be ourselves around each other. I was not enjoying the camp for that simple reason. I was a bit envious of the other campers who formed a brotherly relationship with their roommates constantly boasting about how much fun they had in between camp activities while Jeremi and I sat down quietly. The situ-

ation had to be resolved somehow. My inner soul started speaking out to me: “Why can’t we prove everyone wrong? Not all Israelis are bad; people should not be judged based on the opinion of the majority of their nation. Sometimes ��������� ����������������&

The next day there was a camp activity that forced each camper to choose one other camper to pair up with for the day. I chose Jeremi. His face was full of shock and confu-sion when he found out, but I knew it was time to break the ice between us. The activities included all different kinds of sports from table tennis to horseback riding. Before ��������� ��������)���������� ��������������������-���������������� ��������2=����3�� ���)��������������difference in our cultures predispose us to hate and stay

away from each other, but I am not that type of person. Regardless of where you are from, if you are a nice guy, there is no reason for us not to be friends. All the awkwardness from the past week has to end ����������}&�2�����&����������������������������������������������“What you said actually makes complete sense bro&��������������)��������huge sense of accomplishment, “From Enemies to bros������ ����&�)�thought to myself with a smile. We then went on to win the sports activi-ties competition and actually made a pretty good team. It also made our friendship even stronger.

After a tiring but productive day, we went back in our room to get some rest. The invisible boundaries were not there anymore. We actually shared a room rather than splitting it into halves. My image of Jeremi had changed already. His views about the current situation were similar to mine. Every night we shared stories about our different experiences, played cards, watched movies. We also used to stay up late at night dis-cussing politics. Even though we often disagreed we learned to accept each other’s opinions and take the positives from all aspects of the argu-ments.

There we were, laying down on each of our separate beds. Three weeks had passed so quickly. It was the last night, the night before every person in this camp went back his own life, his unique path. I was proud, and so was Jeremi. I could now speak for him since I knew him so well. It was as if we had mutual feelings and thoughts. If only our countries had them too, or even had the courage to share them with each other. This experience changed my perspective on life and the way I look at people. )� ���������������������������������������������������%���������������Its simple, just have the motive and will to accept all opinions and have the courage to make a change. But I know that this is impossible. I will personally do my best to inspire others and encourage them to have an open mind, just like I did with Jeremi.

Invisible BoundariesBY KHALED AMIN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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I know that the difference in our cultures predis-pose us to hate and stay away from each other, but I am not that type of person.

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2)� ����� ���� 3������ %��� ���� � ����� #����!�� �����& On Tuesday, February 14th, I was selected to attend a leadership camp in Oklahoma, established by the renowned General Tommy Franks. He shares a good friend-ship with his Majesty King Abdul-lah II which enabled the trip to happen for two Jordanian students. To me, one of the most interesting speeches he gave was about the situ-ation of 9/11 because of how he handled the tragedy and his meth-ods of control. Moreover, he went on by saying that he was able to take control of what was happen-ing in the States from where he was in Greece. The General had duties ��� ����������� ��� ������� ��� ���did them. When it was time to ask questions, he looked at me and said,

23����� ��� ������ �����&�� )� ������him, “If your duties contradict with your conscience, what would you ��}&�<�����������������������������“This is a question I would gladly

answer. I believe that a leader’s con-science should drive his duties in �������%����������������� ���������� ������ ��� ���� �������&� <��concluded his remarks with a phrase

that truly struck hard, “One day, you will become a leader and you will ����� ��� ��� ����� ��� ���� ������& It was an eye opening experience that really created a shift in my think-ing. Before I met General Franks, I had a completely different notion of what leadership is. He taught me, though, that leadership is a way of life where one can lead without a title by simply bringing out the best in people and meeting one’s duties with sincere integrity. You don’t nec-essarily have to be a General to be able to apply this in your daily life. Quite frankly, the highlight of the trip was when I pinned the Jordani-��%���������������)���������������how many people were eyeing me and I dropped the pin several times before really being able to secure it. Nonetheless, I left a tangible mark.

A Personal Experience with Tommy FranksBY FARIS NAFFA’13

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

We arrived at Heathrow air-port at the end of June this past summer and we headed out to _9����� ���� ���� ����� �����surprised me was that the uni-versity was actually scattered throughout the whole town. It didn’t really have a campus; it was more or less the whole ����� ���� �� �� ���� ������minutes away from the din-ing hall, and the dining hall was a thirty minute walk from the medicine department. Our classes, though, were only ten minutes away from the dorm which was convenient. We were thirteen students and we were split into two courses: Engi-neering and Biomedical science (such a stereotype of us Arabs). Speaking of the courses, do you think APs are hard? Try an un-dergraduate course at Oxford University. One of the profes-sors stated, “We believe that by pushing students to their maxi-mum capacity, into doing very rigorous work, and into doing things they thought they could ���� ��� ����� ������ ��� ����that they are actually capable of ���� ��� ���� ����� �����&�We sat there in the classroom so confused it was actually funny. He was right, though, we even-

tually understood all the mate-rial.

We had an hour long course each day and a one-hour tuto-rial session afterwards. Most of us would dedicate an average of one hour daily for the home-work. Other than that, we would have the rest of the day free. We had a wonderful time. It didn’t even feel like a summer pro-gram; it felt like a trip to Eng-land with friends except with a curfew at 9:30 (cough, Ms. Emi-ly, cough). The curfew didn’t re-ally matter because most of the places actually closed at 8, and we had tons of fun after 9:30 in ������ ���~���������=����about four times, saw every-thing a tourist should see, and attended Swedish House Ma-��!�� ������ �� "����� �������We spent three weeks living the life of an undergraduate in Oxford and now we have a general idea of what to expect when in college. There are re-ally no words to describe the experience. There was a lot of socializing (there were students from UAE and Hong Kong on the same campus), a lot of fun (I was with my best friends for three continuous weeks), and a lot of studying and learning.

King’s at OxfordBY AZIZ BAWAB ‘14

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

2���� ������������&From a senior’s point of

view, prom is an event I truly look forward to. Just like all the schools in Amman, King’s Academy celebrates every graduating class with an un-forgettable event.

Here’s a descrip-tion of what it’s like. You enter the gates of campus. You hear the music so loud that you feel an adrenaline rush surge through your veins and you simply can’t wait until ���� ���� ��� ���� ����� %���� )�recall walking out of the lim-������� ������� ��� ���� %����of the cameras, surrounded by photographers. As you take every step down the red carpet, the music gets louder. You feel the heat and energy of the party and amazed by ����%� �������������������������������������������%�������

If you are an ultimate “par-

��� �� ��&�� ���� ���� ������immediately attack the color-���� ����� %���� <������� �� �you want to act classy and sit on the lavish tables for a bit, you could enjoy some cooling ice-cream, various juice cock-tails, as well as lots of snacks and sandwiches.

This is just one of the plen-ty reasons why you should consider yourself lucky to be a King’s Academy student. I don’t mean to boil the great-ness of this school down to its prom, but this is the only school I know of that cel-ebrates this event on its own campus. We all know what they say outside these walls, 2)�!�� ���� ����� �� � ���� ����&�and people would die to show up. To me it’s just an astonish-ing experience and to the ris-ing upperclassmen, it will be an unforgettable night. Truly a �� ������������

King’s Academy Prom

BY SANAD ZUMOT‘12ADS MANAGER

A prom fit for King’s

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BY AMOUNEH LARISSA ABU GANAM’14 ZEIN SA’DEDIN’14

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BY EHAB AWWAD ‘14

Etiquette

Facebook is be-coming one of the larg-est social networks in this world, it is said that more than 400 million accounts were created since Face-book started getting fa-mous. The question to ask has even become: “Who doesn’t have a Facebook ������}&�"������ ��������Facebook in order to get in touch with our friends, to know what’s happening in our friends’ lives, and even to play some enter-taining Facebook games. That’s why people spend so much time on Face-book, especially teenag-ers, without getting bored which even led parents to start questioning what it is that gives this social network the enormous ability to grab their sons’ and daughters’ attention for a long periods of time. Although Facebook has become a major aspect in most people’s lives, some people still believe that what they write and do on Facebook is not actu-ally revealing the type of

people they are and that manners and morals are only necessary in their real lives. It’s time to tell those people to stop and think for a moment about the importance of manners and etiquette on Facebook which will satisfy all Face-book users. As these fol-lowing points show that people, especially students our age, should AVOID certain acts when us-ing Facebook in order to ���� ��� �� ��������� ����-tive network.

1- Adding people you don’t know.

Everyone has his/her own private life. If a per-son starts sending ran-dom friendship requests to strangers, that person is basically merging into others’ lives with no per-mission.

2- Posting insolent random comments about people.

Respect is one of the most valuable traits in building strong relation-ships between people. If respect does not exist,

good relationships don’t either.

3- Uploading inappro-priate videos or photos.

Why would people be all right with having inap-�������� �� ������ �������and/or photos on their home page or timeline?

4- Vent personal infor-mation about you or oth-ers.

Despite the fact that you have your own Face-book account and you don’t add strangers, your Facebook account is still at risk for getting hacked by someone. By keeping your personal information unpublished, you can pre-vent yourself from getting in larger problems.

5- Sending an excessive number of messages to people.

We all know that mes-sages on Facebook are easy to send in masses because they can be cre-ated easily and are free of charge, but sending too many pointless messages to people is annoying.

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BY AMINA AWAD’14

-The Book Thief by Mark Zusak -The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown -The Curious Incident of the -Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon-House Rules by Jodi Picoult-My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi PicoultZ����=����(� �������^������-Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder -The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin-1984 by George Orwell

M s . Sarah Bozzi: “If teenagers are going to date, I would advise them to keep their relationship in perspective. Meaning, they shouldn’t allow it to impact other things, like academics and family relationships. I have witnessed many relation-ships where dating came in the way of friendship and many friendships were destroyed. So my advice is to keep it all in consid-eration and to be able to balance between the two�& Mr. Lyman Castle: “Show each other respect and kind-ness. I don’t want to know anything about it�&

Ms. Lara Al Masri: “Be re-spectful to each other. Even if we try to prevent it, it is going to happen anyway because at this age, teenag-ers feel the urge to need to express their feelings. So we shouldn’t prevent it. As teenagers are pressured to be forbidden from doing something, then when they come to the outer world, they don’t know how to handle these sorts of is-sues, so I think it is better to help them through this, but know your limits and know what can lead to problems and what won’t�&

Mr. Tommy Mulvoy: “Take it slow to getting to know someone… you are young and don’t rush… be-ing in a relationship doesn’t mean you are going to get married, so take it slowly. I think that dating helps you in your life experience. You get to know how to deal with people with different personalities. Don’t worry about being heartbroken; you will grow out of it&

Ms. Lina Samawi: “I am not with teenagers dating, especially pre-teens. In teenage years, girls and boys are exploring their own personal identity, so how would they date when they are not completely sure who they really are? My piece of advice for teenagers is that they should enlarge their so-cial, academic and lifestyle circles by making friend-ships, touching the lives of others, studying, practicing their hobbies, etc. These are all factors that affect their journey of self-making/molding�&�

Ms. Jen Roman:In terms of teenage dat-

ing, I would say that it’s �������� as a teenager to establish a relationship of trust and acceptance with another person when most teenagers are still very in-secure about who they are. My advice would be to ab-stain (vocab word!) from pretending to be what oth-ers may want you to be and instead stay true to yourself. If someone doesn’t like you for who you are, then he/she isn’t the right person for you to start a relationship with.

Mr. John Wolff:It’s hard to talk about

dating without mentioning respect as the foundation of a healthy relationship. I don’t have anything against teenagers dating. Advice: you should probably ask someone who’s married what their secret to success is!

Dating Advice from TeachersHow can teachers help you

with your date?

BY DIALA AL RABADI ‘14

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Friday, September 14th 2012, the Roman Amphitheater in Amman had over 2000 viewers to watch yet another astonishing ���� ����� "�����!� =������"����!� =����� ��� �� =������� ��-ternative rock band that formed in the American University of Beirut in 2008. They have 2 al-bums released, with the 3rd on its way. They are known for be-ing controversial in their lyrics, singing about society, relation-ships, and politics. This year was the 2nd� �� ��"�����!�=���������come to Jordan to dazzle fans their charisma.

To Hamed Sinno’s voice, and to the violin that was almost speaking to the crowd, every-one sang, danced, and at one point, everyone was synchronic-ally clapping their hands to the rhythm of the music. It felt like

such unity to see people around you sing and dance at the same time. The crowd was so energet-ic and loud! You should’ve heard ���� ����� ���� ��� 2)� =_�]�$_'�<�"]^&���������������

concert. Oh, fangirls… Speak-ing of fans, King’s had its fair share of fans that were there to watch the marvel of Mashrou’ =������ ����� �� � ���� �������body to the faculty members!

At the end, no one wanted to leave the Amphitheater, the lights, the people that were all smiling at each other because they all knew that for almost 3 hours. We were all like a family, united ������� ����������"�����!�=�����performed. Some were devastat-ed (including myself) when we realized that they weren’t going to perform Inni Mnih, despite the fact that the crowd screamed the name of the song countless times for Hamed to sing.

For those of you who were there know that I’m not exag-gerating when I say that it was one of THE best performances Jordan has witnessed. For those of you who weren’t there, next time they pass by again, GET A TICKET. I guarantee you’ll love it.

Raksit LeilaMashrou’ Leila in Amman

BY AMOUNEH LARISA ABUGANAM’14LAYOUT EDITOR

ARTS& ENTERTAINMENT

Scenes from OrientationPHOTOS BY TAMMARA NASSAR

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Kings Academy hits its sixth year and is %������������ ����������������������the collective work of the students and staff. This year, though, something is differ-ent. There is a group of people that are try-ing to take over the entire school. They are ��������� ����� ����� ����� ��� =����� ����-ton bags. They are outnumbering any other group in the school and they travel in packs.

Their leader’s name, oh their almighty leader who shines in the sky of the school, is (������Z������������� ����2����%��&��<��represents no democratic views and he is a dictator when it comes to his country. The last guy who fell into his hands is nowhere to be found to this very moment. He tries to earn everyone’s respect by force. His big evil

eyes are like laser guns that shoot everyone in the area. The other members are not to be underestimated either. They seek out the ����� ���� ��� ����� ����� ��� � ��� � ��������They are everywhere and can take anyone at any time. They are called The Saudis and their ultimate goal is to take down this school and put it under their authority. They got the most important ingredient of power in their pockets: oil. They use it wisely to take down other nations.

During an interview with Saria, the great leader, he said, “Our policies are clear and vibrant. We have the oil and therefore, we ��� ��� ���������&� ]��� ������� (���� ��� ��great leader, he is accompanied by an intel-ligent prime minister named Hesham Attar.

His brilliance and cunning and swift talk can deceive any political party.

This is a letter of warning to all my broth-ers out there, beware the oil boys.

The ScandalBY KHALED JARWAN’13

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Mouse (1972, 1984, 1996)Characteristics: perfectionist,

creative, patient, mature, gullible��������$��� ���������������

yourself in a position to make im-portant decisions. Always remain �����������������������������������������������������������=��-ten to others’ opinions, but trust your own intuition.

Ox (1973, 1985, 1997)Characteristics: warm-hearted,

strict, sincere, responsible, authori-tative (bossy)

Advice: It’s time to get out of your comfort zone! Someone might be out there trying to reach you, but can’t because you’re too busy with school. Go up to people and make more friends! Don’t judge a book by its cover.

Tiger (1974, 1986, 1998)Characteristics: active, brave,

consistent, loyal, hot-temperedAdvice: Getting adapted to new

environments or a new school year, you might be experiencing an emo-������ ������������ =���� �����to see whom you might have hurt in one of your emotional outbursts. Try to keep your emotions stable, for yourself and others around you.

Rabbit (1975, 1987, 1999)Characteristics: sweet, amiable,

����� ���� ������ �������-able/capricious

Advice: You are an early-adapter. You are already feeling comfortable and settled down. Plus, you always put all your effort into your tasks and tend to get good results easily. However, beware of being too com-

fortable. Try to push yourself. Dragon (1976, 1988, 2000)Characteristics: independent,

�9��������� �������� �����������could be arrogant

Advice: Good luck is coming your way! But beware, if you are too dependent on your luck, you might be disappointed and become dis-couraged. Always put in your best, and you will discover that luck has already come to you!

Snake (1977, 1989, 2001)Characteristics: clever/shrewd,

cheery, determined, diligent, jealousAdvice: Be economic in your

spending. Shopping sprees are not a good idea. Moreover, you will ben-������������� ������������������friends. Identify your friends, trust them, and work with them dili-gently. Cooperation will greatly im-

prove your and your friends’ perfor-mance.

Horse (1978, 1990, 2002)Characteristics: Cheerful, realis-

tic, social, independent, wants at-tention

Advice: Try not to be so self-cen-tered. You are not the best at every-thing. Do not be afraid of failure. Failure is another name for success. If you promise to obtain the skills needed for your tasks, you will be-come a great leader.

Sheep (1979, 1991, 2003) Characteristics: Patient, peaceful,

lucky, romantic, not punctualAdvice: Try to be more active.

Try to be more positive about things you are facing. In addition, manage your money wisely. By doing these simple tasks, your life will greatly improve from this point onwards.

Monkey (1980, 1992, 2004)Characteristics: social, optimistic,

�����������������������Advice: Nourish patience. The

thing you will need the most in liv-ing your life is patience and loyalty. �����������������������������������with your social life. Stop criticizing ������� �������� ���� ����� ��� �����you are not the best at everything.

Chicken (1981, 1993, 2005)Characteristics: loyal, honest,

imaginative, sincere, likes to boastAdvice: Try not to waste things

like money, paper, and other small ������� ����� ����� ��������� ������the view of others towards you. Do not give up even if you think it is the end. There will be many points like that in your life where you would want to let go, but hold on. It will get better.

Dog (1982, 1994, 2006)Characteristics: devoted, has per-

severance, high responsibility, help-ful, stubborn

�������� (���� ������� ����� ���-ers. You are a very hard working ���������������������������������Patience will help you form deeper and further friendship between your friends.

Pig (1983, 1995, 2007)Characteristics: Polite, fair, hon-

est, brave, gullibleAdvice: Know how to refuse. You

have tendency to accept everything that is proposed. Try to predict the future and the consequences that you might have to face. It will be hard, but it’ll be worth it.

Twelve ZodiacsBY SEUNGJUNG SOHN & SEO YOUNG

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