Volume VI; Issue 1
October 2012
King’s Academy, Manja - Madaba, Jordan
One Star to Rule Them All The houses come together for a second year to compete for the Madaba Cup. BY XU ZHAOYING ‘15 CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The King’s Academy Madaba Games are gatherings where both students and faculty members join forces and participate in numerous group activities. These activities are chosen according to individual talent and interest. 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 variety 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 Nihal camels: The most talented and artistic Courtesy of the Communications Department division of Madaba Games, and arguably some of the most fun activities. of them all! One of the games required team members to carry teammates sitting on a 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 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
of talented student chefs, who baked delicious cupcakes with unique recior arts, encouraged teamwork. pes, and spokespersons, who passionately advertised their team’s concoctions. The funny hair competition comprised of representatives from each house expressing the theme of world peace through their creative and hilarious 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 successfully ignited the new busy school year, and together with the atmosphere of $
Boys Will Be Boys Michael Thompson visits King’s Academy, causes mixed feelings. Courtesy of the Communications Department
BY TALAL TOUKAN ‘13 NEWS SUB-EDITOP
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 2
AVISELLE DIAZ’S STORY
NEWS
PAGES 3-4 OPINION
PAGE 5 WORLD
PAGE 6-7 ARABIC
CONTEMPORARY ARABIC MUSIC THE DINING HALL’S NEW STAFF ARABIC YEAR STUDENTS THE SYRIAN REVOLTS IPHONE 5 US PRESEDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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PAGES 10-11 SPORTS
PAGES 12-13 LIFE
PAGES 14-15 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
PAGES 16 FUN
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
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 incredibly 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 Daniel 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. Furthermore, he also frequently travels around the world and speaks to audiences just like ours, having consulted more than 500 schools see BOYS on page 2