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~Contents~ Sightseeing Hillside’s P.1 Animal Stories P.2 Editorial GLOBAL GAZETTE P.3 Café Talk P.4 March 2019 Faculty Profile P.5 Mr. Mac’s Top 5 P.6 Ping Pong Rankings P.7 Philosopher’s Corner P.8 International Holiday P.9 Student Profiles P.10-13 Hillside Gossip P.14 Computer Games P.15 World Mysteries P.16 ~ Global Club ~President Harrison Wolfsberg & Int’l Trivia Vice President Jerry Feng P.17 The Traveling Translator This club was created to foster a continued strong P.18 connection between our international students and American students and faculty. We are intent on sharing 1. our international cultures with the Hillside population as well as learning about other cultures. 1. 1. Sightseeing Pohang, South Korea Pohang traditional Korea, this is the place Pohang is an industrial city and tourist destination in South Korea, to go. Songdo Beach is a popular major seaport in Gyeongsang, it is well worth a visit. gathering spot for locals as it South Korea. It is located on the occupies center stage in the city. mouth of the Hyeongsan River and There is much to do in this frenetic Many young Pohang residents can rests on the eastern side of the city. Jukdo Market is a large, fresh be seen there talking, playing Korean peninsula. The city has a seafood market. Upon entering, games, and hanging out. The population of approximately half a your senses are filled with the downtown area of Pohang has a million inhabitants. It is busy, sounds, sights, and smells of a great nightlife containing fabulous electric, and full of cool places to bustling fishery. You can even pick restaurants, bars, cafes, and local visit. Pohang is also home to out a fresh item and eat it shortly stores for shopping. POSCO, one of the world’s largest after in the market restaurant. After steel companies. POSCO sits rather visiting the market, you can take a Pohang won’t be featured on any conspicuously in the bay and can peek at Homigot. It’s a massive tourists’ guide to fascinating best be viewed from Songdo bronze sculpture of a giant hand Korean destinations, but as stated Beach. Although Pohang isn’t that stretches up from the beach on South Korea’s most eastern point. earlier, it is an interesting and typically regarded as a popular Yandong Folk Village is worth authentic Korean city to visit. If you want a genuine look at a visiting too. It consists of estates th th typical, industrial city, this is the and houses from the 15 and 16 centuries. If you want a taste of one to tour. C ool Facts about Pohang Home to football club Pohang Steelers Home to Korea’s largest steel factory POSCO Largest city in S.K.’s North Gyeongsang Province Pohang Steelers Page 1 Global Gazette Hillside School . International Animal Stories Born Free, More Than Just A Movie Remember the universally acclaimed blockbuster movie Born Free (1966)? It was based on Joy Adamson’s 1960 book of the same name. Well, there’s a remarkable set of rippling circumstances surrounding this movie. There’s a famous saying that when a butterfly flaps its wings it can produce a typhoon half way around the world. This is the case in this story and it all starts with Joy’s husband, George, otherwise known to many Kenyans as “Baba ya Simba” (Father of Lions” in Swahili). Raised in England, George moved to Kenya in 1925 where he had a series of jobs including gold prospector, goat trader, and professional safari hunter. In 1938, he became Senior Wildlife Warden of Kenya’s Northern Frontier District. Six years later he married Joy. It was in 1956, that his and Joy’s lives changed dramatically. The change would send a ripple effect throughout the world that is still causing positive change now and inspiring millions. On February 1st, 1956, while George was out and about in the bush, he was charged by a lioness and forced to shoot her. He then discovered that the lioness was defending her three cubs that were nearby. Knowing that the cubs, only a few weeks old, would never make it on their own, the Adamson’s decided to take them in. Two of the cubs were eventually sent to the Rotterdam Zoo while the youngest and scrawniest, Elsa, was raised by the Adamson’s. They fell madly in love with her as if she was their own child. They trained her to survive on her own before she was eventually released into the African wild. We all know what happened next. The movie Born Free, starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers cast as the Adamson’s, skyrocketed into a global spotlight as Elsa’s story was told to a worldwide audience. The Adamson’s were praised for their conservation work and efforts to retrain orphaned lion cubs to be reintegrated back into the wild. Fast forward to 1969 in London where two Australians, John Rendall and Ace Bourke, happened into Harrod’s Department Store and saw a tiny cub in a small cage for sale. Born in captivity at a zoo in Ilfracombe, the lion cub was on the market for 250 guineas (almost $6,000 U.S.). The two Aussies made a decision that would change the course of their lives. They purchased him and ultimately fell in love with the young cub that they named Christian. However, as one might imagine, raising a lion in London was not easy. Once Christian grew, it was no longer feasible to keep him. Their hearts were wrenched as they pondered their dilemma. That’s when, as luck would have it, McKenna and Travers wandered into their furniture shop. The actors told them of Adamson’s work of reintegrating lions back into the wild. Despite a lot of red tape and pending government approval, the decision was made to fly Christian to Kenya and Adamson’s compound at Kora National Reserve. Christian was paired with another male and several lionesses and a pride was formed. Just like Elsa, Christian attained his freedom. Meanwhile Travers and McKenna started the Born Free Foundation, an international charity dedicated to preserving and protecting wildlife in its natural habitat. Now, it is perhaps the world’s biggest and best known wildlife charity and it funds projects in more than 20 countries worldwide. It is responsible for saving the lives of thousands of animals. Just think, had George Adamson not wandered by that protective lioness in 1956, it’s likely that none of this would have happened. Page 2 Editorial Editor’s NotE: Pet Peeves? by Staff Reporter Michael Brown Let’s face it; we all have them-- those irritating little habits that we have - acquired over the years. Those around us grit their teeth and cringe when bywe staff show these reporter less than perfect qualitiesMr. thatLuke make usSteere so unique, yet so annoying. We’re often oblivious to them. We see other people’s irksome ways but we often don’t see any imperfections in ourselves. So, what are some of these pet peeves that people have that top our list? In no particular order, here they are: 1) Talking on your cell phone way too loudly when in a public place. Come on people, lower the voice and pretend people can hear you because, well, they CAN. I’m sure Billy Bob didn’t say thank you when you graciously offered to do the work for him but there is no reason that all of Target should know that fact too. 2) Slow internet! Oh boy…you have to get an important email sent or an assignment in and wherever you are has the world’s slowest internet service. You start cursing everybody that even has the remotest possibility of being involved -- the IT person at your home or school, the rude kids who are obviously downloading copious amounts of games over the public Wi-Fi—providers like Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and all of their executives. In fact, you’re so disturbed that you launch an “I Hate ….(insert name of company)” campaign on social media. 3) People who continually argue after being proven wrong. There’s a special place in Hades for people like this! The conversation can go something like this: Person A: “Well actually, Europe is not a country and here’s a Wikipedia link that clearly states that fact.” Person B: “Wikipedia can’t be trusted because it can be edited by anyone, anytime.” Person A:” Maybe but any encyclopedia will clearly show that Europe is a continent.” Person B: “Can you show me one?” Person A: “Well no because we’re on the phone right now.” Person B: “So, you’re saying you can’t do it, right?” 4) Adults taking selfies. I’m guilty of this myself. Don’t do it people! Trust me…just…don’t—especially in public places. The only time you EVER want to take a selfie is if the arguer from1. Pet Peeve #3 insists that you prove that you are actually where you say you are. 5) Making loud eating noises. I’m sure the noodles you just slurped down in 30 seconds are delicious but we don’t want to hear it. 6) Driving too slowly in the fast lane. First of all, there is nothing wrong with a slow driver but get the heck over to the right lane. Don’t you just hate it when that slow driver is driving side by side with those in the slow lane –for miles —and is only inching a little bit in front at a time and doesn’t realize there are twelve annoyed drivers behind him? 7) The tailgater.