~Contents~ Hillside’s Sightseeing P.1 Student Stories P.2 Editorial GLOBAL GAZETTE P.3 Faculty Profile P.4 International Cafe February 2019 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 Cultural Dinner P.15 World Mysteries P.16 Student Book Review 1. P.17 ~ Global Club ~President Harrison Wolfsberg & Vice President Jerry Feng Int’l Trivia Teasers This club was created to foster a continued strong P.18 connection between our international students and The Traveling Translator P.19 American students and faculty. We are intent on sharing our international cultures with the Hillside population as well as learning about other cultures. 1. 1. Sightseeing Doha, Qatar Doha sophisticated restaurants, then Doha is the capital and most that take center stage in the Gulf. watch the sun set over sand dunes populated city in Qatar. The city is that seem to spring from a fairy located on a man-made island in Doha, as you can see, possesses a tale.” the Persian Gulf. It has a spectacular skyline. It also happens population close to two million to be host to the 2022 World Cup. In terms of places to visit in the people and over fifty percent of the Not only does the future look good capital, there are many. The Souq country’s citizens live in the city for Doha, but its glorious past has Waqif is a centuries old outdoor proper , or in the surrounding not been forgotten. The city is market. The Doha Corniche is a suburbs. The city is a bustling and steeped in tradition. Citizens spectacular waterfront promenade. serves as the financial heartbeat for practice falconry and, if you are Katara Cultural Village is a this Arabian country. It is an ultra- lucky, you can see camel races seaside development that has an modern and rapidly developing city across the desert against the amphitheater, museum, convention that, considering all of the money backdrop of modern skyscrapers. In center, shops, and eateries. Aspire being poured into construction, is the harbor float dhow or traditional Park is a large tree studded poised to become one of the cities wooden boats. Doha also has a splendid Museum of Islamic Art, recreational area located in the trendy cafes, first-rate restaurants, heart of the city. There is a ton to do in this magnificent city. If and a burgeoning arts scene. As The you’re in the Persian Gulf, Qatar is Lonely Planet states: “In any given day you can sample a portfolio of a must place to visit. C ool Facts about Doha Host to the 2022 World Cup Home to world’s largest and first underground stadium Included in Fortune’s 15 best new cities for business Page 1 Global Gazette Hillside School . Student Stories Premier League by Rowan Tarbox Premier League is a professional British football league, it is known as the toughest professional football league in the world. In Britain, football is different than most places. There is much more contact. You are allowed to check people as long as it is shoulder to shoulder. It is also the biggest sport in the UK, so everybody has a favorite team. At the games, there are specific sides for the home fans and the away fans because they have so much more passion for the game than fans do in other countries so they sometimes try to fight each other if they sit together. Premier League is much more interesting and exciting than leagues in other countries. Anybody can beat anybody in Premier League. There are specific teams that win more than others, but they can still lose to the lower level teams because all of the teams are so good. In England, there are four top leagues; which are much more than other countries which usually have one or two. If teams finish in the top two in their league they get promoted to the next league up. The third through fifth place finishers play in a mini-tournament and whoever wins also gets promoted to the next league up. That is the same in every English league except for the Premier League because the Premier League is the highest league in England. If you finish in first through fourth you play in the UEFA Champions League. If you finish in first through fifth you play in the UEFA Europa League. At least in England, if you finish in the bottom three you get relegated to the next league down. I believe that the way that my dad and I watch Premier League is very complicated. My dad has this app on his MacBook called Sports Gold. He then mirrors the screen onto our TV. We watch Premier League every weekend. I am a Tottenham fan and my dad is a Leicester fan, so we argue a lot about which team is best. He says that he likes Leicester because they are underdogs. I say that I like Tottenham because I literally like everything about them. To watch Premier League people need to know how much they want to pay. If they are willing to pay for the subscription they need to know what to watch it on. When they start to watch Premier League they need to know when it is on. They will need to make room in their schedule to actually watch the games. After that, they need to figure out what teams they want to watch. About two years ago, my dad just started watching Premier League for fun. That motivated me to start watching Premier League. I had never really watched football before this besides the World Cup, so I was getting pretty excited. We were watching Premier League, but we were not really very committed fans. We would watch it some weekends, but we did not watch it every weekend. I started wanting to watch Premier League every weekend more and more and my dad finally agreed to start watching Premier League at least almost every weekend. I started to like Tottenham. I love the gaffer, Mauricio Pochettino. His tactics have led us to win a lot more than we used to. I love all the players on the team. They are all very hard-working. Now my dad and I watch Premier League as much as we can, which sometimes means multiple games at once. Most Americans that I know have never heard of the Premier League. In England, everybody not only knows what Premier League is, but has one or more favorite teams. In my opinion, English people might be the most passionate fans in the world about any sport. In America, people have favorite teams in their favorite sports, but most people would not beat up somebody just for being a fan of another team. In England, at games, there are sides for the home team fans and the away fans. If they sat together there would be too many arrests for the police to handle. For instance, my dad is a Leicester fan and I am a Tottenham fan, so we have to sit on opposite couches. Page 2 Editorial Editor’s NotE: Narcissism is Alive and Well by Staff Reporter Michael Brown Some call it the “ME factor” while others call it “the epidemic of Self.” - Whatever “it” is called, narcissistic behavior in human beings has been byobserved staff and talkedreporter about since Mr.Ovid, the RomanLuke poet, Steere wrote The Legend of Narcissus nearly two thousand years ago. It is a story about a handsome Greek hunter who wanders by a calm pool of water one day, sees his reflection in it, and becomes obsessed with his own beauty. He eventually falls into the pool and drowns. The story is full of symbolism and stands as a warning against the dangers of self-obsession. In the twenty first century, with the advent of social media, narcissism has skyrocketed taking the forms of endless selfies, conversations where the focus seems to constantly reside in everything that has to do with “me,” shallowness, a pre- occupation with self-image, and an oversensitivity to criticism. Hey, let’s face it—to some extent we ALL exhibit this behavior from time to time but narcissism is all about degree. A rather natural form of narcissism exists in teenage competition. We hear it repeatedly around these parts: “I beat him, yesterday. I should be ranked number one! There’s no way he’s as good as me.” This particular form of boasting is not particularly troubling. Teens typically engage in this type of activity. It’s a way they use to assert themselves on a group stage. But, what about that more troubling insidious preoccupation with “self” that some of us never lose as we age? Like when you want to share a wonderful occurrence or a difficult experience you had with someone and that listener inevitably remarks not on your situation but on an experience that he or she has had that was similar. In fact, no matter what topic you seem to share, the modern narcissist is always turning the subject back on himself/herself. The result is that conversation feels dissatisfying, empty, and one directional. You needed an ear and instead got an earful. It happens in phone conversations all the time. You try to have a 50/50 sharing of thoughts and you end up listening to the narcissist redirect every topic towards “me” and dominate the conversation with The “ME” Factor endless anecdotes and details about his or her life.