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3/24Winter 2013/2014 -3-MS Magazine eam 2013-2014 rimester 2

Table of ContentsMS Magazine Team 2013-2014 Trimester 2MS Magazine Team 2

Nature PoemAdam Danielson 4

The TsunamiHya Higginbotham 5

Space Camp 2013Ian Kearns 6

8th Grade AFRIKI ProjectBen Faulkner 7

Sarika Hayes 10

New York Photographer visits ISLColton Summers 12

Interview with Luxembourgish Taekwondo Champion- Christine van der GriftEmanuel Diss 13

Interview with Howard CarterCharloe Scheideler 14

ISMTF Middle School Math CompetitionMarcus Cope and Michel Knaf 16

TSCHICKMabel Prendergast 18

Do violent video games induce violence?Robert Stok 19

7th Grade Trip to TrierKyla White and Malda Aberg 20

Funky Foods from the Roman TimesMelkorka Kjartansdor 21

NECIS BasketballKyla White and Malda Aberg 22

NECIS SwimmingColton Summers 23

Student Becomes CoachBennet Wahlers 23

The AMIS Middle School Girls Honors Choir was held on April 2 2014 - April 6 2014. It wasa very fun experience for us all and wed absolutely want to repeat it if we can. Singing inNorway was just amazing, and wed like to recommend it to anyone whos interested. Ourtrip was one we wont forget.


4/24Middle School Magazine-4- Nature Poem

Nature Poem

Adam Danielson

The wind isnt rushing,Clouds stand still,

Waiting for somethingat the edge of the hills.

Wind starts to rush again,Like a runner in a race.

It howls like a wolf,never to be tamed.

Clouds turn a deep grey,not caring.

Young children look up,staring.

A small ash,

under the cover of the clouds.Kids whisper their oohs and wows.

Not knowing the distant ash miles away,might be the last thing they will see that day.

From the small hill,a few miles away.

A erce tornado, growingrips and tears objects out its way.

Ancient trees to pieces of dust,

nothing is safe from the lethal gust.slowly it nears,

the awe of children rapidly turn to fear.Its rst target, a tattered old fence.Twists closer and closer and then,

It attacks with all of its might.The creaking house didnt put up a ght.

Wall gets torn olike a soldier thats been shot,it slowly crumples on the spot.

The crowd amazed by the horric destruction,suddenly screams,

like a menacing eruption.They all start to run, the slow get sucked in.

Screaming, knowing it could all end.Survivors scurry for a place to hide.

Only debris is visible, ying by.They spot a small pig ying right by.Spot a small cave, dark cold but dry.

No more options, run in to hide.Minute go by, and the distructful grey mass,

of clouds and wind has stopped its attack.

Look around, theres only chaos and death.The hurricane left a murderous mess.

Large piles of debris, everywhere they lie.buried under rubble, you hear peoples cries.

Much like a dog, trapped inside.No matter where you look, right or left,

No organization, like a messy old desk.Sky starts to clear, with a dazzling sun.

But it isnt a day of joy and fun.Air is lled with depression and decay.

The games of nature is not a game to play.


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The TsunamiHya Higginbotham

There came a wave like a big hand,Taking everything on the land,

Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide,No one could survive the dreadful tide,

The buzzing of the bells,Gave light to tell,

That all in the land,Will be hit by the hand,

The approaching sky was black as night,With complete destruction in sight,

No one knew he was on his way,Until he decided to come out and play,

As the ocean tide rose and fell,People of the village gave a ghostly yell,

Lifting trees left and right,No one stood a chance to ght,

Crashing houses tearing them down,Lifting cars up and down,

Seeping its way in every ones heart,Tearing the land forever apart,

Lives were lost but some were found,Brutally killed by the hungry hound,

When the hand came with the force like an army,The few that survived now knew the meaning of a tsunami.

Winter 2013/2014 -5-Te sunami


6/24Middle School Magazine-6- Space Camp 2013

On December 12, the sixth gradecame back from what AntonioDel Rio called THE BEST THINGEVER!!! The entire sixth gradewent to a training center for as-

tronauts called the Euro Space

Camp, which is designed to allowvisitors to experience the type ofpreparation for space that astro-

nauts would go through. There,the kids performed a variety of ex-ercises, including going on a mock-

up mission in a simulated space

shuttle. They were also strappedinto a fast rotating chair to repli-

cate the disorientation you wouldfeel in space and then, when re-leased, attempt to perform func-tions, which would normally besimple but after spinning were dif-

cult. The sixth graders built andlaunched model rockets which

went surprisingly far. A 4d mov-ie about a space race was shownas the rst day wound down andApollo 13 was also viewed. Thefood, most kids said, was abso-

lutely terrible, but this writer anda few others say otherwise. Thetrip was overnight, and overallthe sixth graders had a blast that

night. It was an opportunity ofa lifetime, a chance to see if youhad what it takes to go into space.

Who knows, maybe one of us willrealize that we have the makings

to be a future astronaut after thistrip?

Space Camp 2013Ian Kearns


7/24Winter 2013/2014 -7-AFRIKI Project

LOCALMAN

10TH D ECEMBER, 2013VOLUME162, ISSUE343

NEWYORKT IMES

Background

One of the most prevalent issues

threatening South Sudan in recent

years is the lack of clean and fresh-

water sources in close proximity to

many of the countrys remote villag-

es. South Sudan is the newest coun-

try in existence as of 2011 and its

villages are less well known than

places like Darfur in North Sudan.

Children and women are having to

walk for up to six hours a day, three

hours each way to collect water

from ponds, marshes, ditches, and

wells, and then carry 20 litres of

water back to their village. As well

as taking up valuable me, the dirty

water contains parasites that can

transfer many diseases such as diar-

rhea, hepas E, and guinea worm

disease. Furthermore, most of the

water supply is used for irrigang

land for use with mechanized farm-

ing methods, which is parally the

reason behind the land becoming

desert and requiring drills to extract

water from the water table. Even

the economy has been drascally

aected by this, as water from the

Nile Basin is shared between other

countries too, causing water stress

throughout Sudan. South Sudans

lack of water grew exponenally

starng in 1985 when civil war was

present in relaon to South Sudans

ght for independance. Rebels had

started killing the inhabitants of

villages, causing many people to

ee, including the 20,000 Lost Boys

of Sudan. Salva Dut was just one of

the few who survived the months of

travelling to and from refugee

camps, and the many years they

would stay at each one. Aer re-

turning from America and nding

out that his father was suering

from a disease related to water con-

taminaon, he saw South Sudans

lack of infrastructural investment as

a problem and wanted to help im-

prove it.. Aer being relocated to

the U.S.A., he began his educaon

and set up the humanitarian organi-

zaon, Water for South Sudan, who

aim to help bring fresh water to the

many remote villages in the coun-

try.

Body Paragraph

Based in Rochester, New York and

founded by Salva Dut, Water forSouth Sudan are operang in re-

mote villages of the country, drilling

borehole wells to provide a stable

freshwater source near the villages

in South Sudan. Salva was inspired

to build such a foundaon when he

returned to Sudan aer being relo-

cated to the U.S.A. in order to start

a new life. Upon his return, he

found out that his father was sue-

ring from guinea worm disease and

needed stomach surgery, which is

where he found his inspiraon too.

Water for South Sudan is a non-

prot organizaon sponsored by

faith groups, humanitarian organi-

zaons, and educaonal groups.

They work on building borehole

wells, which require compressed

air, diesel, me, and more impor-

tantly, an underground aquifer that

is capable of sustaining its water

supply for the future. The teams

each use a drilling rig that can be

transported around the country to

drill hundreds of feet deep into

aquifers, which are layers of mineral

-rich rock that contain clean water

that came from rains pouring into

surface entrances. Currently, two

teams (a and b) are operang on

either side of the White Nile, and by

May this year, they had already dril-

led 177 boreholes, each providing

up to a few thousand people with

freshwater. Another mission of Wa-

ter for South Sudan is to encourage

social progress in the remote vil-

lages and give the people the deter-

minaon necessary for them to

transform their lives.

South Sudanese people have to walk formiles to collect drinking water.

Source: http://vimeo.com/32587296

SOUTHSUDAN SWATERCRISISADDRESSEDBYWATERFORSOUTH

SUDAN

BYBEN FAULKNER


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Final Paragraph

Inspired by the experience of run-

ning away from home through the

harsh desert climate and seeing the

devastang effects of water conta-minaon on health, Salva Dut

started a foundaon that essenal-

ly brings clean water to the people

living in South Sudan and as impor-

tantly, hope. The volunteer

workers and sponsoring groups are

necessary for the organisaon to

be able to drill borehole wells in

the ground. The 2013 drilling sea-

son has been the most successful

since the start of the organizaon,

because the teams constructed for-

ty new wells out of 177 built since

2005. Not only does Water for

South Sudan do what the tle

shows, but they have another mis-sion to bring hope and forward

thinking mindsets to the people

they help. The people living in the

villages have many challenges to

overcome, such as ongoing war, no

electricity, the harsh desert cli-

mate, and mineelds remaining

from war. The organizaon in ques-

on shows examples of challenges

in their own work, which the

people use as an example to showthem how to persevere and hope.

Again, the people living there have

helped by crushing rocks for gravel

and unloading vehicles, etc. Provi-

ding freshwater to the places that

are in desperate need for it can

also encourage future possibiliesand social progress in the form of

educaon and health, etc. Salva

said, Make sure you guys build a

school over here, by the well. That

is the goal for us. Everywhere we

have a well, make sure the commu-

nity contributes to build a school.

Just building one well can trans-

form a village into a place of educa-

on, health, markeng, and major

social progression.

Editorial

Providing fresh water to remote

villages in South Sudan inuences

many strengths in social progress,

economics, and the protecon of

the environment. Instead of de-

vong up to six hours of a day walk-

ing many miles to nd water, chil-

dren can stay in their villages and

engage in much more useful acvi-

es that benet them and their

community. For example, if a school

is built near a well, it will aract and

bring together the necessary staff

and pupils if they can come and ex-

pect to have basic necessies like

water there. Therefore, people

would be able to develop the rural

infrastructure with their knowledge

from educaon and the ability to

expect fresh water there. What edu-

caon leads to is globalizaon,when people have sufficient

knowledge to engage in solving

global issues, which is an ulmate

goal in social progress. Likewise, if

women have more me on their

hands, gender equality is improved

because they can choose to empow-

er themselves and work as much as

their husbands in entrepreneurial

businesses to provide their families

with an income. If water is clean,without bacteria and parasites, the

number of parasic deaths and dis-

eased pregnancies would be greatly

reduced, which would allow people

to focus on other problems. If more

money was invested into clinics and

pharmaceucals, treatments (notnecessarily cures) for AIDS and Ma-

laria would be introduced. Evident-

ly, another key aspect to these

strengths and future possibilies is

money and the ability to invest.

Surprisingly, the act of providing the

remote areas of the country with

freshwater can promote stable eco-

nomic growth and let people ulise

the natural resources available totheir benet. If women are given

the opportunies to work with their

family, they can use their freedom

by seng up entrepreneurial busi-

nesses, which is a step forward in

decreasing poverty. This would in

theory require creang basic com-

munal systems, which is taken care

of with Water for South Sudan

teaching people leadership skills

and how to empower themselves.Furthermore, if these communal

groups collected small taxes, over

me they would be able to invest it

in infrastructure if there were no

more basic needs that needed ad-

dressing. To expedite the cash ow

even more, the educated students

could gain degrees in specialized

subjects, therefore allowing them to

export their products for money in

return. In addion, natural re-sources and economic growth are

interconnected, because South Su-

dans natural resources are signi-

cant enough to grant them more

income. When people stay in one

place and assemble their infrastruc-

ture, the South Sudanese people

can invest in their mining industries

which can then extract the dia-

mond, gold, and silver from the

ground. Thus the people could makea lot of money using the minerals in

their own business or exporng

People in the village of Aguor honoringthe school that donated the funds for a

new well.

Source: http://www.globalgiving.org/donate/5628/water-for-south-sudan-inc/


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Caption describingpicture or graphic.

them to other country states. Evi-

dently, providing one basic need

can transform the lives of many

people, and Water for South Sudan

addresses some millennium devel-

opment goals in place.

The various different strengths de-

tailed in this arcle prove that Wa-

ter for South Sudan Corporaon

can assuredly address various Mil-

lennium Development Goals in

place today. The MDGs that are

directly addressed are numbers 1-5

(in order: poverty and hunger, pri-

mary educaon, gender equality,

child mortality, and maternal

health). Essenally, poverty and

hunger is reduced as water scarcity

is a key component in amplifying

hunger and thirst in developing

countries. In addion, gender

equality is eradicated if women

have more me to allocate to mak-

ing their familys income source. In

relaon, when children have me

at their disposal, they can be edu-

cated by teaching staff that start

working. When these children have

access to clean drinking water, the

child mortality rate is reduced be-

cause less occurrences of diarrhoea

or parasic diseases happen. Like-

wise, this keeps maternal health at

a consistent high because less dan-

gerous microbes are brought into

peoples bodies through the respir-

atory system. Although the MDGs

were set for compleon in 2015, it

is unlikely that they will be accom-

plished so that was likely done to

increase the rate of compleon. As

well as compleng millennium de-

velopment goals, this lets posive

long term possibilies arise for the

people and the government in

South Sudan.

Organizaons like Water for South

Sudan inuence long term benetsfor the people living in the affected

regions. For example, the educa-

on that arises from giving a village

clean water leads to globalizaon

in the long term because when stu-

dents get degrees in specialized

subjects, businesses can make

more exports to the outside world,

thus providing money. This money

could then be used to turn South

Sudan into a centre of economy for

its neighbouring countries, or po-

tenally the whole world. There-

fore, South Sudan would turn into

a more global country with vast

cultural diffusion and increased

input into soluons to global is-

sues. Next, another possibility is for

the country to develop its infra-

structure to a high standard. Many

of the countrys roads are narrow,

unpaved, and obstructed by faulty

bridges and unsuitable driving ter-

rain. Once many buildings are con-

structed in the form of towns and

villages, interconnecng motor-

ways and roads can be built to in-

crease accessibility to the capital

city, Juba, or other cies. However,

for this to happen, people would

have to bring automobile indus-

tries further into the countrys re-

mote areas so people could use the

roads. The next step for infrastruc-

ture is related to globalizaon, be-

cause it would be to increase the

telecommunicaons market there

is. Bringing internet and even elec-

tricity to somepeople could dras-

cally increase learning opportuni-

es and make people more aware

of what is happening outside their

country. Evidently, Water for South

Sudan could cause future possibili-

es for the people living there.

PAGE3VOLUME162, ISSUE343

Source: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/


10/24Middle School Magazine-10- AFRIKI Project

HIV/AIDS is a worldwide epidemic that affects millions of

people. The disease originated in Africa and has been

prevalent in Africa since the 1930s but it was not unl

the 1970s that there emerged the first signs of an

epidemic. In 2011 it was predicted that 34 million

people around the world were living with HIV/AIDS.

Africa has one of the highest populaons of HIV posive

people, and it is esmated by the UN that

one in six people in Africa have HIV/AIDS: 25 million

people. Seven thousand people are diagnosed with HIV/

AIDS every day, and according to UNAIDS the life

expectancy in Africa has dropped from age 65-70 in the

1980s to age 45-50 today. It is also esmated that morethan 20% of the child populaon in Africa was orphaned

due to HIV/AIDS. Botswana is believed the worst

affected country by HIV/AIDS. Three hundred and

fiy thousand people in Botswana have HIV/AIDS, which

is around 20% of the populaon. Botswana is a small

country bordering South Africa, and it is one of the most

economically stable countries in Africa because of its

diamond mines. In the 1980s many people came to

Africa looking for jobs in the diamond mines. The

country became overpopulated and many of the men

who worked throughout the week at the diamond mines

spent their weekends at brothels. This large influx of

mine workers and the ready availability of brothels,

together with denial at the polical level about HIV/AIDS

and the use of brothels, led to the quick spread of HIV/

AIDS. At the me the people of Botswana were not

properly informed about the disease and it was not unl

thousands of people had been affected that the

government began to take acon in the late 1990s. The

government of Botswana started bringing in outside

organisaons to help them gain control of the epidemic.

In recent years non-profit organisaons such as ACHAP

and SOS Childrens Villages have helped control HIV/AIDS

in Botswana.

ACHAP (The African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS

Partnerships) is a country-led, public-privateorganisaon that works in Africa to help prevent HIV/

AIDS from spreading in Botswana. Their main workshops

and centres are set up in Botswana. ACHAP was founded

in 2000 and is a partnership between the Bill and

Melinda Gates Foundaon and Merck (a pharmaceucal

company), and ACHAP also receives funding and help

from the government of Botswana. ACHAP is working to

improve funding for medicaon and resources, as well

as educang the people of Botswana. In 2000 only 5% of

the people in Botswana who needed medicaon for

HIV/AIDS were provided with it. By 2010, 90% of people

in need of medicaon for HIV/AIDS were given the

proper medicaon. Botswana has been enormously

successful possibly the most successful, in all of Africa,

in terms of treatment levels. Somewhere around 85%

of all people who need treatment are on treatment.-

David Greeley Sr. Director, Merk & Co.To achieve this

result both the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaon and

Merck have commied over $50 million to Botswana.

This money went to building more hospitals and bringing

in trained doctors and nurses to help care for the

paents. They have built more mobile clinics all over

Botswana and Merck has given free supplies of current

HIV/AIDS drugs to Botswana. As a consequence the

transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child has

decreased by 80%. ACHAPhas also set up learning

centres around Botswana where people can come and

learn how to prevent HIV/AIDS from spreading. For

example, they have a campaign to encourage safe male

circumcision. ACHAP is not the only HIV/AIDS

organisaon in Botswana, SOS Childrens Villages is

another.

Unlike ACHAP, SOS Childrens Villages focuses solely on

children in Botswana who have been affected by HIV/

AIDS, whether it is the children who have HIV/AIDS or if

they were orphaned because their parents have died of

HIV/AIDS. SOS Children Villages was founded in 1980

and over the years has set up three SOS villages in

Botswana. It is esmated that 20% of the child

populaon in Botswana are orphaned due to HIV/AIDS

(16,000 children) and only 10% of children with HIV/

AIDS are able to receive the right medicaon. Each

village can provide for up to 120 orphaned children.

Children are brought to a village where they can live, be

provided with medicaon, and receive a good

educaon. In our SOS villages out of 560 kids, probably

70 have full-blown HIV/AIDS. So there is certainly need

for alot of HIV/AIDS treatment Derek James-Naonal

Director, SOS Children's Villages Botswana. In Botswana

the organisaon has also set up two SOS youth facilies,

and two SOS social centres. Both facilies work to

improve educaon on HIV/AIDS in Botswana and supply

paents with the resources and medicaon that they

need. For example, SOS Villages will provide their

paents with clean water to reduce the chances of them

geng sick. The social centres also offer family

strengthening programs that teach parents how to care

for their sick children, and if the parents are sick theyhelp the parents find work so that they can care for their

children. With the help of SOS Children Villages the

under-five mortality rate per 1,000 births dropped from

89 in 2003 to 40 in 2011. Overall both ACHAP and SOS

Children Villages have worked hard, and they are slowly

making a difference in Botswana.

In conclusion both organisaons are working effecvely

to help Botswana out of its HIV/AIDS situaon. Even

though neither organisaon had yet successfully rid

Botswana of HIV/AIDS, both organisaons are steadily

moving towards their goals of transforming Botswana

into a HIV/AIDS free country. Both organisaons are

working on expanding and seng up new campaigns.

Both the organisaons and government of Botswana

hope to make big changes for the future of Botswana. If

they can rid their country of HIV/AIDS, Botswana will

become a healthier, more economically stable country.

AIDS Crisis in Botswana

Can they be saved?

The Red Ribbon

AIDS is a chronic, potenally

ife-threatening condion

caused by the human

mmunodeficiency virus (HIV).

By damaging your immune

system, HIV interferes with your

body's ability to fight the

organisms that cause disease.

HIV is a sexually transmied

nfecon. It can also be spread

by contact with infected blood,

or from mother to child during

pregnancy, childbirth or breast-

feeding. It can take years before

HIV weakens your immune

system to the point that you

have AIDS.

HIV/AIDS

ttp://www.mayoclinic.com/ealth/hiv-aids/DS00005

By Sarika Hayes


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12/24Middle School Magazine-12- New York Photographer visits ISL

New York Photographer visits ISLColton Summers

From March 10-14, a New York photographernamed Accra Shepp visited ISL and presented hisart to the entire Middle School at an assembly. Healso worked with certain 9th to 12th grade stu-

dents on several dierent projects. Students tookpictures of the Luxembourgish landscape and in-dividuals which the photographer will make into abook. The book will later be placed in a public areain Luxembourg and will remain there for an entireyear; after one year has passed the book will beplaced in a gallery. Shepp commented: Im inter-ested in our relationship with the environment.We take the control away from the human beingand we give that level of energy to the environ-

ment and it will turn the pages. So we just needto take a step back and allow the book to unfold.They will turn freely through the wind, rain andsnow

He later said this about Luxembourgish culture:Moments after a child is born, he or she has sucha personality. Luxembourg is like a newborn child.Although Luxembourg is not physically, geo-graphically large, it doesnt mean that its cultureis not distinct and set.

Image taken from: http://www.wort.lu/en/view/new-york-photographer-comes-to-isl-5326bbd2e4b0277007c87a55

Photo Taken by: Accra Shepp

Image taken from: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/accra/the-islands-of-new-york-two-solo-museum-shows-in-n


13/24Winter 2013/2014 -13-Interview with Luxembourgish aekwondo Champion

Interview with LuxembourgishTaekwondo Champion - Christinevan der GriftEmanuel Diss

Q1) What is Taekwondo?

Taekwondo is a Korean discipline. It is, to some,considered the fastest ghting sport in theworld, as its immediate purpose is oense with-out parley. The grading system is the following,and takes the form of dierent colored belts: therst level is white, then white-yellow, yellow, yel-low-green, green, green-blue, blue, blue-red, red,red-black, black, and then 1-10 Dann (an advancedform of the black belt).

Q2) How long have you been doing Taekwondo?

6 years. I am a blue-red belt, and may soon begetting my red.

Q3) What did you have to achieve to earn the titleof Luxembourgish Champion of Taekwondo?

There are two competition categories, LK 1 (yel-low, green-blue) and LK 2 (blue-black). I had toght the person in one of the multiple categorynals within the LK 2 Luxembourgish competi-tion to win. I won the 1st place for the NationalChampionships by 21 points to 15 (the pointsare determined by the complexity of the kick orpunch, only the chest and head touches count).

Q4) How often do you train?

I train in Diekirch twice a week, 15 minutes from

my home. Diekirch is 1 hour from the city center.

Q5) Does it cost a fortune?

100 euros per year. It takes 5 years before onehas to renew their license (this is a documentthat one needs to be allowed to train in competi-tions, the cost of the appointment is incorporat-ed with the training fund).

Q7) How do you sign up?

You just go up to a club and ask if they would ac-cept you, they then give you the training times aswell as an appointment with a doctor to secureyour license (you need a license to go to tourna-ments). However, white belts cannot compete innational competitions.

Q8) Would you recommend this sport?

It depends on the club style and spirit, and alsoon the person. Someone who enjoys trainingand physical exertion would perhaps become acapable martial artist, also someone who is disci-plined and naturally coordinated, without muchdoubt, would enjoy the rapidity of the sport of

Taekwondo.


14/24Middle School Magazine-14- Interview with Howard Carter

Interview with Howard Carter

Charloe Scheideler

Interviewer: Thank you Howard Carter, for takingthe time to talk to us. Lets start with the interview.

Howard Carter: Yes, sure.

Interviewer: How did you get the idea to nd Tut-ankhamuns tomb?

Howard Carter: I got the idea because I am an ar-chaeologist and as an archaeologist we have tond unknown things like the mummies of big an-

cient pharaohs, so I wanted to nd Tutankhamunstomb. I wanted to do this because so many peo-ple tried it to nd Tutankhamun's tomb. I knew if Iwanted to nd it, I needed to have a lot of time andmoney, so I asked Lord Carnarvon if he could helpme. I really wanted to nd Tutankhamuns tomband I only wanted to stop as I found the tomb. Inthe moment, it was my biggest dream. But he onlygave me money for 7 years because after a time hewould not have enough money anymore. So I hadto nd a lot of workers and we had to work veryfast.

Interviewer: Why did you go to Egypt and wheredid you live there?

Howard Carter: I went to Egypt for my work to ndTutankhamuns tomb. We lived in a small campnear to the Valley of the Kings. There were manytents. Everyone has one tent where he could sleepand where he has his clothes and some other stu

which belonged him. We had some big tents wherewe could eat or other ones with bathrooms. So wedidnt live in a big beautiful hotel.

Interviewer: Who did you work with?

Howard Carter: I worked with Egyptian workers ornormal Egyptian people. I dont know their names.Their job was to dig in the desert sand and to bringit away in baskets. They had to be very carefully

that they didnt break something buried in thesand. Then we had some water boys. Their job wasto bring water to the workers because everyonegot very thirsty in the desert.Interviewer: What was a normal day for you?

Howard Carter: I had to get up very early in themorning. Then I ate a small breakfast and then Iwent to the Valley of the Kings with my workers.We worked the whole day in the hot sun. We hadonly some small breaks where we could drink andeat something. After the breaks we had to workagain until the evening. Late in the evening wewent back in the camp and ate something for din-ner and then we all fell directly a sleep.

Interviewer: As one of your workers found the rststep of the tomb. How did you feel?

Howard Carter: I didnt know what to say or do. Iwas speechless. I couldnt believe it. I really hopedit was Tutankhamuns tomb. The rst thing I said

was: Dig! and then as we found the other steps.I was overjoyed. But as we went back to the campwe had put the sand on the steps again so that no-body could go in the tomb before us as and we didall the work. But in that night I really couldnt sleep,I was too excited.

Interviewer: Why dont you believe the curse of themummy?

Howard Carter: First, if I would believe the curse ofthe mummy nobody would work with me becausethey would be all very scared that they will get acurse and they will die or that they will have no luckfor their whole life. And second why should I be-lieve a curse, the mummy is dead and the spirit ofit is in the heaven or somewhere else. It cant dosomething to us anymore.

Interviewer: How did you feel as you opened thetomb and then a lot of people died?

Howard Carter: I tried to think positive and that theynot die because we opened the tomb or a curse. Isaid to myself that the workers died because somemosquito bites and I think thats true and that LordCarnarvon died because he was ill. Lord Carnarvonwas already very ill before we opened the tomb. Atthis time It was really hard to work for us all. But

we didnt give up because of it.

Interviewer: Do you want to do an adventure likethis again?

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Howard Carter: I think I will not do an adventurelike this again. It was a great time but we workedevery day very hard, it was hard because the desertis really sandy and the sun shone the whole day re-ally hot. My biggest dream came true. I still cantbelieve it that I found Tutankhamuns mummy. Butnow I have everything what I want and I only wantto live my life. I stopped to be an archaeologist andnow Im a part-time agent for collectors and muse-ums.

Interviewer: Thank you for this great interviewHoward Carter.

Howard Carter: Thank you that I could talk to you.Bye! :-)

Te Goal o this Interview:Te Curse o the Mummy

Interview with Howard Carter or ariq

We could either pretend to do an interview with either Howard Carter or Tariq, two of the characters from thebook we had read in class The Curse of the Mummy. Firstly, we had to write ve to ten questions for the charac-ter we had chosen. Then we had to do some research about the person and how best to answer the questions.You had to look at the book to help you to nd information and be creative using your imagination to bring the

character to life. Then we tried to write the best responses on Google docs so we could get comments from Mrs.F-J about how to improve what we had written. Then we printed the interviews out and checked them for anymistakes. We practised reading with our partner who would act as the interviewer. We then performed thesespeaking in English in front of the class.

6th Grade Pre-Intermediate EAL Class


16/24Middle School Magazine-16- ISMF Middle School Math Comptetition

ISL has hosted the 2014 ISMF Middle School Maths

Competition. Tis prestigious maths competition isorganised by the International Schools Mathematicseachers Foundation, the ISMF. Te ISMF is anonprofit oundation whose purpose is to providesupport in the enrichment o teaching and learningo mathematics at international schools, nurture ex-change o experiences among mathematics educa-tors, and to help generate interest in and enthusiasmor mathematics among students o these schools.http://www.ismt.org/

Tis was the first time ISL had hosted this event,which promised to bring over 100 students andteachers rom around the world to compete, as wellas learn about our wonderul country o Luxem-bourg. Hosting this event was a significant milestoneor our school, and it was a great opportunity oreveryone in the school community to come togetherand get involved.

On the weekend o February 28th to March 2nd, 156students met in the ISL Lower School to compete. Testudents arrived rom all over the world, rom Dubai,Morocco, Poland and many other countries. Te com-petition itsel took place on Saturday morning. Eachschool attending sent 1 to 3 teams o 3 students each.10 rounds o questions were separately given out tothe teams, including short, long and multiple choicequestions. Afer 2 hours o competition, the teams

were served lunch in the brand new Lower Schoolcaeteria. Ms. Cutshall and Mr. Bennett had organiseda great set o activities or the afernoon. Te studentswere transported by bus to the Muse Dri Eechelenin Kirchberg and had an interesting tour around themuseum. Ten they toured the neighbouring Philhar-monie. Afer that the students had the great surpriseo attending a very exceptional concert by a cello play-er who was a delight to watch. Te ISL students thenwent home with the students they were housing.

Te second day brought a un day: the Sunday Chase!

ISMTF Middle School Math CompetitionMarcus Cope and Michel Knaf


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19/24Winter 2013/2014 -19-Do violent video games induce violence?

Do violent video games induceviolence?

Robert Stok

Everyday tens of thousands people switch on

their gaming consoles and sit down to play agame. While some people choose to play a peace-ful game like Little Big Planet others play violentgames such as Call Of Duty. This brings up thecommon question Do violent video games maketheir players more violent? Like most disagree-ments, there are two main sides to this argument;that people do and dont get more violent fromvideo games. We see loads of examples for bothviews, so what is the truth?

Firstly, there are all the critics out therethat believe video games do make you more vi-olent. It does make sense; if you yourself makea violent action on a screen then you feel morelike making that action in real life. They give ex-amples such as mass shootings, done by peoplewho played video games. Various universities, re-search departments and psychologists have mon-itored gamers brain activity and behavior andasked them how they felt when they were showndierent videos or actions. Other participants

who didnt play video games were also monitoredwhile seeing or doing the same activities as therst group of participants. Their studies showedthat the participants who played video games hadincreased brain activity when they were shown vi-olent or aggressive actions and videos, while theother participants were calmer and seemed to getless aggravated when shown the same videos andactions. Many parents dont let their children playviolent video games, not just because they might

have nightmares or become scared, but also be-cause they might become hyper active or moreviolent as they have witnessed this before. Sothe critics are saying that violent video games arecausing people to be more aggressive but thereis also another side, the gamers and people whojust dont believe that a simple video game is thatbad. Weve seen how playing violent videogames can aect the human brain, but there are

very many people who support video games andsay they are completely harmless. They counter alot of the studies and experiments done by scien-tists who say video games provoke violent think-ing by saying they arent properly conducted. They

say that asking the subjects themselves what theyfelt was not an accurate way to get data and thateven when there were correct the results wereminor and only lasted for a short period of time.Most of the shootings that were blamed on videogames were usually later proven to have been be-cause the person was suering mental illness orwas depressed, and not because he was violentand `hopped up from video games`. If you take alook at the average gamer you will see he/she isabout 37 years old, with a job and a family, andplays about 11 hours of video games a week. Thisis contrary to the stereotypical 20 year old `shutin` who has no job and drinks too much `red bull`which is the perfect character if you think videogames are too violent. With most gamers havingfamilies and jobs, which shows that gamers arentjust violent teenagers and the eects of the video

games only last a short while. So perhaps theyarent that violent, or are they? Who is right? A question that has, so far,not shown any real evidence in any direction. Al-though there are many people arguing about vid-eo games most of them are people who are eithergamers or people who think gamers are antiso-cial. Most people are just supporting what aectsthem instead of standing for what they really be-lieve is right. There have also been some cases of

people complaining that video games are too vio-lent while they themselves become violent fromother things such as alcohol showing that some-times this is true. While there may apparently beresearch and studies showing video games makeyou more violent they are usually countered. Thiskind of thing goes on for a long while and after agood deal of arguing they seem to have come tono conclusion at all. Perhaps there is no conclu-sion but even if there is I think that the league of

video gamers will never cease to play.


20/24Middle School Magazine-20- 7th Grade rip to rier

7th Grade Trip to TrierKyla White and Malda Aberg

Do you know the Roman culture? As seventh graders, we had the opportunity to go to Trier andexperience it ourselves. Trier is very popular for their Roman ruins that are still in the city. Interestingly,the area of Trier was an important part of Roman history. We visited the Imperial baths, the Amphithe-atre, the Church and many other ancient Roman ruins. The whole of seventh grade was very lucky to bea part of this trip. We all had a really great time and we were able to see the Roman ruins that we hadbeen studying about.

On the way to Trier, we had a really fun bus ride. We sat with our friends and played games toentertain ourselves. About forty ve minutes to an hour went by and then we explored this great city inGermany. The school had hired tour instructors to show us around and explain the history of the ruins.The rst stop we made was the Amphitheatre, we saw how they kept their prisoners isolated underneathand what they did to them when they were killed. The imperial baths were also very interesting. Romanshad these baths where they would go and bathe but it was public so many other people were there aswell. It was also a common meeting area for Romans to just talk with friends but also to talk about busi-ness. Nele Henkel (grade 7) said her favourite part was the amphitheatre. It was a lot of fun and a greatlearning experience.

In conclusion, this was a great learning experience, and it would never have happened if hadnt

been for the teachers who put time and eort into organizing it. They rst taught us about the Romansand then they took us to personally experience how the Romans had lived their lives.

Megan Doyle


21/24Winter 2013/2014 -21-Funky Foods from the Roman imes

Funky Foods from the Roman TimesMelkorka Kjartansdor

The Romans were extraordinary and outrageous people. They experimented greatly with cooking, andalthough the food was very similar to the Italian cuisine today, sometimes the meals were rather strange.Rich Romans served more expensive and unusual food to show o. The more unusual the food was, the

more the guests were impressed. Some common foods where jellysh, rotten sh guts, amingo brains,a sows uterus, and newborn rabbits. But the Romans were particularly fond of Dormice! Romans haddormice very often! The fattest of these rodents were considered a delicacy, which the wealthier Ro-mans consumed. The Romans were also known to be fond of ice cream. Around the second century B.C.,Nero Claudius Caesar often sent slaves into the mountains for snow, which were then avoured withfruits and juices. There have also been stories about Romans creating sh avoured ice cream, althoughnothing can be shown to prove it is true.

Roman Dormice Recipe

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Stu Dormice with minced pork (or other dormice meat)2. Chop up with herbs, pepper pine, and nuts3. Sew up Dormice and cook in a small oven


22/24Middle School Magazine-22- NECIS Baskteball

NECISSports

NECIS BasketballKyla White and Malda Aberg

In the second trimester, from November to March the Basketball season kicked o to a greatstart! We both signed up and it had been really fun and a great way to make more friends. A lot of kidssigned up full of excitement for a great season. The season has many home and away games wherewe get the opportunity to travel and also host other International schools at our school. Throughoutthe winter, our U14 team has gotten closer each practice and each game. We have learned to worktogether and cooperate with each other and with that we have become a better friends and a betterteam. Our team has also had lots of success due to the hard work we put into every practice and wehave learned that hard work does really pay o.

Having great coaches help us to be successful too. The U14 girls team has had the best coach-es we could ask for, Coach Amanda and Coach St-Amand. Staying busy, Coach Amanda also coaches

the U12 girls and plays for a Luxembourg club. Both Coach Amanda and Coach St-Amand played bas-ketball for many years and are really great athletes. We are very grateful for the eort they put intoevery training session to push us to do our best. Nina Halldorsdottir, who is also a member of theteam, says that our coaches are very talented and very kind but also very tough- in a good way- sothat we can always achieve our goals and pushing us to always do our best. She also says that if shecould describe them in one word it would be amazing!. We love our coaches and appreciate thework they put into coaching us into a great team. Adam Danielson, a player for the Boys U14 team.says My coaches are really good and great coaches and that Coach Sam is the best coach in the his-tory of basketball. I think my coaches are very professional, and they know how to get us to work,and are strict, but in a good way. I also enjoy practice, because we get a lot out of it, and we learn to

work hard. That was Mark Hallerstrms (7) opinion on basketball practice. We could not get throughthe season without a great coach to push us and help us learn from our mistakes.

Having a lot of pressure academically and keeping up with our school work, we have StudyHall before practice. Study Hall goes on for 1 hour and 15 minutes. During this time, the U12 have theirpractice. Supervising us at this time, is Mrs St- Amands husband, Shaggy. Study Hall is really fun butalso, it helps us catch up with our work. Shaggy is there to help us with whatever we need such asmath and social studies. Mrs. St- Amand is a teacher who also makes sure we are doing our home-work and studying for tests, and of course we have to prioritize our school work, before we go awayto NECIS or other sporting events - such as away games.

To end the season, 12 girls are picked to go to Dsseldorf to play in the NECIS Tournament.

NECIS is a tournament with seven to nine other International School including, Antwerp, Dsseldorf,Amsterdam, The Hague, Copenhagen, Bonn and Rotterdam. NECIS is a great time to hang out withfriends and meet new friends from other schools. Once again, we could not get through the seasonor the tough games against rivals without our outstanding coaches. In conclusion, the basketball sea-son, is a great way to become better friends with others and learn to love the game of basketball.


23/24Winter 2013/2014 -23-NECIS Swimming

Student Becomes Coach

Bennet Wahlers

Being classied as an U16 basketball player, Iunfortunately was not allowed to go to the U14NECIS. Instead I took up the position of assistantcoach, which gave me the alternative of going toNECIS at the same time, but not having to stressout about the actual games. The U14 boys A teamcame 3rd, and the B team came fth in the plate.Overall, ISD came rst, followed by Antwerp, and

other teams such as BIS and Amsterdam placedthemselves fourth, fth, all the way down to 10th.It was a blast, thanks to the coaches, of course!GO EAGLES!

NECIS SwimmingColton Summers

On March 28th and 29th students from 10 dierent schools attended a national swimming competitionhosted by ISL. The schools that attended were: ASH - American School of the Hague, AIS - AntwerpInternational School, BIS Bonn International School, CIS - Copenhagen International School, ISA - In-ternational School of Amsterdam, ISD - International School of Dsseldorf, ISH - International School ofHamburg, ISL - International School of Luxembourg, and ISS - International School of Stavanger, SSHL- Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Lroverket. There were over 350 races swam and nearly 1,500 medalswon at the two pools on the Geesseknppchen campus in Luxembourg. On Friday night all studentswere invited to a social dinner and a disco at the Novotel Hotel in Kirchberg. The last time ISL hosted

NECIS Swimming was seven years ago in 2007, at which time todays 12th grade seniors where in only5th grade. It was incredible to see so many students from numerous schools meet up again this yearafter seeing each other at the same competition for years.


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