Apple Watch 
by Aljawhrah Alajaji

Apple has launched a revolutionary new product: the smart watch. What is this watch, and how it will impact on the global market?

Apple is always good at product innovation and presents it in a new and smart way as it did for the iPhone and iPad. Tablets for example are a Microsoft invention but Apple is famous for it, and that's what Apple is trying to do in smart watches. Apple aimed to present a new concept more sophisticated.

While many over the world know many details about the new watch, they look forward to a fun and modern experience. This watch may be a supplementary device for iPhone, relates to the device via Bluetooth to show alerts and notifications from different apps, caller name, temperature and location without having to take it out of your pocket to see what's new. Also, people can pay with their Apple watch.

These are great features make people wonder and want to have the Apple watch. However the most important question is what obstacles stand in the way this watch? No one likes to have their watch charged, so this is the main drawback in the battery. Apple should provide a watch doesn't need to be charged daily. The characteristics of iPhone, iPad and all Apple computers can be found in other companies, that why Apple must invent something at make it unique.

The impact of these on the world market is that famous traditional watch companies will try to provide an electronic copy of their watches. Also there are spread rumors that watches companies and other technological companies’ plans show that they are working toward the Smart Watch also.

It should be noted, it has been booked more than two million pieces of "Apple Watch" online before putting them officially, and the price of the watch is about US $ 503.83 on average, while the price of the cheapest model of the "Apple Watch" was about $ 382.83, the most expensive versions of "Apple Watch" reach about 
$ 707.04.

At the end of April, the Apple online consumers are able to buy the Watch or preorder it. At the level of actual stores users, Apple lovers in the United States and 8 different big cities around the world gathered in front of Apple stores, they lined up since the evening, in order to wait until the stores open their doors in the morning.

The 1950s and 1970s Fashion becomes Fashionable Again

By Afnan Alsharif

Spring and summer 2015 collections are already filled with 1950s views in the form of dresses emblazoned with flower pants, sweatshirts and T-shirts inspired by ethnic cultures.

The role of designs clothes such as Etro, Pucci, and Dre Van Noten are strongly influenced by the patterns and trends of the 1970s of the last century, even the clog is back again.There is a tendency to another old prominent now returned, the views of the 1950s such as miniskirts and aerodynamic three quarters of pants and fabrics Alcarohat.

New private collections designers such as Donna Karan, Altozara, and Miu Miu. The views of the classic 1950s, and the transfer of these patterns designers broad market to leading fashion streets.

Some experts believe that the old street view is an expression of the desire of the individual in an era of globalization spread to fashion. It must be that there is also mixed with nostalgia element in this direction, and fashion style on the verge of a return to the era is particularly neat.

Global Warming
by Saleh Karhahn, Abdualrazag Arhuma and Salman Alharbi

Global warming refers to the recent and ongoing rise in global average temperature near the Earth's surface, mostly an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere causes it.   This issue happens everywhere in the earth, and it is very serious because it threatens human life. Also, global warming occurs due to pollution that humans create from factories, smoke and cutting trees.

The most recent effect of global warming is that the ice of Antarctica melts. The reason of ice of Antarctica melts because of increasing the temperature that leads to increasing the level of the sea. The high level of the sea affects in countries that overlook the sea by making some part of some countries sinking. 

Many people claim that officials should stop this issue, but it is very hard to make a huge change because if they do a big change such as close some factories that will impact the economy. 

The world should be worry about the consequences of global warming because they will many disasters in the future. Also, people should be aware of what happened on the earth because they live on it, and they will face the consequences of global warming.

Counter-Terrorism
By Shangan Gu and Muath Ageeli

Do you fear terrorism?

Terrorism started in France in 1793, according to the BBC News. The aims of terrorism are political and personal. Terrorists reach their goals through terrorism attacks; moreover, the targets are indeterminate and random. Normally, they prefer to attack landscape of international cities. They name themselves "freedom fighters" and "national heroes".

Many people are running the fight against terrorism by trying to reject the misguided ideology, which they believe. The terrorism ideologies are the most serious things in this universe. This idea has affected a lot of countries in general, and especially in the Middle East. As an example of this is what happens between the Middle East countries and ISIS, Where the Middle East countries try to wipe out this criminal ideology.

The proportions of them are stationed in Yemen. Terrorism has spread among teenagers. According to the BBC News, in April 5, the organization of terrorism uses young blood, which started between the ages of 14 to 16, to undertake explosions in Britain. Also, on April 18, the police in Melbourne arrest five young people, between 18 to 19, conducting terrorism (BBC News). These teenagers are being deceived because they need urgent money to take care of their families.

There are eight-world renowned anti-terrorist organizations: Israeli SWAT,  the Miami police SWAT team, the U.S SWAT, German border 9th Battalion, Austria "Cobra" special police force, Canada "Gray Man" special police force, Hong Kong Special Duties Unit and Alpha and Pennant Russia.

People from all over the world should fight against terrorism organizations, such as ISIS. 

The Global Influence Of Smoking On Health, Money, And Society
By Majed AL-Rashidi and Khaled AL-Omari

Studies have shown that thousands of people die due to smoking. Smoking is a global concern, which affects many societies negatively. Smoking rate rises each year in the world while the government tries to decrease this situation. The Tobacco Control site points out increased young adults smokers in the USA. This situation becomes dangerous on every community.

According to Centers for Disease and Prevention site, there are a lot of disease caused by smoking such as: lung cancer, heart diseases, stroke, and infertility. Also, people who spend their money to pay cigarettes and governments spend millions to treat smoking illnesses. Therefore, smoking hurts non-smokers' health, when smokers smoke near non-smokers. Even though smokers know that smoking is harmful, they continue to affect others.

The most painful truth  is the prevalence of smoking among children. Many children smoke cigarettes because they see their parents do that. Some youth engage to smoking as a result of increased community pressure. And, other youth follow their friends to try smoking. Famous actors attract people to smoking by attractive ad.

Doctors recommend that to save their health, smokers should stop smoking.

The Chinese Race "Li" (Chinese Tattoos culture)
By Shengan Gu

Are you interested in tattoos?
There is a race called "Li" in China, where only the women of this race have tattoos from top to bottom, especially the face. This race lives in Hainan Province, South China.

These tattoos are used to distinguish another races, to avoid marrying with another races, to keep the blood original and innocent. Therefore, them have to be done before marriage. They use plants' stings to finish them.The girls usually can get tattoos from 6-20 years old. However, most of women get them from 10-15 years old. According to the BaiKe website, 40% get them at 13 or 14 years old, 20% get them from 16-18years old.

There are five different styles of tattoos to divide Li into five branches. Li can tell the pattern well among the five tribes. distinct symbols stand for unique ancestors.

This tradition ended in 1940s because of culture shock from the other races. Today, only around 2,000 women of Li can be found with tattoos. The youngest is 70 and the oldest is 90. Therefore, curious people who want to witness this tradition, they should visit Hainan Province before this custom dies out.

A Successful Hunt Celebration: The American Powwow      
by Shengan Gu

Have you ever taken part in a cultural celebration ceremony? The 16th Annual American Powwow took place last weekend, from 1p.m to 7p.m, April 4th and 5th at Kibbie Dome on the University of Idaho campus. 
                                     
This is to celebrate a successful hunt. Native American tribes celebrate by singing and dancing. There were about 30 dancers 10 natives playing the drum. there were no standard moves, just being creative when they were dancing. This whole celebration was marvelous and wonderful. James, one of the Powwow dancers, said, "It's all about celebrating and honoring my tradition."

Everyone is welcome to this activity; The American Powwow committee charges $5 to watch. In addition, there is traditional native dinner, $10 for per person.  The American Powwow is held by different native tribes every year. University of Idaho wishes you will attend next American Powwow.  

Denny's and Bob's on the University of Idaho Campus
By Majed AL-Rashidi

Every university has restaurants. These restaurants are different by name, and food. Moreover, everyone prefers specific kinds of restaurants and there are tow popular restaurants at the University of Idaho: Denny and Bob's. Denny's is popular in University of Idaho. It opens from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. It is located on the campus' Learning Language Culture building.

 Students and teachers usually go to Denny's and some people say that it is expansive. And, others do not like it because it does not have enough space for groups of students. The food changes everyday in Bob's, and it has healthy food. And, it has a lot of drinks such as tea, milk, coffee, and juices. Moreover, it has candy, meat, rice, and fast food.

Bob's is one of the most popular restaurants the University of Idaho, Wallace. Similarity, it opens 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. A lot of Students and teachers always go to Bob's. A person who can pay
$9 and can eat meals, fruits, sandwiches, and cake. Also, Bob's changes its food every breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In the same way, it has space students can meet together. And, it is cheaper than Denny's. Similarly, it opens 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. Bob's and Denny's are famous at University of Idaho. Bob's is better than Denny's.

All of them are restaurant and they are at University of Idaho. And Bob's is cheaper than Denney's. Also, Bob's is better than Denny's. Bob's and Denny's open the same time.

Wedding Rituals in Saudi Arabia
by Khaled Al-Omari, Majed Al-Rashidi, and Yazan Alruwaili

In Saudi Arabia, when men and women want to get married, they prefer to buy new clothes and throw out old ones. They consider this a new life, so the couple needs new clothes. On the wedding night, the man wears white traditional Saudi clothes, which are the white scarf on the head called "Ghutrah" and the dress called "Thoub" with a long block cover called a "Bisht". And, the woman wears a white fancy dress just like women in the U.S.

Before the wedding ceremony, the religious man- called an Alsheikh- announces that bride and the bridegroom are couple. Then the bridegroom goes to a party hall a special hall for wedding near his house. His friends follow him in their cars and hink their horns and flash their lights, so the people know that there is a wedding party.

During the wedding, before leaving with his father and relatives of the bride to a special room  for the couple, the man celebrates with his friends and relatives by dancing. The woman goes with her mother and relatives to the same room, so they are together to start a new life. People in KSA, celebrate wedding by dancing and eating for the whole night. In addition, each region in KSA has its special traditional dance. The morning after the wedding, the man gives a gift to his wife such as some gold accessories.

Wedding in Saudi Arabia differs from USA in that men are responsible for paying all costs of the wedding. However, in the US usually the bride family suppose to pay for the ceremony. People of KSA, particularly women, may have parties for three days after the wedding.

 Advantages of the Palouse Mall
by Saleh Karhan and Salman Alharbi

Moscow is a small city in Idaho, so that means there are few entertainment places. The Palouse Mall is located at 1850 West Pullman Rd, Moscow. Also, the work hours are always on Monday-Saturday 10:00 AM-9:00 PM and Sunday 11:00-6:00 PM.

The biggest place that people in Moscow have visited is The Palouse Mall. This mall is very big and most people in Moscow, Idaho and Pullman, Washington are shopping there because there is one mall between the two cities.

Stores in the mall are very different because each one if the stories offer a different product. For example, the Palouse Mall has many different stores that some of them are popular, such as Macy`s and Ross and some of them are unpopular. Macy`s is a huge store that offers nice clothes, perfumes, and jewelry. According to Sara, a shopper, "when you compare the prices in the Palouse Mall's stores and the other stores in the downtown, you will see a big difference" the prices in the mall are more expensive than prices in the downtown.

However, the Palouse Mall is considered the best place for shopping in the Palouse because it has many great stores in a small place and, the products are better than products downtown.

Jenadriyah Festival 

By Aljawhrah Alajaji

The Jenadriyah Festival is a Saudi Arabian cultural festival held by the Saudi National Guard in Riyadh State, since 1985. The festival occurs in February or March. It attracts many visitors from both inside and outside Saudi Arabia, more than one million visitors every year. The place where the Jenadriyah festival was originally held turned into a permanent village outside of Riyadh city, called, 

Jenadriyah has visitors from the leaders of the countries of the Arabian Gulf, then expanded the hosting of the festival guests to countries in the Arab region in The Middle East and the continents of other world into a festival gathering regionally and globally.

Each year there is a guest of honor country who participated in the festival. In 2009 Russia  participated in the Jenadriyah 24th; the French Republic participated in the Jenadriyah 25th on 2010; Japan on 2011 in the Jenadriyah 26th; South Korea on 27th the following year, Republic of China on 2013 in the Jenadriyah 28th; and finally the United Arab Emirates on 2014 in the Jenadriyah 29th.

Also each year, an operetta is held with a different theme that represents a cultural or historical matter. The operetta is attended by the king and lots of important people in the country. The beginning of the operetta in Jenadriyah festival was begin in the fifth edition of the festival in 1988 and was attended by many poets, composers and artists only from Saudi Arabia. Still it is only written and sung by only Saudi Arabia artists.

The festival activities include camel and horse racing, as well as performance of local music and dancing the Ardha dance, which is performed by men carrying swords or canes, and is accompanied by drums and spoken poetry. 

Also, there is also folk poetry, a book fair, arts and unique heritage of the regions, folk costumes, and popular markets, display of traditional crafts such as weaving, woodwork, metalwork, and leather work.

This year the festival was canceled due to the death of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud may Allah--have mercy on him--on January 2015. However, it will continue on 2016. 

If anyone want to visit Saudi Arabia they should visit during the festival time to have a great journey to the history. 

Nepal Earthquake
By Mohsen Jabali, Zakaria Alghamdi and Yazan Alruwailli

An earthquake occurred in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 25, 2015. With a magnitude 7.8 it was the strongest earthquake since 1990.

More than 7000 persons were killed and 14,000 injured. And more than 8 million citizens out of 28 million are in dangerous situations. In addition, more than 1000 European are missing in Nepal due to the crisis.

Nepalese people were shocked when the earthquake invaded Nepal soil. Thousands of people were lost after this natural disaster. Nepalese government still looking for missing people, many of them have been rescued while other are still under wreckage.

Nepal is one of the poor countries, which does not have plans to combat natural disaster, including earthquakes. The infrastructure is weak; it does not serve the citizens and tourists. Many tourists always come to visit the archaeological heritage; however, many foreign people are still missing.

Kathmandu's iconic Swayambhunath temple still stands tall at the hilltop, but the surrounding structures have been smashed. However, after this disaster, many famous attractions places that local citizens depend on to make money have been destroyed.

According to CNN, "The United Nations estimates that more than 3 million people are in need of food assistance-- and nearly half of those need it immediately. Emergency funding of $ 415 million is needed, the United Nations said."

Also according to latest news from CNN, 7,803 of people died in Nepal. The region of Kathmandu has the highest number of losses with 3,035 fatalities. Nepal's National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC) says, "403 people are believed to missing. It's the first time the agency has released a figure of those unaccounted for."

More than 10 % of citizen's homes were smashed (299,588) or destroyed (269,107), according to NEOC data.

Nepalese people are immobile and in dire need of humanitarian aid, many global countries, large companies, and institutions started collect cash donations, food and humanitarian for Nepalese people, that will restore a little hope.

Students' Safety while Crossing Sixth Street
by Aljawhrah Alajaji

Busy town roads are full of cars, scooters, and other vehicles, all of which rarely stop for pedestrians.

At the University of Idaho, Sixth street is the busiest street on campus. It located in the center of the University between the Living Learning Community (LLC), and the collage of Natural Resources Building. Every day, hundreds of students cross it and many people drive through it; therefore, most accidents on the university of Idaho campus occur on Sixth Street.

Of six students who cross the street interviewed about why accidents occurred, all agree that most of the accidents happened because either students are late to classes, or they do not look left and right before crossing the street. Also, some do not notice that there are cars, last drivers drive quickly and run the stop signs.

According to Lieutenant Dave Lehmitz of the Moscow police department, on Sixth Street there is at least one serious accident monthly. He says drivers should drivers should be careful and drive slowly before driving on busy street like sixth. Also, they must pay attention for stop signs and cross lines.

For pedestrians, Lieutenant Lehmitz give recommendations before crossing the sixth street; first, avoid using cell phones while crossing. In addition, when using ear pieces, they should only use one of them to keep the other ear open in order to pay attention when crossing. Second, make eye contact with drivers to make sure they notice before crossing.

In conclusion, both pedestrians and drivers should be aware of the consequences of being reckless. They must be careful on and off campus when they cross the street or drive through crosswalks.