The Booster Redux Pittsburg High School 1978 E. 4th Street Pittsburg, KS 66762 Vol. 98, Issue 3 www.boosterredux.com
Friday, Oct. 24, 2014
world news Ebola, isis, and hong kong pop up on the radar
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Flavored vaporizer pens become popular among teens JOSH LEE & ALLI BADEN @iAmTheJoshLee & @allibaden aporizer pens, originally designed to help smokers quit their smoking habits, have not been used for their original purposes. With the introduction of electronic cigarettes and vaporizers came the misconception that the electronic, smoke-free method of inhaling nicotine had minimal ill effects. However, according to cigarette distributor Dale Dallas*, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate the production and distribution of these so-called “e-cigs” and “vape pens,” making it relatively easy to obtain one. As a result, many teenagers “vape” as a healthier, better alternative to smoking cigarettes. “Most [students] will just get the vape pens from other people who are 18,” junior Jason Johnson said.
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“It is very easy [to obtain vapes cigarettes, the vape pens are more underage]. In some stores you can appealing because of the lack of buy the pens without the nicotine smoke and added flavors nicotine and not have to be ID’d.” users can’t acquire elsewhere. “My belief is that a large portion “Vapes have a better smell. If you of the smell tobacco younger products, they c r o w d are nasty. It are who is the sickest is trying thing ever,” the vapor Johnson said. cigarettes,” The reason Dallas said. why the added “I think scents and [teens] flavors are want to try so exclusive it. I think it to vaporizers -DR. BOBAN MATHEW HEW EW is new, it is is because s omewhat the FDA has appealing with all the different banned the use of any additive things they can do with it, and at flavorings to traditional cigarettes. the same time, there is a certain According to ABC News, a law was amount of them who think, ‘hey, it passed in the summer of 2009, is healthier.’” banning all additive flavors and In addition to being an apparent scents to traditional nicotine and healthier alternative over tobacco products in an attempt
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to reduce the number of teen smokers. Head of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, Doctor Lawrence Deyton, said teens preferred flavored products over traditional ones. “Studies show that 17-year-old smokers are three times as likely to use flavored cigarettes as smokers over the age of 25,” Deyton said. But because there are no restrictions provided by the FDA, vaporizers can be bought with many different flavors, unlike traditional cigarettes. This statistic seems to ring true. Senior Avery Adams admits to being a frequent user of the vaporizer pens. “I’d say I vape maybe two to three times a day,” Adams said. “I use vape pens because cigarettes are nasty.” But it seems that not all users of these vaporizer pens know of the
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almost love:
Romance blooms o n s ta g e i n m a i n e
Play takes the stage with two different casts through Saturday MEGAN MUNGER @DragonsTwirler
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alling all romantics that like a little laugh, the theatre department is currently showing the production Almost, Maine. “[It] is about love and the many
different forms that it takes. The show is vignetted so there is no progressing plot line,” junior Jack Warring said. “It’s just different scenes of different people, in a town called Almost, Maine, falling in love with one another in different ways.”
Unlike productions in the past, this one is working a little differently. “We’re doing two performances with [Almost, Maine],” Warring said. “One is a Varsity performance with more experienced actors in it and the other is with some
Pointing to the stars, senior Ashley Burch plays the role of Marci in the production of Almost Maine. Burch has been involved in theatre for three years. PHOTO BY MADELINE EMERSON
freshmen who have never been on stage before.” However, something that remains the same with the productions is the large amount of rehearsal time. “We have about two to three hours after school everyday,” junior Maddie Weidert said. “[In total], we have about 15 hours [of rehearsal] a week.” While this is Weidert’s eighth high school production, it is a first for freshmen Angela Ortega. “Whenever I came into high school, one of the biggest things [that I looked forward to] was the theatre program because it is so big,” Ortega said. “I [am] excited about [Almost, Maine] and I really like the whole concept of acting. [When it] came up, I never even thought twice about auditioning because theatre is something that I really like [to do].” There are 32 students in the production total, including the technical crew. The shows are to be held Oct. 22 and 23 at 7 p.m., along with a matinee and 7 p.m. show on Oct. 25. “Everyone should come and watch it,” Weidert said. “It’s a really fun show.”
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