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KU Little releases its second edition
BY JENNY TERRELL jterrell@kansan.com
KU Little Magazine, a publication put together by student housing, will release its second issue tonight, along with a gallery showing of the final chosen works of art in the Hashinger
The magazine is composed of photos, paintings, sculptures, and poetry submitted by residents and staff within the department of student housing and is funded
Hall Theater of Hashinger.
by the Association of University Residence Halls (AURH) and the Lewis and Templin Complex.
"I was really excited and definitely surprised because I know there's a lot of talent around here ..."
magazine. Sixteen University staff members judged the pieces.
Cody Charles, complex director of Lewis and Templin and member of the KU Little Magazine committee, said the magazine offered a unique opportunity for students
and staff to create something together.
This is the second year of publication for KU Little Magazine. Joe Ratterman, a junior from Louisburg and magazine coordinator, said the magazine had
"It's definitely a large improvement over last years," Bevin Fath, director of Miller and Sellards Scholarship Halls, said.
Patterson, a freshman f r o m McClouth. Patterson said she was surprised when she was told her photo was going to be in the magazine.
KENDALL PATTERSON McClouth freshman
Among those chosen for publication was a close up photo of an ant on a leaf taken by Kendall
"I was really excited and definitely surprised because I know there's a lot of talent around here and I'm not an art student or anything," Patterson said. "It was just a random thing that I decided to try."
Patterson said she took the
"It's definitely a large improvement over last year's"
BEVIN FATH
Director of Miller and Sellards
Scholarship Halls
trouble getting funding last year because there wasn't a product to show and because AURH didn't understand what it was about. But, after winning National Educational Program of the Month for April of 2009, funding this year was not a problem.
she took the photo last summer in McClouth. She practiced photography in high school and now that she is busy with school and the KU softball team, she
"It will be an annual thing now" Ratterman said.
Students and staff submitted 263 pieces of art and 42 were selected to be printed in the
uses photography as an outlet.
"It's something I can do to get away from everything." Patterson said.
Issues of the KU Little Magazine will be handed out at the gallery tonight between 5 and 7 and then distributed at residence halls, KU Dining, and coffee shops downtown.
- Edited by Kate Larrabee
E-cigs provide smokeless alternative
TECHNOLOGY
BY ROBERT ALTMAN
raltman@kansan.com
Where there's smoke, there isn't always fire.
So don't be confused when someone drags off a cigarette without ever lighting up.
It's probably just another smoker gone digital, using an E-cig, or electronic cigarette, which was developed in April 2003.
Though it looks just like a real cigarette, it uses a small battery and atomizer, the heating element, to turn a liquid form of nicotine into a smoke-like vapor that neither smells nor produces tar, and can be legally smoked wherever traditional cigarettes are banned, for now.
"You might get some glances from people at first, but with no smell most people don't notice," Joe McDonough, a junior from Wichita, said.
McDonough started using
E cigs last year, and although he still smokes tobacco, McDonough said the device would be a great way for smokers wanting to be healthier.
"There are certain times I'll choose to use it instead of smoking a normal cigarette, like when you have a cold or something," he said. "You could smoke this and go on a run later without having that chalky feeling in your lungs."
Although a number of startup companies have emerged online in the last year with new models of E-cigs, the FDA has yet to approve them for the market. Some countries, such as Canada, have already banned the sale of E-cigs, and various U.S. states are considering restricting their use in various forms.
So though companies such as Smoking Everywhere, a leader in E-cigs, advertise their products as being healthier, cheaper and more eco-friendly than traditional
cigarettes, some see them as not helping the problem.
"All this is going to do is give people the opportunity to get nicotine in areas that they can't use cigarettes," Ken Saber, a health coordinator at Watkins Memorial Health Center who counsels students trying to quit, said. "There is still a lot unknown about them, but I would never recommend this as a quit product."
Because companies are not allowed to advertise E-cigs as smoke cessation devices, some find their target audience to be young non-smokers, who may be lured in by the assortment of flavors and limited negative health effects.
"It's a good deal when you buy one of their start packs because they basically give you all the different flavors to try out," Christopher Reynolds, a senior from Topeka, said.
The flavoring is mixed into the
liquid micotine cartridge, which the user can replace or refill with their own "e-liquid." The "e-liquid" is mainly propylene glycol, a substance used in products such as food coloring, non-toxic antifreeze, or most commonly, fog machines.
Although Reynolds and McDonough said they would continue smoking traditional cigarettes for now, both agreed that they would use E-cigs in the future to help them quit or to avoid the stigma of smoking in public.
"Id do it before I went on the patch or something like that," McDonough said. "It helps fulfill a lot of the pleasures of smoking without bugging the people around you."
Edited by Drew Anderson
NATIONAL
Airport employee finds smoking bag
HOUSTON — A baggage handler in Houston discovered a ruptured, smoking suitcase while loading luggage onto an outgoing international flight Tuesday and fire crews and bomb specialists were examining the bag, officials said.
The baggage handler carried the bag away from the plane and terminal and called authorities.
Bomb crews hit the suitcase with a water gun and were examining it late Tuesday afternoon, Assistant Fire Chief Jack Williams said. He said there was no explosion and no injuries.
Associated Press
Return of the Jedi
monday, may 10-friday, may 14
KU Bookstore - Burge Union 5-10 to 5-14 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM
bring your books to the ku bookstore for cash and entry into daily ipod drawings
KU Bookstore - Kansas Union 5-10 to 5-14 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Howard Tine/KANSAN
GSP Dining 5-10 to 5-14 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Oliver Hall 5-10 to 5-14 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Margaret Witzke, a sophomore from Westmourne, Okla., duels with Ben Appel, a sophomore from Hutchinson, in a lightsaver battle outside Budig Hall in celebration of "May the Fourth Be With you," a "Star Wars" Facebook holiday. Students attending the Facebook "event" started the day with their favorite quote from the "Star Wars" Saga as their Facebook status.
Mrs. E's
5-10 to 5-14
9:00 AM to 02:00 PM
and 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Authorized Campus Store
Wescoe Hall 5-10 to 5-14 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Naismith Hall 5-10 to 5-14 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
kubookstore.com
Congratulations Class of 2010! You're invited to
Grad Grill
5:30-7:30 p.m.·Thursday, May 6·Adams Alumni Center
Join us for your first alumni event. Don't miss out on all the great prizes, music and free food! No RSVP needed.
Check out www.kualumni.org/classof2010 for more details.