As you are about to enter your next class you get a big whiff

of a delicious scent. Instead of walking into your next classroom you do a huge U-turn in the middle of the hall to sniff out who smells so good. Throughout the halls of GCHS we smell some inter-esting fragrances, whether it be from an amazing mouth-watering scent, or an offensive foul odor. New scents are in-

troduced to our noses every-day. One can tell many things about a person by the way he or she smells. Scientific re-search has proven the way you smell leaves a permanent im-pression on someone. “Wearing perfume lets ev-eryone know I care about my-self, and it also reflects how clean I am,” freshman Brooke Cowart said. People refresh perfumes throughout the day, and other people do not. “I don’t refresh my perfume

throughout the day because too much of it is unattractive,” junior Desarare Cox said. Some people dab a dot of perfume on their wrist while others generously pour or spray the fragrance on their neck, wrist and even their hair. The over use of fragrances can be a contributing factor to trigger allergies. As we sit in classrooms and walk through the halls we smell all different types of fragrances, some over bearing and some sweet and pleasant,

whether it is from Ed Hardy, Hollister or Curve. Some prefer soft floral scents, while others like a strong, bold fragrance with a statement. People wear fragrances for various reasons. Senior Bran-don Aizen states “I wear Curve because it makes me feel like I’m on the edge of the world.” So next time you spray your favorite perfume or cologne, think what does your fra-grance say about you?

October 2010GCHS Features 11

Fall fashion season begins,students share personal style

To all who are anticipating what to wear for this fall season of 2010, do not panic. The tips and tricks one needs to know are all simple, so simple that almost anything goes. From baggy sweaters and jew-elry, boyfriend cardigans, vintage tees, vests, straight fit dresses, boots, hats, scarves, one will have the look down to turn heads. There are hundreds of ways to express one’s personal style with this year’s fall trend. Senior Brandon Raines describes his style as being unique, non-tra-ditional preppy look with an edge of glamour and rocker style. “I am somewhat of a trend follower, however, I take what I see on the Red Carpet and TV and put my own twist to them,” Raines said. “But more importantly, fall fash-ion is about layering. You can throw on a sweater or jacket or both.” As for the ladies, to be a fash-ionista 24/7 is not required. If the laid back look is more the style one is leaning towards, then

that is the right track to pulling off the perfect look for fall 2010. The rule is ‘less is more’. A tank worn with a baggy boy-friend cardigan, complimented with some dark wash skinny jeans and a pair of flats, gladiators or an-kle boots is the ideal outfit to wear out for the day without going over board. To top this cozy look off, one could accessorize with multiple bangle bracelets and a long necklace or even a knitted hat worn half way on the head to accentuate swift bangs. Senior Ariel Davis prefers spring fashion, but when the fall does come around she looks for-ward to buying new wardrobe. “I don’t like fall because in the spring I can wear bright colors, but I do like to wear my fuzzy jacket and cute boots,” Davis said. Davis also compliments her fall style by dying her hair brown because fall is full of deep and rich colors. Fall fashion may not be for everyone’s taste or style, yet per-sonalizing outfits may cause a change in attitude and ultimately make autumn a favorite season.

Children, while growing up, have always heard their ma-mas say “Take your vitamins!”, “Take your vitamins!”, “Make sure to take your vitamins!” Well, we being the teenag-ers that we are, we tend not to think twice about taking a vitamin. In my case, I wanted my hair to grow and what a better way to help it grow than taking vitamins? Wrong. Vitamins are good in a way but can also be harmful. Taking too many vitamins can badly affect someone in vari-ous ways. I thought the more vitamins I took the faster my hair would grow. After weeks of taking hair vitamins my hair started falling out. The vitamins also

made me hungry which was causing me to gain weight! I was in a vitamin crisis because I was taking more of the vita-mins than I needed to. According to www.WebMD.com, most people think it’s fine to take as many vitamins as they want, some people take 10,000 milograms a day. However, the upper tolera-ble limit is 2,000 milograms. People who are at risk for kidney stones increase their risk. People can also get diar-rhea. Some people complain of food poisoning, but it turns out they have taken too many vitamins. People aren’t aware of how bad vitamin supplements can be. When I was growing up, people said that all vitamins are good. For me, however, I had to learn the hard way that vitamins also have bad effects. Anything can be harmful and can be overused, even a vita-min, so be careful!

Vitamins generate good, bad effects

Perfumes express personalitiesLeah GardnerStaff Reporter

Jessi BroadusFeatures Editor

‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’ :)

Taylor ChurchwellPhoto Editor

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