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.*» ** nr- 1H TAMO hursday • October 12, 1995 leLire Page 7 • The Battalion affe Capri brings new spice to Bryan lathas ,ar«' atharine Deaton Iiie Battalion affe is cafe in Italian. Students are apt to pick up a few Italian words when visiting Caffe Capri in down- wn Bryan. Caffe Capri was opened a month ago by lami Cerone, a 22-year-old Texas A&M graduate with a degree in management. Cerone said owning his own business is something he’s always wanted to do. I “I wanted to have a restaurant,” Cerone laid. “Initially, I looked for smaller jobs but know I’d have to leave eventually. So I start- iH on my restaurant immediately.” | Being raised in the restaurant business lade his choice quite obvious, Cerone said. “My parents are in the restaurant busi- ess, so I’ve been around it,” Cerone said. “I new I always wanted a business, and I hose a restaurant because I knew it.” Cerone said he initially looked for loca- ions for his restaurant in College Station, downtown Bryan had more appeal. Caffe Capri has a character and an at- losphere people won’t find in College Sta- ion, Cerone said. “This isn’t a typical building,” Cerone sjaid. “It’s different than [other Italian] estaurants.” ie,is ayingit rhe laying Caffe Capri is a one-room establishment with an open kitchen. The music is not the traditional Italian polkas that might be expected, but Cerone’s own collection of rock and reggae. “It’s something different,” Heather Perrine, a sophomore business major, said. “It’s more of a lunch place. It’s not a typi cal romantic Italian restaurant with candles and dim lighting.” This difference is what holds the appeal for students, Cerone said. “The appeal is in the open and bright atmosphere,” he said. “Customers can just lay back and relax.” „ a - r Cynthia Trevizo, a senior CaiteCapii is English major and Caffe Capri waitress, said students should make the drive to Caffe Capri. “Downtown Bryan offers a good escape from College Station,” Trevizo said. “It’s good for a change of pace.” Perrine said the food also attracts students. “The food has more of a home-cooked taste, and students are craving home-cooked meals,” Perrine said. Amy Browning, The Battaeion in historical downtown Bryan. The recipes for all entrees are family recipes. Cerone’s father prepares 80 gallons of homemade marinara sauce every week for the restaurant. Cerone said customers from Austin and Dallas have voiced their desires to have Caf fe Capri in their town. Cerone is not sure when or if he’ll expand his business, but he said he is going to try. “I hope it’s the first of many,” he said. Students Needing A MAILBOX MAIL BOXES ETC. HAS THEM!!! * Low Introductory Rates For Students ($5.00 off with student i.d. good thru 10-31-95) * 24-Hour Secured Access To Mailboxes And Copy Machines * Close, Convient Location - (Located in the Culpepper Plaza, next to Bennigan’s) * Other Services Available - Stamps, Meter Mail, Faxing, Packing and Shipping, Overnight Services, Notary, Passport Photos, Office Supplies & etc., etc. 1511 S. Texas Ave., College Station, Texas 77840 Phone (409) 764-6107; Fax (409) 696^7246 Sk/n Deep: Regional perspectives differed at retreat Continued from Page 3 “I was on fire about the whole diversity issue,” she said. “I had done a lot of things to broaden my perspective. I was into trying new things.” She said her efforts to expand her horizons had been more ap preciated at A&M tan in Califor nia. Early said it was hard to let people know that she didn’t fit the stereotype of the “white girl from Texas.” “I had a hard time articulat ing what I believed,” she said. They couldn’t understand where I came from.” Early said she had been working to deal with the issue of race relations on campus. She had joined the Black Awareness Committee and attended the Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference in an ef fort to better understand other people’s point of view. When her efforts were misunderstood at the retreat, she said she became defensive. “At first 1 became very de fensive because l was trying to reach out, and all of a sudden, I was getting pushed away,” she said. She said she later regretted being defensive because she real ized that was not what she was there for. “I realized I was so busy try ing not to be stereotyped that I kind of stereotyped other people,” she said. Thomas said he had never re alized how much of an effect the region of the country that stu dents came from had on the is sues they faced. “It was important to be there so I could learn about these is sues, so I can help here at home,” he said. “What goes on in Cali fornia eventually affects what goes on here." Early said she was also sur prised at the difference in social issues that affected people in dif ferent regions of the country. “Everyone has a different ex perience to draw from,” she said. Thomas said there was some thing different to learn from everyone involved in the project. “Everybody had something different they could give, some thing to show you, something to make you understand,” he said. He said the experience had a great impact on him. T think what happened there affects me every day and it is im portant that it does,” he said. “It will affect my actions from here on out.” Reid said she wanted to work with college students on this pro ject because they are at an im pressionable time in their lives. “College students are at a place in their lives where they are more open to new ideas and are willing to experience and look at new attitudes and ideas,” she said. 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