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By Lyndsey Sage
THE BATTALION
In a Texas town known for agriculture and
country music, coffee shops seem an unlikely
establishment for success. While they may not
be found on every corner like in New York and
Seattle, coffee shops have gained a fair repre
sentation in the Brazos Valley in recent years.
Jave Cronauer, a senior wildlife fisheries and
biology major and senior manager of Sweet
Eugene's House of Java, attributes much of the
success of local coffee shops to the recent avail
ability of them throughout the community.
“It's an option now. Before it wasn’t an
option, so people are going,” Cronauer said of
the growing number of coffee shops in the area.
Becky Smith, a junior speech communica
tions major and employee at Sweet Eugene's,
says the “unique, one of a kind atmosphere” is
what draws a lot of customers to the coffee shop.
Cronauer describes the atmosphere as a
“place to get away but still have distractions.”
From the introduction of the first coffee shop
in 1475 in Constantinople, to the opening of
Starbucks in the early 1970s, coffee shops have
offered a place for individuals to gather not just
to enjoy a cup of coffee and maybe a pastry, but
enjoy entertainment, conversation and intellec
tual stimulation.
According to Smith, many customers that
come in do not even like coffee. However, cof
fee shops have come to serve as more than just
a place to get a caffeine jolt.
“People come here to study, hang out, and
listen to bands,” Smith said.
“They also have business meetings here and
couples come on first dates,” Cronauer said.
“It’s good to come to if you have 30 minutes to
kill. It’s cheap.”
Customers range from avid coffee addicts to
those who prefer tea and soft drinks. Along with
these drinks, coffee shops have expanded busi
ness by adding sandwiches, pastries, donuts,
and desserts to the menu. In addition, local cof
fee shops have taken advantage of the college
crowd by offering wireless internet access and,
on weekends, local bands.
Shane Walker, a senior anthropology major
and employee at Coffee Station, said most of
their customers are those “on the margins of the
typical person from College Station.”
We get a lot of professors, internationalyI
dents, graduate students and pseudo-intellecniail
Walker said. “The people that don’t fn rl
Northgate come here.”
Walker classifies the customers intotwoc.i
egories: people there to study, which incrtivi
tremendously around finals time, and intellecr.1
als who “come here and talk about whai f\.
pens alter we die.”
“These two factors enable us to stay in tel
ness,” Walker said. “In the summer, wearer •
ty much dead during the day until thenightisj
when people come in to study or hangout. |
Even though Jenny Reif, a junior ftwl
major, does not drink coffee, she frequent', ^
fee shops about two or three times a wed ,
“I go for three reasons: to study,
friends, and Italian sodas,” Reif said. It'
quiet as the library so it keeps you awake.-
less distracting then your dorm room or^±
ment where you have your computP/'.WA’/^ J
sion. It’s just a better atmosphere toswiy®
In her opinion. Reif says televwon
played a role in promoting and attributing^
success of local coffee shops. According
Reif, the way in which they are portrayed on is
evision makes people feel intelligent when
are there. f
Eddie Garcia, a junior accounting un
finds that coffee shops play a dual roleb)
viding the perfect balance for a place tostu)
well as a place to meet with friends.
“It’s a good place to study it you don t"
a place too quiet, but it’s not so chaotic
can’t concentrate,” Garcia said.
In addition, coffee shops provide Garcia
his friends with a laid back, relaxing enVI1
ment to take time and talk. ^ ^
Dubbed as “penny universities in • I
tury England because the price of coffee " j
penny, coffee houses functioned as foruirt
the learned and unlearned to assemble an
cuss the happenings of the day. Not ^
changed from these days as students contm
do the same thing. .
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ent people,” Garcia said. “Everyone has >
ways they like to study or spend their tune, |
Cell phones are becoming the
ticket to a sold out concert
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) —
When Colombian singer
Shakira takes the amphitheater
stage in this teen-pop concert,
girls in the crowd wave their
hands in the air and squeal.
Then they whip out their cell
phones and call a friend.
Mobile phones have quickly
become a popular concert
accessory. Fans call friends to
brag about the show and hold
up their phones so others can
hear a favorite song.
At a recent concert at the
Tweeter Center in Camden, the
crowd was dotted with tiny cell
phones, Nokias and Motorolas
in pink, silver and blue.
“She couldn’t come, and
this is our song,” yells Casey
Connelly, 18, of Ridley Park,
Pa., over the thunderous
sounds of Shakira’s
“Underneath Your Clothes.”
Connelly sways back and
forth with the crowd, her phone
above her head in one hand.
Sue Aiello, 19, is sitting on
the grass with three friends, all
wearing tank tops and chatting
on cell phones. She plans to
call friends when Ja Rule
comes on later. “They’re work
ing and I’m not,” she explains.
Of course, not everybody at
the concert is calling to share
the music or show off.
T called in between songs
to check on my son,” said
Jennifer Ritchie, 21, of
Leesburg, N.J.
And many parents insist
their teens take a phone to a
concert for safety’s sake, or to
let parents know where and
when to pick them up.
Concert promoter Butch
Stone of Little Rock, Ark., says
he s never heard artists com
plain about cell-phone use dur
ing performances or raise ques
tions about whether P e0 P,|
the other end of t,lC
might be recording the s d( |
“In terms of piracy, .
think the technology i s I
he said. . n |I||
“Our policy is this. I||
the artist objects, we JF
restrict cell phones or ^ j ■
I can’t recall the at i 1 I
having a problem. ,,11
The concert calls , a JB
part of cell phones j
popularity with y oU ^ JJ
said Verizon Wireless P |
woman Brenda Raney- M
“People from ® J
coming of age in a t
cal era. Because so m ,
them have them now. 'I
getting more creative
they use them,” she saK-