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Fayetteville, NC
Vol. XXXVI, No. 3
Monday, October 26, 1998
The Buzz on the Beans
By Cindy Hawkins, Editor and
Bethany Helton, Entertainment Editor
Soon (we hope) summer will give up
the ghost and allow autumn to take her
place. The thought of a day below 80 de
grees makes us want to raise our mugs and
cheer, “Java, Java, Java!" In preparation for
the inevitable late-night study sessions, we
visited several local bean breweries. We
scoured the city taste-testing the coffee,
evaluating the atmosphere, and rating each
coffee shop according to our bean rating
system explained below.
Summa cum beano!
Bueno beano
^(£>0 I’ll bean back.
Bean there, done that.
0 Fuhgedaboudit!
X No Beaner
The Coffee Scene Westwood (near Carmike
Cinemas)
Perhaps the most well known cafe '. The
Coffee Scene’s hip Gothic/New York style
decor and Sunday night open poetry read
ing make it a favorite among the high school
and college crowd. Recently relocated to a
two-story shop. The Coffee Scene can now
comfortably accommodate more people at
bistro tables or in cozy couch and chair seat
ing areas. A cache of games is available for
customer use and a few of the tables are
equipped with chess sets. The staff know
their stuff when it comes to making coffee,
particularly the specialty coffees. I highly
recommend the mocha.
Bethany’s score:
Dunkin’ Donuts Bragg Blvd., Spring Lake
This old standby has expanded its cof
fee menu to include flavored coffees and
iced coffee drinks. Personally, I’m hooked
on the French vanilla-heaven in a Styrofoam
cup. Located far from the congested mall
area. Dunkin’ Donuts has fresh, inexpen
sive coffee, friendly employees, and con
venient hours—24 of them. It is quiet
enough for studying, the bathroom is clean,
and hey—they have donuts!
Cindy’s score;
Mocha and Microchips Yadkin Rd.
Mocha and Microchips opened just last
month bringing to Fayetteville the latest of
coffee shop trends: the cyber cafe. Cur
rently with three computers, they offer In
ternet access to customers at a rate of $7/
hour The cafe is still undergoing some fin
ishing touches as far as decor, but it is off
to a great start with original artwork by
Methodist College students Will Turner and
Winson Clark.
Manager Kiana Summers is a new
comer to the coffee business, but she is ea
ger to please, even offering to remake
drinks for customers who are not com
pletely satisfied. She offers Methodist Col
lege students 30 cents off any purchase for
checking out Mocha and Microchips.
Bethany’s score:
Krispv Kreme Bragg Blvd. (near Putt-Putt)
Krispy Kreme is almost a historic land
mark in Fayetteville. While doughnuts are
their main concern, they too have jumped
on the “capuccino express” offering French
vanilla and amaretto capuccino. It’s so
sweet and creamy, it’s almost un-coflfee-
like. The atmosphere is a little too busy for
serious studying, but there’s no harm in kill-
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In This Issue
Scheduling Conflicts?, Page 2
Homecoming Reflections, Page 6
Club News, Page 8
Sports, Pages 10 & 11
What’s Up With That? Page 12
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Inspectors I and 2 subject the coffee to a rigorous series of tests.
Death Of Gay Student Revives
Debate On Hate-Crime Laws
By Gwen Florio
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
DENVER - A young gay man, vi
ciously beaten and left tied to a fence
outside Laramie, Wyo. last week, died
Monday. And his death re-energized the
national debate over whether hate-crime
laws should include specific protections
for gays and lesbians.
Matthew Shepard, 21, was found
last Wednesday on a chilly, windswept
field and was hospitalized with massive
head injuries. He never regained con
sciousness and died while still connected
to life-support machinery.
"If this attack was indeed motivated
by Matthew's sexual orientation, it un
derscores the need for effective hate
crimes and anti-discrimination laws that
protect on the basis of sexual orienta
tion," said Terry Summers, head of the
Lambda Community Center, a gay ac
tivist group in Fort Collins, Colo., site
of the hospital where Shepard died.
"Why do we have to wait to enact
laws to protect people until something
as brutal as this happens?" said Summers,
who knew Shepard.
Hate-crime laws are in effect in 41
states and the District of Columbia, but
only 21 of those specifically include
sexual orientation.
The Wyoming legislature repeatedly
has voted down hate-crime bills, with
lawmakers arguing that existing laws
make it unnecessary. But on Monday,
Gov. Jim Geringer said he was prepared to
take another look at the issue.
"I ask for a collective suggestion," he said,
"for anti-bias, anti-hate legislation that can be
presented to the Wyoming Legislature for their
consideration in January." Wyoming, he said,
could "serve as a model on how to deal with
brutality so that the rest of America can deal
with its own sensitivity."
President Clinton called on Congress to
pass legislation making it easier for federal
prosecution of hate crimes.
"The public outrage in Laramie and all
across America today echoes what we heard
at the White House Conference on Hate
Crimes last year," Clinton said, talking to re
porters on the South Lawn before boarding a
helicopter for a fund-raising trip. "There is
something we can do about this. Congress
needs to pass our tough hate crimes legisla
tion. It can do so even before it adjourns, and
it should do so.
"I hope that in the grief of this moment
for Matthew Shepard's family and in the shared
outrage across America, Americans will once
again search their hearts and do what they can
to reduce their own fear and anxiety and an
ger at people who are different."
Some conservative groups denounced
such sentiments, and responded angrily to any
suggestion by gay-activist groups that those
who consider homosexuality a sin have helped
produce a climate that spawns violence.
"Militant homosexuals have been prepar-
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