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Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC
Monday, February 4, 2002
Established 1961
Common Grounds Cafe, Coffee Brewing and
Business Booming
By Ashleigh Radford
Edilor-in-Chief
Did you stay up too
late last night, you’re tired, and
you’ve got a full day of classes
ahead or you? Or maybe you
have to stay up all night tonight
to start and finish that term pa
per. Either way, you
realize you need the
most efficient caffeine
delivery system avail
able: COFFEE!
Methodist
College students will
enjoy the low prices at
Common Grounds
Cafe. Compared to its
counter parts in the
area, such as The Cof
fee Scene, Barnes
&Noble, and Rude
Awakening, Common
Grounds has low rea
sonable prices for stu
dents.
Common
Grounds was opened on Janu
ary 15, 2002 by it’s private
By Amanda Garcia
Sports Editor
Methodist College re
turned this spring semester
without one of its own. Mrs.
Leona Martin, a Methodist
College employee for
twenty-two years, passed
away on December 22,
2001. Funeral services
were held on December 28,
2001. The service was car
ried out by The Reverend
Thomas Malloy at Saint
Ann Catholic Church.
Methodist College
Secruity participated in her
service as pallbearers.
Martin began her career
at Methodist as a secretary.
She was later promoted and
filled the position of Admin
istrative assistant. Many of
the students on campus re
member her smiling face as
they sat and ate in the caf
eteria.
“She was a really nice
owners, Marisa Preuss and her
fiancee, Mohamed Naim. “1
worked part-time at Starbucks
Coffee for a year and a half and
my fiancee and I wanted to
start a business with the expe
rience we already had. When
I
Dean Blanc purchased a real
cappuccino machine, the idea
seemed perfect,” Preuss said.
The cafe is located in
Union station next to
Cumberland Hall and across
from Cape Fear Commons.
The atmosphere is perfect for
studying, watching movies, or
just relax
ing on the
deck out
side on
beautiful
days and
drinking a
cup of cof
fee. Inside
there are
big comfy
couches
and a big
screen TV.
There are
also tables
and chairs
to study
for that test
inthemoming.
The current hours of
operation are Monday - Fri
day from 7:30a.m. until
10:00p.m. and Saturdays from
12:00 noon until 5:00p.m. The
cafe is
closed
on Sun- *
days.
“We,
may
change
courtesy of Marisa Preuss
our
hours as i ^ ^
the se-
mester
goes on.
I would
like to
set up some special events such
as movie nights, game nights,
and in the spring, invite a band
to come and play on the deck
outside,” Preuss said. “I also
plan on having special nights
related to the Olympic games.”
At the Common
Grounds Cafe, you can enjoy
many drinks ranging from gour
met brewed coffee, espresso
drinks, and fruit smoothies to
frozen coffe frappes, and fresh
baked pastries. “The most
popular
items seem
to be the
fruit
smoothies
and the fro
zen coffee
frappes,”
Preuss said.
“They have
one of the
best mochas
of Marisa Preuss I ’ V 6 C V C T
had,” said Ms. Mellott, the
Educational Secretary.
Coming soon in the
spring are large umbrellas to
enjoy outside on the deck.
Later in the semester during
midterms, the cafe plans to
operate on extended hours.
Please come take a look and
see what its all about!
Tribute to Mrs. Leona Martin
lady. She always had a
smile for us,” said Caleb
McKeel, a junior.
Martin is survived by
her husband, two chil
dren, and three grand
children.
During the funeral
service it was said that
Martin enjoyed life to
the fullest. Besides her
family, she also enjoyed
working out at the local
spa three or four times
a week. She lead a
healthy life of jogging,
power walking, and
even traveling.
Martin passed away
in Wake Medical Cen
ter in Raleigh of a brain
aneurism. She is buried
in the Lafayette Memo
rial Park.
Her fellow colleagues
and students will miss
her dearly.
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Leona Martin stands in the center
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