High Life Friday^ January 29, 1999
Seniors review iocai iunch spots
By Brian Front and Justin Smith
Reporters
For those seniors (and fearless freshman)
tired of the fast food routine, we have been given
the "difficult" task of finding alternatives to the
"Bells" and "Kings" of Battleground. Leave it
to our editor to send out the two biggest appe
tites on the staff to give the students the low-
down on the chow-down.
Our experiment consisted of testing the Ph
level of the iced tea and the percentage of MSG
per grain of rice. But seriously, we set out to
find the perfect meal that doesn't come with a
fun toy. Our crusade led us to Garden Cafe,
Kyoto Fantasy Express, Yum-Yum, and Bear
Rock Cafe.
Garden Cafe: is located in the shopping
center across from the "Home of the Whopper."
Their specialties are their rice dinners and their
subs. Although the seating was scarce (only
twelve tables available), we were waited on and
served immediately upon sitting at our table.
Kyoto Fantasy Express: located in Westridge Square,
is exactly what its name implies. As opposed to the origi
nal Kyoto, you are not seated at a large table with two other
Brian Prout and Justin Smith give high ma
Fantasy Express.
Our food arrived about nine minutes after we placeo
our order. Our waitress stopped by occasionally to check
if we were doing alright. The restaurant was clean, busy,
smoke-free; two out of three isn't bad.
Brian: I got the mushroom, steak, and cheese, and it
was superb. I liked the place, but it was a little rushed,
as a student might be trying to get back to school on
time. I give it an overall B+.
Justin: I really liked the heaping portions on my
cheeseburger sub. At an estimated four minute trip to
get there. Garden Cafe is easily within reach. I give it a
hopeful A-.
Fraunfeher photo
annoying families; you are whisked through a line to give
your order at the register. But many aspects of the original
restaurant remain intact. The food, including hibachi steak,
chicken, and shrimp has come along at a reduced price.
You are still treated to a floor show as you wait in line
when the chef prepares the food behind a plate-glass win
dow, just in case a California sushi roll gets fiesty. Their
entree meals range from $6.25 to $2.50; this is, of course,
not including tax or drink. The drive there takes up the most
time, but you can make it if you have a clean driving record
and a fast car. If you have neither of these, we recommend
you take the quickest way possible: Take Bryan Blvd. to
the Westridge exit and take a right. Continue on
Westridge until you hit the shopping center; Kyoto is
all the way back and to the left. This speedy way should
allow you enough time to order, enjoy your
meal, and get your picture taken (see photo).
Brian: I have died and gone to heaven. A+
Justin: If only there were a shuttle bus that
ran from Grimsley's parking lot straight to the
Kyoto waiting line. Then, and only then, would
I be in heaven. A-h
Yum-Yum: is located on Spring Garden
Street in the heart of the UNCG campus. Some
students frequent this permanent hotdog stand,
but we feel that it is not fully appreciated by
the student body. The menu consists of hotdogs,
ice cream, and some more hotdogs. Where
Yum-Yum lacks in variety, it more than makes
up in price. A three-hotdog meal with a drink
will only run you a tax-included $4.25. Yum-
Yum provides eight outdoor seats if the scent
inside is not something you would like to wear
all day.
Brian: Two words: yum...yum. A-
Justin: Even though it was easy on my wallet, it
was not-so easy on my stomach. A
Bear Rock Cafe: is a great place for the wealthy
student who doesn't mind skipping his afternoon classes.
They offer sandwiches at the upper five dollar range
which, in our opinion, is a little bit past budget.
Brian and Justin: We cannot advocate skipping
school or spending too much of your hard-earned
cash. F-t-
Everyone knows that the cornerstone of any suc
cessful school day is a good lunch. It has been out plea
sure to bring you these newly discovered restaurants.
Divorce Mies stadente and their lives
By Amanda Earp
Reporter
Imagine the scene: a white-washed house with a
white picket fence. Bobby Junior arrives home from
baseball practice to the aroma of his mother’s cook
ing in the kitchen and dad in the den helping little
Susie with her homework. Then the viewer turns off
Nick-at-Night and returns to real life where his dad
has run off with a 21-year-old woman from his of
fice and his mother cries herself to sleep every night
watching “Casablanca”.
Although many stories are not this shocking, more
and more teens at Grimsley do live with the reality
of divorce. Chris Cox, a junior whose parents have
been divorced since he was born, says, “My parents
haven’t been in the same room for eight years. My
dad is always dissing on my mom saying that she is
a loser, and it makes me so mad at him.”
Lauren Jeffries, a freshman, had to go through
the pain of her parents’ failed marriage when she was
12. “When my parents told me that they were get
ting a divorce, it was catastrophic because we were
always the perfect family. I knew that it was com
ing, but the whole situation was hard to accept,” says
Jeffries.
Divorce not only affects teens emotionally, but it
also changes their values. Dalton Moss, a junior.
whose parents separated last year, says, “Having
your parents get a divorce makes all the ideals and
things that you believe in shatter completely. Now
1 don’t want to get married unless 1 am 100% sure,
because the whole situation has made me doubt the
strength ofi| • ' . : iimarriage
and rela-
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because 1 believe that [marriage] it is the most sa
cred of all institutions,” says Jeffries.
For some families, divorce is the answer to many
of their problems. “At first, I was really glad that
my parents divorced because they were always fight
ing, and it was good for me to get out of that type of
environment,” says Betsy Summers, a freshman.
Summer’s parents got divorced when she was six
and she now alternates spending the night with each
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of her parents. “I have to split everything between
two houses which has been really hard because it
takes a long time to adjust,” says Summers.
Despite the pain of her family torn apart, Jeffries
found that she has grown stronger emotionally and
in maturity as a result of their divorce. “It actually
turned out better with them apart because the whole
situation forced me to rise to the occasion and I’m a
better person because of it,” says Jeffries.
Lindsay Jones, a junior, has experienced more
than the average Whirlie. “My parents divorced
when I was in fourth grade and my mom and I moved
to Greensboro to get away from my dad. My mom
married again, but I really don’t like my step-dad;
they are getting a divorce in six months,” says Jones.
Jeffries, Jones, Moss and Summers are only a rep
resentative of the teens all over the country who have
endured their parents’ broken relationships. In 1990,
the national average of kids under 18 involved in
divorce was 16.8 out of a 1000 kids. The likelihood
that a marriage would end in divorce was 43%.
When considering her future. Summers thinks of
her own kids and the environment in which she wants
them to grow up. Summers says, “Both of my par
ents have married twice; so I have been cheated out
of the experience of a big, happy family. I don’t want
my kids to have to go through the kind of experience
that I did.”
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