{"id":2499,"date":"2010-02-22T22:52:36","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T04:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2010-03-26T13:43:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T19:43:14","slug":"south-campus-gets-an-artistic-injection-of-caffeine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/2010\/02\/22\/south-campus-gets-an-artistic-injection-of-caffeine\/","title":{"rendered":"South Campus Gets an Artistic Injection of Caffeine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2841\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/coffeeshopcummingsbyKELSEYCOHEN.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2841\" src=\"http:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/coffeeshopcummingsbyKELSEYCOHEN-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"By Kelsey Cohen\" title=\"coffeeshopcummingsbyKELSEYCOHEN\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2841\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Kelsey Cohen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Walking into the second floor of Cummings, one might notice that next to the wall-sized mosaic is a mysterious box, its window shuttered up, its door seemingly closed for good. This marks the remnants of a student-run coffee shop. At the moment, it is unoccupied and quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, however, it will be open once again, thanks to the efforts of a few Student Government Association (SGA) members.  <\/p>\n<p>The little shop was initially run by SGA and it is now the responsibility of SGA\u2019s Academic and Social Spaces Commission.  Over the years, the number of open hours began to decline, which led non-SGA affiliated students to open it for individual profit. The space has seen little consistency over the years.  <\/p>\n<p>SGA House Senators Freya Levett and Ipek Bakir and Vice President Bobby Romanow, are now working to reopen the coffee shop. The three recently visited Cummings to see what equipment was salvageable, but they found only what Romanow called a \u201cdisaster.\u201d Nothing was useable.  Deciding to start from scratch, the students met with Ingrid Bushwack of Dining Services to figure out what equipment is needed and how much it will cost.<\/p>\n<p>Romanow, Levett and Bakir will soon present a proposal to the SGA Finance Committee with a budget for new equipment. <\/p>\n<p>Romanow, as SGA Vice President, serves as chair of the SGA Finance Committee, but in this case will only present the proposed budget and will not take part in any deliberations about the coffee shop\u2019s allocation.<\/p>\n<p>Until the shop begins making a profit, SGA will rely on volunteers to take care of its everyday operations. Guaranteed and consistent pay is contingent on the success of the shop. <\/p>\n<p>Initially, revenue will go toward maintaining the space. After employee salaries, any further profits will go towards the SGA, and could be distributed among a variety of SGA projects or funds.<\/p>\n<p>Romanow emphasized that the Cummings Coffee Shop was not meant to compete with Coffee Grounds or the Blue Camel Caf\u00e9. The coffee shop is for students, rofessors and staff from South campus who aren\u2019t within a comfortable walking distance of the other cafes on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Lorelei Farntz, owner of the Blue Camel Caf\u00e9, thought that bringing a coffee shop to South was a great idea. Since Cummings is far from the Blue Camel Caf\u00e9, she doesn\u2019t think her business will be directly affected by the new caf\u00e9.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think of it as competition. It\u2019s good for the students,\u201d Farntz said.<\/p>\n<p>Clara Euam \u201912 agrees with Farntz. \u201cAs an art student, it\u2019s good to be able to go to someplace nearby to get something to eat or drink, \u201c she said. \u201cI think it will be a good thing to have available to us.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Romanow said, pending SGA approval, the coffee shop will open for business as soon as the equipment is delivered. He is looking forward to opening the shop as \u201ca place run by students, for the students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Cummings Gallery Space to Once Again Host Student-Run Coffee Shop                             <\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3122,"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions\/3122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecollegevoice.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}