1997_12 Insight December 1997

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Coffee addicts get fix ft*om the Internet
■ Starbucks coffee
uses technology to
reach new customers.
by Cherts N. Arambel
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Java Joe Cappuccino Espresso
Lane Acupof mud WTiateverpeople
call it. it still relates to one rhing —
coffee
Coffee is one of the most popular
beverages m the country, but coffee
goes beyond merely being a beverage
There have long been coffeehouses,
coffee drive throughs. coffee stKips
coffee art galleries, coffee flavored
foods and candles that smell like cof-
fee
Now there a
■ Web s
newsgroups and channels" on
America Online dedicated to coffee
Speciality coffee retaiW Starbucks
established its channel on the popular
Internet service provider with infor
matron abour coffee and rhe company
rtsetf The channel includes sections
on catalog products, where to find its
stores, coffee brewing advice and a
chat area about coffee subjects
The idea is a product promotion,
sasd Buck Hendrix, vice president of
Starbucks mail order division
"This pnividevSttrbucks with a
great opportunity to reach new ***>
tomers." rtendnx said We re ,.>n
tinuing our goal of global reach
Usenet, the Internet's collection ot
tta "ait.conce newsgroup*, pcepte
share advice on coffcc-making prob
lems. questions on growtog coffee
hushes, and whether or not espresso
is spelled "espresso" or "expresso "
What spurred coffee's popularity
on the Internet^ Some say it is an ad
Jiction
"Once you start drinfdag coffee.
you )ust can't shake the task- said
former f-resnan Heather Moberg. 2»
Nude model shuns
fear for expression
by Tomoko Me
Staff Writer
Gary McOsker is proud to he naked
He is a nude model for a figure drawing class. Art 121. at Lresno State
: V started modeling nude in February to "just have Inn    He
has nyodeled for classes here and at Fresn
**MSSnC*aj Gallery
It v.js quick and painless    he said of his first experience
in front of art students and overcoming his fear of being naked
He calls nude modeling a side job that he enjoys lor the extra Money.
He gets $7 50 an hour for sitting still and naked for 20 minute siretc hex in
from of 25 to 30 art students twice a monrh ar the Conley Art Building.
a glad to challenged and s
He said that he had rarely experienced embarrassing
being naked
lis more embarrassing when I told a joke and nobody laughed.' he
; off hi* body as a nude male model can sometimes he embar
rasaing IvteOsker said that he has been sexually aroused onh
I modeling ctaa*
"It was momentary I had a wandering mind.'' he said w ithout any taat-
i..I he was thinking about * girt in the class who we* thawing
ling his story, he said that he ha* s sea** of peofes-
tMMMtoM about being a nude model so thai he can block off any stwsa-
llons which interrupt his job
He said that he had lo quickly change his mind and try l
about the girl "Nobody noticed it," he said
A professional nude model i* supposed to concentrate on letting art
students learn rhe beauty of a toman figure in nature
The model said there was no difference between being naked in front ol
men and women He described his feelings daring tmdelmg as being tilled
with pride confidence and curtoeSy.
He said thai rherr arrn r manv jobs which are fun, enjoyaH.
thai provide g<»od ■...■■
McOsker believes that art rs an evolutionary discipline |
pression and a form of communication
He said (hat nude modeling is essential for art and rhe need to reota* a
naked human figure a* tta Meat natural form in the planet
He calls his favorite pone tta "Sintasttc one. tn which he fuusiiit i
shooting an arrow, or in sstach some kind of acrion is in SSM ti
He Mm* not tike to merely sit or stand in a pose
Most,HttotinKtoi*alfos»redtodec>dehisownp.rsewhe.
requirement from the tnstnictor existed
Sometimes he he* used Sam* such a* a pete, chaw or a pillow to help
McOsker said that as a nude model, he get* along well with art MmmMi
in the class He hope* that he is helping them to team the beauty of art
He sa)d that he doe* not appreciate the stud*rat who dtstr* |
his job, such as when two girts did not stop giggling while they were
drawing him recently He knew they were embarrasaed
ii i- that he is a nude model Their flea reaction when he told them that he wm a nude model was "whatever' he Mhf
His friends have also accepted his unusual MM atnm
Single and smaaacned. McQtker satd that he would not quit nude mod
cling even if a girlfriend told htm to
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■Mai m fresno. Mere weren't say
(fee houses Instead,
Moberg would special order Me cof
fee beans monthly from fisaibacks via
the Internet, to be delivered at tome
1 drink from one to sis cups or
coffee a day. aad spend more Man $20
a week on coffee.' Moberg said '1
...flee beamM tome,
and then I stop by a coffee house oa
my way home from work.**
hook they are considering to bay
"It really helps Me to relax." said
Mark Oppenlaader. 2ft. of Fresno
"I'm ptcky about the hooks I buy and
tta* way I can take my time and read
a hook, while drinking ceffcit, M a
bookstore It's the best ot hoth
worlds'
Coffee cuius»tion began in the
Americas in the early 1**00x. S wm
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popetor ms way to get coffee qutckty
on the way hi work Celeste Hopkins.
!he only way
lo start her day
"I get a cup of coffee at Java Jet on
said   In less ttjen five minutes I have
a great double cappuccino and I'm set
for the rest of the d.o
baude Barnes and Noble BraSfcSSMj
i Me for patrons TTvgre
they can drink a cup of coffee while
The
tion of coffee re mam i a legend of the
Middle East   As ,i M
MorM*.M*tooSa*esmgibr At.sitv .>t
rta*, bagaa to eat the cnernes to help
keep themselves awake through long
nights of prayer
Ersprerae, a taroag coffee brewed by
foKbaj uwaM Mrreajfh ftnelv SMMaj
darkly roasted beans, tocamc popular in the l»4<K In rhe 19VK and
I INK, espresso surged to popularity
when coffeehouses became popular
Headstone creator views death differently
■ Fresno State
student is partner in
Hanford company.
by Erik Salas
Staff Writer
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Body piercings serve as vivid personal statements
I   ■ Tongue and lip
piercing are staples
of fashion in 1997.
by-Wnl-Koon Yow
Staff Writer
MMSfa consider their body a temple
■Ma tattoos andpKi.
*a and tongues might eMMaSfl then
i least • creative
,vpp*Htomt> lo tell Iheir own storv
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iwo taaaaa atyta ihe1 Ms mam g«v on his
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