| Written by Nathan Huseth |
| Thursday, 16 June 2011 08:36 |
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It is no secret that college life gets expensive.
Tuition—“Ka-ching,” Food—“Ka-ching,” Books—"Ka-ching,” Rent—“Ka-ching.”
Debt hangs over a student’s head. The cost of furnishing an apartment may seem like an unwanted cost on top of it all. That’s where buying second hand comes in.
According to Bart’s Flea Market Manager Vanessa Summerfield, by browsing the items available at second-hand stores and yard sales students are able to save a substantial amount of money.
Assistant professor for Family & Consumer Sciences Treva Sprout agreed. She said yard sales are a great place to find quality furniture if a student knows what they are looking for.
“For temporary usage, buying used furniture is a great idea for students,” Sprout said.
Life-long thrifty shopper and art major Katie Giroux said aside from the savings, shopping at second-hand stores for furniture and other decorative apartment items can be a fun experience and offer opportunities to find some unique items.
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| Written by Zachary Laux |
| Thursday, 16 June 2011 07:41 |
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Food in Laramie is not scarce. Within the city limits there are two McDonald’s, two Wendy’s, a Burger King, a Qdoba and a whopping four
Subways. Not to mention that Laramie has just about every pizza place you can think of, but what if none of these do it for you? What if you
want a bit more atmosphere? Well, Laramie has a lot of that, too. There are several Restaurants down town that have great atmosphere and
great food.
Owners weigh cafe
Gary Schmid, the new and proud co-owner of the 17th Street Café said, “I always wanted to do something like this for as long as I can remember.” Now that he owns the new café Gary is finally living his dream, and he’s doing it with the woman he loves.
The 17th Street Café is a new business in Laramie located at the corner of 17th and Custer streets, right across from McIntyre Hall. The café is open from 7:00 a.m. to 2:p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 12: p.m. on Sunday and “serves up the best breakfast in town, as far as we’re concerned,” Dean Talley, head cook for the café, said.
Schmid said he bought the café on Jan. 1 and opened it as the 17th Street Café on Friday May 13, a daring date to start a new business. “I just thought it was an interesting time to open,” he said. “We wanted to have a friendly little café where you can sit down and enjoy breakfast and lunch,” Rochelle Phillips, co-owner of the café, said. Not only is Rochelle co-owner of the business, but she is also Schmid’s girlfriend.
“It’s like a fairy tale,” Phillips said as she looked affectionately at Gary. And why wouldn’t it be? Gary is living his dream, and he’s doing it with Rochelle, the love of his life, but it wasn’t easy coming up with this arrangement.
Schmid said he was living in Austin, Texas when he and Rochelle met. He moved to Laramie to be with her, but before he could, he needed work. “I told her I wouldn’t move here unless I had a job,” Schmid said. Phillips knew the Fat Burrito, a former business in Laramie, was for sale. Thinking fast, she proposed the idea of purchasing the building to Schmid so he would have a job. Schmid loved the idea, so he moved to Laramie, bought the Fat Burrito and opened it as the 17th Street Café.
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| Written by David Demic |
| Thursday, 14 April 2011 09:14 |
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David Demic: Do you feel that there was a fashion culture shock?
Heloise Auger: Yeah kind of because here it’s like people don’t really care about fashion. I’ve been in other places in the U.S. where people really do care. But here people have more of that “Cowboy” look. But that’s good too, because here I can have breakfast on Sunday and not care about I wear. That’s nice, too.
DD: What is European style all about?
HA: I don’t know because the styles are all really different. It’s hard to explain. We have areas where people don’t care about style as much as Americans. For example, in the U.S. girls have perfect hair and curls.
DD: What is your style specifically?
HA: I can find clothes in every kind of store. Yeah, some of them are going to be more classy and some days less classy, but not trashy. Some days I’m going to wear something classy like a black dress and some days I wear jeans with holes in them.
DD: What do you look for in jewelry?
HA: Like for my watch, I like watches for men, I don’t know why. I love my watch. Yeah, I love the earrings I’m wearing right now, because they’re true turquois. If I’m wearing a very big necklace, that’s the only thing I’m going to wear, same thing for the earrings.
DD: How do you balance your look?
HA; I really like basic. When I’m wearing something that’s not basic—when I wear something crazy—I feel like I need to balance it out with some more basic.
DD: In regards to perfume, how much is too much?
HA: During the day, I’m not going to spray a lot, but if I go to a party, I’m going to smell really good. I’ve been wearing the same one since I’ve been 16: Chanel Coco Mademoiselle. I did experiment with others, but I’m addicted to this one. It’s a pretty heavy one, but I’m faithful [laughs].
Random Fact:
I like to wear men’s watches!
  
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| Written by David Demic |
| Thursday, 14 April 2011 07:57 |
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David Demic: How would you define your style?
Gabrijel Grubac: Very casual. I’m the type of person who’s not picky. I can put on whatever makes me feel comfortable. I do have one obsession: suits. Yeah, suits man. I promised myself, when I start working for real, I will always go to work with a suit. To look good, to dress good, you don’t have to wear brands. Some people are obsessed with it. If you know how to match clothes, you can look really good.
DD: What was the moment you realized you loved suits?
GG: It was my graduation from junior high school. Everybody liked blue and black suits; I bought a white suit. When I stepped out and everybody was like “Ooh,” I was like, “Yeah, I like suits.” That was a really good one.
DD: What makes a good suit?
GG: It’s got to be classy; I like classy. Plain collar, usually the black ones. And something out of the ordinary, like the white ones. But I don’t like the striped ones—they’re too old fashioned to me.
DD: What accessories do you use?
GG: When I don’t have my earring in, it feels really weird; it’s a part of me. And I like necklaces, too. I left my silver one in Serbia. And I have rubber bands, and they don’t match it with anything I wear, but it doesn’t matter much to me. I wear them because they mean something to me.
DD: What are your tips for matching?
GG: I like to go plain, usually something like black and white. I’d say a two-combination color, nothing too colorful. I don’t like to match three or four colors. It’s too much. And I like leather jackets, too.
Random fact:
I was a tour guide in Libya, where I lived for 18 years.
 
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