Cafes:
a stimulating environment for students
By Gina Ponce
On-line Forty-Niner
Finding
a place to actually get studying done can
be hard for many students. Fortunately,
Long Beach has a variety of places for people
to go and find the place that will work
best for them.
Kerri Ewing, a senior art major at Cal State
Long Beach, said she likes to study at Portfolio
Café & Gallery on Fourth Street
in Long Beach. She said it has a very
relaxing atmosphere with comfortable chairs,
artwork and jazz music that plays in the
background.
“It’s a good place to study. It reminds
me of the Friends Coffee Shop, but not as
noisy,” Ewing said.
Portfolio offers two rooms and an outside
patio.
“We offer a lot to help make it easier for
students to keep studying here,” said Josh
Wilson, an employee at Portfolio.
Wilson said Portfolio also offers a variety
of food, coffee and an environment away
from school.
Inez Coquereau, a liberal studies major
at CSULB, said she has studied at The Press
Room, located in the University Student
Union on campus, a couple of times.
She said she enjoys the lounge area it offers.
Coquereau said The Press Room has a pleasant
setting with nice lamps, soft music playing
in the background and it gives students
a break from the neon lights.
Other popular study places students go to
that are not far from school are Starbucks
and It’s A Grind, which are both located
in the traffic circle on Pacific Coast Highway.
These places are equipped with an atmosphere
for getting things done.
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