8 1:!!3 BECCAWATERLOO ae@technewsiit.com TechNews | Tuesday, March8,2011 ||T increases its global perspective (Image courtesy Rebecca Waterloo) By Rebecca Waterloo A&E EDITOR In the spring semester of 2011, HT students have been branching out globally to enrich their academics, HT, and the global community, and to make the world a little bit smaller. Haiti — IPRO 335 is improving the conditions of education in Haiti, by helping to support the implementa— tion of the One Laptop Per Child pro— gram there. South Korea — Architecture stu— dents visit their site in Seoul to build a high rise building. Japan — Architecture students visit Japan to enrich their global experi— ence and culture ASB — Students and staff members better the quality of life by building houses through Habitat for Humanity in Oakland, California. Uganda — IPRO 333 builds com— munities through coffee, designing a storage facility unit for coffee farmers in Gibuzaale. Paris — Architecture Students are immersed into Paris while studying abroad and exploring the European lifestyle. Coffee Club Escapades: Chill at Swim Café By Harshita Iver TECHNEWS WRITER This week Coffee Club headed out to the Northwest side of the loop to find the Swim Cafe, famous for its delicious pastries and breakfast foods. The cafe was bustling when the Coffee Club arrived. The decor is simple and modern — with a perfect city appeal to it. But despite the being modern, the atmosphere is very casual and easy going, with daily spe— cials, and a friendly and chatty staff. With a large variety of hot drinks, and an even larger variety of all sorts of breakfast food, the Swim Cafe is a great place to go just to have a slightly more indulgent breakfast. With all of their sandwiches accompanied by nicely arranged fruit and veggies, the food is as pretty as it is delicious. Their menu even in— cludes some international dishes with special spices, which explains the great flavor they manage to bring out in their sandwiches. The arrangement of the chairs and tables was also very appealing in this simple kind of way, much like one of those perfect cafes one sees in movies. The prices were reasonable, with a sand— wich and a drink together coming to about $11. Although the cafe does not seem to have Wi—Fi, it does attract a lot of students, as it is the perfect place to sit down with a bunch of homework assignments, sipping your coffee and maybe even getting a bagel. Swim cafe is definitely a spot to check out. You won’t regret it. Cofiee Club is the perfect break from the mundane and a great way to see the little plac- es you might miss out an otherwise. So ifyou want to join in, just email iitcofieeclub@gmail. com to be added to their mailing list. Or even easier, just show up at 11 am. at the MTCC, next to Global Grounds on a Saturday or Sun- day, and tag along with the group ofpeople you see, onto the next cofiee adventure. Take a dip in some of their perfect brews! (Photo by Harshl'ta Iyer) what's playing L’ :.-..1..||. lL—l LIL‘ l :--'r .2. " :': . -.'-.'|" L'|'|:_:I_.|_' lg ._'- I“ on MLVLQWL SCMMME playlist? What’s playing on your playlist? Email ae@technewsiit.com!