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The Campaign Against the Ocean Beach Starbucks, Part 3

The OB Starbucks Finally Opens … On 9-11

After five and a half months of organizing during the early months of 2001 against the opening of OB’s Starbucks, activists were ready for the day that its door would actually swing open. It was to open at the corner of Newport and Bacon.  There had been at least three major demonstrations against the corporation where hundreds had rallied, two well-attended town hall type meetings, a petition that had garnered  nearly 1500 signatures, and the handing out of thousands of fliers proclaiming a boycott of Starbucks. These all had been handed out at Farmers Markets and throughout OB. Activists were ready.  They were going to be there when the doors opened with signs and petitions.

Starbucks had announced that it would open its doors at 6:30 in the morning on September 11th. September 11, 2001.  The day that history will always remember as “9-11″. The modern day of infamy.

You could not have picked a worse day to do anything.  Starbucks could not have picked a worse day of opening, and activists could not have picked a worse day of protesting.  But how could anyone have known.

The first group of picketers were there at 6:30 a.m. And they started picketing and chanting. The doors opened, the media – prompted by somebody on what was going to be happening on Newport – were there too, recording it all.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world was watching in horror at what was going down in New York City and at the Pentagon.  Thousands looked like they were dying. One estimate was maybe 20,000 were gone.

But nobody told the picketers. As they moved back and forth in front of the store – they remained in the pre-9-11 headset. They hadn’t seen the live videos of planes flying into buildings. They hadn’t seen the explosions, the bodies dropping from the skyscrapers.  They hadn’t shared those horrid moments that most of the rest of us now recall with a shudder ten years later.

Earlier, in the pre-9-11 world, many OBcians had been supportive of the boycott, of the protesters. But this morning, it all changed. Young people would now drive by, and just simply screamed at the picketers.  Others yelled at them to go home.  It was as if the Starbucks picketers were the target of everyone’s anger and terror from that morning.

Some in the media on site tried to show the protesters the videos or tried to explain to them what was happening.  But there was too much tension, too much defensiveness, too much animosity. “We have a right to be here!” someone yelled back at those telling them to go home.  “We have a right to free speech!” another picketer yelled. A few OBGO members even attempted to get the demonstrators to call it off. There was even yelling and arguments between activists.

Digging Deeper into College Clothing | 53days.com

If you want to spot the latest fashion and current fads of clothing, you do not have to watch fashion channels or fashion weeks. You just have to visit any of the colleges nearby and there, you can witness the latest accessories and clothing be it Uggs, hoodies, jeans, pants or stilettos, all can be seen on and around college campuses. Their apparels can be seen directly inspired by movie stars, sports celebs and high end fashion models. Many may wonder that how these young buds keep the fashion trend of college clothing alive and kicking whereas they are already doomed to pay rents, tuition fees and books costs to name a few.

To satisfy their urge of fashion, many college going students pay continue visits to malls, shopping stores and browse Internet for discounts. With the advent of Internet, many students are now purchasing their clothes online also. They look for wide array of clothes and various online portals give them what they want. The college community is one of the most fashionable groups to be found as you can figure them in relaxed or comfortable collegiate apparel and in skin hugging clothes as well. They have the best sense of timing and appropriate fashion taste too. They keep their stock ready year round and one can see them equally fashionable and elegant in harshest of weathers too. Especially in sports seasons, one can see them sporting their favorite team in their jerseys.

By and large, College Clothing can be seen as a plain Tee-shirt and jeans irrespective of gender and age. A college professor can be seen in the similar jeans as of the student. College students love to flaunt themselves as urbane and stylish. In libraries or at the places where they are looking for the comfort and relaxation, they can be seen in cozily dressed in oversized sweatshirts, jerseys, trousers and sweatpants. They love to blend fun, comfort and style together in their clothes.

By any means you cannot say that Collegiate Apparel is nonsensical and not functional. The college students are certainly fashion crazy but they add practicality into fashion. You cannot compare college campus with a fashion runaway where one can see everything and anything for the sake of creativity and innovation.

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