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BUSINESS
Ethiopian fare featured at cafe
BY ADAM LAND
aland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Rolan Hewe/KANSAN
Ceremonial dresses and ethnic paintings adorn the walls of the new Ethiopian cafe, Addis Ababa, 10th and Massachusetts streets. The cafe filled the location formerly occupied by Subway restaurant. Owners hope to open this weekend.
Students will soon be able indulge in Ethiopian cuisine on Massachusetts Street.
The building that once housed a Subway restaurant at 1008 Massachusetts St. now belongs to Mekedem Belete, the owner of the new Ethiopian cafe Addis Ababa. Renovations are wrapping up and the cafe is almost ready for the grand opening
The new cafe could open this weekend. Belete said.
Vegetarian cuisine will be a staple, and the kitchen will serve vegetables native to Ethiopia. The cafe will try to buy its produce from local farmers to give the customer the freshest meal possible.
Patrons will also be offered dishes with meat. Ethiopian cuisine uses lamb, shrimp and chicken. Many Ethiopian dishes will be served spicy, unless the patron requests otherwise.
The cafe will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. The cafe will have a full bar.
After dinner hours the
cafe will have events celebrating different Ethiopian traditions. The cafe will be open until 1:30 a.m. on special occasions, such as when the cafe hires a band for a night or after late basketball games. Belete said.
The cafe will have traditional Ethiopian music and other international music, Belete said. The Ethiopian coffee ceremony will be offered in the evenings at the cafe. During the ceremony, Ethiopian coffee will be served with popcorn and incense will burn at the tables. Belete and his staff will educate the patrons about the coffee and the tradition.
Belete and his wife,
Zewdinesh Asmelash,
acquired the building about
two months ago.
"We owned another establishment outside the KU Medical Center," Delete said. "We have many KU customers at our other location, and this was the riest best choice for another restaurant."
Belete and his wife moved to the United States in 1986. Many of his family members have lived in Kansas and his
brother attended the University. Belete said.
"I have a lot of friends that go to the University and I think Lawrence is a great place for Ethiopian food." Belete said. "We want the cafe to give people a taste of Ethiopian culture. With certain dishes and events, we
will try to educate people about our culture."
Students, both international and national, make up a big percentage of the restaurant's customers at the Kansas City location.
"I am really interested in trying the new restaurant." Greg summers, Topeka senior said. "I think its cool that the city will have an African restaurant in town."
Belete said he hoped students like Summers would come, try the food, enjoy the atmosphere and return often.
Edited by Kim Sweet Rubenstein
ACTIVISM
Students lobby against death penalty
KU Amnesty International members encourage others to join their plea to end capital punishment today
BY CYNTHIA HERNANDEZ
chennandez@hansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
KU Amnesty International provided a week of action as it tried to get students to fight against the death penalty.
Today is Lobby Day Against the Death Penalty but the KU group began its activities on Thursday, Feb.
3, by setting up an informational table in the Kansas Union. They also held discussions and wrote letters to legislators.
"There's a battle between legislators," Jessie Funk, KU Amnesty International treasurer and Manhattan sophomore, said. "We want to go to the capital and make our voices heard that the death penalty is too flawed to fix
and it's a violation of human rights."
The week of events followed at the heels of Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline's Dec. 24 recommendation that the Kansas Supreme Court reinstate the death penalty. The court said it was unconstitutional because of a provision that encouraged jurors to choose the death penalty
instead of life in prison.
number. Forms were distributed in the Kansas Union, through e-mails to other organizations and by passing them out around town.
The organization encouraged students to make appointments to explain their opinions with their senator and representative at the state capital in Topeka. Jay Kimmel, KU Amnesty International member and Wichita sophomore, said last year the group had about 15 participants. He said this year it hoped to double that
"We really want to get people motivated," Kimmel said.
The group planned to kick off the week with a showing of "Dead Man Walking" but was unable to find a venue.
— Edited by Nikola Rowe
A 46-year-old KU employee reported to Lawrence police damage to his mailbox between 2 and 3 a.m. Sunday on the 300 block of Minnesota Street. The estimated damage was $20.
ON THE RECORD
CORRECTION
ON CAMPUS
Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The info box in the article "Accreditation looks at minorities," stated that in 2004 the University had 2,158 women faculty. The University had 850 women faculty in 2004.
The Office of Study Abroad will hold an information fair from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.today at the Kansas Union, fourth floor.Call 864-3742 for more information.
The University Career Center will sponsor an Engineering Career Fair from 1 to 5 p.m.today at the Kansas Union ballroom.Call 864-3624 for more information.
- Student Union Activities will show "The Notebook" at 7 and 9:30 tonight and tomorrow night at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 or free with SUA Movie Card. Call 864-SHOW.
- The Spencer Museum of Art will sponsor a student night at the Spencer from 7 to 9 p.m.
Call 864-4710 for more information.
- The School of Journalism will sponsor a lecture by Gerald F. Seib of the Wall Street Journal at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call 864-4755 for more information.
- The Department of Music and Dance will sponsor the KU Wind Ensemble in concert at 7:30 Friday night in the Lied Center. Call 864-3436 for more information.
- University Theatre presents "Noodle Doodle Box" at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall. Call 864-3982.
- The Lied Center will host the Brentano String Quartet as part of the Swarthout Chamber Music Series at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the Lied Center. Call 864-2787 for ticket information.
- The Center for East Asian Studies will sponsor an East Asian Film Festival at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the Spencer Museum of Art.Call 864-3849 for more information.
Note: The University Daily Kansan prints campus events that are free and open to the public. Submission forms are available in the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer Flint Hall. Items must be turned in two days in advance of the desired publication date. On Campus is printed on a space-available basis.