Volume 124 Issue 84
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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Tapas on Mass seeks to offer unique flavor on busy street
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DRINK THIS...
Bubble Tea //Rachel Cheon
Thirsty for more?
For non-alcoholic drinks, many people drink coffee, hot chocolate smoothies, hot teas, or soda. Besides these beverages, there is another kind of non-alcoholic drink available in Lawrence. Bubble teas, also known as boba milk teas, typically contain a tea base such as oolong tea or black tea and are mixed with milk and various flavors like green tea, taro, almonds, and honeydew.. Rick Gan, a junior from Seremban, Malaysia enjoys the wide range of different flavors bubble teas come in and has them as much as three times
a week sometimes. "You never really get tired of them," Gan says.In these milky teas, there are bubbles, or pearls, which are dark chewy balls made from gluten-free tapioca starch, that make bubble teas so addicting.
Kevin Song, a junior from Los Angeles, says even though he is not really a tea person, he enjoys some good milk tea if it goes well with the pearls. "The pearls taste good when you add it into milk tea, and it's also fun to chew on them," says Song. Bubble teas are available in several places including House of Cha (21 West Ninth St.). Encore Cafe (1007 Massachusetts), Zen Zero (811 Massachusetts), and Little Saigon Café (1524B W. 23rd St.). Bubble teas typically come in 16 ounce servings and cost between $3-5. Try these fun, bubbly drinks with friends, on a date, or on the go.
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EAT THIS... The Best Hangover Food: Pho Food should be fun. //Rachel C.
The morning after a fun night can be quite unpleasant with headaches, nausea, and dehydration. You may turn to pizza or hamburger for help, but for some students, nothing beats pho as the cure for hangover. Steamy pho broth takes care of the thirst, and
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alliates pain and nausea from the hangover. Hyung Jin, a senior from Lenexa, is one of those students. "The broth really takes care of any nausea. It calms my stomach down after a night of throwing up," Jin says.
Pho is a nutritious, low-calorie masterpiece made of rice noodles beef, chicken, meatballs, various herbs and vegetables in beef broth that has been simmered for seven to 10 hours. Steve Nguyen, owner and chef at Little Saigon Café (1524B W. 23rd St.), says that pho is the most popular dish among KU students at his restaurant. "9 out of 10 students want pho,"
Nguyen says.
Although many enjoy having pho as a hangover food, Nguyen says pho is good for any occasion. "It's good for anytime of the day. It's a very healthy food with natural ingredients and no artificial stuff in it," Nguyen says.
Regular sized bowls are $6.50, and larger bowls are $7.50 to $8.50. Unfortunately, Little Saigon Cafe is closed on Sundays, so you will have to take care of your hangover from Saturday nights some other way, but for those hangovers from Friday nights, try pho. Your body will thank you.
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challenge that many new students face.
"I wasn't meeting people," she said. "I was kind of going through people withdrawals."
Determined to overcome her situation she turned to the Internet. Jankord began to scour through blogs and websites in search of a solution to her problem. Her search first brought her to the 365 Project, an initiative in which participants take one photograph each day for an entire year.
"A lot of people I knew were doing the 365 Project so I decided to do something more original," she said.
Relentlessly, she continued to search until finally she came across something that was new to her and grabbed her attention.
Unlike the 365 Project, 100 Strangers is a project that requires socialization. The first objective of
things, like how they skipped class," Jankord said. "An elderly couple that I met by Potter Lake told me their life story."
She had hoped to be admitted to the School of the Arts to study photography, but was declined. 100 Strangers became an opportunity for her to pursue her love of art as well as to build confidence and overcome the difficulties of meeting new people.
The second half of the project is taking the photo (with permission) of the strangers who shared their story. While meeting new people and collecting the stories of strangers was appealing to Jankord, it was the second half of the project that intrigued her most of all.
Setting out and onto campus
"This project stood out to me because I wanted to do something that involved photography," Jankord said.
Often times it is this fear of rejection that stunts our bravery and keeps us from meeting new people. Overcoming her nerves, Jankord has continued to collect strangers and has now documented the photographs and stories of nearly twenty strangers.
"It was when I got my first rejection that I first got nervous," she said.
ing to talk about themselves.
"It really helped me get out there and meet people," she said.
"I think what she's doing is pretty courageous, daring." Teron Gaumer said after sharing a story with Jankord and becoming one of her strangers.
She remembers not being very nervous in the beginning.
Jankord is not the only student on campus participating in the project.
Collin Baffa, a senior from
Baffa, much like Jankord, began the project as a way to grow as a photographer and to break out of social timidity.
encourage you and you can learn from them."
"In day to day life you walk past so many people and you just have a brief encounter, you don't even notice them," he said. "Now I'm stopping people and getting to know them and it's interesting because they're often a lot more friendly than you would think."
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According to the 100 Strangers page on Flickr, there are currently more than 7,000 participants.
For more information about 100 Strangers, including portfolios of the project's participants, you can visit www.100strangers.com and www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers.
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Kody Collins, a sophomore from Overland Park, enjoys a non-alcoholic White Russian while dressed in character as "The Dude" during The Big Lebowski night at Jaybowl on Thursday. Students enjoyed free popcorn and bowling while watching the movie.
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