Wednesday, July 8, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
City offers bits of world
Far-flung places are brought near
By Beth Janes Kansan staff writer
July 4 has come and gone like a fizzled firecracker, and it's to spice up the summer and experience Lawrence's international flavor.
Several stores and restaurants in town will leave you feeling as if you have traveled the world without leaving Lawrence.
Jerusalem Cafe, 1021 Massachusetts St., has offered Lawrence residents a taste of the Middle East for more than two years. Traditional Middle Eastern music plays in the background while customers eat hummus, kabobs or one of several vegetarian selections.
Sami Azzeh, restaurant manager, said that the cafe had won numerous awards for its food from the Kansas City Star and Pitch Weekly. He said that in the fall belly dancers would entertain diners every Wednesday night.
Africa Adorned, 5 E. Seventh St., imports many items from faraway places. The small store smells of incense and is packed with jewelry and knickknacks.
"We have great stuff. I'll get comments from people who say the store has the best selection and lowest prices anywhere," said Elizabeth Kurata, store owner. "People always say they can't find any place like it."
Kurata started her business in 1995 when she returned to Lawrence, her hometown, after living in East Africa for 10 years. During its first year, the store sold only items imported from Africa. Later, Kurata began selling jewelry and other imports from other international locations.
"People just weren't interested in African merchandise," she said. "But business now, after 13 years, just keeps getting better and better."
While Africa and Europe are many miles apart, it is only a short walk from Africa Adorned to Brits, 732 Massachusetts St. Brits sells British goods and rents British videos.
"We sell regular food that you would find in Britain," said Sally Helm, Brits co-owner. "Chips, sausage, cheeses — things you would find if you were to go grocery shopping there."
Darren Ward and Matt Barr, both from England, are in the United States this summer coaching soccer. They were almost giddy walking through the store pointing out familiar items.
"We drove past last night and thought we'd have a hook in." Ward said. "They've got things in here we'd have at home."
Helm and Susie Pryor, co-owner considered different retail concepts before deciding to open Brits.
"We both have visited Britain many times and loved it," she said. "We talked to people and realized others had the same interest."
Helm and Pryor are opening Au Marche in August at 19 W. 9th St.
Unlike Brits, Au Marche will sell primarily gourmet European food and British cheeses.
Helm said she thought Lawrence was a great place for multicultural stores and restaurants.
Darren Ward, a soccer coach visiting Lawrence from London, finds familiar items while shopping at Brits, 732 Massachusetts 5t. Photo by Bex Janes / KANSAN.
"Lawrence isn't your typical Kansas town. There is such a mix of cultures and people," she said.
Chemists react well to lab work
By Julie Sachs Kansan staff writer
Thirteen chemistry students from across the country are making the University of Kansas their home for the summer.
The students are participants in the Research Experience for Undergraduates program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation.
For 10 weeks, students learn how to integrate themselves into the culture of a lab and how to solve problems as a team, said Barbara Schowen, professor of chemistry.
"It's been a great experience so far. I'm learning a lot of research techniques," said Aaron Wrobski, Oglesby, Ill., junior from Luther College.
An oral report detailing the progress, problems and results of each group is presented halfway
through the summer. During the final week of the program, the students display posters illustrating the conclusions of their research, Schowen said.
In addition to lab experience, students receive grants from the program that pay for expenses.
"Generally the grant pays $2,800 in cash for the summer." Schowen said. "This time the students also get room and board."
Participants are living in Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall.
The National Science Foundation also pays for the participants to enroll in one credit hour each, and the Foundation pays up to $300 for travel expenses, Schowen said.
Universities throughout the country serve as host sites for the program. The University has been a host site for 10 years.
Students who wish to participate in the program can apply at several
host sites.
The host schools have the final say in student acceptance. Many students who applied to study at the University during the summer were turned away.
"We got about 100 applicants from this program, and we chose 13," Schowen said.
Those who were accepted by the University each said they had a different reason for coming here.
Wrobleski said that coming to the University connected him to his own college.
"The guy I'm working with, Paul Hanson, is a Luther grad," he said. But Laura Hamilton, Liberty, Mo., junior from William Jewell College said that coming to the University had been a good experience for a different reason.
Students who want to be considered for the program must complete an application and write a short essay stating why they should be chosen. Applicants also need to submit transcripts and two letters of recommendation, Schowen said.
"I realized I can be successful in the lab and on a big campus," Hamilton said. "I have enjoyed the independence."
The applications then go before a committee of five faculty members. This committee ranks the students in order of preference.
"We are looking for students with a B average in science courses," Schowen said. "We like them to have the equivalent of three years of chemistry behind them."
The National Science Foundation also wants host schools to include students from smaller schools and other various groups, Schowen said.
"We hope it's a nice mix of men and women," Schowen said. "We try to get the under-represented as well."
Professor takes activist approach to Amazon natives
By Graham K. Johnson
Kansan staff writer
To western society, Bartholomew Dean, with his stylist attire and Harvard education, is a paragon of culture and success.
But to the Urarina (oo-ra-wreena) peoples of the Peruvian Amazon he's known as the "old, fat man" or "peeled-potato guy." And that is fine with Dean.
"When you see yourself from other people's eyes, it often alleviates this arrogance and perspective that white European is always No.1," Dean said.
Dean, University of Kansas assistant professor of anthropology, has lived with, studied and helped the Urarina people on and off for 10 years. Wednesday, Dean and his wife Michelle McKinley, a researcher at the Museum of Anthropology, will leave for Peru for a six-month stay with the Urarina, who live in the back country areas of the Peruvian region of Loreto.
Dean is going as the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland's 1998-1999 Fellow in Urgent Anthropology. One $15,000 grant is given every year to do research on indigenous peoples who are threatened or never have been studied. Dean will spend the second half of the year in London writing and delivering a report.
In addition to the research, Dean said the focus of the trip would be to establish a foundation for a bilingual education program.
"Anthropologists, historically have studied people like this, but have not always been concerned about the long-term welfare of these people," Dean said.
Dean received this mind set, as well as his doctoral degree, from Harvard in 1995. After witnessing a Cholera outbreak among the Urarina, he became convinced that he had to get more involved.
In 1995, he and McKinley estab
lished the Amazonian Peoples Resource Initiative. The program has since offered health education, conservation and food resource programs. The Initiative is a private, non-profit organization housed in Spooner Hall.
Dean said that there are those that charge that this activist approach disrupts native cultures. Dean thinks it is a matter of balance.
Cultural Survival is a Massachusetts organization whose goal is to protect and defend the rights and cultural autonomy of indigenous people. Amy Stoll, managing editor of the Cultural Survival Quarterly, said that the merit of such interventionist programs depended on the intentions of the activists and the desires of the peoples.
"If they have expressed a need or a desire to improve the health or educational system of their community, then sure, that's good." Stoll said. "But as far as going in and telling them they need to build a school, then that's not the best approach."
Dean said he felt like the Urarina still wanted his help and that he would know his job was done when they told him to leave. But Dean said that it was not so much about helping them as it was about learning from them, particularly the value of community consciousness.
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