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THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
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arts & features
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
HOROSCOPES
Because the stars
know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
Complete one partnership phase
and begin another with last
night's New Moon in Libra. Share
the load, today and tomorrow
especially. Keep cranking out
good work...your performance
may be evaluated. Earn your
high score.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9
Your actions go farther today and tomorrow. Put your back into it! Complete one project as another begins. Tie up loose ends before starting the next gig. Move up to a new level.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is an 8
Your loved ones encourage you to take on a new challenge.
End one game and dive into the next, even more interesting one.
The odds are in your favor now.
Pursue happiness.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is a 7
Last night's New Moon ends one home phase and begins another. Clean closets, and clear out clutter from the past. Make space for what's next! Celebrate by sharing delicious treats with family.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
You can learn what you need to know. A new stage begins with last night's New Moon in Libra regarding communications. You see your future clearly. Share from your heart, especially today and tomorrow.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Todav is a 9
Today is a 9 Where's all this money coming from? Enter a lucrative phase, with the Libra New Moon. Form partnerships and support each other. What you produce has increased in value to a new clientele. Incite excitement.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
You're gaining authority and confidence today and tomorrow.
Begin a new phase of personal power with the New Moon and Sun in your sign. Capitalize on the flow of ideas. Relax, and make the most of it.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
A new phase in your inner growth and development accompanies the New Moon. Private introspection reaps reward and satisfaction. Wrap up details, review plans, meditate and breathe deeply. Nurture your mind, body and spirit.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an R
One phase ends and a new one begins regarding friends and groups with this New Moon. Work together on solutions and future community goals. Together, your power gets magnified. Pursue impossible dreams and delightful wishes.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7
Capricorn (Dec. 22-19, Jan.
Today is a 7
Assume more responsibility over
the next few days. Level up your
professional status with the New
Woon. Your team can accomplish
great things. Thank them for
past performance with special
recognition.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
The New Moon illuminates the path for your next adventure.
Leave reviews and follow up from previous travel before setting off. Plan for the future. Consider a generous offer. Should you go or should you stay?
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 9
Begin a new phase in fiscal responsibility with this New Moon.
Provide for family. Put your heart and creativity into it. Make long-term decisions, purchases or investments. Sign contracts.
Bring in the big bucks.
Tea, juice bar opens in West Lawrence
MARISSA KAUFMANN
@mariss193
When Lisa Green and her immediate family — her father, sister and 9-year-old niece — were all diagnosed with celiac disease in 2010, they were forced to change their diets and turn to healthier alternatives.
Green, along with her mother, opened t. Loft, a tea and juice bar, last month. It is located at 4801 Bauer Farm Dr. in Lawrence. Everything at t. Loft is homemade, from the drinks to the food, and even the furniture.
Green was inspired to open the location after seeing the success her sister, Jill Minton, had after opening two locations in Kansas City more than a year ago. Green said her sister started drinking a lot of tea to heal her body after she was diagnosed with celiac disease. From this, Minton developed the t. Loft concept.
Green says the restaurant's
initiative is to provide a healthy option and an educational outlet for people both with and without celiac disease.
Green is a Washburn University graduate, but said she is a big KU fan, and decided to open a t. Loft location in Lawrence after living here for 18 years. She said she thought it would be a good resource with convenient, gluten-free food options for college students.
When the location opened, Green said she felt nervous, but excited. She said the entire family was hard at work setting up the restaurant until the opening hour. Green's father bought a fire pit made by Leavenworth prisoners and added long legs and a circular glass cover. He then engraved a KU emblem into its center. Green's brother-in-law made swings that hang from the ceiling. Green said that these elements combined to create "a cozy place to hang out ... a lofty place."
Marybeth Mermis, Green and Minton's mother and store owner of the Lawrence location, said Minton often traveled for business and struggled to find gluten-free options on-the-go. Mermis said many restaurants serve gluten and non-gluten items, but they do not always change their gloves or cutting boards, resulting in cross contamination of the food. Mermis said drinks were also neglected when it came to healthy alternatives at restaurants.
MARYBETH MERMIS
Owner of Lawrence t. Loft
location
ton started selling tea and tea-infused drinks that consisted of fruit and simple syrups at a farmers market, Mermis said. Once her tea business started thriving, she decided to eliminate syrups and any added sugars.
"We are hoping because of our journey, we can help other people too."
After doing thorough research on celiac disease and preventative methods, Mint. Loft offers 28 different kinds of teas, hot or iced, and 15 cleansing juices, as well as smoothies, healthy shooters, protein drinks and clean eats. A unique food t. Loft offers is protein balls. Protein balls consist of nuts, honey, maple, oats and spices and come in flavors such as pecan pie with cashew butter nut crust, peanut butter and Nutella. Healthy desserts such as gluten-free poppy seed muffins and sweet potato brownies are also offered. More traditional menu items include oatmeal, salads and yogurt parfaits. t. Loft added
Minton decided to open a restaurant that would incorporate juices, protein balls, baked goods and other healthy items.
two new protein shakes to the menu as well: almond dream and funky monkey.
t. Loft also offers a cleanse program, where customers can get a daily dose of four juices, homemade almond milk, a salad and a protein ball. The most popular is a three-day cleanse that includes food prepared to be picked up daily by the client before 8:00 a.m.
Beth Young, a Lawrence resident and t. Loft regular, said she has a hard time finding gluten-free options at restaurants and for snacks.
"At first, I freaked out, I was like what . . . am I going to eat," Young said.
Both Young and her daughter have celiac disease, and Young said eliminating these food allergies from their diets has improved their well-being and energy.
"We are hoping because of our journey, we can help other people too," Mermis said.
KU graduate to appear on 'The Daily Show'
Edited by Alyssa Scott
ROCHELLE VALVERDE
@chelleval
"The Daily Show" producers set it up this way: Four Washington Redskins fans who favor keeping the football team's name were invited to a discussion with a cast member. Then, to their surprise, eight Native Americans entered the room and challenged their viewpoints. Ryan Red Corn, a KU graduate and co-founder of a comedy improv group, the 1491s, was one of the eight.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
"It got heated and turned into the predictable cyclical conversation," Red Corn said. "I had a good conversation with one of the fans once the cameras were off. He was really respectful, but I don't think I changed his mind."
Red Corn said appearing on the show was a "microcosm" of what a Native American experiences when going to a Redskins game.
Migiz Pensoneau, Bobby Wilson, Jason Jones and Ryan Red Corn film at a Redskins tailgate as part of an episode for "The Daily Show." Red Corn's episode this week will show what a Native American experiences at a Redskins game.
"The Daily Show" episode is set to air this week, either Wednesday or Thursday. For Red Corn, the appearance is the latest in 14 years of public efforts to add Native American perspectives to the national consciousness.
Red Corn said he was angry
The 1491s, which has five members, is named for the year before Christopher Columbus came to America. The group is one of several projects Red Corn has been involved in since graduating from the University in 2004. A member of the Osage tribe, he was the treasurer of the First Nations Student Association on campus.
"The problem is that narrative is almost empty," Red Corn said. "The narrative is controlled by non-Native entities. That's 150 years of noble savage stuff that gets wrapped up into mascots, films, books, products for butter, themed college parties, gets wrapped up into everything."
He channeled those emotions into his art. Red Corn graduated with a bachelor's degree of fine arts in Visual Communications with an emphasis in graphic design. He immediately started his now defunct T-shirt business.
at that time because he felt University administration was unsupportive of FNSA. He said he felt the local media had portrayed Native Americans unfairly, misquoting them and giving more attention to negative stories than positive ones
"If you look at the art that was on [the T-shirts], it's a lot of super angry activist art," Red Corn said. "It was out of the environment at KU and out of the environment of the high school that I attended in Kansas that really framed up my anger. Really focused my anger into that type of enterprise."
RYAN RED CORN KU graduate
"The narrative is controlled by non-Native entities. That's 150 years of noble savage stuff that gets wrapped up into mascots, films, books, products for butter, themed college parties, gets wrapped up into everything."
a more upbeat approach. He can trace his change in approach to one moment in particular. In 2009, Red Corn appeared in the film "Barking Water," which is a road movie about a dying Native American man trying to reconcile with his family. Red Corn had a comic relief role. He traveled with the film to its screenings and watched the audience members — their reactions to the film and especially what made them laugh. He saw that even in serious matters, humor was powerful.
For example, one of Red Corn's T-shirts depicted the top-hatted character from the board game Monopoly lying on his back in a pool of blood with a knife in his chest above the words "End Poverty." Another design showed an image of Mount Rushmore with "Vandalism" written underneath in spray-paint lettering. Another had "Build Community" with the 'i' dotted with a fist.
These days, Red Corn's takes
"Just watching 300 Natives bust out laughing created an ah-ha moment where I realized how much more powerful that was than what I had been doing and where I was putting my energy," Red Corn said.
Shortly after that, Red Corn and Sterlin Harjo, the writer and director of "Barking Water," co-founded the 1491s, which performs live, most frequently on college campuses. About 100 of the group's comedy sketches can be viewed on its YouTube channel.
In one such video, Red Corn, in a headdress and a loincloth made of dishtowels, dances around an Indian Art Market in Santa Fe, N.M. He said the video is a parody of the commercialization of Native art work.
Red Corn said he uses humor to increase a message's reach because it makes it more palatable.It's more effective in getting people to modify their behavior.
"People are willing to listen longer if they're entertained" Red Corn said. " The Daily Show' uses the exact same tactic."
Red Corn and Harjo also created a short film "Smiling Indians." The film seeks to diversify visual images of Native Americans. The project was featured on Indian Country Today Media Network and
twice on NPR.
Red Corn is also the art director at Buffalo Nickel Creative, an advertising agency headquartered in his hometown of Pawhuska, Okla., on the Osage Nation reservation. Red Corn co-founded the company, which specializes in web branding for Native American businesses.
Red Corn's work represents a change in how Native Americans have been portrayed throughout history. He said that almost everything published about Native Americans for the last 150 years came from this process of a white person talking to a Native American and writing down what they thought they meant. That author then has to go through a white editor, publisher and distributer, to ultimately be sold to white consumers.
Red Corn said it's not just a lack of diversity in the media; it's the numbers. Native Americans don't represent a big enough advertising base, and that element of the economy dictates the narrative.
Red Corn said the democratization of the Internet is what allows for a different process with a new set of messages.
"No one's telling us what to say," Red Corn said. "No one's telling us what should or shouldn't go in there and no one's telling us who has access to it, because we're putting it out there for everybody to see."
"The Daily Show" will be Red Corn's biggest stage yet. He said he's unsure how much it will show of the discussion or a trip they made to a Redskins tailgate, but he said it advances his goal. Red Corn said "The Daily Show" recognizes humor can be an avenue for social change and is one of the best at using it in that way.
"The Daily Show" is on the top of that pile." Red Corn said. "They've really mastered that as a craft. It's amazing to watch. It's phenomenal how much great content they kick out. It's just awesome to be considered to be worthy of being recognized in that same capacity."
Edited by Kelsey Phillips
KWANG HYUN
@khvun UDK
Cibo Sano offers new way to serve Italian food
Dan Blomgren opened his first business in 1988, just three months, after he graduated from the University. Recently he opened an Italian restaurant, Cibo Sano Italian Grille, at 4821 West 6th St., near the intersection of 6th and Wakarusa. The white and maroon interior of the restaurant operates like an Italian version of Chipotle. The restaurant offers a new way to enjoy Italian food through a variety of toppings and ingredients that customers can add to their selected main dish — cibos, which are hand-rolled flat breads, pasta bowls or salads.
Blomgren said he decided to open up his restaurant in Lawrence because he was raised here. Blomgren graduated from the University in 1988 with a degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences. He has been living in Lawrence since 1983, which he said has allowed him to become familiar with the area.
Blomgren's first business started as small liquor store, but quickly grew into what is now known as Cork and Barrel, located at 2000 W. 23rd St., next to Cici's Pizza. After his success with the first Cork and Barrel, he opened his second location on 9th and Mississippi Street in 2001. Blomgren sold both locations at the end of 2008 after he gained interest in pursuing a different style of business restaurants.
"I believe in my product," Blongren said. He said after selling the liquor stores, he had extra time on his hands and took up cooking for fun until he realized it turned into a passion. He has been serving his food to his family and friends for a long time and the feedback has always been positive.
"I came up with the idea several years ago, and I was waiting for the economy to improve," he said. Until Blomgren landed his busily and friends for a long time and the feedback has always been positive.
Blomgren opened Cibo Sano Italian Grille on Sept. 16, after three months of redesigning the interior and ordering equipment for the restaurant. Cibo Sano officially took over the space that was formerly a Quizno's in June. Blomgren said it's his first restaurant he owns and manages by himself.
ness at its current location, he said he had to sit on the side-line until the space became available.
Lindsy Stroda, an employee at Cibo Sano, said she enjoys her time at the restaurant and started working the day it opened.
"I thought it was a really cool idea in the beginning," she said. "Dan is a really cool guy. He is definitely a businessman for sure, but he is also a people's guy as well. He always brings a cool vibe to our workplace."
- Edited by Logan Schlossberg
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