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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, October 21, 1998
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Mexican menu spices up downtown
Richelle Eastman, shift manager for Z-Teca, prepares a chicken taco. Z-Teca, 742 Massachusetts St., recently joined the downtown Lawrence eatery scene. Photo by Tara Bradley/KANSAN
Z-Teca restaurant offers healthy choices
A new Mexican restaurant is looking to spice up the downtown eatery scene.
Z-Teca Fresh Mexican Grill, 742 Massachusetts St., opened its first location in Lawrence last month.
By Chris Fickett
Kansan staff writer
Bruce Marano, Lawrence Z-Teca franchise owner, said Z-Teca provided gourmet Mexican food and quick service in a casual environment.
Z-Teca's menu offers burritos, tacos, fajitas, salads, draft beer and margaritas.
Marano said Z-Teca's food was made from scratch and assembled in front of the customer.
Z-Teca does not use fryers, lard or animal fat. All food is either broiled, baked or sauteed. Marano said.
"It's very healthy," he said
Marano said a healthy item on Z-Teca's menu was their naked burrito. It includes all of the regular ingredients of a burrito, except for the tortilla, which is the most fattening item, he said.
Z-Teca offers a choice of beans, sour
cream, cheese and one of five different salsas with their 14 different types of burritos. Customers can add or remove items on request. Marano said.
"We're not competing with Taco Bell and we're not competing with the full-service, sit-down restaurants," he said.
Z-Teca customers can experience the quick service of a fast-food restaurant, but Marano said Mexican tiles and artwork offer a nicer dining-in atmosphere.
"The way I see it, my problems are right here in my four walls," he said.
R. J. Samuels, owner of Dos Hombres restaurant, 815 New Hampshire St., said although there were an abundance of Mexican food establishments in Lawrence, he was not concerned with competition.
Samuels, who opened Dos Hombres in 1980, said keys to his business' success were providing good food, a pleasant atmosphere, good service and new menu items.
Z-Teca is a Denver-based corporation with more than 30 restaurants nationwide, with branches in Dallas and Phoenix, as well as Kansas City and Denver. Marano, who owns four other Z-Teca restaurants in the Kansas City area, said he is hoping to open five more of them by next June.
Mentor program guides freshmen women
By Steph Brewer
Kansan staff writer
The Emily Taylor Women's Center wants freshmen women to get connected.
The center is accepting applications for a mentoring program that pairs freshman women with female faculty and staff members, said center director Kathy Rose-Mockry. The program was started last year by former center director, Barbara Ballard.
"It was designed to reach out to freshmen and sophomore women particularly because that's the group of women most likely not to get the support they need and the connections they need to stay at the University." Rose-Mockry said.
So far, she said about 60 participants had signed up for this year. Women begin the program as freshmen and continue to be a part of the program their sophomore year.
She said participants in the program were required to meet at least three times a semester with their respective mentors and attend a
minimum of two workshops. This year, she said the program would be more social so that program participants had the opportunity to meet one another.
Sandra Albrecht, director of women's studies, served as a mentor last year and will continue to do so. She said last year's experience was positive largely because of her mentee. She said she enjoyed the program because of the opportunity to work with the student one-on-one.
"It's sort of a fuler relationship," she said.
She said although she acted at times like a co-mother, she was careful to let her mentee approach her about concerns.
"What's very important to me is that our students always feel very safe, and that we not invade their privacy," she said. "I think it's the job of the mentee to figure out what they want."
Kendra Seaman, Wichita sophomore, said she liked the program because it provided her with an objective adult advice.
"What's very important to me is that our students always feel very safe, and that we not invade their privacy."
Sandra Albrecht Director of women's studies
"It was really nice to have someone to talk to other than teachers or my parents," she said.
Kimberly Grassmeyer, assistant director of student housing, said she wanted to become a mentor because of women in her life who had been supportive of her.
Grassmeyer said although this mentorship didn't pair students with mentors in their academic fields, the program still was beneficial.
"There are still some almost universal questions women face when they're thinking of becoming professional," she said.
Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, director of the Freshman/Sophomore Advising Center, said she had been a freshman at the University of Kansas from a small town, and she understood the difficulties of adjusting.
"I know that being a new student, whatever your gender, is a challenging issue," she said.
She said it was important for women to know they could balance a career and family, and by having women mentors they could see this was possible. She also said she would like to see more mentoring programs develop.
Susan Elkins, assistant director of the organizations and leadership center, said she was working on adding a component to the program that would match Jewish women students with Jewish faculty. She said this would be the first more focused group that would follow the original program's structure.
Freshmen women interested in the program should call 864-3552 or go to the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, 115 Strong Hall.
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