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Thursday, February 8, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
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Section A·Page 3
WHEN JAVA IS NOT ENOUGH
Coffee shop opening bar addition
By Erin Adamson writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Dave Boulter, owner of Henry's coffee shop, 11 E. Eighth St., stared approvingly at the fruit of two years work—the upstairs of his coffee shop, which will open as a European-style bar and histro this month
And people are ready for the upstairs to open. Boulter said.
Boultier is one step closer to opening the bar because the Lawrence City Commission granted Henry's a liquor license on Tuesday.
"This one kid walked up here and said, 'My friend in Paris has a bar just like this,'" he said. "It's meant to be a quiet, bar extension of the coffee shop."
Stan Handshy, Erie junior, said he was a regular customer at the coffee shop.
"I know quite a few people who have been waiting for it to open up for a long time," Handshy said.
The raspberry and navy walls are still dusty and construction equipment is scattered in the front rooms, but Boulter said he was close to being ready to open. To keep its liquor license, Henry's has to make 55 percent of its money from food sales to comply with city requirements.
Henry's coffee shop, which opened in Oct. 1998, has always offered coffee and sandwiches. The coffee shop will keep its menu, but the upstairs bar and restaurant will have a full kitchen and restaurant seating.
Jennifer Lair of Lawrence will be the chef for Henry's upstairs. Lair, a former cook at Paradise Cafe, 728 Massachusetts St., runs her own catering business, Jezebel Catering.
"It's going to be a limited menu, changing virtually every day," she said.
Lair said the menu would be eclectic and would range from vegetarian fare to steak.
She said the upstairs would serve lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday, and possibly breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Entrees would range from $6 to $15.
Boulter said the bar would focus on new and interesting gins and vodkas, desert and port wines, and specialty coffees.
He said some long-time Henry's baristas would also be bartenders, but he would also hire some new employees.
"We're trying to get bartenders from all walks of life," Boulter said.
Adam Robinson, Northbrook. Ill. sophomore and Henry's business manager, said he liked the idea of the added space.
"Every night we have to turn people away," Robinson said. "I think it will give more people a chance to have a coffee or a drink."
Boulter said Henry's also planned to decorate its walls with work from local artists.
"We're going to have all kinds of art shows," he said. "We're going to continue that from the coffee shop."
Boulter said the last major obstacle was the installation of a fire escape from the second story to the alley, so the upstairs bar would meet city fire codes. Workers installed the fire escape yesterday.
In addition to remodeling the upstairs of Henry's, Boulter said he would turn the brick and stone basement into a bar and jazz club. He said he expected the basement to be done this spring.
—Edited by Jacob Roddy
Henry's coffee shop owners Dave Boulter and Sue Mee toast to the upcoming opening of their new bar. The bar, located above the coffee shop at 11 E. Eighth St., is scheduled to open within three weeks. Photo by Jamie Roper/KANSAN
Outreach bill divides Student Senate
By Brooke Hesler and Lauren Brandenburg
Kansan staff writers
Justin Mills hopes things will be different this time around.
The bill must be approved by the full Senate next week in order to take effect.
Mills, Lansing senior, is co-sponsoring a bill that would require student senators to complete three outreach assignments per semester. Last night Student Senate University Affairs and Student Rights committees approved the bill. A similar bill, also co-sponsored by Mills, a holdover senator, failed in Student Senate last semester.
Justin Marz, an engineering senator who also co-sponsored the bill and Lawrence senior, said changes made to the bill earlier this semester should satisfy some complaints from last semester when the bill failed.
"The reason the bill failed last time was because we didn't have a good way to enforce it." Marz said.
The bill would give the Outreach Board discretion regarding what is considered a worthy outreach assignment. An example of an outreach assignment would be anything from attending meetings related to the constituency group or holding forums for the constituents to discuss issues.
Some committee members said they feared the Outreach Board
would become overloaded, but Marz disagreed.
"Obviously this isn't going to be effective immediately." Marz said. "It needs some transition time so people can get used to the change."
Jayme Aschemeyer, Nunemaker senator and Wiggins, Colo., freshman, said she was concerned the bill could not be enforced fairly.
"One of the arguments we're making against the housing ordinance is that it can't be enforced. Isn't this inconsistent with that?" Aschemey said. "We can't press this. Is the board going to call 80 organizations a semester to see if people have been doing their outreach?"
Mills said senators should be trusted to be honest about their attendance.
Amber Ratliff, non-traditional senator and Lawrence senior, said the bill automatically assumed senators weren't doing their jobs. She also said making sure senators were meeting with their constituents shouldn't be Senate's job.
"People are smart enough to vote you in and vote you out if you're not doing your job," she said. "Isn't this democratic? If I'm in touch with my constituents, can't they do something about that?"
The bill also puts emphasis on senators being present at the beginning and end of roll call at Senate meetings and attending office hours. Right now, senators are required to attend
STUDENT SENATE
What happened: Student Senate committees approved a bill requiring senators to complete three outreach assignments per semester.
- What it means; if passed by the full Senate, senators would be punished if they didn't serve office hours, missed roll call at meetings or did not complete three outreach assignments.
- What's next: The bill will go to full Senate for a vote during Senate's next meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
one office hour per week.
If a senator misses either the begin ning or ending roll call, it would count as half of an absence. Senators are required to be in the Senate office for one hour per week minimum. If a senator misses his or her office hour, it would also be counted as half of an absence. And each outreach assignment missed would count as one absence.
After two unexcused absences or three absences of any kind, the senator would be suspended.
The Finance and University Affairs committees approved a bill allocating $10,840 to the Student Lecture Series Board for a guest speaker. Ralph Nader, Ruben Carter, Dave Barry and Bernard Shaw are possible speakers.
In other business:
The Finance and University Affairs committees approved a bill granting $387 to Soma, a student organization for people questioning religious beliefs.
- The Finance and Multicultural Affairs committees approved a bill giving $810 to the Pakistani Cultural Club's Mixed Malsala, a night of cultural learning.
The Finance and Multicultural Affairs committees approved a bill allocating $5,278 to the First Nations Student Association for the American Indian Big 12 Conference and the 2001 KU Powwow.
The Finance and Student Rights committees approved a bill granting $2,001 for the Global Justice 2001 Conference.
The Finance and University Affairs committees approved a bill allocating $287 to the Sociology Club.
The Finance and University Affairs committees approved a bill giving $255 to the Fellowship and Learning Organization for the Study of the Subaltern.
The Finance and University Affairs committees approved a bill allocating $2,000 to the elections commission.
The Student Rights committee approved a bill supporting the Center for Community Outreach's application to be included in the group of organizations that receive optional campus fees.
Edited by Brandy Straw
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