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Missing pieces Brigham Young University
China’s so in Vicki Ho discusses luxury
Measuring education Two SU alumni start a pilot
Scoop it up Thanks to junior guard Scoop
receives a box of human skull pieces. Page 7
brands beginning to set up in China. Page 5
program this semester to help disadvantaged kids develop good reading and eating habits. Page 9
Jardine’s career-high 27 points, Syracuse defeated Detroit 66-55. Page 20
Engineer chronicles relief work By Breanne Van Nostrand Staff Writer
andrew renneisen | staff photographer Bernard Amadei , founding president of Engineers Without Borders-USA, elaborates on the limited access 90 percent of the world has to technology needed for certain infrastructure in the last University Lecture on Tuesday. He noted the particular joy his work has given children.
When Bernard Amadei saw a little girl in Belize forced to carry water rather than go to school, he used his engineering background to help her village, which had no water supply. Engineers have to hold public welfare above all else, combining the heart and mind for the greater good, Amadei said during his lecture titled “Engineering for the Developing World: From Crisis to Development.” Amadei, a civil engineering professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder and founding president of the Engineers Without Borders-USA organization, closed this semester’s University Lecture series with his talk Tuesday. In that village in Belize, Amadei and eight students installed a pump to supply drinking water to the 250 residents with a $14,000 budget, he said. And the positive impact on the village was noticeable. Girls who were previ-
see amadei page 6
Customers, owners reflect on 36 years of King David’s Interest in free By Michael Boren Asst. News Editor
Jack Yuan sits a few steps away from the kitchen in the back corner of King David’s Restaurant, the same place he has sat every day since 1981. Finishing his meal next to a table where the restaurant’s co-owner talks, he compares the Middle Eastern food to those of other countries. The falafel is just like the falafel in Jerusalem, and the hummus is like that of Beirut, he said. From Yuan’s perspective, one of the restaurant’s co-owners, Milad Hatem, has not changed much in three decades. “Milad doesn’t look older than 30 years ago,” Yuan said. But family members say 76-year-
old Hatem is nearing retirement age and that King David’s, a restaurant that has served Middle Eastern cuisine on Marshall Street since 1974, may give way to a Chipotle Mexican Grill. Some customers have eaten at King David’s for decades and said they would be upset to see it go. The Syracuse Common Council unanimously approved Chipotle’s proposal to replace King David’s on Nov. 8. King David’s would lease the building to Chipotle under the new deal, which is not finalized. Chipotle has talked to the family-owned restaurant for eight months, said Milad’s son, Charlie, who has worked at King David’s for 25 years. “We’re not really 100 percent sure if that’s what we want to do yet,”
Charlie said. “It’s hard to let go of a business that you’ve been a part of for so many years.” If the restaurant completes the deal, Charlie will take over King David’s and try to relocate it in the Syracuse University or downtown Syracuse area as a smaller operation, he said. The economy has already taken a toll on King David’s, which saw its number of dinnertime customers drop when the recession hit, Milad said. He did not have an exact number on the decrease. But he said the restaurant still sees customers from around the world. “Every day I have a lot of people from different countries,” he said. “Greek, Turkish, Italian — you
know, it’s mixed.” The restaurant’s look has changed since it first opened in the 1970s. Where the kitchen is now, there used to be five stairs leading up to a room that resembled a “cave,” Charlie said. The room had a lopsided floor, a dark red carpet, cracked walls, orange leather seats and tables that could hold 30 to 40 customers. “The tables were so close together, but people loved sitting in that room,” Charlie said. Outside of that room, archways separated the cooking area from the seating area. The whole building resembled a house turned into a restaurant, Charlie said. But that all changed on SU’s gradsee king david’s page 6
student legal counseling low By Bianca Graulau Contributing Writer
For students with landlords who did not refund their security deposit or roommates who failed to pay the rent, recovering their money through a small claims court is a possibility. But a 37-year-old program from the Syracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group has not received any calls from students this semester
see nypirg page 6