European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 14, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 the Tam.  a. Bund hear Konrad Bic Wajd Ell Abou Chr fund Lons and operation of Chr i a body. A Itric Ald right Speaks Mph students Marie o Brien of Bonn and Curtis Wossell of Darmstadt to right Desmond Kueper presents facts Ghoul Lle bundestag. Students get close look at German democracy Story and photos by i. Emmett Lewis  writer Bonn a Ludonis taking their final exams. Norma except for inc environment. As the Busload of sleepy College students bumped its Way through icy darkness heading Home to Darm Stadt Germany the instructor had announced brightly now we come to the fun part of the Day. A Little  More than 50 students pored Over exams under the bus s Reading lights As they left the German capital. It was a quiet conclusion to a Busy two Day University of Maryland seminar on modern Germany. Sunday classroom lectures were followed by a Mon Day trip to Bonn to see the bundestag House of representatives and the bund sral roughly the equivalent of the Senate in action. This seminar brings it All to life for the students Darcy s. Cole a University student and staffer said. To go and actually see what they Are Laski no about makes it a  clearer. You actually sit in the Lind is rat. Being there is the most important part of the learning she said. Ten minutes in front of the bundestag is Worth 10 hours in class said course instructor George Nib Bletl. Getting to see the political environment was important Cole said. Bonn s a quiet Little place not like Washington at  the seminar gave the american students a unique they work. The class was i old during an american Holiday so the students could Sec inc capital at work but Many German officials were attending a meeting in Berlin be Blell said. The seminar was mostly funded by the German government through the Friedrich Naumann foundation. I he foundation is one of four political party affiliated organizations through which inc German govern ment gives Grants for civic education to German an International students. The seminar has been held Only twice before wit the assistance of the foundation no Bletl said. During inc seminar students received free textbooks and re search material the bus trip Tours of the bundestag and bundesrat. A free lunch and a presentation at the ministry of defense. This is a very important part of the work that we do said foundation representative Gerhart Raichle we try to build a trans Atlantic dialogue promoting Good relations not Only on the government level but also on the social  it is important to stress the differences Between the governments in order to belter understand them he said. Raichle talked with the students about the organization and functions of the political parties in Ger Many. Students came from cities All Over Germany to at tend the course including Schweinfurt Heilbronn Wiesbaden. Mannheim Darmstadt. . A Cheim and Bonn. In.? an � Nobl ". The lecturers in the seminar non profit research Urgani action Konrad Eicwald a Public relations official for the bundesrat foundation representative Raichle Desmond Kueper. A bundestag visitor  representative . Col. Hans Juergen Kau iceberg. A German air Force representative from the ministry of defense and Richard Goldberg a political science instructor with the University of Maryland. The people Here in this class Are the ones who want to make Contact with the German culture said Utulo Kirst who was a civil servant fur Mure than 30years. The americans have Little Contact with germans generally said Kirsly. We have been living together since 45. In reality we have been living  you live with us Here and you wonder what Ger mans really think. I think americans have the right to no or. Of a germ what germans Are think ing. Kirst said he hoped he could give the student a better understanding of the German political system and of who their German neighbors arc. Kirst was concerned that the anti american move ment might give the impression that most germans want the americans to leave. We know very Well hat we need the Friendship of the american nates. Only the extremists think this must not  i had very Good questions Here Wilh this group Kirst said. A student asked How Long will the americans Stayr s e included Otto Kirs an attorney and former he in Here in Germany stay Opportunity to be taught by people who work in Ger state Secretary acid Maric Sherman an a Coromis,.man government and to see the environment in which who Heads a business Cycle  a their Borders " v urm