European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 4, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 aspiring chefs protest taking cooking test new York not some of the 1,850 aspiring chefs at the culinary Institute of America the famous cooking school in Hyde Park n.y., Are unhappy about a new requirement for graduation preparing a meal. The cooking test in which a student is Given a mys Tery Basket of raw ingredients has always been required now after the second term in the five term pro Gram. But it is the addition of the final exam that has brought the protests. You re so close to graduation already and they have your $15,000 tuition complained 25-year-old Meagan Barnard who said she had failed a test in which the ingredients Given her included stale veal and Slimy asparagus. Until then her Grade average in the 21 month course had been 90. A tempest in a Teapot said the Dean of academic services Vincent Bankoski. People always balk at some thing new he said and every College in the country reserves the right to modify its  tests not Only verify students skills he added but they also make sure the 90-member faculty is maintain ing standards. Each student being tested gets a different piece of meat in the mystery Basket of ingredients. Barnard said her veal and asparagus were not intentionally offered stale As a Challenge. But she asserted that the rules were not the same for each group being tested. Her group she said Drew lots to determine what cooking methods to use. She braised her veal she said. Then she put in too much Rosemary Overly peppered the soup and under cooked the Broccoli and carrots. That at least was the teacher s verdict which Barnard does not dispute. Her Grade on the test was 78, two Points below passing. Failing a second test would have meant academic suspension for a year. But like others in the fifth term who have retaken the test so far she passed with an 80 although her flounder was said not to be Crisp enough. Protests Cable to scrambling dish caravan7 Heads for Nashville Nashville Tenn. A satellite dish dealers plan to lug hundreds of 10 and 12-foot dishes to the state Capitol to protest signal scrambling by Cable companies an organizer says. The newly formed Tennessee satellite dealers association plans to take the dish caravan to legislative Plaza on wednes Day the eve of congressional hearings on scrambling in Washington. We Hope to bring attention to the issues involved in scrambling and also Call Atten Tion to the events taking place the next Day in Washington said Bill Brittain the Deal ers executive director. He said the association was formed with chapters in Memphis Knoxville and Nash Ville to protest scrambling by Home Box office and cinemas two Premium movie channels. Other Cable stations also plan scram bling. Decoder needed dish owners can receive signals from Hob and cinemas Only by buying a $395 decoder and paying the full Price of the Cable service he said and they re concerned about the unreasonable Cost of the services. We. Have always advocated paying for the program services but to have to pay a 1,000 percent markup when the Cable companies Are paying just a few dollars for a service which they resell to subscribers is ridiculous he said. Sen. Albert Gore jr., d-Tenn., introduced a Bill in the Senate that Calls for Cable companies to offer programs to satellite dish owners at a fair and reasonable  rep. Jim Cooper d-Tenn., is a sponsor to satellite system signals from satellites Are transmitted in microwave frequencies 3700 to 4200 Mhz. The signals Are collected in a dish Antenna often made of Metal fiber Glass or even plastic and reflected to the Seedhom where the signal is amplified and converted to a lower frequency and sent by coaxial Cable to the receiver which feeds the transmission to the television set. Dish Positioner Arm Chicago Tribune graphic by Don Krohn source Chicago Tribune news reports of a similar Bill in the House. The Federal communications commis Sion would Rule on the fairness of the Bill ing. Other proposed Bills would Call for a two year moratorium on scrambling and for subscription fees for Home dish owners not to exceed fees charged to local Cable companies. The House telecommunications subcommittee is scheduled to begin hearings thursday on the scrambling Issue. Parents raise funds of bar aids victim Kokomo ind. A a group of parents who want to keep aids victim Ryan White out of school raised enough Money at an auction sunday to continue its Legal Battle officials said. Howard circuit judge Alan Brubaker last week ordered the parents who requested a temporary restraining order to bar Ryan from school to Post a $12,000 Bond by 4 . Monday to cover damages and Legal expenses incurred by the teen Ager and his family should the Case be dismissed. Concerned citizens and parents of Western Middle school raised $5,000 in a door to door Campaign bake sales and other fund raisers last week and sunday received at least $7,000 from an auction held at the school s gym said chairwoman Mitzie Johnson. About 1,000 people attended the auction where items donated by local residents and businesses ranged from Antiques and appliances to bicycles Johnson said. Funds in excess of the $12,000 will go toward the group s Legal expenses and aids research she said. Ryan who contracted acquired immune deficiency syndrome through blood treat ments for his Haemophilia returned to his seventh Grade classes feb. 21 after a county health officer ruled his condition posed no threat to others. Later that Day Brubaker granted parents a temporary restraining order to keep Ryan out of further classes. The 14-year-old boy who had been monitoring classes via a Telephone link had been out of school since december 1985, when his aids was diagnosed. Maneesh s belongings sold to pay expenses Lacuna Beach Calif. Up the belongings of Bhagwan Shree Raj Nemesh including a Silver flute and a dul Cimer were auctioned off sunday by his followers to help pay the guru s Legal expenses. His sunglasses fetched about $60 a pair said a Rajneesha Follower and staff member at the Usava Rajneesha meditation Center who is known Only by the name sat Gyana. Rajneesha who pleaded guilty last year to two of 35 counts of arranging Sham marriages to circumvent . Immigration Laws left his Oregon commune in novem Ber aboard his private Jet. He is now in Crete giving discourses every Day and praying Swami Anand Sang Ito said. He said he later plans to visit his follow ers in other european countries. He left behind 85 Rolls Royce Auto mobiles As Well As expensive jewelry and other items All of which have been sold. The guru reportedly still keeps 10 Rolls royces in Nepal. On sunday most of what was left was auctioned off to a crowd estimated at 500 about half of them Rajneesha disciples. It s All precious because it s been used by the Bhagwan said another Rajneesha Follower known Only As Avab Hasa. It s not often we get a Chance to see something that the Bhagwan has graced let alone Purchase  the flute went for $650 and the dul Cimer a zither like string instrument for $450. Exotic fabrics which had been intended for the guru s Robes but never used went for for As much As $80 a Yard. A Gold ornament from the guru s chair failed to draw a single bid at the mini mum Price of $7,000, sat Gyana said. The proceeds of the auction As Well As the previous sales will go to to pay for last year s Legal expenses for which no Esti mate was available sat Gyana said. Many of the More expensive items were sold Over the last two months in private transactions in Europe and the United states. Hispanic organization joins in Coors economic agreement Denver a the nation s largest Volunteer hispanic organization says it will join a coalition of other hispanic groups in an agreement with the Adolph Coors co. Under which the brewery is to pump $325 million into the hispanic Community. Oscar Moran National president of the league of United latin american citizens said saturday that he and six Lilac vice presidents agreed to join the Trade pact which went into effect in october 1984 when it was ratified by the coalition. The agreement Calls for Coors to support scholarships Deposit funds in hispanic owned Banks and do business with hispanics. It builds another Bridge for the hispanic Community with corporate America said Moran whose group founded in 1929, has 110,000 members. The coalition that signed the 1984 agreement included the National Council of la Raza the . Hispanic chamber of Commerce the american . Forum image and the cuban planning Council. Coors was criticized by minorities after chairman William Coors made what some perceived As racist remarks at a luncheon of hispanic and Black leaders in february 1984. The Golden based company negotiated a $325 million economic agreement with Black groups later that year. Moran said his group delayed Sanction of the hispanic pact for almost 18 months because we were sensitive to the concerns of others and we wanted to research and carefully evaluate All