European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 13, 1986 stars and stripes Page Bennett alarmed at students drug use Washington a Secretary of education Wil Liam j. Bennett says drug abuse by american schoolchildren is More of a problem than illiteracy. If you Don t learn to read when you re 8, somebody can teach you when you re 9," Bennett said tuesday. If you get caught up in this stuff drug you can Burn out you brain right then and  he decried a Smo Keable form of cocaine called crack which he said is instantly  this is the modern Medusa you get one look an that s it. You re gone he said. Bennett said his staff is preparing a guide to effective ways for parents schools and communities to combat drug abuse. The guide to be ready this summer will be a followup to what works a new Booklet of common sense teaching tips from the department of education. Bennett during a luncheon meeting with reporters expressed alarm at a recent Survey that indicated 17 percent of High school seniors have used cocaine and 43 percent bought their drugs at school. On other matters the education Secretary predicted competency tests for America s 2 million elementary and secondary schoolteachers will be a fact of life within the next five or 10 years All Over the country. Texas on monday forced its 205,000 teachers to take an exam or risk losing their licenses. Arkansas was the Trail Blazer last year and Georgia is planning an exam. Bennett said the tests and incentive pay plans will draw Bright students into the profession not drive them away. Bennett said requests for what works Are fast approaching 150,000, including requests from the govern ment of Japan. I m delighted they ordered the copies but i m not sure they re going to be much surprised Bennett said. Lauding Japan s education system he noted the Jap anese Aren t doing it with smoke and mirrors or through magic. They re doing it through concentrated  the typical class in Japan has As Many As 45 students he said nearly double the Standard size american class but the teachers Are Able to command attention and main Tain order. Teachers in japanese schools seem to be a very con tented lot said Bennett who suggested that some Ameri can teachers take on classes two thirds larger in Exchange for a two thirds increase in pay. On another topic Bennett said he soured on sex Educa Tion 15 years ago when he saw some of the shocking and counterproductive texts schools were using. He said school courses on reproduction should be bolstered by. An emphasis on traditional values personal responsibility and an underlining of the importance of family life and the importance of restraint at a  he said educators should encourage children s own autonomous love of learning but while you Are doing that you must make them learn Willy Nilly whether they want to or  judge says midshipman cannot attend classes Baltimore a a Federal judge refused tuesday to allow a naval Academy senior who flunked a cocaine test to attend classes while the courts decide whether the Academy May dismiss him for his allege drug use. Midshipman  Jeff Bellistri on Mon Day filed suit seeking a temporary re straining order preventing the Navy from discharging him claiming that Academy proceedings following a positive urine test for cocaine were conducted in an arbitrary and capricious manner. Lawyers for Bellistri who has denied any illegal drug use were not allowed to attend administrative hearings held Over the Pas four months. Due process not denied i do not see any denial of due process . District judge Norman p. Ramsey said in refusing to let Bellistri attend class until a hearing tentatively scheduled for Friday on the Academy order which bar Bellistri from class. I do not agree that there was an Obliga Tion on the part of the Navy to permit an attorney to be in the hearing room said Ramsey who questioned his own ability to interfere and make recommendations tothe Secretary of the  the hearing tentatively set for . District judge Frank Kaufman will concern women run lower risk the Academy order that bars Bellistri from classes and extracurricular activities until Navy Secretary John Lehman decides the senior s Case. The Academy superintendent rear  r. Larson recommended Friday that Bellistri be discharged if he refused to resign. Bellistri said he would file a formal a peal probably this week with Lehman. Bellistri s suit named named Larson and. Lehman As defendants. The Navy has denied him fundamental due process said Bellistri s attorney  Brown. When a government Agency takes action against an individual that person has the right to be tried in a fair and orderly fashion. The whole thing was run like Kangaroo  according to naval Academy spokesman it. Cmdr. Stephen h. Clawson the administrative proceedings were thorough fair proper and  while Bellistri had a right to consult with his lawyers outside the hearings he did not have the right to Legal representation during them Clawson said. Bellistri 23, of Severna Park says a nov. 12 urine Sample showing traces of cocaine was either Misla bled or that the drug was put into his food or drink. Midshipman  Jeff Bellistri and his brother Jerry arrive at court in Baltimore. A photo .-Grad doctors most often sued Washington up .-educated doctors Are sued for malpractice twice As frequently As doctors trained abroad and women physicians arc sued half As much As foreign graduates according to a study released tuesday. The study also found that the older the doctor the More Likely he is to be sued and that graduates of some . Medical schools Are far More Likely to be sued than those from other . Schools. The study was conducted by the committee for fairness and Equality in Medicine a non profit new York group that is trying to change the physician licensing system in the United states. It was conducted from 1982 through 1984 and involved 799 physicians. Even i m shocked said executive director Bernard Ferguson a lawyer specializing in medical licensing Law. We had always presumed that our . Schools were of a High Quality and that there was uniformity or homogeneity among  if. You re smart you la get a Young woman who graduated from a foreign school and that s your safest bet he said. The study found that of 1,540 Domestic medical graduates practising in the new York Borough of Queens 448, or 29 percent were sued while 351 or 13 percent of the foreign trained physicians were sued. Graduates of some medical schools were sued eight times More often than graduates of others the study found. The worst performer Middlesex University school of Medicine in Waltham mass., no longer exists the report said. Women composed 16 percent of the total but Only 5 percent Overall were sued. Foreign trained women were one third As Likely to be sued As their foreign male counterparts and .-trained women were nearly half As Likely to be sued As .-trained males. Only 7 percent of .-trained doctors licensed from 1980 through 1982 were sued while 52 percent of those licensed from 1960 through 1969 were sued the report found. The percentage of lawsuits shrank for doctors licensed before those years reaching 9 percent for those licensed before 1929. Ferguson speculated that the lower figures for the oldest groups could be attributed to retire ment. Ferguson said the dual track system for licensing . And foreign trained physicians should be scrutinized. He said . Doctors take one test to be licensed for life in any Branch of Medicine while foreign trained physicians mus take a different test. It appears the Domestic track is More lax he said. He said the report also raised questions about the Way . Medical schools Are accredited and the secrecy under which they conduct their reviews. The study did not determine whether malpractice Actu ally occurred in any of the cases. Army to activate 6th inf div Light Washington a the army will formally name and begin pulling together its fifth and final Light infantry division later this month in Alaska. The new division to be known As the 6th inf div Light will be activated during ceremonies on March 23 and 24 at fort Wainwright outside Fairbanks and fort Richardson near Anchorage. Initially the division s Headquarters will be at fort Richardson the army said but will be moved to fort Wainwright when facilities there Are expanded. The army said the nucleus of the new division will be the 172nd Light inf brigade which is stationed at Richardson and Wainwright. Eventually the army said the 6th inf div will include three infantry brigades a combat aviation brigade and an artillery unit. The army is creating the Light divisions As part of a reorganization designed to improve its ability to deploy troops rapidly in wartime. The new divisions consist of about 10,000 soldiers instead of the Normal 14,000 to 17,000 and travel with less Armor and other heavy equipment. The Light divisions Are Able to deploy worldwide in one third the time and with one third the Airlift sorties of a Standard infantry division the army said