European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday August 30,1986 Munich Campus reports slight drop in enrolment world today by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Munich the University of Maryland s Munich Campus opened its 36th academic year this week with a slight decrease in enrolment but with what Campus officials believe is a More career minded and academically inclined crop of students. Enrolment dipped this year to 600 full time Stu dents a drop of 21 students said the director of admissions Mary Fiedler. Considering our moves to upgrade our academic standards the full time enrolment is higher than expected she said. Upgrading standards is part of a concerted Effort bythe Munich Campus Dean and faculty to raise academic standards and More stringently enforce Campus Stan Dards of conduct. Entrance requirements were raised last year to bring Munich Campus More in line with the requirements of its Parent University of Maryland in College Park md., said resident Dean Bill Mcmahon. The change also is reflected in the classroom. More students than Ever Are finding themselves on academic probation or being academically dismissed and Stu dents Are finding it tougher to make the Dean s list. A record 54 students were academically dismissed at the end of the Spring semester and 47 were placed on academic probation. Only 37 students made the Dean s list. In contrast Fiedler said just 18 students were academically dismissed in june 1980 and 121 made the Dean s list. The numbers reflect a real change in the academic standards of Munich Campus Fiedler said. They follow a pattern set by College Park Over the past five  another change is in the policy on the return of academically dismissed students she said. Previously it was More or less understood that academically Dis missed students could return for another semester to try and get grades Back in line those students no must petition the Dean for readmission and Only a handful Are being accepted. Last year 44 students were readmitted on a probationary status Fiedler said. This year Only sin. The current crop of freshmen and sophomores continues trends set by their predecessors. About two thirds of the freshmen Are graduates of defense department High schools with the rest coming from High schools in the United states or european International schools. The largest number come from Munich Frankfurt Kaiser Lautem and Heidelberg High schools she said. This year s class had a Large number of late applications much higher than in previous years Fiedler said. About a Hundred students were accepted in the Las three weeks before registration began she said. Questions concerning the Impact of Gramm Rudman Bud get cuts and the availability of financial Aid contributed to the unusually High number of late applications she said. Fiedler believes the changes have resulted in a More serious student. The students seem to be More career oriented and employment conscious Fiedler said. Summer in Switzerland a photo lifeguard Holger Pabst faces a somewhat unusual task on a summer Day in Davos Switzerland. Instead of keeping an Tye on swimmers in the Iowa s outdoor Pool he shovels Snow near the sign pointing to the Entrance but announcing that the Pool is closed. After being in the grip of a heat wave for Many weeks most of Central Europe is now experiencing unseasonably Cool weather. Canadian Leader to Call new parliament session Toronto a the government of prime min ister Brian Mulroney facing a slump in popularity announced thursday it will Convene a new session of parliament oct. I and outline priorities for the rest of its five year term. I think we can turn in a better performance on All sides Mulroney said in St. Johns Newfoundland where the decision was announced after a Cabinet meeting. Mulroney s progressive conservative party swept to Power in september 1984 with a 138-scat majority ousting the Liberal party formerly led by Pierre tru Deau. Shanghai bans Sale of to shirts displaying ads peking a Shanghai has banned the Sale of Allt shirts and bags carrying written advertisements mainly for foreign products saying they unfairly pro vide free publicity the China daily reported Friday. The Shanghai Industrial and commercial depart ment cracked Down on walking ads following their recent proliferation among City Street paddlers Shang Hai s Xinmin evening news said in another report. The report said Many Street stalls were Selling to shirts and bags advertising foreign cigarettes Beer motorcycles and other items diverting sales from Domestic products. French Premier visits new Caledonia for talks Noumea new Caledonia a French Premier Jacques Chirac said Friday nothing must be excluded in talks to decide the future of the Pacific territory of new Caledonia where political violence has killed 19 people. Speaking to an estimated 8,000 people assembled i front of City Hall Chirac said All of the archipelago s residents have the same rights and duties and none can claim for himself the right to determine the destiny  no injuries reported when Jet plows off runway new Delhi India a an Indian airlines Jet with 96 people aboard careened off a runway thursday after four tires blew out during the plane s Landing the United news of India reported. The news Agency said the 89 passengers and seven Crew members of the Boeing 737 escaped injury. The passengers were evacuated through the Jet s emergency doors uni said. The incident occurred at rajkot Airport in Central go Jurat state. The passengers had boarded the Jet in bom Bay. Strike by hindus closes schools in Indian state new Delhi India a shops and schools were closed Friday in the Western state of Gujarat by a strike called to protest the arrest of 1,100 hindus Dur ing a major religious Holiday the United Newt of India reported. Government offices in Gujarat state were open utmost businesses movie Heaters and colleges were closed the news Agency said. At least 1,100 hindus including priests were arrested wednesday in Ahmadabad a major Gujarat textile Center to Block religious processions organized to celebrate lord Krishna s birthday. Lord Krishna is the deified founder of hinduism. Netherlands will reject additional warheads the Hague Netherlands a the dutch government has indicated i will not accept any of the nuclear warheads that nato plans to disperse from Germany to other members of the Alliance. We think that the Netherlands is making a reason Able contribution in the storage of nuclear weapons said spokesman Erik Ouwejan who said the dutch government would reject additional warheads. Earlier this week nato commander Gen. Bernard Rogers said in an interview with the German Magazine Stern that nato Aims to Cut by half the number of nuclear warheads stored in Germany and spread the remainder out among other nato allies. Nato nuclear weapons Are reportedly stored at three locations in the Netherlands guarded by mixed units of american and dutch military troops although Alliance policy forbids confirmation of the weapons presence. The dutch government is in favor of a More even dispersal of nuclear warheads throughout Alliance territory but in line with the 1981 Montebello decision such a move should involve spreading the Burden to Ward the Southern flank Ouwejan told the associate press Friday. He was referring to a meeting of nato defense ministers in the Early 1980s in the italian resort of Montebello where it was decided that the Allied nuclear Arsenal in Western Europe would be Cut by 1,400 warheads and the remainder spread More evenly throughout Western Europe. The total number of nuclear warheads in Germany is a closely guarded secret but 108 single warhead per Shing ii missiles have already been deployed in that country which is also scheduled to receive 96 single warhead cruise missiles. The nuclear weapons Issue is a controversial one in the Netherlands which is Only just recovering from a six year spasm of Public debate on whether to deploy 48 nato cruise missiles Here. Last november Premier Ruud Lubbers Center right government decided in favor of missile deployment in Spile of widespread popular opposition to it and that decision was ratified by parliament in february