European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Jain ladders Page 11 letters dear readers do you remember the letter from Chuck s Mother Chuck died after drinking a Boll la of scotch while locked in the trunk of a car As part of a fraternity initiation ritual. Then came the Fine response by Rutgers presi Dent Edward Bloustein who addressed inc fact Hal one of his students had Din during a hazing incident. Both tellers created a firestorm of responses from All Over be country mostly from fraternity members. Here is a sampling of Whai i pc been gelling from Sierra Marc Calif i am a student at Cal poly. Pomona and pledged to Tau Kappa Epsilon. Cannot understand Why some fraternities arc is ill involved in hazing. In is clearly against the Law and everybody knows it. As for alcohol consumption our chapter is completely dry. Which Means no fraternity funds May be up Cal on Booie. . From Alexandria. A. My fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon has a National non hazing polio that is strictly enforced by its Chap Ter officers and a visors. During my tenure As presi Dent we pledged several Fine men who came to us after other fraternities tried to Haze them. They opted to turn Down the invitation 10 join rather than put up with that garbage. I Admire these Guys for heir self respect and dignity. George Mason u., sic up from Houston my son pledged Lambda Chi this year at the University of to As. I received a letter from the chapter president staling that they were discontinuing the prac Tice of buying alcohol for their parties. He said that the fraternity would save approximately s600 a month and the Money would be used for soft drinks and Char Itable contributions. A relieved and proud Mother from Auslin ten your alignment with the greek washers surprised me Ann. You usually consult with experts when you Don l know the answer. Before throwing out the baby with inc Bath water please note Hal we Don t ban automobiles because accidents kill and maim hundreds of people every Day. Fraternities create excellent leadership role models. Friendship groups will always be around in Ore form or anole or. B.f., Beta Theta i from App Don wis there is no place for fraternities or sororities in a democratic society. They promote snobbish elitism and a Brand of Toad ism Hal is revolting. When our colleges and universities grow up they will abolish these social crutches for All Lime. From san Bernardino Calif As a brother of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity i would like to Point out that the practice of hazing has significantly decreased around the country. There is a clause in our pledge handbook thai says any pledge who allows himself to be hazed docs not deserve to be a member of this  Calif. State  Dear Ann Landers please be aware that less than 6 percent of All College students Are in the greek system but 90 percent of the members of the House of representatives and United slates Senate belong to a fraternity. Surprised a proud Teke Dea Teke not at All. Most men who Elk Public office Are extrovert. They lore to press the first and Are joiners by future. They recognize the value of fraternities he they can develop their people skills and of course the  go after such men. It s a perfect it champs benefits program explained could you answer a question concerning champs free medical care is a Benefit to which service members and their eligible dependents arc entitled. Why then when medical services Aren t available or delayed from a military Hospital arc you required to use champs and share the expense with the government member should not have to pay when referred to a civil Ian doctor Hospital because the military facility was inappropriately staffed or unable to provide the required serv ice. Tech. Set. Twymon g. I inter or. Raf Chicksands England editor s note we received two Repuk to this letter. The Fin is from a Tulon h. Worthey or acting director champs Enro pc the champs program was established by Law in 1966 for Active Dot dependents be diming ocl 1. 1966, and for retirees their dependents and for survivors effective Jan. 1,1%7. By Law champs u a Casl sharing a program where the government pays a certain percent and tie beneficiary i also responsible for � Perc Uuie. For outpatient Core of an Active duty dependent champs pay 80 Wix int of the allowed charge and the beneficiary to responsible for it other 20 a cent. For in Paunel care of an Active duty dependent the patient must pay Small subsistence charge currently $7.85 per Day or Sis per admission whichever is greater. For retirees their dependents and for summors the Cost shut is 75 percent for champs and 25 percent for the beneficiary for All care both inpatient and outpatient the question concerning care in a military Hospital or clinic Sham be addressed by the Branch of Stunf concerned As champs has nothing to do with that can or its availability. Editor s note the second reply is from . Robert a. Brux. Director Public affair. Lii thud air Force Safe by Ian free medical care is provided la All Active duty it Minnerl however dependent retired personnel and dependents of retired personnel receive free medical rare Only As available based upon staffing space and facility  in our military hospitals an explanation of the air Force medical system May Prate helpful air Force medical facilities Are divided into clinics hospitals regional hospitals and medical centers. Regional hospitals and medical centers act As referral centers for a be of Phi Region. For example Raf 1j pc Heath u the military referral Center for the untied kingdom. The next Kef of referral is the Wiesbaden air Force regional medical Center in Germany. Each military medical facility is fully stalled to treat Active duty personnel based upon its Mission and partially stalled for the patient population it serves and the palent workload. Tills is Dune to prevent Unden utilization of medical specialists. When the specific Type of medical specially is not mail Able at a military medical facility then the provider refers the patient to either another military medical facility or to the civilian Community in an Effort to satisfy the patient s health cart need. In some cases Ihen Aithne time May be considered tin Lone for certain specialities in military referral Hospital. Of this b the Case then the patient is referred to a civilian health care provider. If the patient is Active duty this Cost is paid by the government. If however the patient to a dependent or retired member less than age 65then the Cost is dealt with under the guidelines for champs. Children Are Hope for ending racism 1 am addressing this letter to my fellow african Ameri cans. I have some questions i believe you Haven t asked yourselves. How Many of us really want to live in the White Man s world in Harmony with them How Many of us really want prejudice and racism ended. How Many of us really want our children to grow up truly proud of their ances tors if you think you want All of the above then ask your selves this How will we As a people Ever be a people to ourselves if we Don t Leach our children who they Are anyone with even a Little reason knows that change begins with children. Why do we Leach our children he or she is Black do you have any idea what you Are doing you obviously Don t. Just go to any dictionary and look up Black then look at your child is that what we Are of and just to be fair look up White too. My Point is this How will anything change if we can t break away from Black and be who we Are african americans every race in America has he Pride and use of the iwo or three countries in their genetic makeup except us. If you just can t bring yourselves to teach your Chil Dren they come from a very old. Proud and diversified people and land at least teach them they Are brawn. Wonderful Beautiful shades of Brown. If we really want to erase the problem the Whites have with our Brown skin then i believe a Start would be to Slop teaching our children they arc the stereo types of Black and Start teaching them who they truly Are. African americans How Many of us want our relationship with whiles to stay exactly the same ? let s face it. As Long a most of us stay Down a few of us can believe we re making it in while America. Mrs. Kim Mclntosh Erlanger West Germany readers urge Tough stand with terrorists we arc writing in response to an article about the a Bililc moslem demand for the release of american hostages. We feel that their terms Are not negotiable. They want the United states to release hundreds of shill is in return for two hostages plus All Inci Rothsr conditions. We understand inc pain and agony that the hostages and their families Are feeling but they must understand we cannot give in to pro iranian shiite fanatics. America has had a policy of steadfastness in response to such demands and we should retain that policy. If we give in we leave ourselves open to other fanatic and terrorist demands. The Radical moslem who kills and holds men captive in the name of his god has a warped perspective of what a Good religion is. These actions would not be approved by a higher being of any religion. We support a worldwide forum to help the warring factions negotiate a workable peace based on the present Iraq Iran cease fire and treaty talks. Lebanon s economic and political restructuring and a Power sharing govern ment should be of the highest priority. If these or similar slew Are not implemented in the near future More blood will be shed both Middle Eastern and Western. Cpl. Alan r Vestal sol Richard Melnyk Kirch cons West Germany iwwpe4hioitkjn col Jeffrey m. Cook. Us  m cd Tel it col Suzanne l. 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