European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 15. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 reeducation imposed on Beijing students Beijing at1 students at two Beijing universities at the heart of the crushed pro democracy move ment returned to their campuses monday for Manda tory political education before being allowed to resume their regular studies. The campuses of Yinghua University and the China people s University bustled with students Rushing from classes to canteens and resuming old friendships. There were no overt signs of the activism of april and May when students boycotted classes to demand a More democratic government. Meanwhile University officials at Beijing University said that first year students would be required to at tend a full year of military training and cultural stud ies before beginning their academic work. By extending the. Preparatory military training from two weeks to a full year authorities apparently Hope to pre empt any further political unrest among the Young est students who were among the most Active in the pro democracy movement. Officials at several other universities said there were no plans for freshman military training at their schools although other special programs Are  talk y did Mil provide details. Universities throughout China have reinstated Polit ical education largely ignored in recent Sears. They Are attempting to re educate tens of thousands of students who my had nationwide under banners demanding Freedom and democracy and who communist party leaders say were misled by professors with anti socialist ideas. Most students went Home for summer vacation in june but graduating seniors were required to undergo several weeks of political education and to write essays of self criticism before receiving their diplomas. Students at the people s University said they expected a week of political classes studying the latest speeches of senior Leader Deng Xiaoping before begin Ning to make up for time lost in regular classes last Spring. Upper Classman at most universities in Beijing arc to return to their campuses by the beginning of septem Ber while freshmen Are to begin their studies in Early october. 24 Days later than usual. Beijing universities that led the student movement have had their freshman enrolments Cut by half or More in a move school officials said was linked to the protests. Nationwide freshmen numbers have been Cut by 30,000 to 610,000 students. Many Beijing High school students joined University students in the protests which were crushed by the army on june 3-4. Of the 21 students of Beijing universities sought by authorities for leading roles in the protests at least seven Are known to have been arrested and two have fled the country. The political crackdown and arrests have had a Tan Gible Impact on the universities which buzzed with broadcasts and political discussions last Spring. Pro democracy posters plastered on dormitories have been scraped off and bulletin boards now carry Only a few ads and class announcements. On monday few students lingered outside their dorms. Everything s just Fine Here one girl said War ily. No  pulling Power Hare Krishna members pull a 40-foot High wooden Chariot through the streets of London on sunday. The Chariot carrying senior members was part of a Cele bration marking the 20-year anniversary of the sect s arrival in Britain. Standard mental test gets 80s personality Minneapolis a one of the most widely used psychological tests in the world has undergone a personality change after about 50 years. The Minnesota mull Phasic personality inventory administered millions of times a year to Job applicants and others has been updated to reflect 1980s attitudes and ailments. For instance it no longer asks test subjects if they enjoyed Reading Alice in  the test has also done away with male pronouns in questions pertaining to both sexes no longer As suming for example that political Candi dates Are male in a question about voting habits. Among questions removed were those about religion sexual preference and bodily functions such As excretion. Sev eral references that researchers thought were anachronisms were deleted such As one to the children s game drop the  some of the questions were objectionable and some were out of Date said James Butcher a psychology professor at the University of Minnesota who helped revise the test. My conclusions were that it was basically a very sound instrument but it could be  about 100 items have been added de signed to pinpoint such modern prob lems As Type a achievement oriented behaviour drug abuse and altitudes about mental health treatment. Researchers turned to alcohol treatment centers mental health programs and personnel settings to help understand contemporary issues. Critics questioned the original test of 556 True false statements because its Standard for a Normal personality was based on the answers from a Sample group of about 700 Rural minnesotans. Averaging age 35 with eighth Grade Edu cations. The revised Sample is four limes that size and covers various ethnic economic and geographic groups from seven re Gions around the country. Butcher said last week. We be tried to make the test More applicable to today s problems he said. V the revision is designed to be More user Friendly and of similar Validity As the original  the test was developed at the univer sity of Minnesota in the 1930s and 1940s by psychologist Stark r. Hathaway and psychiatrist j. Charnley Mckinley they compared the Sample group with a group of patients diagnosed As having such problems As paranoia schizophrenia depression and obsessive compulsive tendencies. Results were in tended to reveal social and personal maladjustment. The test is used in More than 100 countries in scores of translations. Butcher said. Originally used primarily in clinical settings it has spread to personnel military and research applications. Sample True false questions include i do not tire quickly i am worried about sex and "1 believe 1 am being plotted  the seven year revision was completed by Butcher and psychology professors Auke tulle gun. Also of the univer sity of Minnesota John r. Graham of Kent state University in Ohio and w. Grant Dahlstrom of the University of North Carolina. The revised test is similar to the Origi Nal with test subjects answering 567 questions on their feelings symptoms altitudes and beliefs. Only licensed psychologists arc authorized to buy the test whose rights arc owned by the University of Minnesota press. Anybody who can count can score it Butcher said but it takes expertise to interpret  Chernoby to used area Sef aside As preserve Moscow a the area contaminated by the chernobyl nuclear Accident will be made into a pre serve for studying such Phenomena As strangely heavy Pine Needles and rodents with genetic abnormalities the official news Agency Tass said monday. The three regions of byelorussian that were evacuated after the 1986 Accident will be set aside for scientists to observe How radiation affects plants and wildlife Tass said. Some sections of the Ukraine which Border the other Side of chernobyl Are already study areas. Tass said Pine Needles in parts of the poisoned f9r costs remained Normal size but were 10 times heavier than Normal and some conifers had grown into giants. Scientists found High radiation Levels in reservoirs and especially High Levels in fish that feed off of other fish including Pike and Perch. Although some rodents developed genetic Abnor. Mali tics no marked changes occurred in their Condi Tion and behaviour Tass said. Among the mammals wild boars foxes and rabbits showed the highest radiation readings but scientists observed no abnormal behaviour among them. The explosion and fire at the Northern Ukraine nuclear Plant s no. 4 re actor on april 26, 1986, killed 31 people and released a Cloud of radioactive material that eventually circled the Globe. More than three years later the effects continue to be Felt. Last week Tass reported that 3,000 people were preparing to evacuate a Small Section in byelorussian near the Power Plant where radiation had doubled the amount of illness