European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 9, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 sees big change from Japan . Town Salem . Apr some see them As invaders others consider them economic Savior. But nearly everyone agrees this tiny appalachian town wont be the same with the am Val of 183 College freshmen from Japan. A i think there was some negative thinking and fear a said mayor Donna Stewart. A but i think a lot of that went away after we Learned something about japanese culture and met some other students from Japan. A the biggest thing i think is going to be patience. On both  sixty japanese students arrived saturday at Salem Teiko University created last july by merging Salem College and Japan a Teiko University. The rest of the japanese Are expected later this week. Classes in a new year round schedule begin april 23 in this town of 2,700 about 140 Miles Southwest of Pittsburgh. �?o1 think our students will be very Happy at Salem a said Jungi Ikawa the students Campus adviser. A a it a close to new York and Washington d.c., but set in a Back to the land atmosphere. A in Japan the colleges Are crowded and noisy a said Ikawa. A this is the opposite. It is very quiet Here and the Hills Are Beautiful. The students can see nature and even animals right on  Teiko with 26,000 students in Japan and branches in Britain and the Netherlands last month announced a similar merger with West mar College in be Mars Iowa. Classes at Teiko West mar University will begin this fall. The University also operates a Pacific studies program with Regis College near Denver. Other japanese plans include a two year College in Maryland and a $250 million school near Washington d.c., for  and japanese students. Many educators Welcome the growing japanese investment in . Higher education. Such mergers give japanese institutions International prestige and provide the . Colleges in some cases with much needed capital. Before the merger Salem College was struggling with 400 students and no endowment on a Campus designed for 1,200. Teiko paid off the College s debts and boosted salaries an average 27 percent with a $12 million investment. Teiko which set up a $7.5 million endowment and will award $400,000 in annual scholarships to appalachian students owns the 101-year-old schools grounds and Plant leasing it Back to the school. The school expects to spend $40 million to $60 million on improvements equipment and staff. An enrolment of 500 american students and 500 japanese students is planned by 1995. Americans will be required to attend two semesters each school year and the japanese three at a Cost of about $5,000 a semester. Asian studies will be stressed for americans and intensive English courses for the japanese. A the people who attend Salem Tei Kyo will be among the leaders in business and politics someday in their respective countries a said Salem Teiko president Ronald e. Ohl. A they will understand each other and operate from a global viewpoint instead of the narrow self interest we Sec so much of  most changes on Campus have been cosmetic but real changes will be evident when japanese Ana american live and learn Side by Side said senior Thad Davis president of the student administration at Salem Teiko. A some students arc worried that things Are going to get tougher academically a said Davis 24. A right now a lot feel the american students Arentt being treated equally. They re using the Money to fix up dorms Ana the grounds for the japanese. Those things should have been done in prior years. A Ohl said some students May be unable to adapt to the changes. A ultimately a couple years Down the Road the Only people who will be Here arc those who want this kind of program a he  found innocent of murdering her baby Tampa Fla. Apr a College student accused of stuffing her Newborn son in a dormitory toilet was found innocent of murder by reason of insanity saturday. Jurors at one Point had declared themselves deadlocked. Claire Hilary Moritt fell into the arms of her defense attorney and exclaimed a i knew in my gut i Wasny to guilty a after the acquittal was read. Family and friends burst into applause and tears. A i thank god and everybody who helped me get through this a the tall slim 18-year-old defendant said. A i love you  Hillsborough circuit judge Richard Lazzara said he did not believe hospitalization was necessary in Light of the insanity finding. He said Moritt should remain under psychiatric care. The Hillsborough Community College student from Hollywood Fla., was charged with first degree murder in the oct. 23 drowning of her Newborn 6-Pound, 9-ounce boy. If convicted of that charge she would automatically have been sent to prison for life with the possibility of parole Only after 25 years. Dormitory roommates heard a baby a cries before finding Moritt in the bathroom covered in blood and rushed her to the Hospital. When they returned to the dorm to clean up they found the baby stuffed headfirst in the toilet and covered with bloody towels and sheets. Defense attorneys argued that Moritt was temporarily insane suffering from a dissociative disorder that left her with no memory of being pregnant or even giving birth. Nine psychiatrists and psychologists backed up that defense during the trial but prosecutors blasted it All As  a a she a attempting to flee a not physically but mentally a from the scene of the crime. Assistant state attorney Stephen Crawford told the jury in closing arguments. A a done to let her do  the Hillsborough circuit court jury declared itself deadlocked Friday after 16 hours of deliberations but reached agreement after another hour behind closed doors saturday. Moritt ignored the advice of her lawyer and stood before the judge late Friday night to say she wanted jurors to press on. A a in a prepared to declare a mistrial. Do you want me defense attorney b. Anderson Mitcham hugs Claire Moritt after she was found innocent in the death of her Newborn child. To declare a mistrial a Lazzara asked the woman. A no Quot she said bursting into tears. The judge gave her a Chance to compose herself and come Back but her response was the same. Lazzara warned defense counsel that urging on the weary jury could be foolish for his client. A i want to be careful not to hold this jury hostage. It could backfire on the defendant. I want you to know that a Lazzara told defense attorney b. Anderson Mitcham. Never in his 27-year Legal practice had he advised his client to turn Down a mistrial Mitcham said but he added that he was bound to follow the wishes of his client and her Mother and father. Outside court the defense attorney explained that the stress of the two week trial was taking a toll on the defendant and her family. A she was charged with first degree murder she was under the care of a psychiatrist and consider the enormous sums of Money they spent to defend this Case a Mitcham said. Moritt reportedly rejected numerous plea deals for reduced sentences because she did not want to spend even one Day in  backers opponents March in new York new York not a More than 1,000 supporters of president Fidel Castro of Cuba demonstrated in times Square on saturday to protest . Policy toward Cuba. A Block North about 600 opponents of Castro waged a counter demonstration. The two groups waved placards and made speeches about perceived injustices on both sides of the Cuba Issue. They marched at mid afternoon. A along separate routes a to the cuban Mission at Lexington Avenue and 38th Street. Their numbers grew at the Mission to 2,000 pro Castro demonstrators and 700 opponents. The police reported no disturbances in times Square or at the Mission. Some 335 police officers in riot gear some on horseback and others on motor cycles kept the streets around times Square open to traffic and controlled the flow of the protesters. The protesters were kept behind Blue police barricades on either Side of Broadway Between 43rd and 46th streets. The police said the primary sponsor of the pro Castro rally was a group called the committee against intervention in Panama. But literature handed out by protesters gave the chief sponsor As the . Hands off Cuba coalition. Some 50 other organizations including the african National Congress and the Palestine Solidarity committee were listed. The protesters standing on a traffic Island at 43rd Street said in speeches that they objected to the longtime . Travel and Trade embargo against Cuba and to attempted broadcasts into Cuba of pro-. Programs by the .-backed to Marti. The counter demonstrators separated from the pro Cuba protesters by a Phalanx of 20 mounted police officers chanted and held placards along Broadway on either Side of 45th Street. Their signs included such assessments of Cuba and Castro As �?o31 years of cubans communism 2,000,000 exiles 100,000 executions hunger and misery a and a Fidel equals