European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes sunday october 7,1990harvard rated no. 1 big school est . Colleges cited in study Washington apr a world class faculty and a the nations Choosiest admissions office made Harvard University the top Large school in a poll and Amherst College was selected the Best Small Liberal arts College. . News and world report in its annual Survey also selected Juilliard school Babson College and Harvey Mudd College As the Best specially schools. Selected As top regional colleges and universities in its special report on a a american a Best colleges a which was released in mondays editions of the Magazine were Villanova University Wake Forest University Illinois Wesleyan University and Trinity University. Harvard the country a oldest institution of higher learning was selected As the country a leading Liberal arts University for the first time since the Survey began in 1983, although it had ranked among the top five in the other years. The Cambridge mass., institution was chosen Over 203 National universities because of its world class faculty its cutting Edge research and its stringent admissions standards the Magazine said. For last Falls freshman class Harvard accepted about 18 percent of 12,843 applicants the Magazine said. Following Harvard As top National universities were Stanford Yale Princeton California Institute of technology Massachusetts Institute of technology Duke Dartmouth College Cornell and Columbia. Amherst College was a first time Winner among americans 141 National Liberal arts schools. The Magazine touted its a commitment to academic flexibility and the intimacy of a Small student last year Amherst accepted Only 22 percent of the 4,504 students who applied for the freshman class. The Amherst mass., school edged out Swarthmore and archrival Williams College. Swarthmore was the Winner the last two years. Bowdoin College ranked fourth followed by Wellesley Pomona Wesleyan University Middlebury Smith and Davidson. . News ranked the 1,374 four year colleges and universities based on results of questionnaires from College presidents Deans and admissions directors As Well As the institutions records in five key areas including reputation for academic excellence financial resources and ability to retain undergraduate and graduate students. New York City a Juilliard school was ranked As the lady Liberty victim of budget leaving Many visitors grumbling new York a no huddled masses assembled saturday at the statue of Liberty which was shut Down by a tired and poor Federal government. Thousands of sightseers from around the United states and the world Felt one of the first effects of the Federal budget dispute. They trekked to lower Manhattan to catch ferries to Liberty and Ellis islands Only to find that the boats weren to running. A a it a very annoying a said Magdalene Kopp of Heidelberg Germany. A a it a something i came to the United states to Helen Calka 62, travelled from St. Paul Minn., to see Ellis Island where her father first set foot in America. A this is horrible a she said. A i done to know if ill live Long enough to come the closures resulted from Bush a veto of a Stopgap spending plan As his administration Ana Congress haggled Over a new budget. Getting turned away from the nations Symbol of Freedom was enough to convince most visitors they were the victims of undue suffering at politicians hands. A a it a a disgrace when reasonable people can to agree on something. Why can t these clowns get together on this a said Henry Bowman 44, of Cookeville Tenn. Tourists pose for photographs with a closed statue of Liberty in the background. Nations Foremost music conservatory and the no. 1 arts school in the . News Survey. The Rhode Island school of design ranked second followed by the North Carolina school of the arts. Babson College ranked top among the 24 business colleges in the Survey. Harvey Mudd College ranked first out of 18 engineering schools. Topping the regional Liberal arts colleges category were Simon a Rock of Bard College in the North Wofford College in the South Wittenberg University in the Midwest and southwestern University in the West. Sixty percent of 4,131 College presidents Deans and admissions directors responded to the questionnaire and also listed the country a up and coming schools. Emory University topped the National universities category and Rhodes College of Tennessee led the National Liberal arts colleges. The category of regional colleges and universities was led by the University of Hartford George Mason University University of St. Thomas Minn. And the University of Nevada at Las vegas. In a less flattering category Brandeis University and Bennington College were listed As the most expensive National University and Liberal arts College warned on hot spots Washington up the government citing dangers from tension across the Globe issued travel warnings saturday to americans in the Middle East South Asia North Africa the israeli occupied territories and Yugoslavia. Because of increased tension from the 2-month-old persian Gulf crisis the state department said demonstrations May pose a danger to . Citizens in Middle Eastern nations North Africa and South Asia. A a travellers and resident americans throughout the Region should exercise caution and Contact the nearest . Embassy or consulate to Register their presence and receive information on the local situation a the department said. _ the government also addressed travel in the israeli occupied terror ties a due to recurrent disturbances and increased tension in the West Bank and the Gaza strip the department of state advises All . Citizens to avoid travel to these areas until further the department said a there have been disturbances in East Jerusalem. In another advisory the state department advised . Citizens Quot to exercise caution when travelling to or in certain areas of Yugoslavia because of the potential for ethnic demonstrations. In particular travel to the yugoslav province of Kosovo should be deferred until further blackface ploy backfires on Fla. Police pin Man _ a .1___m, a Naples Fla. Up a a successful undercover drug operation has turned into a Public relations disaster for White police officers who donned blackface to pose As crack dealers in this affluent retirement Haven. Officials of the mostly White police and sheriffs departments say they were Only trying to meet the expectations of the mostly White buyers who cruised the predominantly Black River Park neighbourhood looking for crack cocaine. But residents say the police crackdown while Well intended perpetuated racist assumptions about drug dealers. Community Leader fran Haugabrook said the officers philosophy appeared to be a this is what a drug Pusher would look like. In other words a drug dealer is a a it a a mockery Man a said James Whittaker a 30-year-old air plane Mechanic who described the night he spotted something strange about a Man who appeared to be dealing drugs on the Street. It was a White Man with Black makeup smeared All Over his face the St. Petersburg times reported saturday. Police department spokesman Kevin Rambosk said officers did not do All that badly because the operation netted at least 30 arrests. But officials cancelled the operation when it attracted unfavourable attention from news organizations in late August including Newsweek which dubbed it a operation a1 a the actual name of this operation was operation clean sweep a Rambosk said. A a we re taking a lot of hits Here and we done to deserve them but he and a spokesman for Collier county sheriff Don Hunter acknowledged the blackface probably Wasny to the brightest idea. A when it came to the attention of the sheriff the detectives were immediately advised that. The sheriff Felt it was in appropriate a it. Mike Koors said. Residents acknowledge the drug situation improved although they also complain that police have been harassing Law abiding Blacks and Whites in the neighbourhood. A we gladly Welcome the police. Its just 5 was Tell Ftp 21 a of Ninny if Quot mate and insult people they six lets sit Down and talk about residents and police agree the situation would improve if there were More Blacks in the departments. But Only one of 75 police officers and 10 of407 sheriffs deputies Are Black
