European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes sunday March 3, 1991med school applications up 15% new York apr halting a nearly decade Long decline medical school applications for next Falls class Are soaring led by an influx of asian students and others who Quot so the health Field As a Haven in the recession More than 33,600 students have applied for 16,000 spots in the nations 126 accredited medical schools up 15 percent Over the 29,243 applicants in 1990, according to a memorandum sent to medical College admissions Sofii cars in february by the association of american medical colleges. Leading the Way asian applicants Are up 30ereem�?� the association reported. The ranks or students of asian ancestry attending medical schools have More than doubled since 1984 a from 1,091 to 2,431. A what we see among asian students is a great re sect for. Medicine and the role of a physician. Plus these arc often students who have done very Well in. He i r. Scie Nee and related studies a said Raymond j. Brienza assistant Dean for admissions of new York University a school of Medicine. Nyu has 33 chinese Quot korean and japanese students in a class of 132, Brienza said. T _ a a nationwide the number of All applicants fell from 36,727 in 1981 to a Low of 26,721 in 1988. The number Twa adds 2nd round of fare cuts new York a trans world airlines announced another round of Iare cuts Friday slashing the Price of first class and business class tickets Between six . Cities and London. A Twa said first class tickets were being Cut by 60 percent and business class fares were being Cut by 50 percent. The tickets must be purchased by March 15 for travel Botwe Esmarch 3 and my 31, Twa said. The flights Are Good out of new York Philadelphia Boston Baltimore Chicago and los Angeles. As an example of the savings Twa said a first ass one Way fare from new York to London was reduced from $3,205 to $1,282. Twa and other air inks recently offered reduced Picc tickets in a promotion Good Only last month airlines generally move quickly to match cheaper fares uttered by competitors but it was not immediately Clear Friday night if   Quot after the shooting stopped m the persian Gull War last week there was speculation that depressed trans Atlantic air Tia tic would pick up As Public fears of terrorism  but a Twa spokes Nian said the end  War had nothing to do with the decision to Cut air fares a a a we re trying to entice people to Flyte said. Twa one of the nation s most troubled airlines recently defaulted on a $75 million Bond payment. Increased in 1989 and 1990 a but nothing approaching the hefty gains being witnessed at Many schools for next fall. A a applications Are up More than 28 percent at the University of Michigan and Ohio state University 27 percent at Northwestern University 24 percent at the University of Southern California 23 percent at Baylor University 22 percent at Vanderbilt University and 17 percent at Johns Hopkins University. During the 80s, highly qualified students flocked in record numbers to Law schools arid business schools lured in part by visions of bows and Quick fortunes on Wall Street. \ medical colleges had a More negative image Long years of study tens of thousands of dollars in student debt and malpractice suits. The negatives remain. Eighty one percent of medical students incur debt averaging Over $42,000. And it still takes seven to 10 years of study and clinical training to enter the profession. But some admissions Deans like Leibert Morris of Ohio state University a school of Medicine now think a the negatives Are losing their Shock value.�?�. Others believe that the Economy changing student attitudes and recent efforts to make medical school curricula less forbidding to Liberal arts majors Are boosting applicant Rolls medical colleges Are stressing that science is no longer the Edvall. There slots of room for the human is a said or. Louis j. Kettl vice president for academic affairs of the medical College association. \ a a a in a further sign of openness prospective medical students in april will take a drastically revised medical College admissions test that for the first time stresses problem solving More than pure science. A the souring Economy also May be playing a Par several Deans noted that illness is part or the human condition so top students tend to View the medical Field As a safer bet than business or Law in a recession. Or. Norman Anderson admissions Dean at Johns Hopkins said he a seeing unusually Large numbers of older applicants and career-switchers., aggressive recruiting is also paying off for some schools. A a a a a v. A a a a a a. A. A a a a zen Camacho Baylor a Dean of admissions said he and other medical College officials Are doing More travelling than Ever to colleges and High schools trying to convince students that Medicine is Worth the hard work. Man 72, charged 1 n Detroit apr a 72-yen a old California Man who admitted helping his terminally ill wife commit suicide will stand trial for murder and his confession can be used As evidence a judge ruled. Bertram Harper charged with killing his 69-year-old wite Virginia said he came with her to Michigan last summer alter Reading that the state had no Law against helping a person commit suicide. Mrs Harper suffered from breast and liver cancer Michigan Quot doctor Jack Kevorkian had been charged with murder alter a woman used Liis suicide machine to kill herself in an Oakland county Park last june. But a judge threw out that charge Riding that Michigan has no Law against assisted  bid that would make it illegal to assist with a Sui cide was introduced in the slate legislature its sponsor state sen. Fred Dillingham said he was trying to. Keep Michigan from becoming the nations suicide Cap ital. A a Isidore Torres Detroit recorders court judge on Friday rejected a defense motion to dismiss the murder Quot done to leave Home without it. Junior Sharon Friedman from buc Knell University in Lewis Hope the cards a in not in a a of his wife Rhoton Ign 19m taking 3 Nix ure of polls and that is a crucial difference in the cases.  suicide device that Janet Adkins 4 1 son w reused to Ken herself with on june. He a acted or t0 device which admin Mhz i vim 0 is through an intravenous tube. But Adams who suffered from alzheimer a disease pushed the Button herself. Mrs. Harper came to Michigan with two notes a one from a doctor indicating she had Only two weeks to live an a another in which she said she wanted to commit suicide according to testimony at harpers arraignment in  retired eng Neer said he and his wife came to Michigan because information from the Hemlock sp5iey said the state lacked a Law against assisting suicide. The night to die society based in Portland Ore is helping pay his Legal fees. ?.  and said harpers admission to police that he helped put the bag Over his wife a head can be used As evidence. The trial is to begin May 6. A in his opinion the judge said there was no evidence to suggest the confession was coerced a said Tim Kenny Wayne county assistant prosecutor. A a la a a Little bit disappointed. T was hoping the whole thing would go away a Harper said from his Home in Loomis Calif. Harper free on bail said he had been More optimistic after the murder charge against Kevorkian was thrown out. Torres agreed to a motion by Harper attorney Hugh Davis to drop a co conspiracy charge against harpers stepdaughter Shanda Mcgrew who travelled to Michigan with the couple. A. A a in a pleased he dropped the conspiracy charge because it puts Shanda in the Clear a a Harper said. Harper does no to deny placing the bag Over his wife a head As she slipped toward unconsciousness in a to