European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes tuesday August 6, 1991severe fiscal woes plague Many colleges Washington a like Banks and savings and Loans colleges and universities Are facing financial problems so serious that Many May consider mergers or closing Down. A a it a a Tough year for colleges and there Are indications there May be another Lough year financially a said Elaine Al Hawas vice president for policy analysis and research at the american Council on education. Al Hawas released a Survey sunday that showed 45 percent of All colleges and universities suffered midyear cuts in their 1990-91 operating budgets. The Impact was substantial on 60 percent of the institutions the report said. A in the last year there have been dramatic abrupt budget cuts a she said. A most of the colleges in the Public sector have had to Deal with budget cuts More than  recession rocked state economies Are at the Root of financial troubles at Many of the institutions. Al Hawas said 75 percent of the institutions Are a financed by the Public sector in some Way and Many a have been caught up in a statewide sweep of mandated  the report said budget cuts were reported by 64 percent of Public four year institutions 47 percent of Public two year colleges and 34 percent of Independent institutions. Ironically 78 percent of Alj two year colleges increased their full time equivalent enrolment. To compensate for the cuts officials from two thirds of the schools surveyed said they held off on expenditures for buildings and equipment. Public colleges also frequently reduced the number of courses available mainly in the evenings or increased class sizes. About half of Public institutions raised tuition and student fees the study showed. Issues involving adequate financial support outweighed All other problems cited by 84 percent of administrators As one of the three most serious concerns. Some 63 percent of the respondents listed program Quality and 46 percent listed faculty staffing. In Many cases Survey responses were completed by senior administrators at 359 campuses from a Sample of 444 institutions before full details of the upcoming years budget were known. Many colleges and universities expect further deterioration in their financial circumstances the report said. Quot colleges Are facing right now More serious financial problems than in be seen in a decade Tel Hawas said. A a it a really possible that we will see More mergers More closings of  but Al Hawas said a mergers Are hard to make  the budget cuts also Are forcing some Public schools to investigate the possibility of becoming private or semiprivate Al Hawas said. A i would say Many of them feel they a have made All of the discretionary choices they can that they no longer have choices available and so such things As taking an entire Institute or an entire program and seeing if they can find private support for it becomes very logical a she said. A privatization could be the next option for lots of  the study found that 24 percent of All institutions expected to reduce the size of their faculty during the next five years.-, forty two percent of institutions increased their enrolment of first time freshmen Down from 62 percent with an increase in 1988-89, it  Driver slams on brakes to Union . Up a a passenger who tried to Hijack a greyhound bus was overpowered by the Driver sunday wounded with his own gun and arrested. The suspect not immediately identified was charged with kidnapping attempted robbery and aggravated assault trooper Mark Muse said. The suspect was listed in critical condition at University Hospital in Newark. The incident began about 1 45 . As the new York to Atlantic City bus headed South on the Garden state Parkway near Union. The passenger brandished a revolver demanded that bus Driver Armando Helliger drive to Brooklyn and ordered another passenger to begin collecting Money and identification from the people on the bus. Helliger slammed on the brakes and the gunman fell against the door said Bill Kula a spokesman for greyhound lines inc. The Driver jumped on top of him which forced the door open and the two men fell to the pavement. Helliger and the gunman struggled for the weapon while the gunman allegedly yelled a if 1 get hold of that gun ill kill All the passengers a the spokesman said. Another passenger joined the fight. During the struggle the would be Hijacker was wounded and he fled on foot but was arrested a few minutes later on route 22. He was taken to the Hospital by helicopter. Helliger suffered cuts acid bruises. He was treated at Union memorial Hospital and released. Most of the passengers continued their journey to Atlantic City aboard another bus. Helliger 29, of new York joined greyhound on june 6, Kula said. The attempted hijacking was the first on a greyhound bus since 1989, when a Man held up a Driver near Montreal and demanded to be driven to the Canadian parliament House in Ottawa Kula said. New Jersey medics treat a suspected bus Hijacker after he was shot with his own gun during a tight with the  scout troop Back Home after fatal backpacking trip Brigham City Utah up a troop of boy scouts who survived a lightning strike that killed two of their members were safely Home sunday after being ferried out of the High wilderness campsite where the incident occurred. The bodies of the two scouts who died Clint Barker and Richard Brough were flown out by helicopter saturday from the rugged area of Northwestern Utah. The boys died and another was injured Friday when a Bolt of lightning struck a tree they had chosen for shelter in a thunderstorm. Barker 14, and Brough 16, were among 11 scouts and three adult leaders from a mormon sponsored troop who backpacked five Miles thursday to Kavell Meadows in Island Lake for a fishing trip. The violent storm hit the area around midday Friday. Most of the boys sought shelter in their tents but four huddled about 50 Yards away under a big Pine tree. One youth managed to run from the tree just before the Bolt struck but the other three were shocked by thousands of volts of electricity As they leaned against the tree base. Barker and Brough died instantly. A third youth Brandon Hodson 15, was knocked unconscious. Hodson was in serious condition sunday at Evanston Wyo regional Hospital. Quot the Thunder was real loud and close a one scout said. A it sounded like a pop and then a  dentist succumbs to aids complications Miami up or. H. Melton White whose patients grew alarmed when he closed his 32-year-old dental practice five months ago because of complications from aids has died of the disease. He was 66. White died late Friday at hospice inc., a health care facility for terminally ill patients. The closing of his office and the revelation that he suffered from aids triggered a panic among his patients earlier this year prompting state health officials to offer free testing for the aids virus. Officials have tested More than 100 patients but refused to say if any were found to have his the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. State health officials noted last month that even if some of Whites patients Are found to have the disease it would not mean they contracted it from him be cause Many of his patients were in High risk groups. Should any patients test positive additional testing will be needed to determine if their virus matches Whites genetic Strain department of health and rehabilitative services officials say. A the risk of transmission is Small very Small a said or. John j. Witte assistant state health officer for disease control and aids prevention a but its not  last month an attorney for White anti health services officials announced plans to Contact patients who have seen White in the past five years. Although Whites office was not computerized he kept a a meticulous records said attorney Kevin of Connor. In addition to his former wife Berthe Nia White is survived by one son