European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 16, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7nyu students get credit for curbing crime new York a Twenty years ago new York University students smoked marijuana and fought police in Washington Square Park. Today they re working with the authorities to drive pot dealers from the Park a and earning academic credit in the process. Two dozen have enrolled in the watch team an Nyu course that dovetails with police commissioner Lee Browne a enthusiasm for a Community  armed with two Way radios and flashlights and wearing White windbreakers with the words watch team students patrol the Park three nights a week. Although they re looking for wrongdoing in general a we basically harass drug dealers a said Junior Evan Mcnee Ley. A a they be definitely helped make the Park safer a said Charles Campisi 6th precinct commander. A students feel safer walking to the Library at  Washington Square Park a a haunt for bohemians from John Sloan to Bob Dylan a covers about eight Square blocks amid nyut a Campus in Greenwich Village. By Day it is a vibrant melange of tourists students families and marijuana dealers. At night the dealers set the tone. A a lot of the time you feel unsafe especially if the police Arentt around a said Becky Gould a watch team member who is studying psychology. After some trial patrols last Spring. Nyu offered a one credit course this semester. The requirements 30 hours of patrol one two hour patrol a week weekly classes and Field trips to Sites such As the morgue and Central booking and a paper or project at semesters end. It is the first course of its kind in the City and Nyu officials said they know of no other like it anywhere. On patrol nights a wednesday through Friday a students report to the Nyu Security office where they pick up their equipment Don their jackets and link up with a police officer. The students break into Small groups. Although they Are always in radio Contact with the Security office they Are not necessarily accompanied by the officer at All times. While their friends Are studying patrol members get a different kind of education. They be Learned that a a beat is Street Slang for  the lanky drug dealer who hangs out near the Fountain is named a slim a and police suspect the one called a a knowledge of having killed a Man. Mcneely who studies real estate has come to appreciate the choreography of the drug Deal and to identify the spotters walkers dealers and customers. He a also Learned where dealers like to stash their wares last week he found a bag of pot stuffed in a Coffee Container in a trash can. The team has been responsible for several arrests. One night members saw a Man hop into a car outside a Deli and race away. Seconds later the owner ran out screaming. The team radioed a description of the car to police who stopped it 20 blocks away and arrested the Driver. Area residents have greeted the Stu Dent Pat rollers whom they Call a the marshmallows because of their jackets. Some pass along tips or complaints. A everyone seems More involved a said Tina Begleiter a team member. For their own safety students Are not supposed to patrol unless an officer is somewhere in the Park and Are told not to approach malefactors themselves. A the students Are primarily a deterrent a said Nyu vice president John of Connor. A a they re extra eyes and ears. They re not kiddie  the sight of students and police working together May Jar those who remember More turbulent times but of Connor said students now arc a a Little More conservative. There a a perception that some of the things going on in this neighbourhood   but Why should students pay thousands of dollars a year to attend a school in an area so unsafe they need to patrol it themselves a crime is everyone a concern a said Campisi. A everyone has to take an  in Shock after Freak Accident kills 2 Miami apr a child and a teacher remained hospitalized tuesday after a tire broke Loose from a truck bounded across a Highway and smashed through a school bus Windshield. Two children were killed in the Accident monday. The bus was carrying fourth graders from tropical elementary school to a downtown museum for a Field trip said Dade county schools spokesman Harry Fraind. A dozen children and two adults were treated for cuts and bruises at hospitals said Hospital officials. One child was admitted for observation. A third adult teacher Rachel Pratt 69, was in a gravely critical condition a said Don Delvecchio of Jackson memorial Hospital. The dead children were identified As Robert Houck 9, and Alejandro Rodriguez 8. There was no warning of the Accident said Michelle Casas a chaperone accompanying the children. A there was a crash that came through the window a it was a tire a she said. A i done to know where it came from or anything. Before you know it it was on top of the teacher and the children there we re in  the two children who died were apparently sitting in the front seat of the Row across from the Driver Fraind said. That Side of the bus took the Brunt of the Impact of the tire which smashed the Windshield and crumpled the roof. The bus Driver managed to Stop without crashing Casas said. The Accident occurred at 10 . Monday on state 836, a major downtown artery. Afterwards the Young passengers stood along the Highway some crying. A the tire came through the Windshield a student Alex Nodarse said through his tears minutes after the Accident. A my Friend got Cut right Here a its still  Motorist Gregory Romagosa said he was about five cars behind the eastbound school bus when the left front tire broke Loose from a westbound truck. The tire bounced in the westbound Lane and jumped Over the Highway median he said. A it just rammed right through the bus and it was horrible a he said. The truck remained parked against the median Wall monday afternoon As state troopers and transportation inspectors swarmed Over the Accident scene. Highway patrol it. Noel Roy said investigators had not determined Why the truck lost the tire. Fraind said about 90 children were on two buses one of which continued on to the historical museum of Southern Florida initially unaware of the Accident. School officials took the children from both buses to hospitals to meet their parents and sent Counselor and psychologists to tropical elementary in suburban Southwest Dade county Fraind said. Distraught parents also headed to the school. A god knows what a going on. From what i understand some of the staff members Here in school have kids of their own on the school bus and they re going just As crazy As we Are a said Eddie Reyes who awaited word on his child. A Florida Highway patrol officer Floy Turner two pupils who were on the bus. A console exiled War protester glad to be Home in Wisconsin Milwaukee apr a Man deported to his native Ireland for raiding a selective service office and destroying draft files during the Vietnam War ended 18 years of exile with his return to Milwaukee. A i almost kissed the ground a Michael d. Cullen said after arriving monday at the Airport with his wife Netty and eight of their 12 children. A a in be had Many second thoughts a said Cullen 49. A the actions were highly motivated in a period of time of history in America the Young people who had to go to War we were All  Cullen a founder of a shelter for Milwaukee a homeless was arrested As part of the Milwaukee 14, protesters who in 1968 took about 4,000 files of men classified As ready for military duty and set them on fire. Cullen spent nine months in prison for his part in the incident and was deported in 1973. He was granted permission earlier this year to return. A even immigration officers in Minneapolis welcomed us Home a Cullen said. A a it a a great great  he said he plans to stay in Wisconsin. His wife a registered nurse has a Job at a nursing Home. A in 18 years we never lost our desire to be Here. This is really our Home even though there a Irish blood in me a Cullen said. A exile was fruitful for us and i Hope for  he and his wife opened a Catholic Retreat for teen agers amid ruins of a historic monastery in Ireland a county . Police chief seeks ban on assault weapons by the new York times new York a police commissioner Lee p. Brown appealed for a National ban on assault weapons saying that they were partly responsible for the rising homicide rate. Quot a these Are weapons of War a Brown said monday. A they Are the preferred weapons of gang members made for killing As Many people As possible in As Short a time As  . Rep. Charles e. Schumer d-n.y., appearing with Brown said the proposed ban which is included in a Federal crime Bill to be voted on today in the House was estimated to be 15 to 20 votes away from being passed. Schumer and Brown appealed to members of Congress from the new York metropolitan Region to vote for the Bill the violent crime prevention act of 1991, because they could provide swing votes Schumer said. Schumer chairman of the House subcommittee on crime and criminal Justice said opposition to the measure from the gun lobby which has appealed for protecting Hunters rights was misplaced. A these weapons were manufactured to kill people in offensive wars a he said. A if you re a drug runner you la want one of these a Schumer said. A if you re a Hunter you  the government halted the importation of 43 types of semiautomatic assault weapons in 1988. Schumer said Domestic manufacturers had begun producing look alikes for weapons such As the israeli Uzi. New York City passed a Law against Possession of assault guns in the summer and it is in the process of being put into effect. Brown said police officers and Ordinary citizens were endangered by the wide availability of such guns