European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 c the stars and stripes sunday june 7, 1992stripes vehicle lists May return soon by Dave Melancon staff writer soldiers should depend on their commanders and transportation officers a not newspapers a to find out when their personal pc Niclos arrive in Germany the commander of . Army Europe said Friday. Gen. Crostic e. Saint said recent modifications in the policy for picking up privately owned vehicles should help soldiers and improve service. An official with the military traffic management come said saturday that a greater emphasis on personal notification is designed to a complement not compete with other methods of notification. One method was publishing in the stars and stripes a list of owners whose vehicles were ready for pickup at the port of Bromer Haven Germany. However last weeks list was not re vote blocked Tokyo apr socialists in parliament today blocked a vote to allow japanese ground troops overseas for the first time since world War 11. It was unclear when a Vole on the Bill in parliaments upper House might come because the socialists have called for balloting first on eight delaying motions including one that would censure prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa for his handling of the legislation. T he Bill would allow up to 2,000 Japa a lived by the stars and stripes because of a mix up about saints policy. Up until last week the newspaper received a weekly list of personnel whose vehicles had arrived at arc Mchaven from the command. The list did not arrive As usual on the weekend of May 25. The last list was published May 26. Subsequently several soldiers and family members called the paper asking Why the list did not appear As usual. When asked about the list capt. Dean Richards an officer in charge of the vehicle processing Yard at the traffic command said he was told by Usa eur Headquarters not to Issue it. However the traffic commands Brem Craven commander said saturday that a the Green Light is Back on to release the list. Col. James e. Wicks characterized the mix up As a Good intentions that were taken a Little out of context As they rippled through the  Wiess went on to say a it was a misunderstanding by a couple of staff types about what the general said and what the general  Saint said in a Telephone interview from his Heidelberg Headquarters a the Issue is not publishing the list but the need to publish the  the general said he told his staff to come up with a More efficient system for notifying solders. Usa eur and unit personnel officials with their data bases and records should know which soldiers Are in Europe and where to find them. A i saw the list in the paper last week and asked them the staff if they done to know if the soldiers Are in Europe a he said. A it is an indictment against Usa eur that we done to take care of. Soldiers  when vehicles arrive transportation officials should use the personnel lists to find and notify soldiers he said. A we should get the list of vehicle owners Type in the soldiers last four social Security number digit Send him a postcard and Tell him where to pick up his vehicle a Saint said. A you can print the list but the Soldier should already  a although he favors soldiers taking advantage of the Inland Pov movement program which delivers vehicles to soldiers installations Saint said vehicles May still be picked up in Bremer Haven. The delivery system run by installation transportation offices was initiated so personnel could pick up their vehicles without travelling to the port in Northern Germany Saint said. A ninety nine percent of the vehicles received by the Bremerhaven port Are for military and civilians assigned to Germany Wiess said. Student assigned term paper after refusing to dissect pig by Dave Melancon staff writer t he Mother of a Frankfurt High school student has criticized a biology teacher for assigning a term paper to her daughter after the student objected to dissecting a pig. Rosita Brocka a Junior refused to dissect a pig for her biology class. She based her objections on her religion which she says prohibits her from doing the dissection. Rosita 16, and her family Are seventh Day adventists. Rosita a biology teacher Susan Sprunger told the student to Complete an 11-Page paper in lieu of the assignment. The paper was to discuss human intestinal Worms the reasons that pigs suffer from intestinal parasites More than cattle and the ways that those parasites Are transferred to humans. The assignment also asked Rosita to include information on which organs Are most affected by parasites. Rosita smother Coral Confer called the assignment a very  a the teacher is taking it out on my daughter. I can see a five Page report on the pig that would be  the assignment was Given May 27. Rosita handed in the paper thursday Confer said. It contained eight pages of text three pages of diagrams and a bibliography. Confer also said that her daughter had no training in writing research papers and that end of school year activities such As the prom made it difficult for Rosita to Complete the assignment. Sprunger said the report represents the same amount of work As that done by students who performed the dissection. A i tried to be As fair As possible a she said. Students who chose alternative assignments usually do not learn As much As those who perform or observe dissections she said. A science is learning to do a Sprunger said. A a it a a lot like cooking. You do not learn As much when you can to look at the  students learn about the animal and its organs through dissections but they also a learn to appreciate life and the animals sacrifice a she said. Earl Morse science coordinator for department of defense dependents schools in Germany said alternative assignments for students Are permitted if objections to the original project Are based on specific religious tenets. However a students arc not absolved of understanding the principles behind the dissection a he said. A we have a list of objectives that they must  teachers work with students to accommodate religious beliefs inhibitions or squeamishness Morse said. A we Are very  Frankfurt High school principal de Siemaszko said religious preferences Are respected by teachers and science is learning to do. Ifs a lot like cooking. You do not learn As much when you can to look at the  teacher Susan Sprunger administrators As part of school policy. He declined however to comment on Rosita a assignment. Rosita said she must Complete and pass the biology course and All her other classes this and next year to have enough credits to graduate. Rosita a father sgt. Charles Confer assigned to co a 302nd military intelligence in will be leaving the  this summer. The family plans to move to Guam in july ruling out summer school for Rosita. Members of the seventh Day adventist Church follow the same religious dietary practices As jews and moslem said chaplain capt Tiffany j. Hardy Church elder for the Frankfurt Friedburg and Mannheim communities. Hardy is Rosita a spiritual adviser. Though not required by their Faith Many seventh Day adventists choose to be vegetarians while others choose to adhere to the biblical tenets regarding food he said. The scriptures do not forbid dissections and there Are no Church policies against them he said. However he said Rosita a should be patted on the Back for standing up for her convictions a he  rescued from Auschwitz will give talks Darmstadt Germany a amps a a holocaust survivor will speak to Chapel audiences at Darmstadt and Babenhausen starting today according to a Darmstadt Community news release. Or. Edith Eva Eger a clinical psychologist who did her doctoral internship at William Beaumont  medical Center at Elpaso Texas will speak about turning a life into a  Eger has private practices in clinical psychology in Elpaso and la Jolla Calif. Eger who was rescued from the Auschwitz concentration Camp in 1945, will focus on the importance of Faith for her own survival and for the soldiers and family members affected by the crises of modern life. The services and meetings at which she will speak Are today a 9 30 a.m., Catholic mass Darmstadt Community Chapel a 11 a.m., protestant service Darmstadt Community Chapel a 7 p.m., ecumenical service Bacn Hauseng a 41st brigade Chapel Fellowship periods will follow each service monday a 9-11 30 a.m., Cambrai Fritsch Cavern recreation Center in Darmstadt. The subject stress Are you coping or copping out a 1 30-4 30 p.m., Cambrai Fritsch Cavern recreation Center. The subject parenting for positive  a 6 30 a.m., prayer breakfast at 440th signal in dining facility at Cambrai Fritsch Cavern. The subject the importance of religion in dealing with life. A 2 p.m., holocaust memorial service Darmstadt Community Chapel. The subject her personal experience in a concentration Camp. Wednesday chaplains and their assistants from Darmstadt Wiesbaden and Frankfurt will have their monthly training conference with Eger. Counselor from other disciplines Are invited to attend at the Cambrai Fritsch Cavern recreation Center. A 8 45-11 30 a.m., unit ministry. A 1-3 30 p.m., team training. All sessions Are open to anyone and free of charge except the prayer breakfast where the Purchase of breakfast is required. On overseas duty for japanese troops Nese troops to participate in . Peacekeeping operations such As in Cambodia. They would be allowed to use Small  to protect themselves or when Quot considered  for the second night the socialists and other opponents of the Bill stretched out the vote on the delaying motions by shuffling slowly to the podium a a tactic called a cow  some used even More time by repeatedly dropping their ballots or feigning to lose them at the podium. On Friday night balloting on a single motion took Lua hours More than twice the previous record of five hours for a parliamentary tally set in 1988. A it is a question now of How Long we can physically endure a said Makoto Tan Abe who Heads the socialists. A we will fight this to the  the conservative governing party the Liberal democrats introduced the Bill and has enough votes in the upper hous to pass it because of support from to moderate opposition groups. Passage is expected in the lower hous where the Liberal democrats hold a i Jority of the seats. The socialists Japan a largest oppose Tion party the communists and Mai constitutional scholars oppose the Bill h cause they say it violates a Constitution ban on using Force to Settle inter nation disputes