European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday july 7, 1992stripes vehicle lists May return soon by Dave Melancon staff writer soldiers should depend on their comm inders and transportation officers a and not newspapers a to find out when their personal vehicles arrive in Europe the commander of . Army Europe said Friday. Gen. Crosbie e. Saint said recent modifications in the pickup policy for privately owned vehicles should help soldiers and improve service. One change was to end the need to publish in the stars and stripes a list of vehicles waiting for pickup in Bremerhaven Germany the general said in a Telephone interview from his Heidelberg Headquarters Friday. Up until last week the newspaper received weekly from the military traffic management come a list of personnel whose vehicles had arrived at the port in Bremerhaven 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. Capt. Dean Richards officer in charge of the vehicle processing Yard said saturday that he was told by Usa eur Headquarters not to Issue the list. Quot when they ask us to put the list Back in stars and stripes we ii do it a Richards said. However col. Phillip Childress Saint Usa eur chief of Public affairs said Friday that someone apparently had misunderstood what the general had said about Pov notification and that release of the lists to the newspaper would be resumed. Saint said 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 soldiers. 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 Quot he said. Quot it is an indictment against Usa eur that we done to take care of. Soldiers  when inbound vehicles arrive transportation officials should use the person Nel lists to find and notify soldiers he said. A we should get the list of vehicle owners Type in the soldiers last four digits of the social Security number 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  although he favors soldiers taking advantage of the Inland Pov movement program which delivers vehicles to soldiers installations Saint said soldiers still have the option of picking up their vehicles in Bremerhaven. The delivery system run by installation transportation offices was initiated so soldiers could pick up their vehicles without travelling to the port in Northern Germany Saint said. Student assigned term paper after refusing to dissect pig by Dave Melancon staff writer the 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-Pagc 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 arc 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  Quot the teacher is taking it out on my daughter. I can Sec 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 Quot 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 Quot 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 Are not absolved of understanding the principles behind the dissection Quot 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. It s a Tot like cooking. You do not learn As much when you can t look at tha animal a 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 Friedberg 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 Quot should be patted on the Back for standing up for her convictions a he  rescued from Auschwitz to present 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 calf. 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 Babenhausen 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 results.  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  stalls Bill on japanese peacekeeping Force Tokyo up a exhausted Luzniak is went into their third straight night session saturday with opposition parties aging delay tactics aimed at thwarting Massage of a Bill to authorize japanese rooms to he sent overseas for the first Ime since world War ii. After 21 hours of go slow Maneu vers he ruling Liberal democratic party and he social democratic party agreed to a Ive hour break until shortly after mid ight with Progress on the measure still at a standstill. The Bill would permit the sending of 2,000 troops As part of . Peacekeeping operations and limit them to noncombat duties. Social democratic parly officials said they would not alter their strategy. Quot if we continue to fight without giving up we will definitely see a Victory a said Makoto Quot Tanabe chairman of the social democratic party the largest opposition group armed with pillows and blankets for occasional naps in their offices members of the social democratic party and the japanese communist party vowed to resume their a cow walk Quot Japan a version of a filibuster against the legislation the Liberal democratic party has been trying to pass since the persian Gulf War. Aides brought food fruit and snacks to weary lawmakers. Quot in a afraid somebody May collapse a said legislator Kiyoshi Nishikawa. A there Are Many lawmakers who Are very old and have health  the Prospect of Japan a involvement in peacekeeping missions Drew Praise from state department spokesman Joe Snyder in Washington. A the . Government welcomes expanded japanese participation in International activities that promote peace and other humanitarian causes including peacekeeping activities a Snyder said