European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Top students found to fear future Washington up More than half of the nations High achieving High school students Harbor fears about the future a feeling that they will have a More difficult time than their parents in starting a career buying a House or affording an education. The 23rd annual nationwide Survey of More than 2,000 High achieving nigh school students also showed that teenagers Are not isolated from the adult world of sex violence alcohol and financial worries. A your Survey Points to a generation that is sexually aware politically indifferent personally depressed economically anxious and fearing for their safety a said Paul Krouse publisher of who a who among american High school students which conducted the Survey. A if Large numbers of our most accomplished Young people feel this Way it spells trouble for the entire  All the students in the Survey have a or b averages and 97 percent plan to attend College. A there is no age of innocence for this generation a Krouse said. A we Are asking Young people to navigate an increasingly complicated and frustrating course to adulthood. While most Are trying their hardest to get a Good education and become solid citizens there Are a lot of trapdoor and obstacles in their Way. Our nation needs to understand the consequences of raising Young people in a social plan urges better break for children Washington a a group of social thinkers has come up with ideas intended to a set things right with our children and  the group wants married couples to work less and spend More time raising their family. The thinkers also want the assets of divorcing couples earmarked for the children. And in a policy paper signed by a number of prominent academics they want the government to provide a full year of family leave when a child is born a half paid and half unpaid. The ideas come from the a a communitarian movement a group of liberals and conservatives who think society is paying too much heed to rights and too Little to responsibilities. The group maintains that parents must put children above Job a even if it Means less family income. A for too Many parents Long work hours Are not simply a reflection of economic pressure but also of excessive careerism or acquisitiveness Quot they write. Other proposals toward a taking the Steps necessary to set things right with our children and families include Quot a replacing the current division of assets Between parents after divorce with a policy that assigns assets to the needs of minor children. Control of children a assets would rest with the custodial Parent. A asking parents to contribute at least four hours a week to the child care centers where their children Are placed. A giving parents a government allowance of a fixed amount perhaps $600 per child. They preferred that to an increase in the income tax exemption for children which they said would discriminate against families where a Parent stayed Home. A requiring states to try to establish paternity at the time of birth and name both parents on a birth certificate to make sure fathers do not evade parental responsibilities. World of anger violence and  the Survey said 31 percent of the students have considered suicide and 5 percent have attempted it. Sixty one percent know someone their age who has tried to commit suicide or has committed suicide. Almost half of those who considered suicide 47 percent cite a general depression As the reason while 16 percent cite school pressures and less than 1 percent cite a Friend who committed suicide. When asked if they would have More difficulty than their parents in starting a career 54 percent said it would be More difficult and Only 22 percent said easier buying a House 58 percent said More difficult 14 percent said easier affording an education 60 percent said More difficult 22 percent Saia easier. Forty two percent of men and 39 percent of women said they believe a woman who says a a not to sex is willing to continue sexual activities if she is a affectionate and passionate a and 9 percent of men and 14 percent of women said they believe she is willing to continue if a she does no to put up a  although 78 percent said they were More concerned now than a year ago about getting aids 41 percent of sexually Active teens said they would engage in sexual Intercourse even if a condom were not  beings risking disaster scientists warn Washington apr no More than a few decades Are left to reverse a trend toward vast human misery and mutilation of the Earth a worldwide collection of 1,575 scientists said wednesday. A no More than one or a few decades remain before the Chance to Avert the threats we now confront will be lost and the prospects for humanity immeasurably diminished a the scientists said. Among them were 99 Nobel prize winners including Georges Charpak of France who took this years award for physics. A human beings and the natural world Are on a collision course a began their four Page world scientists warning to humanity. It said the greatest dangers Are Ozone depletion air pollution waste of water poisoning of the Ocean damage to Farmland deforestation loss of Plant and animal species and population growth. A the Earth is finite a the scientists said. A pressures. From unrestrained population growth put demands on the natural world that can overwhelm any efforts to achieve a sustainable  the paper said Industrial countries Are the worst polluters and owe More help to the third world where environmental damage is one of the gravest threats. And it warned of conflicts Over scarce resources and a mass migrations with incalculable  the Appeal was coordinated by Henry w. Kendall an american physicist who Yon the Nobel prize two years ago and now chairs that Union of concerned scientists. The organization is a private advocacy group originally concerned with nuclear dangers but now with a broader environmental Agenda. Signers ranged from Anatole Abragam a former member of the Vatican a Academy of sciences to lord Zuckerman a scientific adviser to British prime minister Winston Churchill ii world War ii. They called for simultaneous action in five areas a controlling activities that damage the Environ a amp nth such 3s use of Oil and Coli  und poor farm practices. A using Energy water and other materials More Etli a gently. A stabilizing the population. A reducing and eventually eliminating poverty. A providing Equality to women including assuring their right to abortions. A reducing violence and the threat of  those pussycat paparazzi its not easy being first pet elect. Just ask socks the male pet cat of Chelsea Clinton daughter of the president elect. Socks looks peeved As he poses for the Pesky photographers tuesday morning on the sidewalk out Side the fenced Arkansas governors mansion in Little Rock after they had stalked him for about a two Block area. And All socks probably really wanted was a Nice cozy place to snooze.6-year-old atheist sues girl scouts san Diego a a 6-year-old girl and her father Are suing the girl scouts of the United states of America saying the organization violates the girls rights by requiring her to recite a pledge containing a reference to god. Nitya Cuevas Macias who is an atheist says in the lawsuit filed tuesday that the a girl scout Promise is a a religious test  the girl and her father Salvador Cuevas Macias want a judge to Force the organization to continue allowing the child to participate in girl scouting events but without requiring her to recite the pledge. The Promise says in part a i will try to serve god and my country a a Superior court judge issued a temporary restraining order tuesday preventing the group from cancelling meetings. The girls family claims girl scout leaders cancelled a meeting last week to prevent her from attending. In a letter the National executive director of the girl scouts Patricia Winterer said the organization does not require members to swear an oath or allegiance to god. The lawsuit was filed by Orange county lawyer James Randall who successfully sued the boy scouts of America on behalf of his two sons. A judge ruled in june that the boy scouts  exclude the boys for refusing to recite an oath containing the word