European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a j letters to the edit Oft tuesday december 21,1993 european Enion col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Behna Flo a. Zovistoski. Editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Sedorah a thar Bob Wicker news editor sports editor Ger Gamane City editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 64270 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155 601416 to callus dial 06155 601 plus Extension or Dan 343-8 plus Extension As follows. News ext. 337,255,282,226,326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263,332,321,221. Features text. 230.245, 341. Letters Iff editor ext. 206. Education Jami Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen. Room 117, Rome Rair 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1319, Apo a q9102 Telephone on 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 00221 -27239. 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The appearance of advertising m tvs publication including inserts olt supplements does not constitute endorse Meni by the department of Welense or the stars and stapes of the products of services advertised. T a fit punishments i know that As far As the military is concerned its Quot Mission first Quot hut for an organization that professes to care about its people 1 wonder what the deciding line is. A month ago i received a red Cross message for me to Cali Home immediately which i did but no one answered. I was scheduled to go to the m60 Range in Wildfi Ecken on sunday and by Friday i still had been unable to Contact my family. I was of course worried and addressed my concerns to the first sergeant. I was told that it was too late to get an alternate but i would Only be in Wildfi Ecken until wednesday. As it turned out the m60 team did no to return until Friday afternoon. We were released and i began trying to Call Home and the red Cross to discover the nature of the emergency the following sunday i discovered that the duty roster for head count was changed Friday afternoon and i had missed breakfast already. I understand that Evend Hough i was concerned and agitated Over the red Cross message i should have checked the duty roster. I pulled head count duty again a few Days later for missing breakfast an no had also trussed head count while i was in Wildfi Ecken but he apparently is exempt from penalization for whatever reason. I was told by the first sergeant that i had to pull a week of head count duty in do com Cross message from my family instead of i checking a roster i Wasny to around to see any Quot Way. But at least t know what the deciding line is. A spec. A Wilson Mannheim Germany comic controversy while Reading the comics sunday . 5the comic strip doonesbury disturbed me. The author makes a a valid Point by recommending parents Monitor their children s activities. Serious topics such As homosexuality should be left to your editorial pages. Comics refer to comedy which should be in Good taste and clean humor. This is especially True for military families of which the stars and stripes has been established to support. Our american society has been died with Many social problems the military and the press that represents us should uphold the highest of moral and family values. A Philip m. Webb Rota Spain bringing the program to arts. Why do we receive shows in which the show hosts Parade and make millions off the misfits of society the Sally Jesse Raphael Oprah Winfrey and Phil Donahue shows Are prime examples of this Liberal trash. A Brad Harris. Kaiserslautern Germany a a a a let the buyer beware i was very Happy to see Craig Martins a tide sunday . 12 Quot insurance pitch to soldiers suspected of violating  what these and other unaccredited agents arc doing is clearly a violation of Usa eur regulation and they should be banned from doing any business with Usa eur personnel it there arc Many legitimate insurance agents working in Usa eur who have a solicitation permit. My advice to anyone contemplating buying insurance or investments is to Check the individuals current Usa eur solicitation permit a Donna Mayer Bailey Wiesbaden Germany Juill wi1i1c apparently is what about to show hat Everrea g editors note Ber. He gave me the dates then changed them while i was on a detail All Day and part of the evening. So of course the next Day i was late for breakfast headcount. The fact that there was no duty roster posted and no one informed me of the change did no to change the conclusion that this was somehow my fault. So now i have two weeks of head count. 1 guess its fit punishment for the heinous crimes of having a years of no bad counselling statements and worrying about a red the Rush Limbaugh radio show is going to be aired on american forces network radio. The radio show is three hours Long but Only one hour will be provide Ftp the listener Why can to the armed forces radio and television service officials get anything right Why not air the one half hour television show the Rush Limbaugh television show is the third rated late night show in the United states. At least that show could be presented in its entirety. I do not want to near a censored show. I have never seen the arts Survey. It is strange that 0.2 percent service members can involve 70 members of Congress in the Holiday season has produced a shortage of letters so this feature has been abbreviated. We encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us expressing viewpoints that Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a simply manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apoate 09211. Commentary by the new York times according to a Harvard University study the nations schools arc now More segregated than they have been in 25 years. The segregation is not Only racial with More and More african american and latino students attending schools with predominantly minority enrolment. It is also economic with More minority students from Low income families clustered together. The nation Long ago recognized that integration was a moral and political imperative these statistics also make Clear that to remain economically viable and competitive the United states cannot keep pushing Large numbers of Black and latino children further and further to the margins of society. Fully one third of those entering the work Force in the next decade will be minorities. It makes no sense to keep so Many of these future workers isolated in schools that Are educationally inferior. Lire study was conducted by the Harvard project on school desegregation and led by Gary Orfield a professor of education. He and his researchers looked at patterns of segregation across the country in 1991-92. Worst segregation in 25 years they found that 66 percent of Black Public school students were in schools where enrolment was More than 50 percent Black or latino or both. That a the highest level since 1968 when 76 percent of Black students attended such schools. Latino students were even More segregated with 73 percent at schools that were predominantly minority. The researchers attributed the increasing concentration of minority students to higher birth rates and immigration rather than to flight of White students. But school and housing segregation tend to go hand in hand. Several other factors separately and together help guarantee the isolation of Low income minority children. Many neighbourhoods Are not economically diverse and states often restrict students to their neighbourhood schools by drawing smaller and smaller school District lines. A 1974 supreme court decision discouraged desegregation remedies that crossed District lines. And 12 years of Federal policies Dur no the Reagan and Bush administrations virtually wiped out funding for voluntary desegregation efforts and encouraged Legal efforts to terminate successful desegregation orders. Making matters worse districts with concentrations of poor minority students generally have less political clout than affluent White districts and Are often shortchanged in funding by state Legislatures. But while efforts to equalize funding should continue improving the life prospects of these students requires the targeting of extra resources a and a recommitment to the Ideal of integration Orfield recommends More Federal funding to encourage voluntary desegregation efforts using Toots like Magnet schools and consolidation of districts. He would also link Federal housing funds to school desegregation efforts. And in newly desegregated schools he thinks More funding should be provided to train teachers and develop multicultural curriculum. Since the work Force is becoming increasingly diverse it s worse than Short a sighted not to educate All future employees Jav their fullest potential. 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