European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes Herd re monday september 4,1995 9-v 181? uoi.tm.1 i m. 8.m.c1h i Hope you know your stuff. I m a very weak swimmer au0el, i think bin a Little Junior 3 rest colleges nov run As businesses with stud ends As clients dear Ann Landers ii Midwest parents recently posed two questions that prompted me to write. They asked what is happening to our universities and colleges arc they so afraid of losing students unit they Are lowering their standards the answer is a resounding yes our system of higher educations a mess and the. Blah Eric must be shared by teachers and students jul i been a College professor "far".30 years and have witnessed the relentless deterioration of the administrator used to be educators and scholars. Today they Are with few exceptions bureaucrats and business executives with their eyes on the Bottom line. Teachers no longer want to teach. Slu clients paying megabucks for education Are frequently taught by Grad. Aude students. This of course suits administrators line m acc graduate students Cost less than faculty students believe that paying tuition entitles them to a degree Many colleges and universities like customers in a department store when they ought to be treated like clients in a health club no Effort no re suit. No one shapes up simply by taking one exercise Dass and no one learns by merely enrolling education has been turned into i business. The product is no longer an educated person but a de Gracd person. Too Many col lege degrees Are fraudulent documents testifying to an Educa Tion that never happened. The sooner the american people realize this the sooner there May be some changes in a sys tem that is riddled with corruption. Otherwise we might As Well Issue a . With each birth certificate. Depressed old prof in new Orleans dear old prof i be heard that criticism before but never m Well expressed. Thanks for a provocative . Rebuttal anyone dear Ann Landers i know it s late but can \ still get in on the hoopla about roosters i Jive in Carson cahf., where there s an Ordi Nance against keeping live poultry in residential areas. A Evv years ago 1 had a Beautiful White rooster that crowed promptly at 4 . When one of my new neighbors complained i asked several other neighbors How they Felt Ann Landers about my rooster crowing at Dawn. All the others said they enjoyed it. Unfortunately the City said the rooster had to go anyway. I was Given five Days to get rid of it. I decided to give the Bird to a Friend who owns a ranch. However before i sent him off i made a tape recording of the rooster crowing. Every morning at 6 ., i got up and played the tape in the Back Yard. Sure enough that neigh Bor complained because after a week the City inspector came Back and said he would have to line me for not gel Ting rid of the rooster. 1 told him i no longer Lead the rooster and then played the tape for him. I be thought the tape was pretty funny and said there was no Law against playing it As Long As. It was after 6 . And before 10 . So even though i no longer have the rooster the tape is a pretty Good double. I guess i got the last laugh after All. for the update. I can assure you the rooster is happier at the ranch where hopefully there s a Hen or Vivo around. Litof to thin column should to ured Ramod to Ann undoes co Tho Sla Raana flip a unit 23400, Apo 00211 c Creais Syndicate when people offer foh0/p out 9/ve them fhe Chance dear ahoy you recently printed a letter from a woman signed. Wiped out whose husband was now Home after a four in Only Hospital stay. She said she was annoyed by people who suy if there s anything i can do for you let me know she Felt that they should have offered specific services Here s How i handled that situation after my sur Gery i was Home alone weak. And unable to drive. Many Lii end a told Mej of there s. Anything i can do for you please let me i thanked them All recorded their names and Tele phone numbers in my Little Black Book and when i needed something i telephoned one of them. One neighbor bless her heart left her dinner Prepa ration put her daughter in the car and picked me up at the emergency room. Someone else had dropped me off on her Way to a meeting. Another person drove me to my hair t called someone else Topick me up when j was done. A dear lady went to the depart Merit store to buy a skid proof Bath mat for me " dear Abby. Each one was delighted at the Chance to help me. I suggest that wiped out Tel Micro pastor thai she needs Volunteer housekeeping help for a while. A Church Circle might take her on As a project. Your Reader in Omaha dear Reader i agree. It s a Good idea to speak up hit cup is needed. Your technique of listing friends who had offered their services then asking for one favor apiece was Wise that Way each person could help without feeling burdened. And your suggestion that it Tell her pastor about her situation is Well Worth repeating. Dear Abby i have a Beautiful Bright 18 year old Niece who is starving herself. Last year Lila got it into her head that she was fat so she went on a starvation diet and lost a Lotof won t . Much but she looks like she just came but of a concentration Camp. A typical Day s food for her is one piece and a couple of fat free pretzels. She also exercises for two hours every Day. Her parents my brother and his wife Are not doing anything to help her. Her mom cries All the time and says "1 can t Deal with her father just makes threats such As if you Don t cat you can drive the then he ends up giving her the car any Way. My daughter who is a year older than Lila says All the kids at school keep asking Why no one is doing any thing for this girl i have tried talking to Lila and her parents but no one is listening to can we help her i just can t stand by and watch my Niece starve to death. Her aunt in Pennsylvania dear aunt your Niece Lias a serious eating disorder called Ano Rexia Nerosa. It s usually found in Young women in their teens and Early 20ft and is characterized by a pathological fear of gaining Wight even though their weight is Normal they pert five themselves As fat this leads to faulty eating patterns malnutrition and excessive weight loss. Lila needs to see a doctor immediately. For a free packet of information and referral to a therapist Junyour area write to the National association of anorexia nervous anal . Box 7, Highland Park Iii. 60035. Please enclose a Long business sized self addressed stamped 78 cents envelope. The hot line is 708 831-3438. Please write again and let me know How your Niece is doing. A a.,p.%i" 3 vow pm a 0 an so 11 is Syndicate Call the Usa Only per min. 06221-12140/12178 from Germany Fortune Zurich Lloyd
