8A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 13, 1997 NATION/WORLD Army sex scandals spread to Germany BONN, Germany (AP) - The sex scandals in the U.S. Army have spread to Germany, where the service relieved three male instructors of their, duties after 11 female soldiers accused them of sexual abuse and harassment. Two of the instructors at Darmstadt training cen- ter have been in custody since Feb. 7 after alleged- ly trying to "influence the testimony" of one woman, the Army said yesterday. The third suspect was ordered not to contact any victim or potential witnesses at the training center south of Frankfurt. It is the most serious sex-abuse scandal to hit a U.S. military installation in Germany in years. At least some of the alleged acts happened after accu- sations of sexual misconduct surfaced at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland last November, which led to the appointment of a panel to investigate the extent of the problem in the Army. The women in Germany accused the instructors, all non-commissioned officers, of sodomy, inde- cent assault, cruelty and maltreatment of subordi- nates, the Army said in response to an inquiry by The Associated Press. The training center offers a two-week course attended by all soldiers with the 233rd Base Support Battalion and other units around Darmstadt. About 30 students at a time receive instructions about life in Germany and support services available to them. Terry Viedt, spokeswoman for the 233rd, said she could reveal no details of the allegations because the investigation is not over. Stars and Stripes, the unofficial newspaper for the U.S. military, reported earlier this week that two women say they were sodomized by two instructors on Dec. 27. That incident occurred at the barracks room of one of the instructors, the newspaper said. The two women went there voluntarily after encountering the two men at a military bar, the paper said. The two students drank with the instructors. One of the women said she was tired and went to bed. The other had consensual sex with one of the instructors, but has accused the instructor of sodomizing her despite her objections, Stars and Stripes said. The other woman awoke later and found herself naked with the other instructor on top of her "engaging in sexual intercourse," and she alleges she was also sodomized, the paper said. Military officials are attempting to find and interview all women who had been students at the training center while the three instructors taught there, the paper said. One of the instructors arrived last August and the two others in October, the report said. The investigation goes back to November, the Army said, when a female soldier complained that she had been sexually harassed by non-commis- sioned officers at the Darmstadt school. DIVERSITY Continued from Page 1A director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Programs Office and three students, who candidly spoke of the trials of liv- ing a homosexual life on campus. Panelist Luke Klipp, an LSA first- year student, warned that he constantly faces prejudice toward homosexuals. "These stories are simply little pieces of our experiences," Klipp said. "It still goes on." The panelists told their personal sto- ries about "coming out" as homosexual. "What's been great about coming out for me is its given me a whole new per- spective on everything,' said panelist Michael Burke, an LSA senior. "Coming out sort of changed my whole career and life," Burke said. "Coming out was a very scary and dif- ficult process, but if you have support, it helps a lot." The panelists also acknowledged the problems they face in Ann Arbor. "There is a difference between out- wardly liberal and inwardly liberal," said Neela Ghoshal, an LSA sophomore. "Ann Arbor is outwardly liberal. People like to talk about diversity, but for me that is not enough. We need peo- ple to be more supportive, more active. We need people who are not homosex- ual to come to a panel on lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues," Ghoshal said. All of the panelists criticized the atmosphere of diversity in Ann Arbor, saying that more people need to stand up and be actively involved. "Ann Arbor is more conservative than I thought," Klipp said. "As liberal as it tries to be, my experience is that it is pretty difficult to be homosexual on campus." Burke said that the attitude on campus is more about tolerance than acceptance. "Outside of the LGBPO, some of the administration and some offices have a lot of homophobic sentiments there, which is not cool at all," Burke said. Sanlo said that as more people "come out," backlash against homosexuals increases. "We do need to encourage our allies to be comfortable enough with their own sexuality to openly support us," he said. 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