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Students cross border to attend state schools
IM l.lMAN U.tsli |API
\\'.ishingtun Si.iti’ I iiivcrsilv
.mil tin' I ’111\ i tmIv nt lil.ilm till*
Imlli I,mil grant si:hi»i>Is iiii tllr
Palnuse eight mill’s apart Itulli
offer degrees m mnrr than 11)0
majors ami have largr catii
puses m small town settings
So \\!i\ ilo Inmilri'ds of
Washington stmli’iils i ross the
horili’r lo attend school in Ida
ho and vic e versa7
Sorin' students who've made
the cross-over cite academic
reputation, si/e and a i hange of
si enen
Some (i47 undergraduates
from Washington mm attend
I I an iiu lease of 1 I peri ent
sou e lflHn At WSI the enroll
mi'iil of Idaho undergraduates
has hovered at fewer than tun
students for the past live sears
I transferred from Mead to
t ainzaga I Prep) hei ause it s\ as a
smaller si hool and a more |ier
sona! environment. said I ilia
huge I I s student body |itesi
dent .md .1 Spokane native
It's the same tiling here It’s a
smaller i atnpiis and tile people
are extremely dim 11 to earth
rile I I has 'I 1 I'l students
while \\ St has more than
ll> 0(H)
"You get to know more pen
pie and you’re on a more per
sonal basis with everybody.’
says Amy Horns who left Spo
kane to attend I I "()n a large
rumpus il you yy.dked around
and s.n\ ,1 person you'd |uxl say
Hi ' Mere you're establishing
f 1 iendships
Hums is pay mg a le\y hull
died dollars more per semester
to attend I I but she said she
i an easily make up for that by
her oming an Idaho resident
After you spend 1^ months
here and establish your res
idem y it is i he.iper to go here
Ih.m to go to US I she said
The (y\o states have a re< ip
rui.il agreement li\ ulmli lli!>
students frum e.u h state i .111 .it
tend si haul .11 mss the harder .it
.1 led 111 ed III Ilian rate I he a r
i.ingcmenl was started in l'tH'i
la ill.ike it e.isler far students ta
enrall in programs they iinild
nut get in their hame state
Hut .is the number of unii|ue
programs has diminished, the
p.irti.il tuition waiver has come
ta lie given ta students based
an their .ii .idemii standing
lame Amato, a Lewiston.
Idaho sophomore studying zo
alogv at \\ St savs the arrange
ment saves him Si 'too a vear
in attending the sc bool he feels
is ai ademii alls superior
"When you grow up in Lew
iston WSl t is always looked at
as such a better school." he
said "Also so many people
from m\ high si haul gradual
ing i lass go to Idaho, and from
the years above and the \ears
below me. that at times it al
most seems like high si ilonl
again
|ohn ( amphell. a Lewiston
sophomore in WSI's hotel and
rest.mrant program, agreed
Most ol the people from m\
high school had attended the
I 'I and I gist kind ol wanted to
get out ol that atmosphere, the
high school atmosphere and
start ov er again.'' he said
Like mam I !l students, a
number of Idaho natives attend
ing U'SL also cited size as a
major factor in how they
i house their school onlv this
time, bigger was belter
"(aiming from a small town,
the e\( itemenl of going to a
universitv that's probably the
size ol northern Idaho, or
northern Idaho without (aieur
d Alone prettv mm h puts that
in perspective." said Krik Fa I
ter ol Priest Kiver
Support for Portland State University programs urged
POKTI .WI) (AP) Portland Stale I niversit\ laiulH and stall
have been asked to light .1 plan to dismantle the university
Huger lulgington. at ting university president, said Monthi\ the
plan is a threat to Portland Slate employees
l.dgingtnn addressed a fat ulty meeting in response to a propos
al made to .1 governor's < oniniission that is studymg higher etlut .1
lion in the Portland are.i
The commission is considering a proposal from the Oregon
( none d ol tin' American I lei Iroiiu s \ssm lation lh.it would trails
fer Portland Stale s undergraduate and gradu.ile programs aside
from engineering and 1 ompuler science to the t uiversity ot Ore
gon
I 'inlet the proposal Portland Stale’s engineering and 1 omputer
si lem e programs would In- ini luded in a U ashinglon < 'ounty engi
neering s< hool to run by ()regon State l niversity
I dun I believe for <i minute lh.it dismantling this institution is
in .111\ wa\ going to improve the state of higher educ ation in ttiis
i il\ or slate. 1 algington said I lie solution is going to have to he
a strengthening of I’M
lie said tin- ( oni miss ion's study was a i ham e for Portland State
f.u ult\ and administrators to lobby lor more state money for the
university
i ran/ Kail i ti.mill.in ol Portland State's department of i i\ i 1 en
gineeriilg i idle ized the elec Ironic assoc i.ition's proposal Kad said
the plan was n.irnmly toe used around materials sc ienc e and tor the
c omputer sc ieme e and elec Ironic s industry
Kad said he would support an expansion of current Portland
Stale programs and adding a tec tunc al c enter at I tic- university
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