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Prescott College: Students at Arizona school make nature, the world their classroom Bs KRISMAVKS Vulr /Sn State l I inked anas id .1 ipnriimii.il Arizona town, hundreds id miles .mas hum the sl.ile s i 11 mill 11 irse.il < In I .t/ed umi el sides, n ,i nm i ollrgr (hai has Imind .in rdni .tiiiiii.il mii|>t.i iIti<><if^li n.iiuie 1*11-SI till ( ollrgr. .ill < in II Iillinelit.ilIt based liliei.il ails lollcgr isiili A 1 A irsidrnttal siudmls. slues .m.n limn the sedlit die pull id ledfial lest .in h nmnn and pm es I ai tildes in lawn id per tuna I insduiliiui and a haiidsmi rnwionmrtilal expeitrtKt Spin n 11 In a glowing naiional environmental i mm nnisness, siudi ills llit-11- ale waking up In I'm ult s allrniatisr method i d ethic alum ‘ I lie enwinninenl.il ellilt I K g.ill Jd seats ago, and H has taken awhile lot that to hen line part nl w * letal r mis n lustless said Mai k Kies nei I’resi nil s ens I) on me Ida I direr tor I lit lest ut the world is i atr hing up to us ’ Students at first nil lake < outset vsilli a heats emphasis mi held studs a |ik us tiles s.is makes the ssi u Id thru i lassdKini "Tse alss.ns hern Iasi mated hs wilderness and natute. said ( hi is dan 1‘ettos u It. a sen mi st inlying er ologn al t onsets at ion. Its i inllessls thtillmg In Im able in go out ami I*mik al viiuelhing and ihrn shale those oitMTsatiotU with other people 'It gust iattie In me mie das that I wanted tn do tesrata h in l nsta Ku a said I < ah Das, a sen mi t mu end a ling mi ouidooi etlm attnn and ■ teatise r mnmunu alion "Within a week I ssas gning I hat s the epitome nl I’tesc nil ( adlege A taiidnui sampling nl Presinil’s coutse tillering hetalds sm li sjk a i.ih/ed ionises as Se a Kavaking and Mamie I andst apes. I splni.ilmils tn till Sir11 a Madir, Mesim, and even the tiaditimi.il hminmu I’tiui iplr* and ( <11111111111 \pplu .linin' \lso i unit dinting III the m IiuiiI s j opus at inn .is .m alternative-method college is the 17das wilderness orientation program i.tih mss student musi entei before Uginning .it I’u x <111 In addition, new I’n si nil students ,m asked in design tlicit own rdtu .nioris deleimining a programs of studs uilofetl lo then inieiesis " I heir s .1 lot ol liusl in die studenls that dies knots sslial s In si hu them, l’ellovull Willi Hi added 1 didn't ss.mi to ss.ui se.us lo slati doing sshat t in going to do 1 his s< hool lei* me stall tioss * I’etlosu h wild die .ihiltls lo tmpai I six ul altitudes ahoul the natutal vsoild makes Plrsiotl the ultimate rdmatlonal rxjHi lend 'll all lomes horn naluii lie said "And we want lo hung eseisdung in nauile h.u k to M M lets 1 (loses o( pi ospei use students ale h< ipillg lo nah a mill h sought .diet plat e on the s« hool s losiet 1 ast seal neai Is '>*mi applltants 11 uiijk l< d loi lift* slots adiamaltt mi lease liom pasi seals, said link |.ilisseil. duel lot ol admissions ami maiketing Still some I’lesi ott I at lilts hkeeiologs piolessoi ( all loiiiofl, tan irtneinliei a not so loss lime in the i hronit les ol I’ll v Oil Ioilloll was gelling Ins stall at I’lrstoil in I '.I? I when os ei Is ambitious expansion plans and a national recession lotted die college into hankinp'cs and pushed u | m i ill msls t lose toevliiu tkrn ■ 1 lit t nmilltlllif 111 ol indisiduals lo die Itleals ol the *t lit m >1 kepi us going " I omoll saltl "He had most ol the lac ulls sias ihiough die final quarter.' ()nls a handful of professors then Mill allied al the lie a i Is defuili I college L SCAN OPCNSMAW ,I*!T PM >>$ »RL’;rNA STATI L Students at Prescott College In Arizona are encouraged to tailor their curriculum toward their own needs Prescott is predominately a liberal arts college that emphasizes environmental concerns. U .tt lung Im < l»>x to ihirr \rat\ without pa\ in the bax-ment < >t a Im al hotel But ^tadtialU, iluou^liout a niur-vr.it |H"inh!, 1‘irv ott Ik j^an to n lxuind I hr ircovrrv iiilinmatrd with lull fear11(dilation and vrnall m air umpm <\}Mnsn»n Plrvott President Noith tailed thr n own a mil at le. giving t irdil lo 1 nmol I md olhri stall members who temamed at hr i ollr^r during ils lowest jiehod li was a k iuhI that malts thought Prescott would teset list' thlough "In a was. dial's a mu at 1< " said Norlh, a i air giaduate “ 1 hrs did it Its lue|>ing alive hr ideal Environmental curricula promoted by universities Bv mikecrf.br Iht (>hll> 1 I o hug tiers 111 not to hug tl a' 1 li.it s llir stetrotspii al question. lint vinw sas glossing trends prove tli.it students minted jlxitit tin- enviinnment .nr doing more than embiai mg redssoods amt bunking in then tin ki ll'll h ks t niseisities ate taking envnoniuenlaliMn inoie setiousls than evil. otlenng in.i|ois sjki il'n alh grated ton aid Faith < ohm liHis students " I In opportunities .lie alisolutelv lerritii said Mike \ndersou. piolessot of envitonnient.il tesounes eng i nee i mg at tin ill ho Id l State l ill ( allliloni.t " i lie demand is pisi so gn at i iglit tuns Mlllotigh that hasn't aluavs tieen tine, mam students .lie poising degiees that help them and then enviionmenl ( onnie Kohetts. a semot at list , svsiti hed liom geologs to environmental engineering het sophomore seat, a move that worneil het father ‘lie assumed Ixi ause it had ensiiomnent.il m it. it is.is links." she said Rut .diet he fhp|H-d through the ionise WILLIAM LUTHER. 'at POST OHIO L Environmental hikes, like this at Ohio U.. are now common. hook <i11opinl; with math and sucmr i laws, his Irai s subsided Ma|oiuig in rnsironmenlal studies lias proven lutt alive tin HM gtaduatrs According to Alden Burrows, i li.imn.in ol the department ol cnsuonmental icsouncs at list mils I ts students nationwide graduated last seal with a degtee in <•miioninciH.il rnginrrimg - ;tr> of those students were lioin llumboldt It s the in.i|ot iit the dOs," said Ian Worlcs. assistant diici tot o| the l ol \ ciiiiont s environmental program It s the hot thing, the Inn thing. to do.' So tun tit tact that students are jumping at main of the cunroiuiif mails i oust tons i lass < litru ula ottered aiottml the < minus ( had Kislet a juinoi at Ohio l , is pat t ol an In mol s program that allows him to take a imii.td ol classes about the environment He hiked through th<* Maskatt tundra last sutnuiet l tihhing noses with the jxilat tieurs Students at s< IiimiIs like l of Washington. Sstai use l . Sterling College. I ol < alifoi nia. Hat is, and mans othets are getting pi at lit al expet lent e working on environmental studies piogtams In the past lew seats, ilieic s been a tiemendotis growth of interest in the environment,’ said protessoi Ss S< hwait/ ol the l t Dasts "And that interest is mi leasing at a i.ipid rate * ktttUnti Siiurrwrin of I he Hails Orange, S\raiuse f (tmtnbumi In thu \lor\