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<>*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 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\