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just for seniors either, we've had some
very successful freshmen ns well."
Three days a week students attend
classes that focus on problems or themes
having to do with the Oregon Coast.
Students spend the remaining days on
their individual research projects, which
they choose and develop throughout the
term.
Projects have ranged from developing a
permanent plan to save an elk herd, to
rearranging Charleston's downtown, to
developing an interpretive trail guide for
a national recreation area. %
Medlor said the project ideas, which
the students come up with on their own.
are endless. He said many research pro
jects, besides giving the students hands
on experience in that area, develop into
plans and programs that benefit the
Charleston community and the coast.
''If students hadn't have done the leg
work, the nation's first estuary marine
reserve on the south slew of Coos Bay
wouldn’t have gotten sanctuary status as
quickly." Medlor said. "This is an exam
ple of something dramatic that actually
came from what they did."
Medler said the program has two dis
tinct goals.
"First, we trv to give students the skills
to solve environmental problems by
using and learning marine biology, car
tography. landscape architecture classes
and analytic skills like political science
to help them in public policy and man
agement to solve these problems,"
Medler said.
"Everybody wants to save the world,
hut they need the skills to do it." he said.
Medler said the second goal of OIMB is
to teach a broader, more theoretical
understanding of environmental issues
Many OIMB students said they
received I letter grades while in
Charleston.
“I got batter grades, even though it's a
lot of fun, because you're learning and
you're right there in it." senior history
major Dan Blake said. "If you sleep in for
a class, the professors will c ome in and
wake you up.”
Medler said the main difference is that
students are living in what they're actu
ally studying.
"It's not like walking down 13th
Avenue." he said. “Here, you're walking
down the bay with the wind in your face
and you're studying where you are; it's at
your feet and in front of your eyes as
opposed to in a text book."
Besides the different edui-ational expe
rience OIMB offers, the social aspect is
memorable as well, some students said.
"It's the ideal educational experience
because here at the University we re
totally detached and there, you're all
together and part of the process." Wagn
er said.
Students and professors alike agreed
the weekends, although some students go
homo or hack to campus on occasion, aro
a time to relax and party together.
“Wo havo tho weekends off. but the
program develops its own momentum."
Medler said "Picnics, parlies, excursions
— it's an all-the-time program."
Medler said the program hasn't denied
anyone admittance, hut he said certain
kinds of people are more conducive to
the program’s environment than others
"The right kind of people are those
who like to put things together and do
things by themselves," Medler said
"Those who like to connect the science
area to the social science area and see
how things go together are the best for the
program."
The only prerequisite class that is
needed Indore acceptance is Introduction
to Ecology.
Tuition for OIMB is the same as the
campus tuition and the dorm cost are
also equivalent to the donns here. Finan
cial aid can be applied to the program,
and most students take between 14 to 20
credit hours, Medler said.
Those interested in applying for the
program shouldn't register with Duck
Call. Medler said, because the registration
is done in Charleston at the beginning of
spring term
Many students who have gone through
the program say it's on experience they
will never forget."It's a place I'll always
go hack to," Wagner said "There is defi
nitely a part of me that is still there ”
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Similar fees are imposed at the other eight UC. campuses
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some mandatory student fees.
Anthony Caso, a Pacific Legal Foundation lawyer who
helped represent the 36 dissident students in the case, said it
would he easy for the university to distinguish between the
non-political chess club and the political Sierra Club. Ho
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able The State Bar. ordered by the U S. Supreme Court to
refund part of lawyers' dues in a similar <ase, has spent huge
sums trying to define political activities, and the university s
task would be even more elusive, he said
Accusing the court of fostering a "tyranny of the minority.
Himelstein asked. "What's the purpose of the university? Is
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except their major field of study?"
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The students originally sued in 1079 and 1080 Lower
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mandatory feet merely meant that students on all sides would
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"The university can teach civics in other ways that involve
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