Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1994
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 95. ISSUE 88
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Students at the University 's Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
use the entire Coos Bay coast area as their classroom.
Marine institute offers
alternative education
Courses: Students
get unique lessons
in Oregon Coast
outdoor school
By Julie Swensen
Orugon Q&fy Enwfaid
Imagine studying forestry
while walking in the woods
instead of learning the subject
in a crowded classroom. Or
examining a live marine spec
imen straight from tho ocean
rather than removing one
from a jar of formaldehyde.
Since 1973. the Universi
ty’s Oregon Institute of Ma
rine Biology has offered
unique learning opportuni
ties like this to University
students of every major. The
People and the Oregon Coast
program offers courses such
as biology, geography, land
scape architecture and politi
cal science, and its "class
room" is the Coos Bay region.
Instructors and students
said this program has given
them new ways of looking at
things, and students have
said that this program is one
of the best things they've ever
done, said Jerry Medler, an
associate professor of poli
tical science who has taught
the program.
"This is one of the most
exciting programs at the Uni
versity. and one of its best
kept secrets." he said.
Located in Charleston,
about 120 miles southwest of
Eugene, students attend lec
tures in a 19th century U S.
Coast Guard station auditori
um that overlooks tin* water
As part of their education,
students go on field trips ev
erywhere in the Coos Hay re
gion. Medler said.
Both professors and stu
dents live on-site in a dormi
tory. which allows partici
pants to be active in the com
munity. By meeting with
community members from
elected officials to salmon
trollers. students luarn about
the problems involving scien
tific, economic and social as
pects of fisheries, forestry, og
riculture and tourism.
Students also design their
own research projects on top
ics that affect the coastal sec
tor. One student's project
helped to initiate the selec
tion of the nearby South
Slough as the nation’s first
Estuarine Sanctuary, and an
other project stimulated the
Charleston Seafood proces
sors to enter the growing Pa
cific Whiting fishery.
Douglas Deur. a former stu
dent in the program, used the
opportunity to halt the Port of
Bandon’s plans to build con
dominiums on land that the
Coquille tribe had considered
Turn to MARINE, Page 4
Supporters rally for Amazon
Housing: Tenants urge
restoration, formation of
student-run cooperative
By Eric Buckhalter
fcv (h# Oregon CX*t*\ (m&r&ki
University family-housing
tenants and supporters of the
restoration of Amazon field a
rally Friday and urged that Uni
r
\urslt\ offtc lvlIs oxplorv several
alternatives tvefore making a
final d<H ision
About 2!i people gathered at
tin- stops of Johnson Hall, where
spoakors voicod thoir support
for Amazon's rostoratmn and its
re designation as an indepen
dont, student-run cooperative
Ihev emphasized that the I'm
vorsity koop rout i osts low and
preserve the communit v's
friendly. cooperative spirit.
Were it not for Amazon,
many of our low income faini
lies would not Ih1 at tin* l Inn er
sity." said Marlene Dresi her.
Director of the ()ffn e of Student
Advocacy "1 think the Universi
t\ should turn Amazon into a
Tom to RALLY. P.iqo 6
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University students listen as Republican gubernatorial candidate Craig Berkman discusses his plans
tor higher education reform at the EMU Maple Room Monday afternoon
Candidate nresents fundina clans
Campaign: Republican Craig
Berkman proposes privatization
of University, tuition reform
By Meg Dedolph
Oregon (M<‘y t met an 1
Creating a dual tuition plan and privatizing
the University are two of the options Craig
Berkman is proposing to solve the problems of
higher education funding
Berkman. a Republican i andidute for gover
nor, held a question and answer session Mon
day at the KMU About 20 students attended
Tuition is currently subsidized by the state,
although the percentage of that subsidy has
decreased since the passage of Ballot Measure
5, meaning students have had to pay higher
tuitions
With Workman's dual tuition plan, students
whose families i mild afford to pay more tuition
would have a smaller state subsidy than the
families of students who could not as easily
afford a college ediu ation,
I think a lot of (fregoninns would l>e willing
to pay a higher tuition bused on tfieir ability to
pay," Workman said
He also said lie wanted to investigate the per
ception that hieulty and stall at public < ullages
and universities have a smaller workload than
those in comparable positions at private
schools.
If there's any truth to this perception, people
need to lake the initiative to reform higher edu
cation from within,” he said
Turn to BERKMAN, Page b
GOOD MORNING
Second tuition installments
are due today, which includes
one-third of assessed tuition
plus any current or past-due bal
ances.
BERKELEY (AP) — Ivan
Dickson bought second-hand
clothes, never owned a refriger
ator or a car, and refused to
repair a leaking roof on his
home. Friends, worried, gave
him food and clothing to make
ends meet.
HIGH
50°
t O w
28°
Hut they would be surprised,
learning after his death that
Dickson, an avid hiker, had a
gift of his own — a record
$427,000 donation to the hast
Hay Regional Park District.
"Most people thought he was
indigent." said longtime hiking
companion William King "Hu
looked like a street person, I
guess you would say today,
though he was always i lean —
always shaven "
Dickson died last year at age
95. His gift, the largest single
cash donation in the park dis
trict's history, can he used only
for maintenance of its 50 parks
and 75,000 acres in Contra Costa
and Alameda counties by orders
of Dickson's will.