[newshawk note: OK, who wants to read through the survey at the URL below
and report back on the two colleges where pot use is *more* prevalent?]

KOIN Channel 6000 Portland, Oregon http://www.koin.com/ letters to editor:
c6knews@koin.com

REED COLLEGE TOPS IN SURVEY

* Liberal Arts School Gains Good Grades For Academics

PORTLAND, Posted 1:29 p.m. August 25, 1998 -- A survey by The Princeton
Review (http://www.review.com/index.cfm) names Portland's Reed College as
the country's top academic school for undergraduates.

The annual survey, The Guide to the Best 311 Colleges
(http://www.review.com/college-rankings/), polled 56,000 students, ranking
colleges on everything from academics to parties.

The survey gave Reed, a private liberal arts college, good grades for
academics and professor quality.

Reed also placed third in the survey's category for marijuana use.

Lewis and Clark College in Portland joined Reed in the top ten for
marijuana use on campus. Lewis and Clark ranked ninth.

The University of Oregon ranked third for bad dorms and number 14 overall
among party schools.

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Copyright 1998 by The Associated Press

Checked-by: Pat Dolan