<p>“Oregon Straight” -ha, I never heard that before. I deal with a lot of students who deliberate between UO and OSU. I haven’t seen the choices break down too uniformly along liberal/conservative lines. Both Eugene and Corvallis have a hip factor, although Corvallis balances that with a tinge of cow-town, too.</p>
<p>Mostly I see it work out along different areas of interest – the humanities, business, arts, pre-med and academic math and sciences tend to go to UO. The OSU kids are usually more applied sciences, pre-professional programs, and quite a few education majors, in my experience.</p>
<p>The Duck/Beaver divide. ;)</p>