Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Whatever happened to the old ' new curriculum ? — The one it took us five years to come up with. A college crisis is no place for petty, inter-departmental back-biti ng. Why is it suddenly so hard to define a liberal arts education? . . . ' Ts there such a thing as a ' conservative arts college? When your department is threatened with extinction, what can you do but fight back on a gut level?

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»5 Can a professor drop a course? I really like the low faculty-student ratio. Much more personal . . . . There seems to be a more positive attitude among the faculty this year which is re- flected in the increased enthusiasm they ' re bringing to their classes. I ' ll swap you three sophomore majors for another professor in our department. I ' m very impressed with the calibre of the faculty — after all Tm on it.

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There are a few professors here who can probably walk on water; then there are those who only think they can. Does he think this is the only class I have? The faculty really seem to care . . . not afraid to be human beings. I like that.