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

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This student does not seem upset with having to pricJi her finger for a blood typing experiment in lab. The old Phillips Science Build- ing houses the nursing, biology, a nd chemistry departments for the campus. 26 — Academics

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The Home of many rodents and aves for years— this spot is des- tined to become the home of Oiin Center. Cliaplain Stewart Jackson ' s son. fohn Stewart, watches as the shapeless concrete and steei be- gins to take on a most unusual shape. The sJjyJight in Oiin casts an in- teresting shadow down the dark pastei corridors. By night the skylights continue to giow with the heip of energy efficient neon tubes. The Lewis Patterson Memorial Library is used for more than storing computer software. Nikki Walton and Mike iWcCiure find it to be an inviting place to prepare programs for class. Oiin— 25

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Phillips Science Warts and All By Southern Accent Staff Ever wonder where those people who claimed they were pre-med go to after freshman orientation? They really do exist, I promise. It is just that they are hidden in the twisted corridors of Phillips Science. When a student walks on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, eventually he must make a choice of major. Those that choose Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Pre-med, or Nursing, rarely see the light of day un- til they are marching down the aisles of Munger to Pomp and Circumstance. On the outset, Phillips Science looks harmless. It is designed to look like most of the other academic buildings, and for the most part, it does. My problem with the building is that I nev- er know where to go in. One would think that the two sets of stairs leading up from the quad point the way to the main entrance. However, every time I am required to go in the building I see people filing in through the doors on ground level. So where is the main en- trance? I don ' t know. Perhaps I have one other minor problem that only needs a little atten- tion. The problem is: Where are the bathrooms! There I said it. I have al- ways been troubled as to why the builders insisted on putting only one set of bathrooms in that building. Even then, they put them on different floors. But enough about the problems of Phil- lips Science. The good of the building is found in what it contains — excellent depart- ments in the sciences of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Nursing, and Pre-med in general. Any student can tell that the majors are hard at work by the prominent smell of formaldehyde that permeates every nook and cranny of the building. Actually the departments are well re- spected throughout the Southeast. In fact, the Nursing department recently obtained their accreditation which sends them on their way up the ladder of success as far as Nursing depart- ments go. Pre-med majors are also in the top department in the Southeast. The percentage of pre-med students that go on to graduate schools is in the upper go ' s. Obviously, this speaks well of our curriculum and especially the faculty of Birmingham-Southern College. Faculty members like Dr. Paul Bailey, Dr. Boardman, and Dr. Millsap keep our students alert and conscientious of not only their immediate world, but of the world that they are headed for. Let ' s hope that this will continue. [v| Dr. Leo Pezzementi, Assistant Professor of Biology, assists Cristine Baumann with a com- plicated genetics probJem Phillips Science— 27