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features Faculty Spotlight Dr. Clara Bunn heads the biology department by Julia Toone For the past 17 years Clara Bunn has been a part of the biology and health scien ces department at Meredith. She has taught chemistry, radiobiolgoy, microbiology, biochemistO', and General Biology 101. Not only has she been a teacher but for the past 12 years she has been head of the biology and health sciences department. These two jobs, along with many other activities, have kept Dr. Bunn veiy busy. As head of the biology and health scien ces department, Dr. Bunn is responsible for working with the dean to employ the department's faculty. She forms the budget, which is a difficult job because of all the supplies needed, and she works to get funds for research projects. She also helps the department facul^ in scheduling courses and developing an up-to-date curriculum with programs that provide education and enhance the students' ability to get jobs. She is responsible for recommendations of promotion and tenure. As the Pre-Med, Pre-Vei, Pre-Den advisor. Dr. Bunn accumulates and sends off recommenda tions for people applying to schools. All of these jobs necessitate a certain educational background. Dr. Bunn spent two years at Wake Forest and then two years at Meredith where she graduated with a major in chemistry, a minor in biology, and a second certification in science. She worked for twelve years and then went back to school at N.C.S.U. where she received a Masters of Science in Nutritional Bio chemistry and a P.H.D. in Microbiology. In her spare time. Dr. Bunn enjoys study ing wildlife, hunting, and (raveling. She has studied wildlife in Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. Dr. Bunn likes to work in her yard and visit her house in Vermont She also spends time with her husband, son and grandchild. Dr. Bunn has taught at other schools besides Meredith, but Meredith is her favorite. She says that the students here seem more interested in the subject matter. When asked alwut her reputation of being one the hardest teachers at Meredith, she responded that she does not mind teing referred to as (hat as long as they say she is fair. Dr. Clara Bunn takes a break from her hectic schedule to pose for a pho^raph. {Photo by Kunberiy Cook) The North Carolina drinking law: One nnonth later Whatc?{ do by Christy Porter On September 1,1986,19 and 20-year- olds had to put down their drinks and leave the bars. You now have to be 21 years old to purchase, possess, or consume alcoholic beverages. TTiis controversal law sparked riots in Chapel Hill and caused general rebellion among college students. Now, one month later, college nightlife has made a drastic change. Under-aged drinkers now consume alcohol privately, rather than publicly. This has affected the local bars. DarryH’s on Hillsborough Street report ed that they have half the normal crowd. This has made a defmite effect on the profits from alcohol sales. Minors are allowed inside for dinner, but there may not be any alcohol on the table. Shawn Kilkiney, an.employee of Mitch's Tavern, said, "Business is a lot slower. We do not get the students who used to come in after their labs and drink a pitcher anymore.” Some businesses, have developed plans to keep college students in the bars without drinki^ig. ACC Tavern limits 19 and 20- years-old to the game area and dance floor. Cheere admits 19 and 20-year-olds females, but they may not consume alco hol. Hot ‘Lanta is offering various incen tives to college students. Some of these include free admission and fiee non alcoholic beverages. Bany’s recently re opened its doors to underaged drinkers due to a drastic decrease in business. Bars are not the only establishments affected by the law. The fraternities have also felt the results of the law. Many NCSU fraternities reported that the new drinking age has had a postitive impact on fraternity life. Robert Smith, a pledge at Phi Kappa Tau, said, “There is more of an emphasis on athletics and academics. Tliese things are what firatemi^ life is all about." Don Dudley, a brother a Sigma Alpha Epsilon, said that the age is beneficial in that it operates the people who just want free alcohol and the people who are genuinely interested in the fraternity. Although attendance has dropped, (he par ties are better because people are more sociable. In some instances, little sister pledges have increased drastically. Bob Poetzin- ger, a brother at Sigma Chi initially had 80 little sister pledges. Through the interview process, they narrowed die number down to 28. Not all fraternities are seeing good results from the law. One fraternity brother at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill confided that Chapel Hilt nightlife is more subdued. All consump tion of alcohol goes on behind clos^ doors. The new law has definitely changed some aspects of college life. The tradi tional tailgating parties before the football games must be non-alcoholic, no longer can college students order a pitcher of beer at a local bar, and gone are the days when fraternity parties sometimes resemble scences from “Animal House”. This con troversial law may definitely signal (he end of an era. /a* I Now that the rj'sjJ ui tweitty- unocKclaiismenarei otN^haltodo Mdnygtcls^ IratcrDity partie& butjev" arc haviiyg ro era s V\rhtti«lse'i\i.Q ui 01 Uit lhat ihey liffecTttie i N>vfn«nds JAero no'lon' their nipnev «ir^ Vxot''* dunking age hus^aln sense of FQ^ante Ui d Dl6jS4re£pendvi£«nit things like picrA^f ^ dmner .4‘da^ ncTjpdjl t( IrrfUiiiib IhesC)) UlUiltlQD-H Up to 4 Students Permitted Per Apartment Keeps Your Monthly Rent Per Person Reasonable! Located adjacent to Wake CounQr Uedlcal Center and 1-641 Just 15 minutes from Meredith College Campus. 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