VOLUME 115, ISSUE 26
MONDAY
SPOTLIGHT
UNC has funding to a science
College s money
spread to 45 units
BY HANNAH EDWARDS
AND NATE HEWITT
STAFF WRITERS
Hours of extracting DNA in the
lab can be tedious for students,
but the bill that comes with such
scientific processes can be equally
overwhelming.
Among the 45 academic units in
the College of Arts and Sciences,
the science departments cost the
most to fund.
Still, those departments do not
always align with the most coveted
majors.
Biology and psychology are the
only departments that are both in
the top five funded departments and
in the top five most popular majors.
Administrators say the alloca
tion of resources depends on meet
ing student demand and financing
equipment.
Divvying up the dollars
The college is divided into 69
units, 45 of which are academic
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MORE TIME NEEDED GPSF Senate calls
for tuition remission past five years, PAGE 6
WHAT'S IN STORE Deadline nearing
for Student Stores renovations, PAGE 8
UPTOWN GIRLS AND BOYS New
club opens after lengthy delay, PAGE 11
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ANALYSIS: AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT HOW THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES USES FUNDING
areas that offer majors.
The college’s expenses for the
2006-07 fiscal year totaled more
than $214 million, as of March 6.
The five most expensive academic
departments chemistry, biology,
computer science, psychology, and
physics and astronomy account
for 39 percent of the total costs
incurred by the college.
Chemistry accumulated more
than $25 million in expenses
more than any other department
in the college.
But biology, with about 1,700
undergraduates enrolled, is the
most popular major in the college
and the University as a whole.
About 13 percent of students
enrolled in the college are major
ing in biology, while 4 percent are
majoring in chemistry two of the
top majors for students who want
to enter many health fields.
“An awful lot of students have
pre-health profession goals,” said
Steve Matson, chairman of the
Department of Biology. “Either
biology or chemistry are going to
give you the best academic back
ground.”
Matson said the biology depart
ment spends a large portion of its
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funds on providing enough classes
to accommodate students.
And the money that goes to the
Department of Chemistry also
benefits biology majors.
A Bachelor of Science degree
in biology requires five chemis
try classes and two labs all of
which are funded by the chemistry
department.
Sophomore Allan Sharpe, a
Spanish major who plans to get a
bachelor’s in chemistry and go to
medical school, said he has been
able to get into all the labs he
Gonzalez, during a Good Friday procession in Siler City.
Middle: Lydia Spire takes part in a Sunday egg hunt at
Peace Covenant Chinch in Durham. Right: Roxane Gwyn,
of Chapel Hill, places flowers on an image of Jesus on Friday
during a Carrboro procession. See pg. 4 for the stories.
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WORDY HONOR
The owner of He's Not Here is
named Hillsborough's first poet
laureate, a job that includes
reading poetry and serving as a
town spokesman.
has needed. He said the science
resources at the University did
not influence his decision to attend
UNC, but since enrolling, he has
realized the prestige of the science
department.
The chemistry department’s
graduate program was ranked 16th
in the most recent edition of U.S.
News & World Report, while bio
logical sciences were ranked 26th.
“I’ve heaxd the chemistry program
is one of the best in the country, and
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BLEAK FORECAST
A local filmmaker screens his
movie, which tells the story of
Orange County in the future
when gas prices rise above $lO,
in Carrboro.
BIOLOGY LEADS LIST OF
MOST-FAVORED MAJORS
BY NATE HEWITT
STAFF WRITER
When students choose their
majors, they’re usually trying to
explore their passions or lay the
foundation for their dream jobs.
And different majors appeal to
students for many reasons.
Biology, psychology, political
science and communication stud
ies the most popular majors in
the College of Arts and Sciences
have retained that title for the
past 10 years.
Exercise and sports science,
which wasn’t a major in 1997,
rounds out the top five.
Biology, which claims 13 per
cent of students in the College of
Arts and Sciences, is a popular
choice for students pursuing the
pre-medical track.
“It’s good preparation for any
field that involves in-depth prob
lem solving,” said Marcia Harris,
director of University Career
Services.
Professor delves
deep into drama
Students praise
Kable’s knowledge
BY KATIE HOFFMANN
FEATURES EDITOR
About 40 students watched
Wednesday afternoon as Frankie
Avalon and his rival British char
acter, Potato Bug, lyrically dueled
on-screen in
efforts to win
Dee Dee’s affec
tion in “Bikini
Beach.”
Ten min
utes later they
jumped to
“Sweet Charity”
A look at students'
favorite professors
and watched Shirley MacLaine
attend a hippie group that meets
in an underground parking garage
and sings about the rhythm of
life.
The students weren’t at a
film festival but in “Studies in
Dramatic Theory and Criticism”
with professor of dramatic art
Greg Kable.
And while the students laughed
at the film clips and joked with
Kable about them, they said after
ward that it was not just the fun
SEE KABLE, PAGE 7
Gardeners weather
through cold snap
Saturday morning
includes snow mix
BY SAMUEL LAU
STAFF WRITER
Barbara Stiles has been garden
ing with her sister at their house
on Gimghoul Road since 1978, and
she’s seen her fair share of chilly
temperatures.
But this weekend’s unexpected
cold front, which included snow
early Saturday, left her worrying
about her flowers.
“We’ll just keep our fingers
this day in history
APRIL 9,1965...
The word "state" is added to the
name of N.C. University at Raleigh.
UNC-CH's student body president
says it goes against building "one
great university in North Carolina."
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2007
Most popular
majors in the
College of
Arts and Sciences
Spring 2087
► Biology -1,686 (13 %)
► Psychology- 1,357 (11 %)
► Political Science -1,012 (8%)
► Communication Studies - 772
(6%)
► Exercise and Sports Science
- 630 (5%)
On average, family practice
doctors make between $128,000
and $163,000 a year.
Many biology majors also go
into research, teaching or fields
of ecology and public policy.
Junior Hayley White, a biol
ogy major, said she plans to
SEE MAJORS, PAGE 7
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Professor Gregory Kable teaches
his DRAM 115 class about meth
od acting March 20 by showing
clips from classic films.
Fall 2007 courses
taught by Kable
DRAM 115
MWF 1-1:50, Hamilton 100
DRAM 120 Play Analysis
MWF 10-10:50, Alumni 207
DRAM 282 Theatre
History and Literature II
T/Th 9:30-10:45, Alumni 207
crossed,” Stiles said Thursday in
anticipation of the weekend lows.
Gardeners like Stiles and her
sister, Bernice Wade, had to take
pre-emptive measures to ensure
their flowers would continue to
bloom as temperatures plummet
ed into the low 30s during the past
few days.
Though it canceled its freeze
warning for Sunday, the National
Weather Service in Raleigh said
a warning remains in effect from
2 a.m. until 9 a.m. today, predict
ing that young annual plants and
SEE WEATHER, PAGE 7
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