I feel I need to clear up some confusion. I was not attacking the biology department whatsoever, if I was attacking anybody, it was the administration. The departments can only play the cards the administration deals. I was merely making a suggestion for the future of the department, whether that be one year down the road or ten.
Smaller colleges have smaller departments.
I visited Gustavus Adolphus college on Oct. 3-4 for the Nobel Conference. Gustavus is considerably bigger, with a little over 2500 students. When I was there I visited the biology department. They had 13 biology professors. With 13 professors they can specialize within the department a lot easier than Southwestern with 3 biology faculty.