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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 93407

Vol. 50, No. 15

Area students invited
to 'Primary care Day'

Jan. 24 workshop set on ·
Fanu1y, lted"al Leave Act

Faculty and staff members are en­
couraged to let students know about a
National Primary Care Day presenta­
tion to promote careers in the pri­
mary-care health professions to be
held from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday,
Jan. 22, in Chumash Auditorium.
Cal Poly is among only a few un­
dergraduate institutions and 140 pro­
fessional schools across the country
to participate in the annual event.
Local primary-care practitioners,
including physicians, a physician's
assistant, and a nurse practitioner, will
talk about their careers. Free pizza
and soft drinks will be served.
The College of Science and Math­
ematics sponsors National P~mary
Care Day at Cal Poly to educate under­
graduates about various career options.
For more information, call Ursula
Bishop, director of the university 's
Access to Health Careers program, at
ext. 2840.

Several 'search' classes
offered at library
Learn to search Lexis-Nexis, UNIX,
telnet, Polycat and more during win­
ter quarter at the Kennedy Library.
Faculty, staff and students can sign
up for workshops in:
• Getting Started-Getting On - in­
cludes classes in e-mail, UNIX, telnet
and more.
• Polycat Plus -covers searching
for books -local and via the system­
wide CSUNET.
• FirstSearch/CARL - allows
searches for journal and magazine ar­
ticles.
• Lexis/Nexis - offers full-text

news searching. (These classes are re­
stricted by contract to faculty mem­
bers and students only.)
• Searching the Web.
Access to the these on-line re­
sources will be available from office
or off-campus locations to those who
attend the workshops.
For a full schedule of times, dates
and locations, visit the Web site at
http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/gopher/
services.html or stop by the library
for a printed copy.
For more information, call the Ref­
erence Department at ext. 2649.

January 17, 1997

A workshop designed for deans,
directors, department heads/chairs,
managers and supervisors on the
Family and Medical Leave Act is
scheduled from 9 to 11 am Friday,
Jan. 24, in UU 220.
The workshop, sponsored by Hu­
man Resources, will provide an over­
view of federal and state legal
requirements and offer guidelines for
supervisors who approve requests for
leaves of absence.
To enroll, call Joan Lund in Human
Resources at ext. 6563 or e-mail jlund.

Psychological Services
moves to Health Center
The university community is in­
vited to stop by Psychological Ser­
vices' new offices in the Health Center.
Department hours, phone numbers
and programs have not changed.
Staff members are available to help
students and employees with aca­
demic and personal problems.
To help plan Psychological Ser­
vices' programs for future quarters,
employees are being asked to fill out
a questionnaire, to be included with
the January pay warrants.
For information, call Psychological
Services at ext. 2511 .

Retirement reception
set for Paullleel
A reception in honor of Paul Neel,
dean of the College of Architecture
and Environmental Design from 1991
until his retirement last month, is
planned from 2 to 5 pm Wednesday,
Jan. 22, in the Albert B. Smith Con­
ference Center.

DSS sets open house,
changes name, location
Disabled Student Services (DSS)

will hold an open house from 2 to
4 pm Friday, Jan. 31, to publicize its
new name - Disability Resource Cen­
ter - and new location in the Student
Services Building, across from Mus­
tang Stadium.
DSS now occupies the space re­
cently vacated by Psychological Ser­
vices, which has moved to the Health
Center.
DSS, Student Support Services,
Career Services, and the Assessment
and Testing Center, are now all
housed in the Student Services Build­
ing, which should allow for improved
services and better collaboration be­
tween departments.
For more information, call DSS at
ext. 1395.

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January 17, 1997

Leading American poet
to read tonight
Leading American poet and USC
professor Molly Bendall will be the
first speaker in Cal Poly Arts' winter
quarter WriterSpeak series at 7 to­
night (Jan. 17) in the Performing Arts
Center's Philips recital hall.
Bendall's poetry "has a singular
life of its own," wrote critic Richard
Howard. It "is struggling to digest
and express new objects, new groups
of objects, new feelings, new as­
pects." Her poetry also incorporates
"the conversations, letters, and over­
heard musings of remembered women
- Pavlova, Colette, Cassatt, Kahlo,
and others ...."
Bendall's book "After Estrange­
ment" was published in 1992. She has
won a Pushcart prize and the Eunice
Tietjens prize from Poetry magazine.
The reading is co-sponsored by the
English Department and College of
Liberal Arts.
For more information, call English
professor Kevin Clark at ext. 2506.

Personal development
support group forming
A six-week support group for em­
ployees interested in personal devel­
opment will begin Thursday, Feb. 6,
sponsored by the Employee Assis­
tance Program (EAP).
The group will meet from 5: 15 to
6:15 pm on consecutive Thursdays in
the Health Center Conference Room
137. Employees are asked to agree to
attend all six sessions.
The workshops will be facilitated
by EAP coordinator Jean DeCosta
and psychology intern Mardell
Gavriel.
The format will be open discussion
and self-exploration. Participants will
acquire tools to make personal change.
Issues to be explored include
assertiveness, self-esteem, careers and
jobs, family and children, self-sabo­
tage and procrastination, and general
self-awareness.

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For more information or to regis­
ter, call Jean DeCosta at ext. 5198.

Time travel
topic of Jan. 21 talk
Physics professor Edward Harrison
from the University of Massachusetts
will talk on "The Impossibility of
Wellsian Time Travel" at 11 am Tues­
day, Jan. 21, in the Science Building,
Room E-26.
Harrison will discuss "The Time
Machine," written by H.G. Wells in
1895. He will explain why time
travel, as conceived by Wells and
popularized in numerous science-fic­
tion stories and movies, involves a
contradiction in basic scientific prin­
ciples.
Harrison also asserts, however, that
not all time travel is physically impos­
sible.
He will present a history of the
idea of time travel and show a section
of a movie that closely follows Wells'
book.
The presentation is part of the
Physics Department Colloquium
speaker series.
For more information, call physics
professor Gayle Cook at ext. 2814.

Statistics provides
consulting service
The Statistics Department provides
a consulting service to facilitate re­
search design and data analysis in a
variety of disciplines.
Kent Smith, the main consultant
winter quarter, can help in the design
and analysis of research projects. He
can also lead seminars and tutorials
on requested topics and advise on
computer packages available at Cal
Poly. If some special area concerning
statistical inference is of interest to a
department or group, contact Smith to
arrange lectures on that subject.
Smith's office is in Room 108 in
Faculty Offices East. He can be
reached at ext. 6129, via e-mail at
kdsmith or messages can be left at
ext. 2709.
Walk-in Consulting Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays ............................... 2:10-3 pm
Office Hours for Students
Mondays and Fridays ..... 9:10-10 am
Wednesdays .............. 11: 10 am-noon
Appointments can be scheduled by
calling during walk-in consulting
hours or during office hours for stu­
dents.

Women a medieval literature
topic Women's Studies talk
"Voices From the Past: Hearing Medieval Women" is the title of the first
Women's Studies Lunch-Time Seminar from 12:10 to 1 pm, Monday, Jan. 27, in
the Staff Dining Room.
English professor Debora Schwartz will answer the questions:
• Where can women's voices be heard, despite their exclusion from the liter­
ary culture in medieval times?
• How did women writers deal with the hatred of women found in much of
this early literature?
• What are the implications of medieval women's widespread illiteracy?
• Who are the women from the Middle Ages whose words have been pre­
served, and what do they have to say?
For more information, call Carolyn Stefanco, director of the Women's Stud­
ies Program, at ext. 1525.

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Retirement reception
for Yang to be Jan. Z9
A retirement reception for David
Yang, head of the Global Affairs
Overseas Programs office, is planned
from 2 to 4 pm Wednesday, Jan. 29,
in the Alumni House.
Yang is retiring after 24 years of
service.

Learn-at-Lunch
speaker series set
The Employee Assistance Pro­
gram's winter quarter Learn-at-Lunch Se­
ries begins Tuesday, Jan. 21, with a
talk on "Work-Place Humor" by pre­
senter and trainer Mark Hutchenreuther.
All Learn-at-Lunch programs are
from noon to 1 pm in the Staff Dining
Room. Sessions are open to employ­
ees and family members.
Other presentations:
• Thesday, Feb. 4, Carmela
Vignocchi, Consumer Credit Counsel­
ing Services, will talk on "Balancing
Your Budget and Managing Your
Credit."
• Friday, Feb. 21, certified mas­
sage practitioner David Nelson will
present "Tai Chi."
• Thesday, March 11, clinical psy­
chologist Janice Jensen will talk on
"The Tyranny of the 'Shoulds. " '
For more information, call the Em­
ployee Assistance Program office at
ext. 0-EAP (0327).

Gallery Exhibits
UU Galerie: Crissa Hewitt and Chuck
Jennings (Art and Design). Two- and
three-dimensional work. Through Sun­
day, Feb. 2.
University Art Gallery: The Ameri­
can Institute of Graphic Artists: Travel­
ing Exhibit of Professional Graphic De­
signers. Through Sunday, Feb. 9. Uni­
versity Art Gallery, Dexter.

Dateline
Admission charged - $
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17
WriterSpeak: Poet Molly Bendall
will read. Performing Arts Center. 7 pm.

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Speaker: Barbara Mori (Social Sci­
ences) will highlight plans for Cal Poly's
summer study program in China. Barnes
and Noble Bookstore, downtown San Luis
Obispo, 7 pm.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
Men's Basketball: CSU Fullerton,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
MONDAY, JANUARY 20
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr.
birthday observed. Campus closed except
for needed emergency services.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21
Speaker: Edward Harrison (Univer­
sity of Massachusetts) will discuss "The
· Impossibility of Wellsian Time Travel" as
part of the Physics Colloquium speaker
series. Science E-26, 11 am.
Speaker: Mark Hutchenreuther (pre­
senter and trainer) will present "Work­
Place Humor" as part of the Employee
Assistance Program Learn-at-Lunch Se­
ries. Staff Dining Room, noon.
THURSDA~JANUARY23

Women's Basketball: University of
the Pacific, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Music and Dance: The Whirling
Dervishes. Performing Arts Center.
8 pm. ($)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
Wrestling: Oregon University, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
SATURDA~JANUARY25

Men's Tennis: Westmont College,
9:30 am. Santa Clara University, 1 pm.
Tennis Courts.
Women's Basketball: CSU Long
Beach, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26
Ballroom Dance Club: Foxtrot
classes, Odd Fellows Hall, San Luis
Obispo, 5:45pm. ($)
MONDAY, JANUARY 27
Speaker: Debora Schwartz (English)
will talk in "Voices From the Past: Hear­
ing Medieval Women" as part of the
Women' s Studies Lunch-Time Seminar.
Staff Dining Room, noon.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28
Music: Japanese percussionists Kodo.
Performing Arts Center. 8 pm ($)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
Service Awards Luncheon: Honor­
ing employees with 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30
years of service. Chumash, 11:30 am. ($)
Dance: Orchesis Dance Company
will present "eMotion Through Dance."
8 pm. Also Friday, Jan. 31 , 8 pm, and
Saturday, Feb. 1, at 1 and 8 pm. Theatre.($)

Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applica­
tions for the following positions are
available from the appropriate Human
Resources office. Vacancy information
can also be accessed from the Cal Poly
home page on the World Wide Web
(address: http://www.calpoly.edu; click
on "General Information" and "Cur­
rent Events").

STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 2236 or job line
at ext. 1533). Official application forms
must be received by 4 pm of the closing
date or be postmarked by the closing
date. (No faxes)
CLOSING DATE: Feb. 28
#77080: Temporary Emergency
Clerical Pool, Human Resources, short­
term appointments (30-90 days) in any
department on an as-needed basis.
Appointments vary in time-base,
classification, and length of assignment.
CLOSING DATE: Feb. 7
#79081: Statistical Programmer
(Programmer 1/11, Assessment and
Testing Center (Unit 9)*, $1375­
$1652.50/mo. (Programmer I level) or
$1,638-$197 4.50/mo. (Programmer II
level), commensurate with experience and
background; temp., half-time to 6/30/98
with annual renewal).
CLOSING DATE: The position is open
until filled: however review of applica­
tions will begin Feb. 15.
#7M082: Director, Alumni Relations
(Admin. II), University Advancement,
salary range for the position is $47,000­
$65,000 annually commensurate with
experience and qualifications. Direct
specific inquiries regarding the position
to: William Boldt, vice president for
university advancement, at ext. 1445.
CLOSING DATE: Open until r.Jied.
#79083: VM Systems Programmer
(Staff Systems Software Specialist),
ITS-Computing Systems and Operations
(Unit 9)*, $4256-$5136/mo. temporary to
6/30/98, annually, renewable dependent
upon funding .
*NOTE: For positions marked with an
asteri sk, qualified on-campus applicants
currently in Bargaining Units 2, 5, 7, and
9 will be given first consideration.

FOUIIDAnOII (Foundation Adm.
Building, job line at ext. 7107). All foun­
dation applications must be received
(not just postmarked) by 5 pm of the
closing date. (No faxes)
CLOSING DATE: Jan. 24
Assistant Cook/Grill, Campus

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Dining, $7.01-$9.11/hr., ten month
position.
Computer Technicians, El Corral
Bookstore, $1552-$2017/mo.
Custodian, Campus Dining, $1750­
$2066/mo.
Research Assistant, $1980-$2575/mo.
Vending Route Service Person
Campus Dining, $7.01-$9.11/hr., UJ­
month position.
Grant Analyst, Sponsored Pro­
grams, $2530-$3289/mo.
Building Service Worker, $1750/mo.

• • • • •
FACULTY (Adm. 312, ext. 2844)
Candidates interested in positions
on the faculty are invited to contact the
appropriate dean or department head
or chair. Ranks and salaries for faculty
posit_ions are commensurate with quali­
fications and experience (and time base
where applicable) unless otherwise
stated.
CLOSING DATE Extended to Feb. 15
#73012: Assistant/Associate Profes­
sor, Journalism Department, ext. 2508.
Tenure-track full-time position available
1997-98 academic year. Teach
ne~swriting: reporting, editing, layout &
design, multicultural journalism, and
other courses in applicant's areas of ex­
pe~ise. Advise award-winning student
daily. Interest in minority media desir­
able. Ph.D. preferred. Master's considered
with substantial recent experience with a
major metro daily. Teaching experience at
college level is expected. Refer to Re­
cruitment Code #73012 and send Jetter of
application, resume, three current letters
o~ reference, and official transcripts to
N1shan Havandjian, head, Journalism De­
partment.
CLOSING DATE Extended to Feb. 15
#73018: Assistant/Associate Profes­
sor, Journalism Department, ext. 2508.
Tenure-track full-time position available
1997-98 academic year. Teach television
news, production, and related courses.
Advise student TV station in addition to
teaching beginners' reporting and
newswriting. Other courses within
candidate's areas of specialty or interest
available. Ph.D. preferred. Master's con­
sidered with substantial professional ex­
perience as a reporter or news director in
a major broadcast market. Professional
experienc~ in electronic media required.
Pnnt media experience desirable. Multi­
medi~ expertise a definite plus. Teaching
expenence at college level is expected.

Send letter of application, resume, three
current letters of reference, and official
transcripts to Nishan Havandjian, head,
Journalism Department.
CLOSING DATE: April20
#73043: Assistant Professor, Forest
Measurements and Management, Natural
Resources Management Department, ext.
270.2; fax ext. 1402. Tenure-track position
available fall 1997 or winter 1998. Ph.D.
in forest management, forest sciences or
related field with at least one degree in
forestry required. Consideration given to
thos~ with for~st engineering, or engi­
neenng expenence and education in CAD
an.d GPS. Demonstrated abilities in ap­
plied mathematical and statistical models
and methods for measurement and sam­
pling forest structure and composition.
Joint appointment (.75 NRM Dept. and
.~5 BioRe~ources/Ag . Engr. Dept.), full­
lime teachmg for three quarters per year
which may include summer quarter and '
may involve teaching at Swanton Pacific
the college's 3,800-acre remote ranch and
forest in Santa Cruz county. Must attain
California RPF (Registered Professional
Fo~estry) license within four years of ap­
pomtment (required for tenure). Send of­
~cial Cal Poly application (obtain by call­
mg ext. 2702), resume, official tran­
scripts, and three letters of recommenda­
tion to Norman Pillsbury, department
head/Search Committee Chair, Natural
Resources Department.
CLOSING DATE: Feb. 28
#73035: Assistant Professor, Graphic
Communication Department, ext. 1108.
Full-time tenure-track position beginning
September 1997 (salary range approx.
~38 , 000-44 ,000 depending on qualifica­
tw~s an~ experience). Primary teaching
duties Will be new media and printing­
~lectronic. p~epress and publishing; imag­
mg for ~nntmg and packaging, design re­
productiOn technology; digital on-demand
printing. Requires collaboration with fac­
ulty to further develop existing graphic
arts labs and instructing in such Jabs. In­
struction will rely on interactive learning
and networking using electronic and
Internet applications, and traditional
teaching techniques. Ph.D. preferred;
Master's degree appropriate to graphic
com~unication .considered, and industry
expenence required. Submit vitae, three
letters of reference and official university
transcripts to Harvey R. Levenson
CLOSING DATE: April1
#73039: Department Head/Tenure­
Track Faculty Position, Crop Science
Department, ext. 1237; fax ext. 6504.
Full-time 12-month position available
Sept. I, 1997. Position is 60% teaching

~d

40% administrative, teaching portion
tenure track. Administrative responsi­
bilities include management of teaching
faculty, technical and clerical support
staff, budgets, facilities and student mat­
ters. Ap~r~~riate professional develop­
ment activities expected. Rank, salary and
teaching assignments are commensurate
with qualifications and experience. Mini­
mum qualifications include: Ph.D. in one
of the agricultural plant sciences or
closely related field; demonstrated com­
mitment to and involvement with the sci­
ence and practice of crop production;
demonstrated administrative ability;
strong personnel management skills; suc­
cessful university teaching and applied re­
search experience. Strong industry ties are
high~y d.esired. Send completed Cal Poly
applicatiOn (obtain by calling ext. 1237)
to Paul Fountain, Chair of the Search
Committee, Crop Science Department.
IS

CLOSING DATE: Feb.17
#73045, #73047: Assistant Professor
Positions (2), City and Regional Planning
Dept., ext. 1315. Two full-time tenure­
track positions to teach in master's and
bachelor's programs available for the
1997-98 academic year (salary $37,140­
$46,812 per year). (1) Comprehensive
Planning (#73045): Teach studio and lec­
ture courses in land use, transportation,
community and project planning. (2)
Physical Planning and Urban Design
(#73047): Teach studio and lecture
co~rse.s in site analysis and design, design
gmdehnes, and graphic communication.
Ph.D. preferred; master's degree with five
years .combined professional and teaching
expenence considered. At least one aca­
demic degree in planning or the equiva­
lent. Apply to Faculty Search Committee
Ci.ty and R~gional Planning Dept., speci-'
~ymg recrUitment code(s) of position(s) of
mterest.
CLOSING DATE: Feb.17
#73048: Lecturer(s), City and Re­
gional Planning Department, ext. 1315.
~ossibility of two full-time positions dur­
mg the 1997-98 academic year (extension
for an additional year may be possible),
salary range $38,028-$43,688 per year.
Teach. comprehensive planning, physical
plannmg and urban design. Master's de­
gree and five years experience required;
must possess a degree in field of instruc­
tion with ~cademic preparation, currency
and expenence for courses assigned. Ap­
ply to Faculty Search Committee, City
and Regional Planning Department.