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... Position vacancies
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fice , plus teach short courses in flow
measurement, canal automation, water
balances, and on-farm irrigation. Work
closely with irrigation districts and farm­
ers to develop and implement improved
water management programs. Periodi­
cally teach entry-level irrigation classes.
Ph.D. preferred; M .S. required. Profes­
sional registration as a civil or agricul­
tural engineer required. Also required:
formal university training in irrigation
engineering and science; excellent practi­
cal and challenging field experiences in
the Western U.S . in flow measurement,
canal automation, and on-farm irrigation
(drip, sprinkler, and surface); clear and
effective verbal and written English com­
munication skills; demonstrated time and
fiscal management skills. Apply to Ken­
neth Solomon, Head, BRAE Department
(Recruitment Code #83111).
Closing Date: May 29
#83113: Lecturers (part-time),
Bioresource and Agricultural Engi­
neering Department (805-756-2378).
Establishing a pool for possible tempo­
rary teaching assignments during the
1998-99 academic year. M.S. in agricul­
tural engineering, agricultural engineer­
ing technology, mechanized agriculture,
or related field preferred; B.S. required .
Industrial experience in related fields
highly desirable. Possible teaching re­
sponsibility in the areas of engineering
surveying, power and machinery, and ir­
rigation. Send completed Cal Poly appli­
cation (obtain by calling 756-2378) to
Dr. Kenneth Solomon, Department Head,
BioResource and Agricultural Engineer­
ing (Recruitment Code #83113).
Closing Date: June 1
#83117: Lecturer Pool (part-time),
Natural Resources Management De­
partment (805-756-2702). Department
is establishing a pool of applicants for
possible part-time positions during sum­
mer, fall, winter and/or spring 1998/99.
Bachelor's degree required, preferably in
related field. Experience in one or more
of the following areas preferred: forest
resources ; parks and recreation; re­
sources law enforcement; environmental
law; recreation administration; tourism
and leisure studies. Reference Recruit­
ment Code #83117 and send Cal Poly
faculty application to Norman H.
Pillsbury, Department Head, NRM De­
partment (call 756-2702 for application).

Closing Date: Position is open until
filled, but applications must be re­
ceived by May 30
#83119: Division I Assistant
Women's Basketball Coach, IntercoUegiate
Athletics (805-756-2924).
Full-time, 12-month appointment at the
coaching assistant classification, avail­
able immediately. Assist with all aspects
of a Division I program including re­
cruitment of qualified student-athletes,
practice planning, scheduling, travel,
game coaching, film breakdown, camps,
department support and community out­
reach, and other duties as assigned by the
head coach. Qualifications: Undergradu­
ate degree required. Coaching experience
at the NCAA Division I level preferred.
Demonstrated ability in recruiting, public
speaking, commitment to academics and
NCAA rules compliance required. Send
letter of application with list of refer­
ences and resume to Alison Cone, Senior
Associate Athletic Director, Intercolle­
giate Athletics (Recruitment Code #83119).

FOUIIDATIOII (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-71 07). All foundation
applications must be received (not just
postmarked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)

Closing Date: Position is open until
filled; review of applications begins on
May 16
Readvertisement:
Research Associate, Dairy Products
Technology Center ($2,306-2,998/mo.)
Conduct independent research on bio­
chemistry and technology of attenuated
lactic acid bacterial adjunct cultures to
improve texture and flavor of cheese. Re­
quirements: B.S. in microbiology, dairy/
food microbiology with a minimum of
two years of laboratory research experi­
ence or M.S. (Ph.D. preferred) in micro­
biology, dairy/food microbiology.
Previous experience/knowledge in
microbiology/genetics of lactic acid bac­
teria desired. Must be able to demon­
strate ability to work independently with
minimal supervision, communicate effec­
tively in a team concept, and proficiency
with computers and associated software
for data analysis and reporting. Must be
able to maintain culture collection and
use equipment and analytical techniques
to develop and conduct a battery of mi­
crobiology assays and chemical tests as­
sociated with probiotic activity.

Closing Date: May 22
MIS Support Specialist, MIS
($2,606- $3,826/mo.) Provide support
services for midrange computer and help
desk support for PC's and network. Sup­
port services include midrange opera­
tional tasks, processing procedures and
problem resolution . Requirements: HS
degree or equivalent, preferably with
courses in information technology or re­
lated specialized training. Some college
level courses emphasizing computing
technology is desirable. Minimum of two
years experience in computer operations
and system management functions on a
mini or mainframe computer in a net­
worked environment and one year expe­
rience involving the support of PC
hardware and software along with some
experience supporting on-line users,
preferably utilizing HP 3000 equipment.
Additional college level courses or spe­
cialized training involving information
systems and/or computer networks may
substitute for up to one year of the basic
experience requirement. Must have effec­
tive oral and written communication;
able to organize and conduct training
programs; and able to lift at least forty
pounds. Must be able to attend off-site
conferences/training classes, work over­
time or off-hours schedules. D

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Cal Poly preparing for '99 accreditation review
DATELI•E
Exhibits
UU Galerie: "A Sense of Place," May 6June 6. Reception: 3-5 pm, May 9.
University Art Gallery: "Non-Skid
Soul," juried student exhibit. Through
May 7. "In Her Image," May 15-June
10. Panel discussion, 6:30pm, reception,
8 pm, both May 15.

Wednesday, ltay 6
Anxiety Disorders Screening Day: Free,
confidential screening, UU Plaza, 10
am.

Take Back the Night: Speaker Emily
Spence-Diehl; open microphone session;
campus march, Chumash, at 7 pm.

Friday, ltay 8
Baseball: Long Beach State, SLO
Stadium, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Singer-songwriter Nels, Cohan
Center Pavilion, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Shelly Schweigerdt student flute
recital, Davidson Music Center 218,
7:30pm.
WriterSpeak: Poet C.G. Hanzlicek,
Cohan Center's Philips Hall, 7 pm .

Saturday, ltay 9

Golf Association invites
faculty, staff to play
The Cal Poly student Golf Associa­
tion invites faculty and staff members to
its second annual golf tournament at
Avila Beach Golf Resort on Saturday,
Nov. 14.
The tournament will have a shotgun
start at 9 am, rain or shine. The format
will be a four-person scramble.
Entry fees are $80 per person before
Aug . 1 and $85 thereafter. The price in­
cludes hole-in-one prizes of $10,000,
green fees , golf cart, tee prizes, continen­
tal breakfast, awards lunch , and tourna­
ment shirt. Participants will also have a
chance to win prizes.
The entry deadline is Sept. 14. Mail
checks, payable to Cal Poly Golf Asso­
ciation, to UU Box #82, Student Life
and Activities.
For more information, call CPGA at
(888) 892-5609, ext. 3040. D
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Vol. 52, No. 31 • May 6, 1998

Baseball: Long Beach, SLO Stadium ,
I pm. ($)
Music: Spring Concert- Cal Poly Vocal
Jazz Ensemble and L.A. Jazz Choir,
Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)

Sunday, ltay 10
Baseball: Long Beach, SLO Stadium, I pm. ($)

Tuesday, ltay 12

k,

Speaker: Georgy Gounev, "Crisis in
the Balkans: The American Stakes,"
UU 220, II am.
FIDO Talk: Dennis Frey (Biological
Sciences), "Use of Embedded
QuickTime Video in Behavior
Classes," Staff Dining Room, noon.

Thursday, ltay 14
Sunset Run: 5-K campus run/walk, Rec
Center plaza, 6 pm. ($)
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 15-16 and
May 21-23. ($)
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In preparation for the next accreditation
visit in fall 1999 by the Western Associa­
tion of Schools and Colleges (WASC), Cal
Poly's WASC Steering Committee is initiat­
ing a focused self-study.
The self-study will complement ongo­
ing campus planning efforts and provide
the university with an opportunity to as­
sess where it is as a university and to ar­
ticulate its vision for its future.
The steering committee has chosen
three areas for the self-study that will be
integrated using a conceptual framework
of "The University as a Center of Learn­
ing." The three are:
• The intellectual environment- in­
cluding student learning, faculty and staff
development, academic programs, re­
search and scholarship.
• The physical environment- includ-

ing university policies and processes, fi s­
cal matters, and physical plant.
• The social environment- including
co-curricular activities, residential life, cul­
tural programs, and community relations.
The self-study will examine all as­
pects of the university. According to the
steering committee, the participation of
students, staff and faculty is critical to
the creation of a successful study that
will lead to reaccreditation and, what's
more important, will complement exist­
ing strategic planning initiatives.
During fall quarter, focus groups will
be invited to engage in "productive con­
versation." For more information about
the WASC accreditation process or the
focus group discussions, contact Jo Anne
Freeman at ext. 6-2227 or e-mail
WASC@polymail.calpoly.edu. D

Prop. 209 critic Ronald Takaki will speak ltay 18
UC Berkeley ethnic studies professor
Ronald Takaki, a prominent figure in the
statewide and national debate over Prop.
209 and racial di­
versity, will speak
at Cal Poly on
Monday, May 18,
about the ap­
proaching day
when whites will
become a minority
in California.
Ronald Takaki
"The Coming
Multicultural Mil­
lennium" is the title of Takaki 's lecture,
the final program in a series by the same
name sponsored by the Ethnic Studies
Department and College of Liberal Arts .
The free lecture is to begin at 7 pm in
Chumash Auditorium.
In his talk, the outspoken critic of
Prop. 209 and leading advocate of diver­
sity will "re-vision our nation's history in
order to reach for a multi-cultural under­
standing of this past that can guide us
into the 21st century."

Last month, Takaki criticized the
policy that UC Berkeley has adopted to
try to mitigate the effects of Prop. 209,
the initiative that abolished race as a cri­
teria in university admissions.
Like Cal Poly, Takaki's home campus
has redesigned its admissions policy to
take economic and other personal factors
into account in making admission deci­
sions, in order to try to maintain a di­
verse student body. The policy hasn't
prevented the drastic drop in the num­
ber of blacks and Latinos admitted to
Berkeley that was predicted by Prop.
209 's opponents .
Takaki told Time magazine it would
be "a moral mistake for Berkeley to con­
tinue to rely on the new system." He has
instead proposed a lottery among the top
third of high school graduates for spaces
at the UC campus.
Takaki is a founding figure in ethnic
studies and has been a leading voice in
public debate on diversity issues.
For more information, call Ethnic
Studies at ext. 6-1707. D

CAL POLY REPORT, MAY 6, 1998

••• DATELINE
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Friday, "ay 15
Storytelling: "America Reads@Cal
Poly," for grade school children and
families, Library, 4 pm.
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 16 and
May 21-23. ($)

Saturday, "ay 16
Dance: Cal Poly Ballroom Dance Club,
SLO Senior Citizens Center, 7:30pm.
Music: Spring Concert- Cal Poly Wind
Orchestra and William Spiller (Music),
Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Play: ''A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 21-23. ($)

"on day, "ay 18
Speaker: Ronald Takaki, "The
Coming Multicultural Millennium ,"
Chumash, 7 pm.

Tuesday, "ay 19
Learn-at-Lunch: Cleone Van Westen
(SLO County Genealogical
Society), "How to Begin a Great
Genealogical Treasure Hunt," Staff
Dining Room , noon.
Music: Student piano recital, Davidson
Music Center 218, 7:30pm.

CAL POLY REPORT, MAY 6, 1998

Workshop for NSF grants
postponed until summer

Poet C.G. Hanzlicek
to read nay 8

Dean Barnes
to step down

The workshop for the National Sci­
ence Foundation's combined programs
of Course and Curriculum Develop­
ment and Instrumentation and Labora­
tory Development that was to be
presented by Grants Development on
Thursday, May 7, will be rescheduled
during the summer.
The closing date for proposal submis­
sion to this program is early November.
Anyone interested in attending the
workshop should call the Grants Devel­
opment Office at ext. 6-2982. D

Award-winning poet C.G. Hanzlicek
will read from his work at 7 pm Friday,
May 8, in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Hanzlicek has written seven books of
poetry, including "Living in It," "Calling
the Dead," "Against Dreaming," and
"Stars," for which he won the 1977
Devins Award for Poetry.
The Minnesota-born poet has also
translated Native American songs in "A
Bird's Companion" and the work of
Czech poet Vladimir Holan . Hanzlicek's
"Mirroring: Selected Poems of Vladimir
Holan" won the Robert Payne Award
from the Columbia University Transla­
tion Center in 1985.
Hanzlicek directs the Creative Writing
Program at Cal State Fresno. His work
has appeared in numerous anthologies
and journals, including Poetry, the
Kenyon Review, Southern Review, and
Iowa Review.
The reading is one in a series of
WriterSpeak events, sponsored by Cal
Poly Arts, the English Department and
the College of Liberal Arts.
For more information , call Adam Hill ,
English professor and director of
WriterSpeak , at ext. 6-1622. D

Carol E. Barnes, dean of extended
university programs and services , will
step down from her position Aug. 31 .
She will assume other responsibilities on
campus and will retreat to UCTE with
the start of the 1998-99 academic year.
Extended Education and Conference
Services will continue to report to Aca­
demic Affairs as an integrated unit. The
placement of Faculty Development and
Distance Education, areas of Extended
University Programs and Services cur­
rently under Barnes' supervision as dean,
is being reviewed and will be determined
in the near future . D

Author, professor Gish
to sign books at El Corral
Robert Gish, director of the Ethnic
Studies Department, will sign copies of
his books, including his newest,
"Dreams of Quivira- Stories of the
Golden West," at II am Thursday,
May 7, at El Corral Bookstore.
Gish, author of 17 books and numer­
ous scholarly articles on the history and
literature of the American West, is a pro­
fessor of English and ethnic studies.
For more information , call Margaret
Gardner in El Corral's General Books
Department at ext. 6-5316. D

Summer help available
for free
Offices can get free summer help this
year through the Summer Youth Employ­
ment Training Program (SYETP), a fed­
erally funded program for disadvantaged
youth ages 14-21.
The program aims to help youth ex­
plore the world of work, master basic
skills, and stay in school.
SYETP youth are placed in either
public or private non-profit agencies in
San Luis Obispo County. Wages are pro­
vided through the Private Industry Coun­
cil. The employer pays nothing for the
service, but is expected to provide mean­
ingful tasks and supervision. Typical du­
ties include general office support and
manual labor.
For a SYETP Position Request Form,
call or e-mail Human Resources at ext. 62237 or jlrobert@calpoly.edu. Requests
must be submitted to the Private Industry
Council before June I .
For more information, call SYETP Co­
ordinator Grant Nielson at 781-2985. D

Thursday, "ay 21
Music: Student recital, Davidson Music
Center 218, II am.
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 22-23. ($)

Friday, "ay 22
WriterSpeak and Lyceum: Sheila
Ballantyne, "Imaginary Crimes: From
Little Novel to Hollywood Film,"
Cohan Center 's Philips Hall , 7 pm.
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 23. ($)

Saturday, "ay 23
Music: Verdi 's "Requiem" - Cal Poly
Choirs, Cuesta Master Chorale, and
guest singers, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

"on day, "ay 25

'ADA Quiz' results posted on the Web
Here are more questions and cotTect an­
swers to the "ADA (Americans with Dis­
ability Act) Quiz" that was distributed to
faculty and staff fall quarter by the Disabil­
ity Resource Center. The information is
also posted at www.sas.calpoly.edu/drc.
Other questions and answers will ap­
pear in upcoming issues of the Cal Poly
Report. Comments and questions are
welcome at ext. 6-1395 .
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modation would result in a fundamental
alteration of the program.
Survey Results
Answer: No.
Academic requirements that the insti­
tution can show are essential to the
student's course of study do not have to
be modified/accommodated. In other
words , the institution would not have to
change a requirement if it could demon­
strate that such change would fundamen­
tally alter the nature of the course.
The Ohio Civil Rights Commission up­
held Case Western Reserve
University's refusal to accommodate a
student because such accommodation
would "unduly burden the school and
require it to modify the essential nature
of its program" (Kincaid, 1995, May).
The case relied on the federal law
(Southeastern Community College v.
Davis, 1979) in its decision that the
student was not otherwise qualified
with or without accommodation.

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Pick-up, drop-off
parking for El Corral
Need to drop off equipment at El
Corral ' s computer service department?
For your convenience, two IS-minute
parking spaces for equipment drop-off
and pick-up are located in the Campus
Dining loading dock parking lot.
In addition, there's one 30-minute
staff unloading space and three 45minute metered spaces in the same lot.
For more information call ext. 6-5327. D

Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications
for the following positions are available
from the appropriate Human Resources
office. Vacancy information can also be ac­
cessed from the Cal Poly home page on the
World Wide Web (address:www.cal
poly.edu; click on "General Information").

STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job line at
ext. 6-1533). Official application forms
must be received by 4 pm on the closing
date or be postmarked by the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Closing Date: May 27 or until filled
(Readvertisement- Additions to the
duties and requirements)
#8M087: Associate Vice President,
University Advancement (Administra­
tor Ill). Under the administrative direc­
tion of the vice president for university
advancement, the associate vice presi­
dent is responsible for the direct leader­
ship and management of the following
departments: Corporate and Foundation
Relations, The Cal Poly Fund, and Ad­
vancement Services. The associate VP
has primary responsibility for all state
and Foundation budgets and personnel
management, as well as responsibility for
strategic planning for the University
Advancement Division . Works collabor­
atively with the vice president and senior
management staff in developing and
implementing the Centennial Campaign
plan. Assumes responsibilities of the vice
president in his absence. A master's de­
gree is required and at least eight years
of progressively responsible management
and fund-raising experience, some of
which must have been in a university ad­
vancement setting. Demonstrated success
within a comprehensive university-based
advancement program in an academic
setting that balances centralized and de­
centralized fund-raising operations.
Thorough knowledge of all phases of ad­
vancement operations including corpo­
rate and foundation relations, annual
fund , and advancement services. Must
have the ability to initiate a program or
project and carry it to completion and be
able to handle many details in a well-or­
ganized and focused manner. Ability to
interact and communicate successfully
with staff. Thorough knowledge of ad­
vancement databases and donor manage­
ment and tracking systems . Experience in
fiscal policy and management. Thorough
knowledge and demonstrated success in
developing and implementing strategic
plans. Exhibits high ethical standards of

conduct and confidentia lity in dealing
with variou s internal and external con­
stituencies. Experience with comprehen­
sive capital campaigns. Strong
supervisory and personnel management
skills. Must possess a valid driver ' s li­
cense. Salary range commensurate with
the background and experience of the in­
dividual selected. Cal Poly offers excel­
lent fringe benefits. Interested applicants
should complete a Cal Poly management
application and include a current resume,
letter of interest, and the names, ad­
dresses and telephone numbers of at least
three professional references. Direct in­
quiries regarding the position to: William
Boldt, vice president for university ad­
vancement, at 6-1445.
Closing Date: May 27
#89105: Director of Media Rela­
tions (Public Affairs Asst II), Athletics
(Unit 9)*, $2,807-$3,375/mo.
#87106: Clerical Assistant II, Hous­
ing and Residential Life (Unit 7) ,
$1,861-$2, 195/mo.

FACULTY (Adm. 312, ext. 6-2844)
Candidates interested in faculty
positions are asked to contact the appro­
priate department office at the phone
number listed for more information and
an application. Please submit all applica­
tion materials to the department head/
chair unless otherwise specified. Rank and
salary are commensurate with qualifica­
tions and experience, and timebase where
applicable, unless otherwise stated.
Closing Date: May 18
#83107: Lecturer Pool (part-time),
Architectural Engineering Department
(805-756-1314; fax 756-6054). Depart­
ment is establishing a pool of applicants
for poss ible part-time positions during
fall , winter and/or spring 1998/99, teach­
ing structural analysi s and structural de­
sign , geo-sciences , and CADD. Master 's
degree preferred. B.S. degree with exten­
sive experience also given serious con­
sideration. Apply to Department Head ,
Architectural Engineering (Recruitment
Code #831 09).
Closing Date: July 10
#83111: Lecturer (full-time),
Bioresource and Agricultural Engi­
neering Department (805-756-2378).
Academic year appointment with the
BRAE Department's Irrigation Training
and Research Center (IRTC) . Perform
engineering studies in the field and of(Continued on page 8)

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Nominations sought for
student award
Faculty, staff, and students are encour­
aged to nominate outstanding student
leaders for the 1997-98 Jeffrey W. Land
Outstanding Service Award, created to
recognize leadership and service to Cal
Poly and the community.
Jeff Land, a 1980 College of Business
graduate and former ASI leader, and his
wife, Carla, established the endowment
in 1986.
The 1997-98 award of $725 will be
announced at the annual ASI end-of-the­
year banquet.
Eligible students must:
• Have a cumulative Cal Poly GPA of
2.5 and no record of academic probation.
• Have completed at least 45 units of
course work at Cal Poly.
• Have the equivalent of at least one
academic year of course work still to
complete at Cal Poly with the intent to
continue community service.
• Function with distinction in one or
more Cal Poly student leadership posi­
tions in, for example, ASI Inc., college
councils, the Interhall Council, or Stu­
dent Community Services.
• Demonstrate outstanding service as
evidenced by peer recognition, faculty or
staff recognition, and community response.
For an application, call Polly Harrigan
at ext. 6-1521. Applications must be re­
ceived by Friday, May 22. 0

Camphouse, "Sonoran Desert Holiday"
by Ron Nelson, the final movement of
Paul Hindemith's "Symphonic Metamor­
phosis on Themes by Carl Maria Von
Weber" and three Movements for Piano
and Wind Orchestra by Andre Waignein.
Tickets range from $5 to $13 and can
be bought at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays and
from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays. To order
by phone, dial6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787).
The concert is sponsored by the Col­
lege of Liberal Arts, Music Department,
and ASI. For more information, call the
Music Department at ext. 6-2607. 0

Children's Center
to raffle quilt
The ASI Children's Center is selling
raffle tickets for a multi-colored, queen­
size quilt.
The drawing will be held on Friday,
June 5. The quilt, which was made by
parents and staff, is on display at the
Children's Center. Tickets for the raffle
are $1 and proceeds from the sale will
benefit the center. Tickets can be bought
from Sancia Lilly, ext. 6-1194; Stephanie
Allen, ext. 6-1229; Lucy Urrutia, ext. 65506; Tanya Iversen, ext. 6-1267; and
Rosa Jones, ext. 6-2396.
The winner need not be present. 0

Cal Poly Wind Orchestra
to give Spring Concert
The Cal Poly Wind Orchestra, featur­
ing professor William T. Spiller as piano
soloist, will perform a program of both
traditional and contemporary music dur­
ing its Spring Concert at 8 pm Saturday,
May 16, in Harman Hall in the Perform­
ing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
The orchestra, conducted by music
professor William Johnson, will include
Stephen Melillo's 1990 three-movement
piece for large wind orchestra,
"Stormworks," which Johnson de­
scribes as a "powerful work, with each
movement depicting a condition of
everyday living. "
· The orchestra will also perform
"Huldigungsmarsch," one of two works
for wind band by 19th-century German
composer Richard Wagner, "Watchman,
Tell Us of the Night" by Mark

Hall of Fame to honor
victims of '60 crash
The 17 members of Cal Poly's foot­
ball team and a dedicated supporter who
died in a plane crash in Toledo, Ohio, on
Oct. 29, 1960, will be honored with a
bronze plaque at the College Football
Hall of Fame, now located in South
Bend, Ind.
Cal Poly's football team was return­
ing from a game with Bowling Green
State University in Ohio when the
crash occurred.
Members of the 1970 Wichita State
football team and the '70 Marshall Uni­
versity football team who died in two
separate plane crashes that year will also
be memorialized with plaques in the Hall
ofFame. 0

U.S. stake in Balkans
topic of ltay 12 talk

••• Zingg replies
(Continued from page 5)

For at stake is something more
than pluralism on the campus. What
is really on the line is the extent to
which Cal Poly (and American
higher education in general),
through effective persuasion and
compelling example, can lead the
state and the nation in shaping the
spirit and strength of our society
into the 21st century.
Cal Poly welcomes this chal­
lenge and all who join us in it.
Turning now to the endowment
management issue: The Cal Poly
Foundation manages endowments
that support a variety of campus pro­
grams and scholarships.
Endowments are different from
one-time gifts. One-time donations
go directly to programs or scholar­
ships as designated by the donors;
all of the money is paid out immedi­
ately. Endowments, however, are
gifts that donors place into a perma­
nent investment pool whose earn­
ings, primarily, are used to meet
campus and student needs.
The Foundation is obligated to
maintain the purchasing power of
endowment income, protecting the
principal so that the fund's value
and payout grow in perpetuity. This
must be done in a balanced and con­
servative way because in some years
these investments show a good re­
turn as when the stock market goes
up, while in other years investments
might be much weaker.
Where the funds are invested is de­
termined by the Foundation Board of
Directors, which also sets payout levels
and selects outside investment managers
who are paid for their services.
The board is advised by the Na­
tional Association of College and
University Business Officers En­
dowment Study. In the last fiscal
year, the study shows that endow­
ments nationally paid 6 percent of
their market value for program and
scholarship support and to cover
management costs. The Cal Poly
Foundation made payouts of 5 per­
cent to programs and scholarships
and 1 percent for management fees,
which mirrors the national average.
Paul J. Zingg, Provost and
Vice President for Academic Affairs
PAGE 6

"Streetcar" stars Kelly Bellini and James D'A lbora as Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski.

'Streetcar Named Desire' to begin run ltay 14
Tennessee Williams' haunting classic
"A Streetcar Named Desire" will be the
Theatre and Dance Department's final
offering of the 1997-98 season.
The award-winning play, credited
with catapulting Marlon Branda to Hol­
lywood stardom, will have six perfor­
mances at 8 pm Thursday through
Saturday, May 14-16 and 21-23, in the
Cal Poly Theatre.
A complex blend of realism and theat­
rical symbolism, "Streetcar" chronicles
the psychological deterioration of
Blanche DuBois during a fateful visit
with her sister, Stella, and Stella's hus­
band, the brutal Stanley Kowalski.

Heralded as one of Williams' most
powerful plays, "Streetcar" is celebrat­
ing the 50th anniversary of its Broad­
way opening. Pamela Malkin of the
Theatre and Dance Department faculty is
directing the play. Also working on the
production are department staff members
David Thayer as scenic designer and
Howard Gee as technical director.
Tickets cost $7 and $8 and can be
bought at the Performing Arts Ticket Of­
fice from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays and
from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays. To order
by phone, dial 6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787).
The production is co-sponsored by the
College of Liberal Arts. 0

Georgy Gounev, a native Bulgarian
now living in Southern California, will
speak on "Crisis in the Balkans : The
American Stakes" at 11 am Tuesday,
May 12, in UU 220.
Gounev is a former visiting Fulbright
scholar at Ohio State University and an
expert on the history and politics of Rus­
sia and Eastern Europe.
He has published three books: "The
African Movements for National Libera­
tion," "Winston Churchill and the
Balkans During the Second World War,"
and "Towards the Shores of Freedom:
The History of the Eastern European
Anti-Communist Opposition 1945-1947."
Before emigrating to the United
States, Gounev taught political science
and modern history at the University of
Saint Clement in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The talk is sponsored by the College
of Liberal Arts and the History and Po­
litical Science departments . 0

••• 'ADA Quiz'
(Continued from page 2)

Question 13:
The university may refuse to
grant a student's request for an
accommodation which is not
specifically recommended in the
student's documentation.

Survey Results
Answer: Yes.
QUESTION 13

El Corral survey forms are due back on Friday

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Surveys sent to the faculty April 27
by El Corral are due back to the book­
store by Friday, May 8.
El Corral is conducting the survey
to find out professors' perceptions of
the store.
Opinions on matters ranging from
textbook availability and pricing to book
selection, academic software, store
hours, and special events are being

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sought to help improve operations.
The survey was developed for El Corral
by the National Association of College
Stores, the trade association for college
bookstores. Completed surveys will be for­
warded to NACS for data entry and statisti­
cal analysis. Survey comments will also be
reported by its research staff.
For more information, contact Theresa
Kaiser at ext. 6-5317. 0

The Cal Poly Report is published by the Communications Office every
Wednesday during the academic year. Items submitted by 10 am Thursday
appear in the following Wednesday's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511, or e-mail articles, suggestions, and
questions to polynews@polymail. Fax items to ext. 6-6533. D

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PAGE 3

CAL POLY REPORT. MAY 6, 1998

CAL POLY REPORT, MAY 6, 1998

Interactive media
topic of nay 12 talk

Kids, parents invited to
storytelling extravaganza

Cal Poly Women's Club
to hold nay luncheon

Biological sciences professor Den­
nis Frey will talk about the dramatic,
positive impact that multimedia and
interactive media can have in educa­
tion at noon Tuesday, May 12, in the
Staff Dining Room.
"Use of Embedded QuickTime
Video in Behavior Classes" is the title
of the talk.
According to Frey, although the new
technology's benefits are widely recog­
nized, a shortage of resources has lim­
ited its application.
"In courses dealing with behavioral
biology, the cliche 'a picture is worth a
thousand words' can be amended to read
' ... and full-motion video or QuickTime
video is worth even more,"' Frey said.
Frey will show how- with the help
of the Interactive Learning Group- he
was able to produce a number of multi­
media presentations for an animal be­
havior course using embedded video to
make lectures essentially "come alive."
Lunch will be provided to those who
make reservations with Janice Engle at
ext. 6-5935.
The talk is part of the Faculty Instruc­
tional Development Office 's Brown-Bag
Lunch Series. 0

Children and their families are invited
to the first "America Reads@Cal Poly"
reading and storytelling extravaganza,
planned from 4 to 6 pm Friday, May 15,
in the Kennedy Library.
Hosted by the Liberal Studies Pro­
gram, El Corral Bookstore and the Li­
brary, the free event is designed for
elementary-school-age children.
The program will feature story read­
ing by campus and community "celebri­
ties," storytel\jng by Cal Poly students,
videos on "How Children Learn," and
presentations on America Reads, a na­
tional program dedicated to improving the
reading abilities of grade school children.
Community personalities will include
Marisa Waddell from KCBX FM Radio,
Judge Donald Umhofer, and Sgt. Jerry
Lenthall from the San Luis Obispo Po­
lice Department. Provost Paul Zingg,
Dean of Library Services Hiram Davis,
and English professor Kevin Clark will
represent Cal Poly.
Children will be given a bag filled
with items from the event's sponsors, in­
cluding Random House Inc. , Central
Coast Surfboards, The Novel Experience,
the Parable Bookstore, Kinko 's Copy
Center, Barnes and Noble, Ben & Jerry's,
Jamba Juice, Law's Hobby Center,
Moondoggies, Golden One Credit Union,
84 Lumber, and the Pacific Home Do-It
Center.
University sponsors and contributors
are the Cal Poly Alumni Association, the
Panhellenic Association, the Inter-Frater­
nity Council, and Women's Programs
and Services.
For more information, call Margaret
Gardner at El Corral, ext. 6-5316. 0

Wives of present and retired faculty
members and current and retired faculty
and staff women are invited to the Cal
Poly Women's Club May luncheon on
Saturday, May 16.
The luncheon will begin at noon in
the lobby of the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center. After lunch, a
docent will lead a tour of the center.
For reservations, call Elaine Van De
Vanter at 543-9282. 0

Instructor effectiveness
course offered next year
Don Maas of the University Center
for Teacher Education will again be
teaching the course Maintaining Instruc­
tor Effectiveness: Techniques and Strate­
gies for More Effective Teaching.
The seminar, open to faculty and staff,
will be offered on Tuesdays in the com­
ing fall and winter quarters. Fall's course
will run from 3 to 6 pm and winter's
class will be from 8:30 to 11:30 am.
The course emphasizes the practical
applications of research to college teach­
ing. Other topics include:
• Which elements make instruction
effective.
• How to motivate students.
• How to be sure students are learning
-before the final.
• How to get students to remember
material taught.
Enrollment is limited. The seminar is
free, but participants will be required to
buy the class booklet.
To register for the course, call Janice
Engle at ext. 6-5935. 0

Foundation board
to~ meet nay 15
The Foundation Board of Directors
will hold a regular meeting at 8:30am
Friday, May 15, in the Foundation Ad­
ministration Building's Conference
Room (#124). This is a public meeting.
For more information or a copy of the
agenda, contact Executive Director AI
Amaral at ext. 6-1131. A copy of the
agenda packet is available to review at
the Kennedy Library Reserve Desk and
the Academic Senate Office, Mathematics
and Home Economics 143. 0

I

About the Educational Equity Scholarship Fund

Send items by nay 18
for spring Credit Report
Monday, May 18 , is the deadline to
submit items for the spring quarter edi­
tion of The Credit Report, the newslet­
ter of faculty and staff professional
accomplishments.
When submitting news, please keep in
mind that items should be about signifi­
cant accomplishments clearly related­
and in most cases that means directly re­
lated- to a faculty member's teaching
or a staff member's job at Cal Poly.
Mail items (typed and double-spaced,
please) to JoAnn Lloyd, Communica­
tions Office, Heron Hall; fax them to ext.
6-6533; or e-mail them to
polynews@polymail. Please be sure to
include a phone number in case we
have questions.
For more information or a copy of the
guidelines, call ext. 6-1511. 0

SK run/walk set
for nay 14
Recreational Sports ' "Sunset Run"
originally scheduled for Thursday, April
23, has been rescheduled for Thursday,
May 14, at 6 pm in the Rec Center plaza.
Runners can register early at the
Front Desk in the Rec Center or on the
day of the race beginning at 5 :15pm in
the Rec Center plaza. The race fee is $6,
or $13 to receive a commemorative T-shirt.
Post-race activities will include a
raffle, refreshments, and live entertain­
ment by "Shambala."
For more information, call Leanna
Flaherty or Joe Long at ext. 6-1366. 0
PAGE 4

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i

Dear President Baker:
I am addressing you directly because I
have a concern about the allocation of
some financial resources.
A former student of mine, Victor
Glover, made news last week by speak­
ing out in the effort to strengthen Cal
Poly 's diversity program. I invited him to
discuss the issues with my two sections
of ethnic American literature. I learned
that he and his group are trying to pres­
sure the university to address the short­
age of qualified non-white applicants and
graduates by increasing funding for out­
reach and retention.
I remember the period several years
ago when the pressure of students en­
couraged the university to take various
steps in this direction with very positive
overall outcomes. One was the establish­
ment of the Educational Equity Scholar­
ship Fund, to which I have been making
modest contributions through payroll de­
duction. I was interested in seeing if this
program could not be revitalized andre­
emphasized in light of the losses sus­
tained through Proposition 209, the
growing prosperity of our community,
and the explosion of stock-market-gener­
ated wealth.
In response to my queries I received a
report on the status of the Educational
Equity Scholarship Fund. That report in­
dicates that the fund balance is now more
than $205,000 dollars but that less than
$12,000 was disbursed last year to needy
underrepresented students. It also indi­
cates that the fund appreciated by
$42,000 during that same period. It is
nice to hear that this fund is participating
in the windfall that all other investors are
reaping, but it is disturbing to me that not
more of it is being distributed to those
most likely not sharing the rewards of a
bull market.
My concern is deepened by the fact
that the fees paid to fund managers in­
crease with the balance maintained in the
endowment. According to the statement,
$2,681 in such management fees was
paid out during the last year. That comes
to more than 25 percent of the amount
disbursed in scholarships. This situation
suggests a possible conflict of interest
between potential scholarship recipients
and fund contributors on the one hand
and fund managers on the other.

As a result of Victor's call and of the
appreciation of my own investments, I
was planning to increase my regular con­
tribution to spread a little of the wealth. I
was also planning to ask you and other
fellow employees of the university to in­
crease their contributions and promote
this program, since I see from the state­
ment that in the last year only about
$4,000 was contributed to it. However, if
only. a negligible percentage of my
monthly contribution actually goes to
students, I am reluctant to carry through
on those plans.
I think it was a good decision of
yours to allocate $60,000 to establish
this endowment years ago. I think it is
especially important now, in face of set­
backs to the process of diversifying Cal
Poly, that those who started it take extra
efforts to maintain its momentum. As an
actual and potential donor and as a fel­
low member of this community, I urge
you to 1) consider reforming the Educa­
tional Equity Scholarship Fund Program
to allow more of its assets to be used
in the ways that were intended, and 2)
undertake a campaign to expand and im­
prove that program by encouraging
more contributions.
In the same class that this issue was
discussed, a student presented a report
on Billie Holiday, in connection with our
reading of Toni Morrison's novel "Sula."
The opening stanza of Holiday 's song,
"God, Bless the Child" seemed sadly ap­
propriate:
Them that's got shall git.
Them that's not shall lose.
So the Bible said and still is news.
Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got
his own.
Sincerely yours,
Steven Marx
English Department
"Piece of Mind" is for your letters
about campus issues. Questions,
explanations, compliments, com­
plaints- we want them all. Keep
them brief, but keep them coming.
Include name, department, and phone
numba Mail to the Communications
Office, Heron Hall; fax to 6-6533; or
e-mail to polynews@polymail.

---~-----1

Provost Iingg replies
Professor Steven Marx's letter about
the Educational Equity Scholarship Fund
raises two important questions : How
does the university manage endowment
funds, and what is the univers ity doing
to achieve a diverse student body in
the face of the changed legal environ­
ment in California?
The administration welcomes Marx 's
questions and especially his personal
commitment to strengthening diversity
on campus. He can be assured that the
university is steadfast in its resolve to
become a more diverse institution with a
climate supportive of minority students ,
staff, and faculty.
We encourage others to support this
goal and the way it helps the university
fulfill its mission.
While a number of important initia­
tives are under way to address the diver­
sity issue, let me address specific points
raised by Marx 's letter.
First, an administration team is cur­
rently working on ways to form an effec­
tive partnership with students on
outreach and recruitment programs,
something that Victor Glover and others
have suggested. The team will consider
other strategies as well, for strengthen­
ing diversity at Cal Poly requires a com­
prehensive effort, encompassing
outreach, recruitment, selection, reten­
tion and campus climate. We welcome
student input in this planning stage, be­
lieving we can model programs on other
successful recruitment efforts such as the
Ag Ambassadors and Poly Reps.
We will include Marx 's suggestions
in our agenda.
In terms of increased financial sup­
port for underrepresented students, the
university is poised to begin a compre­
hensive Centennial Campaign that will
have a major focus on raising scholar­
ship money.
These actions are primarily guided by
our affirmation that diversity and quality
are two values at the heart of the acad­
emy. Cal Poly is committed to building a
pluralistic and talented community of
learners. Fostering multicultural aware­
ness, respect, and understanding is criti­
cal to this commitment.

(Continued on page 6)
PAGE 5

CAL POLY REPORT. MAY 6, 1998

CAL POLY REPORT, MAY 6, 1998

Interactive media
topic of nay 12 talk

Kids, parents invited to
storytelling extravaganza

Cal Poly Women's Club
to hold nay luncheon

Biological sciences professor Den­
nis Frey will talk about the dramatic,
positive impact that multimedia and
interactive media can have in educa­
tion at noon Tuesday, May 12, in the
Staff Dining Room.
"Use of Embedded QuickTime
Video in Behavior Classes" is the title
of the talk.
According to Frey, although the new
technology's benefits are widely recog­
nized, a shortage of resources has lim­
ited its application.
"In courses dealing with behavioral
biology, the cliche 'a picture is worth a
thousand words' can be amended to read
' ... and full-motion video or QuickTime
video is worth even more,"' Frey said.
Frey will show how- with the help
of the Interactive Learning Group- he
was able to produce a number of multi­
media presentations for an animal be­
havior course using embedded video to
make lectures essentially "come alive."
Lunch will be provided to those who
make reservations with Janice Engle at
ext. 6-5935.
The talk is part of the Faculty Instruc­
tional Development Office 's Brown-Bag
Lunch Series. 0

Children and their families are invited
to the first "America Reads@Cal Poly"
reading and storytelling extravaganza,
planned from 4 to 6 pm Friday, May 15,
in the Kennedy Library.
Hosted by the Liberal Studies Pro­
gram, El Corral Bookstore and the Li­
brary, the free event is designed for
elementary-school-age children.
The program will feature story read­
ing by campus and community "celebri­
ties," storytel\jng by Cal Poly students,
videos on "How Children Learn," and
presentations on America Reads, a na­
tional program dedicated to improving the
reading abilities of grade school children.
Community personalities will include
Marisa Waddell from KCBX FM Radio,
Judge Donald Umhofer, and Sgt. Jerry
Lenthall from the San Luis Obispo Po­
lice Department. Provost Paul Zingg,
Dean of Library Services Hiram Davis,
and English professor Kevin Clark will
represent Cal Poly.
Children will be given a bag filled
with items from the event's sponsors, in­
cluding Random House Inc. , Central
Coast Surfboards, The Novel Experience,
the Parable Bookstore, Kinko 's Copy
Center, Barnes and Noble, Ben & Jerry's,
Jamba Juice, Law's Hobby Center,
Moondoggies, Golden One Credit Union,
84 Lumber, and the Pacific Home Do-It
Center.
University sponsors and contributors
are the Cal Poly Alumni Association, the
Panhellenic Association, the Inter-Frater­
nity Council, and Women's Programs
and Services.
For more information, call Margaret
Gardner at El Corral, ext. 6-5316. 0

Wives of present and retired faculty
members and current and retired faculty
and staff women are invited to the Cal
Poly Women's Club May luncheon on
Saturday, May 16.
The luncheon will begin at noon in
the lobby of the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center. After lunch, a
docent will lead a tour of the center.
For reservations, call Elaine Van De
Vanter at 543-9282. 0

Instructor effectiveness
course offered next year
Don Maas of the University Center
for Teacher Education will again be
teaching the course Maintaining Instruc­
tor Effectiveness: Techniques and Strate­
gies for More Effective Teaching.
The seminar, open to faculty and staff,
will be offered on Tuesdays in the com­
ing fall and winter quarters. Fall's course
will run from 3 to 6 pm and winter's
class will be from 8:30 to 11:30 am.
The course emphasizes the practical
applications of research to college teach­
ing. Other topics include:
• Which elements make instruction
effective.
• How to motivate students.
• How to be sure students are learning
-before the final.
• How to get students to remember
material taught.
Enrollment is limited. The seminar is
free, but participants will be required to
buy the class booklet.
To register for the course, call Janice
Engle at ext. 6-5935. 0

Foundation board
to~ meet nay 15
The Foundation Board of Directors
will hold a regular meeting at 8:30am
Friday, May 15, in the Foundation Ad­
ministration Building's Conference
Room (#124). This is a public meeting.
For more information or a copy of the
agenda, contact Executive Director AI
Amaral at ext. 6-1131. A copy of the
agenda packet is available to review at
the Kennedy Library Reserve Desk and
the Academic Senate Office, Mathematics
and Home Economics 143. 0

I

About the Educational Equity Scholarship Fund

Send items by nay 18
for spring Credit Report
Monday, May 18 , is the deadline to
submit items for the spring quarter edi­
tion of The Credit Report, the newslet­
ter of faculty and staff professional
accomplishments.
When submitting news, please keep in
mind that items should be about signifi­
cant accomplishments clearly related­
and in most cases that means directly re­
lated- to a faculty member's teaching
or a staff member's job at Cal Poly.
Mail items (typed and double-spaced,
please) to JoAnn Lloyd, Communica­
tions Office, Heron Hall; fax them to ext.
6-6533; or e-mail them to
polynews@polymail. Please be sure to
include a phone number in case we
have questions.
For more information or a copy of the
guidelines, call ext. 6-1511. 0

SK run/walk set
for nay 14
Recreational Sports ' "Sunset Run"
originally scheduled for Thursday, April
23, has been rescheduled for Thursday,
May 14, at 6 pm in the Rec Center plaza.
Runners can register early at the
Front Desk in the Rec Center or on the
day of the race beginning at 5 :15pm in
the Rec Center plaza. The race fee is $6,
or $13 to receive a commemorative T-shirt.
Post-race activities will include a
raffle, refreshments, and live entertain­
ment by "Shambala."
For more information, call Leanna
Flaherty or Joe Long at ext. 6-1366. 0
PAGE 4

Pf£(]£ OF HfN1)

i

Dear President Baker:
I am addressing you directly because I
have a concern about the allocation of
some financial resources.
A former student of mine, Victor
Glover, made news last week by speak­
ing out in the effort to strengthen Cal
Poly 's diversity program. I invited him to
discuss the issues with my two sections
of ethnic American literature. I learned
that he and his group are trying to pres­
sure the university to address the short­
age of qualified non-white applicants and
graduates by increasing funding for out­
reach and retention.
I remember the period several years
ago when the pressure of students en­
couraged the university to take various
steps in this direction with very positive
overall outcomes. One was the establish­
ment of the Educational Equity Scholar­
ship Fund, to which I have been making
modest contributions through payroll de­
duction. I was interested in seeing if this
program could not be revitalized andre­
emphasized in light of the losses sus­
tained through Proposition 209, the
growing prosperity of our community,
and the explosion of stock-market-gener­
ated wealth.
In response to my queries I received a
report on the status of the Educational
Equity Scholarship Fund. That report in­
dicates that the fund balance is now more
than $205,000 dollars but that less than
$12,000 was disbursed last year to needy
underrepresented students. It also indi­
cates that the fund appreciated by
$42,000 during that same period. It is
nice to hear that this fund is participating
in the windfall that all other investors are
reaping, but it is disturbing to me that not
more of it is being distributed to those
most likely not sharing the rewards of a
bull market.
My concern is deepened by the fact
that the fees paid to fund managers in­
crease with the balance maintained in the
endowment. According to the statement,
$2,681 in such management fees was
paid out during the last year. That comes
to more than 25 percent of the amount
disbursed in scholarships. This situation
suggests a possible conflict of interest
between potential scholarship recipients
and fund contributors on the one hand
and fund managers on the other.

As a result of Victor's call and of the
appreciation of my own investments, I
was planning to increase my regular con­
tribution to spread a little of the wealth. I
was also planning to ask you and other
fellow employees of the university to in­
crease their contributions and promote
this program, since I see from the state­
ment that in the last year only about
$4,000 was contributed to it. However, if
only. a negligible percentage of my
monthly contribution actually goes to
students, I am reluctant to carry through
on those plans.
I think it was a good decision of
yours to allocate $60,000 to establish
this endowment years ago. I think it is
especially important now, in face of set­
backs to the process of diversifying Cal
Poly, that those who started it take extra
efforts to maintain its momentum. As an
actual and potential donor and as a fel­
low member of this community, I urge
you to 1) consider reforming the Educa­
tional Equity Scholarship Fund Program
to allow more of its assets to be used
in the ways that were intended, and 2)
undertake a campaign to expand and im­
prove that program by encouraging
more contributions.
In the same class that this issue was
discussed, a student presented a report
on Billie Holiday, in connection with our
reading of Toni Morrison's novel "Sula."
The opening stanza of Holiday 's song,
"God, Bless the Child" seemed sadly ap­
propriate:
Them that's got shall git.
Them that's not shall lose.
So the Bible said and still is news.
Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got
his own.
Sincerely yours,
Steven Marx
English Department
"Piece of Mind" is for your letters
about campus issues. Questions,
explanations, compliments, com­
plaints- we want them all. Keep
them brief, but keep them coming.
Include name, department, and phone
numba Mail to the Communications
Office, Heron Hall; fax to 6-6533; or
e-mail to polynews@polymail.

---~-----1

Provost Iingg replies
Professor Steven Marx's letter about
the Educational Equity Scholarship Fund
raises two important questions : How
does the university manage endowment
funds, and what is the univers ity doing
to achieve a diverse student body in
the face of the changed legal environ­
ment in California?
The administration welcomes Marx 's
questions and especially his personal
commitment to strengthening diversity
on campus. He can be assured that the
university is steadfast in its resolve to
become a more diverse institution with a
climate supportive of minority students ,
staff, and faculty.
We encourage others to support this
goal and the way it helps the university
fulfill its mission.
While a number of important initia­
tives are under way to address the diver­
sity issue, let me address specific points
raised by Marx 's letter.
First, an administration team is cur­
rently working on ways to form an effec­
tive partnership with students on
outreach and recruitment programs,
something that Victor Glover and others
have suggested. The team will consider
other strategies as well, for strengthen­
ing diversity at Cal Poly requires a com­
prehensive effort, encompassing
outreach, recruitment, selection, reten­
tion and campus climate. We welcome
student input in this planning stage, be­
lieving we can model programs on other
successful recruitment efforts such as the
Ag Ambassadors and Poly Reps.
We will include Marx 's suggestions
in our agenda.
In terms of increased financial sup­
port for underrepresented students, the
university is poised to begin a compre­
hensive Centennial Campaign that will
have a major focus on raising scholar­
ship money.
These actions are primarily guided by
our affirmation that diversity and quality
are two values at the heart of the acad­
emy. Cal Poly is committed to building a
pluralistic and talented community of
learners. Fostering multicultural aware­
ness, respect, and understanding is criti­
cal to this commitment.

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CAL POLY REPORT, MAY 6, 1998

Nominations sought for
student award
Faculty, staff, and students are encour­
aged to nominate outstanding student
leaders for the 1997-98 Jeffrey W. Land
Outstanding Service Award, created to
recognize leadership and service to Cal
Poly and the community.
Jeff Land, a 1980 College of Business
graduate and former ASI leader, and his
wife, Carla, established the endowment
in 1986.
The 1997-98 award of $725 will be
announced at the annual ASI end-of-the­
year banquet.
Eligible students must:
• Have a cumulative Cal Poly GPA of
2.5 and no record of academic probation.
• Have completed at least 45 units of
course work at Cal Poly.
• Have the equivalent of at least one
academic year of course work still to
complete at Cal Poly with the intent to
continue community service.
• Function with distinction in one or
more Cal Poly student leadership posi­
tions in, for example, ASI Inc., college
councils, the Interhall Council, or Stu­
dent Community Services.
• Demonstrate outstanding service as
evidenced by peer recognition, faculty or
staff recognition, and community response.
For an application, call Polly Harrigan
at ext. 6-1521. Applications must be re­
ceived by Friday, May 22. 0

Camphouse, "Sonoran Desert Holiday"
by Ron Nelson, the final movement of
Paul Hindemith's "Symphonic Metamor­
phosis on Themes by Carl Maria Von
Weber" and three Movements for Piano
and Wind Orchestra by Andre Waignein.
Tickets range from $5 to $13 and can
be bought at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays and
from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays. To order
by phone, dial6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787).
The concert is sponsored by the Col­
lege of Liberal Arts, Music Department,
and ASI. For more information, call the
Music Department at ext. 6-2607. 0

Children's Center
to raffle quilt
The ASI Children's Center is selling
raffle tickets for a multi-colored, queen­
size quilt.
The drawing will be held on Friday,
June 5. The quilt, which was made by
parents and staff, is on display at the
Children's Center. Tickets for the raffle
are $1 and proceeds from the sale will
benefit the center. Tickets can be bought
from Sancia Lilly, ext. 6-1194; Stephanie
Allen, ext. 6-1229; Lucy Urrutia, ext. 65506; Tanya Iversen, ext. 6-1267; and
Rosa Jones, ext. 6-2396.
The winner need not be present. 0

Cal Poly Wind Orchestra
to give Spring Concert
The Cal Poly Wind Orchestra, featur­
ing professor William T. Spiller as piano
soloist, will perform a program of both
traditional and contemporary music dur­
ing its Spring Concert at 8 pm Saturday,
May 16, in Harman Hall in the Perform­
ing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
The orchestra, conducted by music
professor William Johnson, will include
Stephen Melillo's 1990 three-movement
piece for large wind orchestra,
"Stormworks," which Johnson de­
scribes as a "powerful work, with each
movement depicting a condition of
everyday living. "
· The orchestra will also perform
"Huldigungsmarsch," one of two works
for wind band by 19th-century German
composer Richard Wagner, "Watchman,
Tell Us of the Night" by Mark

Hall of Fame to honor
victims of '60 crash
The 17 members of Cal Poly's foot­
ball team and a dedicated supporter who
died in a plane crash in Toledo, Ohio, on
Oct. 29, 1960, will be honored with a
bronze plaque at the College Football
Hall of Fame, now located in South
Bend, Ind.
Cal Poly's football team was return­
ing from a game with Bowling Green
State University in Ohio when the
crash occurred.
Members of the 1970 Wichita State
football team and the '70 Marshall Uni­
versity football team who died in two
separate plane crashes that year will also
be memorialized with plaques in the Hall
ofFame. 0

U.S. stake in Balkans
topic of ltay 12 talk

••• Zingg replies
(Continued from page 5)

For at stake is something more
than pluralism on the campus. What
is really on the line is the extent to
which Cal Poly (and American
higher education in general),
through effective persuasion and
compelling example, can lead the
state and the nation in shaping the
spirit and strength of our society
into the 21st century.
Cal Poly welcomes this chal­
lenge and all who join us in it.
Turning now to the endowment
management issue: The Cal Poly
Foundation manages endowments
that support a variety of campus pro­
grams and scholarships.
Endowments are different from
one-time gifts. One-time donations
go directly to programs or scholar­
ships as designated by the donors;
all of the money is paid out immedi­
ately. Endowments, however, are
gifts that donors place into a perma­
nent investment pool whose earn­
ings, primarily, are used to meet
campus and student needs.
The Foundation is obligated to
maintain the purchasing power of
endowment income, protecting the
principal so that the fund's value
and payout grow in perpetuity. This
must be done in a balanced and con­
servative way because in some years
these investments show a good re­
turn as when the stock market goes
up, while in other years investments
might be much weaker.
Where the funds are invested is de­
termined by the Foundation Board of
Directors, which also sets payout levels
and selects outside investment managers
who are paid for their services.
The board is advised by the Na­
tional Association of College and
University Business Officers En­
dowment Study. In the last fiscal
year, the study shows that endow­
ments nationally paid 6 percent of
their market value for program and
scholarship support and to cover
management costs. The Cal Poly
Foundation made payouts of 5 per­
cent to programs and scholarships
and 1 percent for management fees,
which mirrors the national average.
Paul J. Zingg, Provost and
Vice President for Academic Affairs
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"Streetcar" stars Kelly Bellini and James D'A lbora as Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski.

'Streetcar Named Desire' to begin run ltay 14
Tennessee Williams' haunting classic
"A Streetcar Named Desire" will be the
Theatre and Dance Department's final
offering of the 1997-98 season.
The award-winning play, credited
with catapulting Marlon Branda to Hol­
lywood stardom, will have six perfor­
mances at 8 pm Thursday through
Saturday, May 14-16 and 21-23, in the
Cal Poly Theatre.
A complex blend of realism and theat­
rical symbolism, "Streetcar" chronicles
the psychological deterioration of
Blanche DuBois during a fateful visit
with her sister, Stella, and Stella's hus­
band, the brutal Stanley Kowalski.

Heralded as one of Williams' most
powerful plays, "Streetcar" is celebrat­
ing the 50th anniversary of its Broad­
way opening. Pamela Malkin of the
Theatre and Dance Department faculty is
directing the play. Also working on the
production are department staff members
David Thayer as scenic designer and
Howard Gee as technical director.
Tickets cost $7 and $8 and can be
bought at the Performing Arts Ticket Of­
fice from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays and
from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays. To order
by phone, dial 6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787).
The production is co-sponsored by the
College of Liberal Arts. 0

Georgy Gounev, a native Bulgarian
now living in Southern California, will
speak on "Crisis in the Balkans : The
American Stakes" at 11 am Tuesday,
May 12, in UU 220.
Gounev is a former visiting Fulbright
scholar at Ohio State University and an
expert on the history and politics of Rus­
sia and Eastern Europe.
He has published three books: "The
African Movements for National Libera­
tion," "Winston Churchill and the
Balkans During the Second World War,"
and "Towards the Shores of Freedom:
The History of the Eastern European
Anti-Communist Opposition 1945-1947."
Before emigrating to the United
States, Gounev taught political science
and modern history at the University of
Saint Clement in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The talk is sponsored by the College
of Liberal Arts and the History and Po­
litical Science departments . 0

••• 'ADA Quiz'
(Continued from page 2)

Question 13:
The university may refuse to
grant a student's request for an
accommodation which is not
specifically recommended in the
student's documentation.

Survey Results
Answer: Yes.
QUESTION 13

El Corral survey forms are due back on Friday

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Surveys sent to the faculty April 27
by El Corral are due back to the book­
store by Friday, May 8.
El Corral is conducting the survey
to find out professors' perceptions of
the store.
Opinions on matters ranging from
textbook availability and pricing to book
selection, academic software, store
hours, and special events are being

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sought to help improve operations.
The survey was developed for El Corral
by the National Association of College
Stores, the trade association for college
bookstores. Completed surveys will be for­
warded to NACS for data entry and statisti­
cal analysis. Survey comments will also be
reported by its research staff.
For more information, contact Theresa
Kaiser at ext. 6-5317. 0

The Cal Poly Report is published by the Communications Office every
Wednesday during the academic year. Items submitted by 10 am Thursday
appear in the following Wednesday's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511, or e-mail articles, suggestions, and
questions to polynews@polymail. Fax items to ext. 6-6533. D

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Community College, NJ, the Office
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college's refusal to grant a student's
request for an accommodation which
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••• DATELINE
(Continued from page 1)

Friday, "ay 15
Storytelling: "America Reads@Cal
Poly," for grade school children and
families, Library, 4 pm.
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 16 and
May 21-23. ($)

Saturday, "ay 16
Dance: Cal Poly Ballroom Dance Club,
SLO Senior Citizens Center, 7:30pm.
Music: Spring Concert- Cal Poly Wind
Orchestra and William Spiller (Music),
Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Play: ''A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 21-23. ($)

"on day, "ay 18
Speaker: Ronald Takaki, "The
Coming Multicultural Millennium ,"
Chumash, 7 pm.

Tuesday, "ay 19
Learn-at-Lunch: Cleone Van Westen
(SLO County Genealogical
Society), "How to Begin a Great
Genealogical Treasure Hunt," Staff
Dining Room , noon.
Music: Student piano recital, Davidson
Music Center 218, 7:30pm.

CAL POLY REPORT, MAY 6, 1998

Workshop for NSF grants
postponed until summer

Poet C.G. Hanzlicek
to read nay 8

Dean Barnes
to step down

The workshop for the National Sci­
ence Foundation's combined programs
of Course and Curriculum Develop­
ment and Instrumentation and Labora­
tory Development that was to be
presented by Grants Development on
Thursday, May 7, will be rescheduled
during the summer.
The closing date for proposal submis­
sion to this program is early November.
Anyone interested in attending the
workshop should call the Grants Devel­
opment Office at ext. 6-2982. D

Award-winning poet C.G. Hanzlicek
will read from his work at 7 pm Friday,
May 8, in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Hanzlicek has written seven books of
poetry, including "Living in It," "Calling
the Dead," "Against Dreaming," and
"Stars," for which he won the 1977
Devins Award for Poetry.
The Minnesota-born poet has also
translated Native American songs in "A
Bird's Companion" and the work of
Czech poet Vladimir Holan . Hanzlicek's
"Mirroring: Selected Poems of Vladimir
Holan" won the Robert Payne Award
from the Columbia University Transla­
tion Center in 1985.
Hanzlicek directs the Creative Writing
Program at Cal State Fresno. His work
has appeared in numerous anthologies
and journals, including Poetry, the
Kenyon Review, Southern Review, and
Iowa Review.
The reading is one in a series of
WriterSpeak events, sponsored by Cal
Poly Arts, the English Department and
the College of Liberal Arts.
For more information , call Adam Hill ,
English professor and director of
WriterSpeak , at ext. 6-1622. D

Carol E. Barnes, dean of extended
university programs and services , will
step down from her position Aug. 31 .
She will assume other responsibilities on
campus and will retreat to UCTE with
the start of the 1998-99 academic year.
Extended Education and Conference
Services will continue to report to Aca­
demic Affairs as an integrated unit. The
placement of Faculty Development and
Distance Education, areas of Extended
University Programs and Services cur­
rently under Barnes' supervision as dean,
is being reviewed and will be determined
in the near future . D

Author, professor Gish
to sign books at El Corral
Robert Gish, director of the Ethnic
Studies Department, will sign copies of
his books, including his newest,
"Dreams of Quivira- Stories of the
Golden West," at II am Thursday,
May 7, at El Corral Bookstore.
Gish, author of 17 books and numer­
ous scholarly articles on the history and
literature of the American West, is a pro­
fessor of English and ethnic studies.
For more information , call Margaret
Gardner in El Corral's General Books
Department at ext. 6-5316. D

Summer help available
for free
Offices can get free summer help this
year through the Summer Youth Employ­
ment Training Program (SYETP), a fed­
erally funded program for disadvantaged
youth ages 14-21.
The program aims to help youth ex­
plore the world of work, master basic
skills, and stay in school.
SYETP youth are placed in either
public or private non-profit agencies in
San Luis Obispo County. Wages are pro­
vided through the Private Industry Coun­
cil. The employer pays nothing for the
service, but is expected to provide mean­
ingful tasks and supervision. Typical du­
ties include general office support and
manual labor.
For a SYETP Position Request Form,
call or e-mail Human Resources at ext. 6­
2237 or jlrobert@calpoly.edu. Requests
must be submitted to the Private Industry
Council before June I .
For more information, call SYETP Co­
ordinator Grant Nielson at 781-2985. D

Thursday, "ay 21
Music: Student recital, Davidson Music
Center 218, II am.
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 22-23. ($)

Friday, "ay 22
WriterSpeak and Lyceum: Sheila
Ballantyne, "Imaginary Crimes: From
Little Novel to Hollywood Film,"
Cohan Center 's Philips Hall , 7 pm.
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 23. ($)

Saturday, "ay 23
Music: Verdi 's "Requiem" - Cal Poly
Choirs, Cuesta Master Chorale, and
guest singers, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

"on day, "ay 25

'ADA Quiz' results posted on the Web
Here are more questions and cotTect an­
swers to the "ADA (Americans with Dis­
ability Act) Quiz" that was distributed to
faculty and staff fall quarter by the Disabil­
ity Resource Center. The information is
also posted at www.sas.calpoly.edu/drc.
Other questions and answers will ap­
pear in upcoming issues of the Cal Poly
Report. Comments and questions are
welcome at ext. 6-1395 .
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modation would result in a fundamental
alteration of the program.
Survey Results
Answer: No.
Academic requirements that the insti­
tution can show are essential to the
student's course of study do not have to
be modified/accommodated. In other
words , the institution would not have to
change a requirement if it could demon­
strate that such change would fundamen­
tally alter the nature of the course.
The Ohio Civil Rights Commission up­
held Case Western Reserve
University's refusal to accommodate a
student because such accommodation
would "unduly burden the school and
require it to modify the essential nature
of its program" (Kincaid, 1995, May).
The case relied on the federal law
(Southeastern Community College v.
Davis, 1979) in its decision that the
student was not otherwise qualified
with or without accommodation.

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Pick-up, drop-off
parking for El Corral
Need to drop off equipment at El
Corral ' s computer service department?
For your convenience, two IS-minute
parking spaces for equipment drop-off
and pick-up are located in the Campus
Dining loading dock parking lot.
In addition, there's one 30-minute
staff unloading space and three 45­
minute metered spaces in the same lot.
For more information call ext. 6-5327. D

Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications
for the following positions are available
from the appropriate Human Resources
office. Vacancy information can also be ac­
cessed from the Cal Poly home page on the
World Wide Web (address:www.cal
poly.edu; click on "General Information").

STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job line at
ext. 6-1533). Official application forms
must be received by 4 pm on the closing
date or be postmarked by the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Closing Date: May 27 or until filled
(Readvertisement- Additions to the
duties and requirements)
#8M087: Associate Vice President,
University Advancement (Administra­
tor Ill). Under the administrative direc­
tion of the vice president for university
advancement, the associate vice presi­
dent is responsible for the direct leader­
ship and management of the following
departments: Corporate and Foundation
Relations, The Cal Poly Fund, and Ad­
vancement Services. The associate VP
has primary responsibility for all state
and Foundation budgets and personnel
management, as well as responsibility for
strategic planning for the University
Advancement Division . Works collabor­
atively with the vice president and senior
management staff in developing and
implementing the Centennial Campaign
plan. Assumes responsibilities of the vice
president in his absence. A master's de­
gree is required and at least eight years
of progressively responsible management
and fund-raising experience, some of
which must have been in a university ad­
vancement setting. Demonstrated success
within a comprehensive university-based
advancement program in an academic
setting that balances centralized and de­
centralized fund-raising operations.
Thorough knowledge of all phases of ad­
vancement operations including corpo­
rate and foundation relations, annual
fund , and advancement services. Must
have the ability to initiate a program or
project and carry it to completion and be
able to handle many details in a well-or­
ganized and focused manner. Ability to
interact and communicate successfully
with staff. Thorough knowledge of ad­
vancement databases and donor manage­
ment and tracking systems . Experience in
fiscal policy and management. Thorough
knowledge and demonstrated success in
developing and implementing strategic
plans. Exhibits high ethical standards of

conduct and confidentia lity in dealing
with variou s internal and external con­
stituencies. Experience with comprehen­
sive capital campaigns. Strong
supervisory and personnel management
skills. Must possess a valid driver ' s li­
cense. Salary range commensurate with
the background and experience of the in­
dividual selected. Cal Poly offers excel­
lent fringe benefits. Interested applicants
should complete a Cal Poly management
application and include a current resume,
letter of interest, and the names, ad­
dresses and telephone numbers of at least
three professional references. Direct in­
quiries regarding the position to: William
Boldt, vice president for university ad­
vancement, at 6-1445.
Closing Date: May 27
#89105: Director of Media Rela­
tions (Public Affairs Asst II), Athletics
(Unit 9)*, $2,807-$3,375/mo.
#87106: Clerical Assistant II, Hous­
ing and Residential Life (Unit 7) ,
$1,861-$2, 195/mo.

FACULTY (Adm. 312, ext. 6-2844)
Candidates interested in faculty
positions are asked to contact the appro­
priate department office at the phone
number listed for more information and
an application. Please submit all applica­
tion materials to the department head/
chair unless otherwise specified. Rank and
salary are commensurate with qualifica­
tions and experience, and timebase where
applicable, unless otherwise stated.
Closing Date: May 18
#83107: Lecturer Pool (part-time),
Architectural Engineering Department
(805-756-1314; fax 756-6054). Depart­
ment is establishing a pool of applicants
for poss ible part-time positions during
fall , winter and/or spring 1998/99, teach­
ing structural analysi s and structural de­
sign , geo-sciences , and CADD. Master 's
degree preferred. B.S. degree with exten­
sive experience also given serious con­
sideration. Apply to Department Head ,
Architectural Engineering (Recruitment
Code #831 09).
Closing Date: July 10
#83111: Lecturer (full-time),
Bioresource and Agricultural Engi­
neering Department (805-756-2378).
Academic year appointment with the
BRAE Department's Irrigation Training
and Research Center (IRTC) . Perform
engineering studies in the field and of­
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... Position vacancies
(Continu ed from page 7)

fice , plus teach short courses in flow
measurement, canal automation, water
balances, and on-farm irrigation. Work
closely with irrigation districts and farm­
ers to develop and implement improved
water management programs. Periodi­
cally teach entry-level irrigation classes.
Ph.D. preferred; M .S. required. Profes­
sional registration as a civil or agricul­
tural engineer required. Also required:
formal university training in irrigation
engineering and science; excellent practi­
cal and challenging field experiences in
the Western U.S . in flow measurement,
canal automation, and on-farm irrigation
(drip, sprinkler, and surface); clear and
effective verbal and written English com­
munication skills; demonstrated time and
fiscal management skills. Apply to Ken­
neth Solomon, Head, BRAE Department
(Recruitment Code #83111).
Closing Date: May 29
#83113: Lecturers (part-time),
Bioresource and Agricultural Engi­
neering Department (805-756-2378).
Establishing a pool for possible tempo­
rary teaching assignments during the
1998-99 academic year. M.S. in agricul­
tural engineering, agricultural engineer­
ing technology, mechanized agriculture,
or related field preferred; B.S. required .
Industrial experience in related fields
highly desirable. Possible teaching re­
sponsibility in the areas of engineering
surveying, power and machinery, and ir­
rigation. Send completed Cal Poly appli­
cation (obtain by calling 756-2378) to
Dr. Kenneth Solomon, Department Head,
BioResource and Agricultural Engineer­
ing (Recruitment Code #83113).
Closing Date: June 1
#83117: Lecturer Pool (part-time),
Natural Resources Management De­
partment (805-756-2702). Department
is establishing a pool of applicants for
possible part-time positions during sum­
mer, fall, winter and/or spring 1998/99.
Bachelor's degree required, preferably in
related field. Experience in one or more
of the following areas preferred: forest
resources ; parks and recreation; re­
sources law enforcement; environmental
law; recreation administration; tourism
and leisure studies. Reference Recruit­
ment Code #83117 and send Cal Poly
faculty application to Norman H.
Pillsbury, Department Head, NRM De­
partment (call 756-2702 for application).

Closing Date: Position is open until
filled, but applications must be re­
ceived by May 30
#83119: Division I Assistant
Women's Basketball Coach, IntercoUegiate
Athletics (805-756-2924).
Full-time, 12-month appointment at the
coaching assistant classification, avail­
able immediately. Assist with all aspects
of a Division I program including re­
cruitment of qualified student-athletes,
practice planning, scheduling, travel,
game coaching, film breakdown, camps,
department support and community out­
reach, and other duties as assigned by the
head coach. Qualifications: Undergradu­
ate degree required. Coaching experience
at the NCAA Division I level preferred.
Demonstrated ability in recruiting, public
speaking, commitment to academics and
NCAA rules compliance required. Send
letter of application with list of refer­
ences and resume to Alison Cone, Senior
Associate Athletic Director, Intercolle­
giate Athletics (Recruitment Code #83119).

FOUIIDATIOII (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-71 07). All foundation
applications must be received (not just
postmarked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)

Closing Date: Position is open until
filled; review of applications begins on
May 16
Readvertisement:
Research Associate, Dairy Products
Technology Center ($2,306-2,998/mo.)
Conduct independent research on bio­
chemistry and technology of attenuated
lactic acid bacterial adjunct cultures to
improve texture and flavor of cheese. Re­
quirements: B.S. in microbiology, dairy/
food microbiology with a minimum of
two years of laboratory research experi­
ence or M.S. (Ph.D. preferred) in micro­
biology, dairy/food microbiology.
Previous experience/knowledge in
microbiology/genetics of lactic acid bac­
teria desired. Must be able to demon­
strate ability to work independently with
minimal supervision, communicate effec­
tively in a team concept, and proficiency
with computers and associated software
for data analysis and reporting. Must be
able to maintain culture collection and
use equipment and analytical techniques
to develop and conduct a battery of mi­
crobiology assays and chemical tests as­
sociated with probiotic activity.

Closing Date: May 22
MIS Support Specialist, MIS
($2,606- $3,826/mo.) Provide support
services for midrange computer and help
desk support for PC's and network. Sup­
port services include midrange opera­
tional tasks, processing procedures and
problem resolution . Requirements: HS
degree or equivalent, preferably with
courses in information technology or re­
lated specialized training. Some college
level courses emphasizing computing
technology is desirable. Minimum of two
years experience in computer operations
and system management functions on a
mini or mainframe computer in a net­
worked environment and one year expe­
rience involving the support of PC
hardware and software along with some
experience supporting on-line users,
preferably utilizing HP 3000 equipment.
Additional college level courses or spe­
cialized training involving information
systems and/or computer networks may
substitute for up to one year of the basic
experience requirement. Must have effec­
tive oral and written communication;
able to organize and conduct training
programs; and able to lift at least forty
pounds. Must be able to attend off-site
conferences/training classes, work over­
time or off-hours schedules. D

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Cal Poly preparing for '99 accreditation review
DATELI•E
Exhibits
UU Galerie: "A Sense of Place," May 6June 6. Reception: 3-5 pm, May 9.
University Art Gallery: "Non-Skid
Soul," juried student exhibit. Through
May 7. "In Her Image," May 15-June
10. Panel discussion, 6:30pm, reception,
8 pm, both May 15.

Wednesday, ltay 6
Anxiety Disorders Screening Day: Free,
confidential screening, UU Plaza, 10
am.

Take Back the Night: Speaker Emily
Spence-Diehl; open microphone session;
campus march, Chumash, at 7 pm.

Friday, ltay 8
Baseball: Long Beach State, SLO
Stadium, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Singer-songwriter Nels, Cohan
Center Pavilion, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Shelly Schweigerdt student flute
recital, Davidson Music Center 218,
7:30pm.
WriterSpeak: Poet C.G. Hanzlicek,
Cohan Center's Philips Hall, 7 pm .

Saturday, ltay 9

Golf Association invites
faculty, staff to play
The Cal Poly student Golf Associa­
tion invites faculty and staff members to
its second annual golf tournament at
Avila Beach Golf Resort on Saturday,
Nov. 14.
The tournament will have a shotgun
start at 9 am, rain or shine. The format
will be a four-person scramble.
Entry fees are $80 per person before
Aug . 1 and $85 thereafter. The price in­
cludes hole-in-one prizes of $10,000,
green fees , golf cart, tee prizes, continen­
tal breakfast, awards lunch , and tourna­
ment shirt. Participants will also have a
chance to win prizes.
The entry deadline is Sept. 14. Mail
checks, payable to Cal Poly Golf Asso­
ciation, to UU Box #82, Student Life
and Activities.
For more information, call CPGA at
(888) 892-5609, ext. 3040. D
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San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 52, No. 31 • May 6, 1998

Baseball: Long Beach, SLO Stadium ,
I pm. ($)
Music: Spring Concert- Cal Poly Vocal
Jazz Ensemble and L.A. Jazz Choir,
Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)

Sunday, ltay 10
Baseball: Long Beach, SLO Stadium, I pm. ($)

Tuesday, ltay 12

k,

Speaker: Georgy Gounev, "Crisis in
the Balkans: The American Stakes,"
UU 220, II am.
FIDO Talk: Dennis Frey (Biological
Sciences), "Use of Embedded
QuickTime Video in Behavior
Classes," Staff Dining Room, noon.

Thursday, ltay 14
Sunset Run: 5-K campus run/walk, Rec
Center plaza, 6 pm. ($)
Play: "A Streetcar Named Desire,"
Theatre, 8 pm. Also May 15-16 and
May 21-23. ($)
(Continu ed on page 2)

In preparation for the next accreditation
visit in fall 1999 by the Western Associa­
tion of Schools and Colleges (WASC), Cal
Poly's WASC Steering Committee is initiat­
ing a focused self-study.
The self-study will complement ongo­
ing campus planning efforts and provide
the university with an opportunity to as­
sess where it is as a university and to ar­
ticulate its vision for its future.
The steering committee has chosen
three areas for the self-study that will be
integrated using a conceptual framework
of "The University as a Center of Learn­
ing." The three are:
• The intellectual environment- in­
cluding student learning, faculty and staff
development, academic programs, re­
search and scholarship.
• The physical environment- includ-

ing university policies and processes, fi s­
cal matters, and physical plant.
• The social environment- including
co-curricular activities, residential life, cul­
tural programs, and community relations.
The self-study will examine all as­
pects of the university. According to the
steering committee, the participation of
students, staff and faculty is critical to
the creation of a successful study that
will lead to reaccreditation and, what's
more important, will complement exist­
ing strategic planning initiatives.
During fall quarter, focus groups will
be invited to engage in "productive con­
versation." For more information about
the WASC accreditation process or the
focus group discussions, contact Jo Anne
Freeman at ext. 6-2227 or e-mail
WASC@polymail.calpoly.edu. D

Prop. 209 critic Ronald Takaki will speak ltay 18
UC Berkeley ethnic studies professor
Ronald Takaki, a prominent figure in the
statewide and national debate over Prop.
209 and racial di­
versity, will speak
at Cal Poly on
Monday, May 18,
about the ap­
proaching day
when whites will
become a minority
in California.
Ronald Takaki
"The Coming
Multicultural Millennium" is the title of Takaki 's lecture,
the final program in a series by the same
name sponsored by the Ethnic Studies
Department and College of Liberal Arts .
The free lecture is to begin at 7 pm in
Chumash Auditorium.
In his talk, the outspoken critic of
Prop. 209 and leading advocate of diver­
sity will "re-vision our nation's history in
order to reach for a multi-cultural under­
standing of this past that can guide us
into the 21st century."

Last month, Takaki criticized the
policy that UC Berkeley has adopted to
try to mitigate the effects of Prop. 209,
the initiative that abolished race as a cri­
teria in university admissions.
Like Cal Poly, Takaki's home campus
has redesigned its admissions policy to
take economic and other personal factors
into account in making admission deci­
sions, in order to try to maintain a di­
verse student body. The policy hasn't
prevented the drastic drop in the num­
ber of blacks and Latinos admitted to
Berkeley that was predicted by Prop.
209 's opponents .
Takaki told Time magazine it would
be "a moral mistake for Berkeley to con­
tinue to rely on the new system." He has
instead proposed a lottery among the top
third of high school graduates for spaces
at the UC campus.
Takaki is a founding figure in ethnic
studies and has been a leading voice in
public debate on diversity issues.
For more information, call Ethnic
Studies at ext. 6-1707. D