CAL POLY REPORT, NOVEMBER 18, 1998

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Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from
the appropriate Human Resources office. In­
formation can also be accessed from the Cal
Poly home page at www. calpoly.edu. (Click
on "General Information").

FACULTY (Adm. 312, ext. 6-2844)
Candidates interested in faculty positions are
asked to contact the appropriate department
office at the phone number listed for more infor­
mation and an application. Please submit all
application materials to the department head/
chair unless otherwise specified. Rank and salary
are commensurate with qualifications and experi­
ence, and timebase where applicable, unless
otherwise stated.
#93010: Department Chair, Physical
Education & Kinesiology Department (756-2545).
Tenure-track 12-month assoc iate/full professor,
starting September 1999. 12-month positi on is .67
admini strati ve and .33 teaching (teaching portion is
tenure-track). Required by date of hire: Doctoral
degree in kinesiology, physical education, exercise
science, health education, or related di scipline.
Record of successful teaching experience at college/
uni versity level. At least three years experience in
program leadership in higher education. Additional
qualifications and information, including requi re­
ments for appointment at full professor level,
available from deprutment. For application, send
letter of interest and curriculum vitae to Dwayne
Head, department head, or e- mail j mdemers@cal
poly.edu. Reference Recruitment Code #930 10 on all
materials. Closing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93011: AssistanUAssociate Professor, Physical
Education & Kinesiology Department (756-2545).
Full-time AY tenure-trac k position (assistant pre­
felTed) struting September 1999. Salary $40,69255,068. Primary teaching responsibility in exercise
physiology/exercise science undergraduate and
graduate areas. Secondary areas include adapted P.E.,
professional activity, first-aid/CPR, or sport/program
management. Required: Ph.D. specialization in
exercise physiology, exerci se sc ience, or related area.
Record of successful teaching experience including
teaching assistantships at college/uni versity level.
Additional qualifications and information available
from deprutment. For application, send letter of
interest and curriculum vitae to Dwayne Head, de­
partment head, or e-mailjmdemers @calpoly.edu.
Reference Recruitment Code #930 II on all materials.
Clos ing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93034: Assistant/Associate Professor,
Physical Education & Kinesiology Department
(756-2545). Full-time AY tenure-track positi on
(ass istant preferred) starting September 1999 (salary
$40,692-55,068). Primary teaching responsibility in
hea lth education/hea lth promotion undergraduate and
graduate areas. Secondary areas incl ude adapted P.E.,
professional activity, first-ai d/CPR, or sport/program
management. Required: Ph.D./Ed.D. speciali zation in
health education, hea lth science, community health,
or public health. Record of successful teaching expe­
rience incl uding teaching assistantships at co llege/
un iversity level. Additional qualifications and infor­
mati on available fro m department. For app licati on.
send letter of interest and curri culu m vitae to
Dwayne Head, deprutment head, or e- mail j mdemer.1·
@cal poly.edu. Reference Recruitment Code #93034
on all materials. Closing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93035: Assistant/ Associate Professor,
Physical Education & Kinesiology Department

(756-2545). Full -t ime AY tenure-track positi on
(ass istant prefeJTed) starting September 1999 (sa lary
$40.692-55,068). Primary teaching responsibility in
pedagogy undergraduate and grad uate areas. Second­
ary areas include adapted P.E., profess ional acti vity,
first-aid/CPR, or sport/progra m manage ment.
Req uired: Ph .D. spec iali zati on in phys ical educa­
ti on or related area. Full -time ex perience teac hin g
in elementary or secondary school s with primary
responsibility in phys ical educati on. Addition al
qualificati ons and information ava il able from
department. For applicati on, send letter of interest
and curri culum vitae to Dwayne Head, department
head, or e-mai l j mdemers@ca/ po/y.ed11. Reference
Rec rui tment Code #93035 on all materi als. Clos­
ing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93036: Assistant/Associate Professor,
Physical Education & Kinesiology Department
(756-2545). Full-time AY tenure-track position
(ass istant preferred) starting September 1999 (salary
$40,692-55,068). Primary teaching responsibility in
soc ial/psychol og ical aspects of physical acti vity
undergraduate and graduate areas. Secondary areas
include adapted P.E., profess ional acti vity, first-aid/
CPR, or sport/program management. Required: Ph.D.
specializati on in psychology and/or sociology of
sport and physical acti vity. Record of successful
teaching experience including teaching ass istantships
at coll ege/uni versity level. Additional quali fications
and in formation avail able from deprutment. For
applicati on, send letter of interest and curriculum
vitae to Dway ne Head, department head, or e- mail
jmdemers@calpoly. ed11. Reference Recruitment
Code #93036 on all materi als. Clos ing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93039: Tenure-Track Position, Industrial and
Manufacturing Engineering (756-2342). Academic
year position available fall 1999. Applicants should
have completed a doctorate in industrial engineering
or closely related engineering di scipline. Demon­
strated ability in good written and oral use of English
is required. Preference given for teaching expertise in
two or more of the following subject areas: simula­
tion, information systems/technology, engineering
economy, ergonomics, production control, suppl y
chain management, cost estimating, and analysis.
Professional Engineer Registrati on prior to tenure is
expected. Preference given to candidates with rel­
evant research and industri al experience. Apply to
Serna E. Alptekin , Ph.D. , Chair, !ME Department.
Clos ing date: Jan. 30.

Associated Students Inc. is accepting applica­
tions for the following position(s). Complete
position descriptions and applications are avail­
able at the ASI Business Office, University
Union, Room 212, M-F, 8 am- 5 pm, ext. 6-1281.
All applications must be received by 5 pm of the
listed closing date. AA/ED.

FOUIIDATIOII (Foundation Adm. Building, job
line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation applications
must be received (not just postmarked) by 5 pm of
the closing date. (No faxes.)

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ltonday, November 2J

Administrative Assistant, Foundation Admin­
istration Office ($13.30-17.30/hr.) Serves as admin­
istrative assistant to the executi ve director, the
director of admini stration and planning, and prov ides
support to other managers. Requirements: Hi gh
school degree or equi valent and fo urs years experi­
ence as an admi nistrati ve assistant or seni or secretary,
incl udi ng two years superv isory experience. Must
type at least 60 wpm and operate a I 0-key by touch.
Pro fi cie nt in word processi ng and spreads heets
(Mi crosoft Word and Exce l preferred), e- mail and
calendarin g systems in a Windows enviro nme nt.
Mu st have exceptional communication and interper­
so nal skill s. The Foundation offe rs generous ben­
efit s. Applicati ons mu st be received by Nov. 30.
For an applicatio n, please co ntact: Foundati on
Hum an Reso urces.

Audiovisual Coordinator (Media Production
Specialist IIA), $3,006 - $3,976. A full-time
temporary position through Dec. 3 1, 1999, with a
possibility of an extension. Under the direct
supervision of the associate executive director, thi s
pos ition is responsible for prov iding customer
service, operation , and maintenance of audiovi sual
and staging equipment. Graduation from a four-year
college or equivalent and two years of experience
working with audiovisual technology and stage
equipment required. Closing date: Nov. 20. D

Administrative survey
results posted on WWW
The results of a CSU systemwide sur­
vey measuring student and employee satis­
faction with seven administrative areas
are pos ted on the Cal Poly Home Page in
the News Section under " What's New."
The survey, initiated last March by the
Chancellor ' s Office, was designed to
gauge sati sfaction with seven specific
areas: accounts payable, admissions and
records , facilitie s/physical plant, finan­
cial aid , human resources, purchasing,
and student accounts receivable.
From a random sampling of 5 , 150 Cal
Poly people, more than 1,050 surveys
were returned .
Fourteen other CSU campuses and the
Chancellor's Office also participated. D

••• Dateline
Music: Doc Stotley, B ackStage Pizza,
noon.
Men's Basketball: Sacramento State,
Mott Gym , 7 pm. ($)
Comedy: David Sedaris, Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

Tuesday, November 24
Speaker: George Garrity, "Reflection s on
Deve loping the Road M a p to the Second
Edition of Bergey ' s Manual of Syste matic
Bacteriology," Fishe r Science 285 , II a m.

Wednesday, November 25
Academic Holiday: Thanksgivin g holiday
for academic-year empl oyees. Through
Sunday, Nov. 29.

Thursday, November 26
Holiday: Thanksgiving holiday. Through
Sunday, Nov. 29. 0

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A!NANCEMENT

DATELINE

Graphic Communication
receives industry gifts

Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter):
Paintings and drawings by Jerome
Witkin, through Dec. 6. Daily, 11 am­
4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: " Peter Meller: Andante
Allegro Rubato," through Dec. 6.
Tuesday-Friday 10 am-4 pm ; Wednes­
day until 7 pm ; Saturday, Sunday, noon
to 4 pm.

Wednesday, November 18
Music: Home Brew, BackStage Pi zza,
noon.
Play: Theatre and Dance Departme nt 's
" Cal Foly Pollies." Al so Nov. 19-21.
Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

Thursday, November 19
English Department Faculty Forum:
Claudia Royal, " From Scholarship to
Art: The Evolution of a Screenplay,"
Fisher Science 286, 11 am.
Music: Student recital , Davidson
Music Center 218, 11 am.
Music: Jon Sirkus, BackStage Pizza,
noon.
Play: Theatre and Dance Department's
"Cal Foly Pollies." Also Nov. 20-21.
Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

The Graphic Communication Depart­
ment has recently received donations of
equipment valued at $250,000 from
Grafix North America and the Agfa
Division of the Bayer Corp.
Grafix North America of Burr Ridge,
Ill. , donated a central control temperature
s ystem worth $50,000 that will be in­
s talled on the department ' s Heidelberg
four-color press.
The s y stem will help to educate stu­
dents on some of the lates t technology
available for on-press quality control
while rea dying the department for labo­
ratory ins truction on waterless offset
lithogra phic printing.
The Agfa Division of the Bayer
Corp . of Ridgefield Park , N.J. , donated
more than $200,000 worth of equip­
ment that will be used to enhance pre­
pres s education and particularly in the
department 's design reproduction tech­
nology concentration. D

Friday, November 20
Speaker: Robert Rosenstone (Caltech),
"Oliver Stone as Historian," Philips
Hall , noon.
Women's Basketball: Loyola
Marymount, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Play: Theatre and Dance Department's
"Cal Foly Pollies." Al so Nov. 21.
Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

Saturday, November 21
Pre-Game Event: " Mustang Main
Street," food , etc. Lawn no rth o f
Mustang Stadium . 11 am.
Football: Liberty U ., Mustang
Stadium, 1 pm.
Men's Basketball: Simon Fraser, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Bandfest with Cal Po ly Wind
Orchestra & Uni versity Jazz Bands,
Cohan Ce nte r, 8 pm. ($)
Play: Theatre and Da nce Departme nt 's
" Cal Fol y Po llies." Theatre, 8 pm . ($)

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Garage work, 'prize
patrol' set to begin
Construction on the parking structure
could begin as early as Tuesday, Dec. I.
It will reduce parking in the G-1 lot by
about 150 spaces.
To tempt s tudents and employees to
u s e a lternative transportation a nd to
e a se the temporary inconvenience of
los t s paces , Commuter Services and
Facilities Planning will
b e gin a " prize patrol "
w inte r qu a rter.
Anyone who u se s
a car pool , van poo l ,
th e bu s, a bike, or
other alte rnative
tra n s porta tion will be
e ligible to win prizes .
W a tch the Cal Poly Report for more
information or call Deby Ryan at ext.
6-6806 or J acquie Paul sen a t ext. 6-6680. D

California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53 , No. 11 • November 18, 1998
Published by the Communications Office

Cost-saving "icrosoft deal
expected final Dec. 1
The Chancellor ' s Office has nearly
completed a systemwide license agree­
ment with Microsoft that wou ld mean
significant cost savings to colleges ,
departments and divisions.
Information Technology Services
advises campus offices to place a "hold"
on Microsoft purchases until the contract
is finalized.
Dec. l is the CSU's target date for
signing a contra ct covering des ktop soft­
ware including Office Pro (Word, Excel ,
Acces s and PowerPoint), Vi s ual Studio,
Front Page,
BackOffice
/
Client, and
Window s or
"NT Work s ta­
tion. The pro­
posal also
includes a limited
number of licen se s for NT Server,
Exchange Server, and SQL Server.
The proposal would not prevent the
CSU from buying other software.
While the final terms of the complex
license agreement are not yet official ,
students as well as the facu lty and staff
would have specific access and u se of a
range of software products from Microsoft.
The Chancellor's Office aims to make
all full-time faculty and staff members '
office computers eligible- and their
home computers , too, if used 80 percent
or more for university work. Similarly,
all s tudent computer labs would be eli­
gible. Licens ing details wi ll be av a ilable
in the coming weeks.
Co s t s and fees are al s o s ti ll being
di s cu ssed, but it i s clear that a s ig nifi­
c ant part of the total cos t will be
funded " off the top ," acc ordin g to Jerry
H a nley, vic e provos t for inform a tion
technology. He said th e net c o s t of th e
s oftware and the me a n s to di s tribute it
on campu s will b e de s ig ne d to truly
s ave money and provide the wide s t
poss ibl e access a nd u s e of th e s oftwa re
for both academi c and office productiv­
ity a pplication s. D

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Campus Di*lg events, news
• Vista Grande Restaurant will offer a
Thanksgiving buffet from 10 am to 5 pm
Thursday, Nov. 26.
• In support of the "Great American
Smokeout" on Thursday, Nov. 19, three
restaurants on campus encourage you to
"go cold turkey." The Staff Room, Sand­
wich Plant and City Deli will sell cold
turkey sandwiches for only $2- less
than a pack of cigarettes -on that day.
• The Staff Dining Room menu is
now available on the web: http://www.
cpfoundation.org/dining/staffroorn/
srmenu.html.
• Cal Poly-raised turkeys are now
available at the Campus Market. Call
ext. 6-1265 to reserve one, or stop by to
pick one out. Turkeys range from 13 to
24 lbs. and sell for $1.39 per pound.
Quantities are limited. D

Auction fund-raiser set
to aid career conference
The faculty and staff are invited to
attend a Friday, Nov. 20, fund-raising
auction to benefit the Feb. 20 Interna­
tional Career Conference, an annual
event organized by students from the
College of Business.
The auction will be held at the Gar­
dens of Avila Restaurant at Sycamore
Mineral Springs Resort. Doors will open
at 6 pm. A silent auction begins at
6:30pm, and the live auction at 7.
Appetizers will be served.
Auction items include a one-night
stay in a suite at the Sycamore Mineral
Springs Resort, a one-week condo vaca­
tion on Maui, works of art, various
autographed NFL sports paraphernalia,
tickets to a Performing Arts Center per­
formance plus dinner at Vista Grande
Restaurant, tickets to an ACT perfor­
mance in San Francisco, various dinner
certificates, gift baskets, and a beauty
treatment package.
Tickets to the event are $15. To buy
them or for details, contact Kelly Kent,
marketing director for the International
Career Conference and one of six stu­
dents involved in the project. Kent's
telephone number is 545-8846, and her
e-mail address is kkent@calpoly.edu.
The International Career Conference
is an event sponsored by the College of
Business. Chris Carr, an assistant profes­
sor with the college's Global Strategy
and Law Area, is the faculty advisor for
the conference. D

'Evolution of screenplay'
topic of faculty forum

Retirement reception
for Etter, Herriman

Systematic bacteriology
topic of llov. 24 talk

tlore than 80 students
studying overseas

Campus Dining wins
waste-reduction award

English Department lecturer and play­
wright Claudia Royal will present "From
Scholarship to Art: The Evolution of a
Screenplay" from 11 am to noon on Thurs­
day, Nov. 19, in Fisher Science 286.
Royal's screenplay is about the Bel­
gian engraver Felicien Rops, the most
sought-after and outrageous illustrator of
literary works in late 19th-century Paris.
Royal's research has taken her both to
Paris and to Rops' native Belgium,
resulting in the scholarly publication
"Woman Over Beast: A Perverse Read­
ing of Decadence" and ultimately in her
screenplay, "Be No Other."
Royal has taught at Cal Poly since
1995. She is a comparatist specializing in
literary modernism. She is a scholar and
professional translator of French works.
Her most recent translations include
"Mestizo Logics: The Anthropology of
Identity in Africa and Elsewhere" and
"The Imported State: Westernization of
the Political Order," both for Stanford
University Press.
The talk is part of the "What Else We
Do" English Department Faculty Forum,
a monthly series showcasing the research
and creative projects of the English
Department faculty. Short, informal pre­
sentations are followed by discussion.
For information, call the English
Department at ext. 6-2597 or series orga­
nizer Debora Schwartz at ext. 6-2636. 0

The Admissions office is hosting
a retirement reception for Vivian
Herriman and Linda Etter on Friday
morning, Nov. 20.
Stop by Adm. 213 to wish them
well. 0

A Michigan State University microbi­
ology professor will present "Reflections
on Developing the Road Map to the
Second Edition of Bergey's 'Manual of
Systematic Bacteriology"' at 11 am
Tuesday, Nov. 24, in Fisher Science 285.
George Garrity is involved in writing
an introductory chapter that will help
navigate readers through five volumes of
the second edition of the manual.
After the talk, a brief reception will
be held. D

More than 80 Cal Poly students are
studying in 10 foreign countries- from
Denmark to Zimbabwe -as part of the
CSU's l 998-99 International Programs.
The students represent 23 academic
programs, including architecture,
agribusiness, business administration,
biochemistry, computer science, forestry,
graphic communication, economics, En­
glish, journalism, nutritional science,
political science, and social sciences.
In addition to Denmark and Zimba­
bwe, the students are studying in France,
Italy, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand,
Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
More than 450 CSU students are par­
ticipating in the program this year.
For more information, call the Global
Affairs office at ext. 6-1477. 0

Campus Dining has been given a
WRAP (Waste Reduction Awards Pro­
gram) award for the fourth year in a row.
The program is administered by the
California Integrated Waste Management
Board to reward and encourage busi­
nesses to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Campus Dining recycles all cardboard
and much of its office and promotional
literature. They use recycled paper for
such things as computer printouts, sta­
tionery, and business cards. Paper nap­
kins used in Campus Dining facilities are
made of recycled paper. Polystyrene,
metal cans and plastic water bottles are
collected for recycling.
Produce scraps are given to the stu­
dent sustainable farm for composting,
and leftover food is donated to local
food banks and feeding programs
whenever practical. D

Deadline 24th, not 25th
for Dec. 2 CPR
The Communications Office has had
to alter its production schedule for the
Cal Poly Report because of the Thanks­
giving and New Year holidays.
The deadline for submitting copy for
the Dec. 2 issue of the Cal Poly Report
will be 10 am Tuesday, Nov. 24, (not
Wednesday, Nov. 25, as stated in the
Nov. 12 issue of the Report).
The final fall quarter edition of the
Cal Poly Report will be Wednesday, Dec.
9.

The first winter quarter Report will
be Jan. 6. Because of the New Year
holiday, the deadline for that issue is
10 am Tuesday, Dec. 29.
Send items via e-mail to polynews@
polymail, fax them to ext. 6-6533, or
send to the Communications Office.
Questions? Call ext. 6-1511. D

Award-winning writer
to discuss Oliver Stone
The historian and biographer whose
book formed the basis for the Academy
Award-winning film "Reds" will speak
about and show clips from several Oliver
Stone films on Friday, Nov. 20.
Robert Rosenstone's presentation,
"Oliver Stone as Historian," is planned
from noon to 1 pm in Philips Hall of the
Performing Arts Center.
Rosenstone, a professor at the Cali­
fornia Institute of Technology, is a cul­
tural historian of the United States and
Europe. He has taught at the University
of Barcelona, the European University
Institute in Florence, Italy, and Kyusha
University in Japan.
He is one of the world's leading
figures on the relationship between his­
tory and the visual media and, in particu­
lar, how the visual media challenge and
alter traditional ways of writing history.
"Reds," on which Rosenstone served
as a consultant, was based on his award­
winning 1975 biography "Romantic
Revolutionary: A Biography of John
Reed ." He also wrote the script of the
1983 documentary "The Good Fight,"
based on his I 970 book "Crusade of the
Left" about Americans in the Spanish
Civil War.
Other books he has written include
"Mirror in the Shrine: American
Encounters in Meiji Japan" and
"Visions of the Past: The Challenge
of Film to Our Idea of History."
He advised on "The Spanish Civil
War," a CBS television documentary
shown in 1978; "Darrow," a 1991 film
funded by the National Endowment for
the Humanities, PBS, and American
Playhouse; and "Tango of Slaves," a
1993 film on the Warsaw ghetto.
The talk is sponsored by the History
Department. For more information, call
ext. 6-2543. 0

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Crafts Center schedules
annual holiday fair
Student artists and local artists will
sell their work during the Crafts Center's
annual Holiday Craft Fair from 9 am to
4 pm Tuesday through Thursday, Dec. 1-3,
in the UU Plaza.
Music, food and poetry readings
will help create a festive atmosphere
while artists demonstrate the crafts of
ceramics, wood turning, lamp making
and metalsmithing.
For more information, call the Crafts
Center at ext. 6-1287. D

A few Holiday Luncheon
tickets still available
A few tickets for the Holiday Lun­
cheon, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, are
still available. For tickets, call Nancy
Vilkitis at ext. 6-2172. 0

IIRtl Christmas trees
go on sale llov. 27
The Natural Resources Management
Department and Cal Poly's Logging
Sports Team will hold their annual
Christmas tree sale from Friday, Nov. 27,
through Tuesday, Dec. 22.
"You-cut" Monterey pines cost $20.
Pre-cut firs range from $5 to $7 per foot.
The tree farm is located on Stenner
Creek Road just off Highway I and
will be open from 3 to 7 pm weekdays
and 9 am to 7 pm weekends.
The Logging Sports Team will also
hold demonstrations on the weekends
from noon to 3 pm.
For more information, call the NRM
Department at ext. 6-2702. D

28°/o want to be athletes
To comply with the CSU CAL-NOW
consent decree, all Cal Poly students
were asked the following question when
they registered for fall quarter classes:
Do you have the interest and ability to
participate in NCAA athletics?
The answers were: Yes, 4,472 (28%);
no, 10,712 (65%); no answer, 1,059 (7%).
The Academic Records office, the
department responsible for student regis­
tration, will continue to comply with the
court-mandated ruling that requires stu­
dents to be asked this question each year. 0

Area students attend
engineering workshop
San Luis Obispo area high school
and junior high school students were
invited to a workshop designed to give
"non-traditional" students a taste of
engineering through demonstrations
and hands-on activities.
"Building an Engineer," sponsored by
the Women's Engineering Program and
the College of Engineering, targeted
girls, non-honors students, and educa­
tionally or economically disadvantaged
students who otherwise might not con­
sider engineering as a career option.
The students were introduced to the
various engineering disciplines, and dur­
ing lunch, participants met with their
Cal Poly student hosts and female mem­
bers of the engineering faculty. D

Children's Center has
kindergarten openings
The ASI Children 's Center has open­
ings in its kindergarten program. Call
ext. 6-1267 for more information. 0

Fact Book listed on Web
The 1997-98 edition ofthe Cal Poly
Fact Book is available from the Institu­
tional Planning and Analysis home page
(http://www.calpoly.edu/-inststdy/).
The layout of the Fact Book is similar to
past editions, but this year Adobe Acrobat
format allows the user to view the docu­
ment online or print it. The WWW Fact
Book provides interactive links to other
resources on and off campus. Click on any
Web address in the Fact Book text to go
automatically to the requested page.
Although the mode of delivery has
changed, the purpose of the Cal Poly
Fact Book remains the same: to translate
accumulated data into useful information
for the university community and others
who have an interest in Cal Poly's char­
acteristics. The Fact Book presents data
for the 1997-98 academic year. When
appropriate, historical and trend data is
also listed.
The Institutional Planning and Analy­
sis office invites comments and is avail­
able to answer questions at ext. 6-2461. 0
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Campus Di*lg events, news
• Vista Grande Restaurant will offer a
Thanksgiving buffet from 10 am to 5 pm
Thursday, Nov. 26.
• In support of the "Great American
Smokeout" on Thursday, Nov. 19, three
restaurants on campus encourage you to
"go cold turkey." The Staff Room, Sand­
wich Plant and City Deli will sell cold
turkey sandwiches for only $2- less
than a pack of cigarettes -on that day.
• The Staff Dining Room menu is
now available on the web: http://www.
cpfoundation.org/dining/staffroorn/
srmenu.html.
• Cal Poly-raised turkeys are now
available at the Campus Market. Call
ext. 6-1265 to reserve one, or stop by to
pick one out. Turkeys range from 13 to
24 lbs. and sell for $1.39 per pound.
Quantities are limited. D

Auction fund-raiser set
to aid career conference
The faculty and staff are invited to
attend a Friday, Nov. 20, fund-raising
auction to benefit the Feb. 20 Interna­
tional Career Conference, an annual
event organized by students from the
College of Business.
The auction will be held at the Gar­
dens of Avila Restaurant at Sycamore
Mineral Springs Resort. Doors will open
at 6 pm. A silent auction begins at
6:30pm, and the live auction at 7.
Appetizers will be served.
Auction items include a one-night
stay in a suite at the Sycamore Mineral
Springs Resort, a one-week condo vaca­
tion on Maui, works of art, various
autographed NFL sports paraphernalia,
tickets to a Performing Arts Center per­
formance plus dinner at Vista Grande
Restaurant, tickets to an ACT perfor­
mance in San Francisco, various dinner
certificates, gift baskets, and a beauty
treatment package.
Tickets to the event are $15. To buy
them or for details, contact Kelly Kent,
marketing director for the International
Career Conference and one of six stu­
dents involved in the project. Kent's
telephone number is 545-8846, and her
e-mail address is kkent@calpoly.edu.
The International Career Conference
is an event sponsored by the College of
Business. Chris Carr, an assistant profes­
sor with the college's Global Strategy
and Law Area, is the faculty advisor for
the conference. D

'Evolution of screenplay'
topic of faculty forum

Retirement reception
for Etter, Herriman

Systematic bacteriology
topic of llov. 24 talk

tlore than 80 students
studying overseas

Campus Dining wins
waste-reduction award

English Department lecturer and play­
wright Claudia Royal will present "From
Scholarship to Art: The Evolution of a
Screenplay" from 11 am to noon on Thurs­
day, Nov. 19, in Fisher Science 286.
Royal's screenplay is about the Bel­
gian engraver Felicien Rops, the most
sought-after and outrageous illustrator of
literary works in late 19th-century Paris.
Royal's research has taken her both to
Paris and to Rops' native Belgium,
resulting in the scholarly publication
"Woman Over Beast: A Perverse Read­
ing of Decadence" and ultimately in her
screenplay, "Be No Other."
Royal has taught at Cal Poly since
1995. She is a comparatist specializing in
literary modernism. She is a scholar and
professional translator of French works.
Her most recent translations include
"Mestizo Logics: The Anthropology of
Identity in Africa and Elsewhere" and
"The Imported State: Westernization of
the Political Order," both for Stanford
University Press.
The talk is part of the "What Else We
Do" English Department Faculty Forum,
a monthly series showcasing the research
and creative projects of the English
Department faculty. Short, informal pre­
sentations are followed by discussion.
For information, call the English
Department at ext. 6-2597 or series orga­
nizer Debora Schwartz at ext. 6-2636. 0

The Admissions office is hosting
a retirement reception for Vivian
Herriman and Linda Etter on Friday
morning, Nov. 20.
Stop by Adm. 213 to wish them
well. 0

A Michigan State University microbi­
ology professor will present "Reflections
on Developing the Road Map to the
Second Edition of Bergey's 'Manual of
Systematic Bacteriology"' at 11 am
Tuesday, Nov. 24, in Fisher Science 285.
George Garrity is involved in writing
an introductory chapter that will help
navigate readers through five volumes of
the second edition of the manual.
After the talk, a brief reception will
be held. D

More than 80 Cal Poly students are
studying in 10 foreign countries- from
Denmark to Zimbabwe -as part of the
CSU's l 998-99 International Programs.
The students represent 23 academic
programs, including architecture,
agribusiness, business administration,
biochemistry, computer science, forestry,
graphic communication, economics, En­
glish, journalism, nutritional science,
political science, and social sciences.
In addition to Denmark and Zimba­
bwe, the students are studying in France,
Italy, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand,
Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
More than 450 CSU students are par­
ticipating in the program this year.
For more information, call the Global
Affairs office at ext. 6-1477. 0

Campus Dining has been given a
WRAP (Waste Reduction Awards Pro­
gram) award for the fourth year in a row.
The program is administered by the
California Integrated Waste Management
Board to reward and encourage busi­
nesses to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Campus Dining recycles all cardboard
and much of its office and promotional
literature. They use recycled paper for
such things as computer printouts, sta­
tionery, and business cards. Paper nap­
kins used in Campus Dining facilities are
made of recycled paper. Polystyrene,
metal cans and plastic water bottles are
collected for recycling.
Produce scraps are given to the stu­
dent sustainable farm for composting,
and leftover food is donated to local
food banks and feeding programs
whenever practical. D

Deadline 24th, not 25th
for Dec. 2 CPR
The Communications Office has had
to alter its production schedule for the
Cal Poly Report because of the Thanks­
giving and New Year holidays.
The deadline for submitting copy for
the Dec. 2 issue of the Cal Poly Report
will be 10 am Tuesday, Nov. 24, (not
Wednesday, Nov. 25, as stated in the
Nov. 12 issue of the Report).
The final fall quarter edition of the
Cal Poly Report will be Wednesday, Dec.
9.

The first winter quarter Report will
be Jan. 6. Because of the New Year
holiday, the deadline for that issue is
10 am Tuesday, Dec. 29.
Send items via e-mail to polynews@
polymail, fax them to ext. 6-6533, or
send to the Communications Office.
Questions? Call ext. 6-1511. D

Award-winning writer
to discuss Oliver Stone
The historian and biographer whose
book formed the basis for the Academy
Award-winning film "Reds" will speak
about and show clips from several Oliver
Stone films on Friday, Nov. 20.
Robert Rosenstone's presentation,
"Oliver Stone as Historian," is planned
from noon to 1 pm in Philips Hall of the
Performing Arts Center.
Rosenstone, a professor at the Cali­
fornia Institute of Technology, is a cul­
tural historian of the United States and
Europe. He has taught at the University
of Barcelona, the European University
Institute in Florence, Italy, and Kyusha
University in Japan.
He is one of the world's leading
figures on the relationship between his­
tory and the visual media and, in particu­
lar, how the visual media challenge and
alter traditional ways of writing history.
"Reds," on which Rosenstone served
as a consultant, was based on his award­
winning 1975 biography "Romantic
Revolutionary: A Biography of John
Reed ." He also wrote the script of the
1983 documentary "The Good Fight,"
based on his I 970 book "Crusade of the
Left" about Americans in the Spanish
Civil War.
Other books he has written include
"Mirror in the Shrine: American
Encounters in Meiji Japan" and
"Visions of the Past: The Challenge
of Film to Our Idea of History."
He advised on "The Spanish Civil
War," a CBS television documentary
shown in 1978; "Darrow," a 1991 film
funded by the National Endowment for
the Humanities, PBS, and American
Playhouse; and "Tango of Slaves," a
1993 film on the Warsaw ghetto.
The talk is sponsored by the History
Department. For more information, call
ext. 6-2543. 0

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Crafts Center schedules
annual holiday fair
Student artists and local artists will
sell their work during the Crafts Center's
annual Holiday Craft Fair from 9 am to
4 pm Tuesday through Thursday, Dec. 1-3,
in the UU Plaza.
Music, food and poetry readings
will help create a festive atmosphere
while artists demonstrate the crafts of
ceramics, wood turning, lamp making
and metalsmithing.
For more information, call the Crafts
Center at ext. 6-1287. D

A few Holiday Luncheon
tickets still available
A few tickets for the Holiday Lun­
cheon, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, are
still available. For tickets, call Nancy
Vilkitis at ext. 6-2172. 0

IIRtl Christmas trees
go on sale llov. 27
The Natural Resources Management
Department and Cal Poly's Logging
Sports Team will hold their annual
Christmas tree sale from Friday, Nov. 27,
through Tuesday, Dec. 22.
"You-cut" Monterey pines cost $20.
Pre-cut firs range from $5 to $7 per foot.
The tree farm is located on Stenner
Creek Road just off Highway I and
will be open from 3 to 7 pm weekdays
and 9 am to 7 pm weekends.
The Logging Sports Team will also
hold demonstrations on the weekends
from noon to 3 pm.
For more information, call the NRM
Department at ext. 6-2702. D

28°/o want to be athletes
To comply with the CSU CAL-NOW
consent decree, all Cal Poly students
were asked the following question when
they registered for fall quarter classes:
Do you have the interest and ability to
participate in NCAA athletics?
The answers were: Yes, 4,472 (28%);
no, 10,712 (65%); no answer, 1,059 (7%).
The Academic Records office, the
department responsible for student regis­
tration, will continue to comply with the
court-mandated ruling that requires stu­
dents to be asked this question each year. 0

Area students attend
engineering workshop
San Luis Obispo area high school
and junior high school students were
invited to a workshop designed to give
"non-traditional" students a taste of
engineering through demonstrations
and hands-on activities.
"Building an Engineer," sponsored by
the Women's Engineering Program and
the College of Engineering, targeted
girls, non-honors students, and educa­
tionally or economically disadvantaged
students who otherwise might not con­
sider engineering as a career option.
The students were introduced to the
various engineering disciplines, and dur­
ing lunch, participants met with their
Cal Poly student hosts and female mem­
bers of the engineering faculty. D

Children's Center has
kindergarten openings
The ASI Children 's Center has open­
ings in its kindergarten program. Call
ext. 6-1267 for more information. 0

Fact Book listed on Web
The 1997-98 edition ofthe Cal Poly
Fact Book is available from the Institu­
tional Planning and Analysis home page
(http://www.calpoly.edu/-inststdy/).
The layout of the Fact Book is similar to
past editions, but this year Adobe Acrobat
format allows the user to view the docu­
ment online or print it. The WWW Fact
Book provides interactive links to other
resources on and off campus. Click on any
Web address in the Fact Book text to go
automatically to the requested page.
Although the mode of delivery has
changed, the purpose of the Cal Poly
Fact Book remains the same: to translate
accumulated data into useful information
for the university community and others
who have an interest in Cal Poly's char­
acteristics. The Fact Book presents data
for the 1997-98 academic year. When
appropriate, historical and trend data is
also listed.
The Institutional Planning and Analy­
sis office invites comments and is avail­
able to answer questions at ext. 6-2461. 0
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Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from
the appropriate Human Resources office. In­
formation can also be accessed from the Cal
Poly home page at www. calpoly.edu. (Click
on "General Information").

FACULTY (Adm. 312, ext. 6-2844)
Candidates interested in faculty positions are
asked to contact the appropriate department
office at the phone number listed for more infor­
mation and an application. Please submit all
application materials to the department head/
chair unless otherwise specified. Rank and salary
are commensurate with qualifications and experi­
ence, and timebase where applicable, unless
otherwise stated.
#93010: Department Chair, Physical
Education & Kinesiology Department (756-2545).
Tenure-track 12-month assoc iate/full professor,
starting September 1999. 12-month positi on is .67
admini strati ve and .33 teaching (teaching portion is
tenure-track). Required by date of hire: Doctoral
degree in kinesiology, physical education, exercise
science, health education, or related di scipline.
Record of successful teaching experience at college/
uni versity level. At least three years experience in
program leadership in higher education. Additional
qualifications and information, including requi re­
ments for appointment at full professor level,
available from deprutment. For application, send
letter of interest and curriculum vitae to Dwayne
Head, department head, or e- mail j mdemers@cal
poly.edu. Reference Recruitment Code #930 10 on all
materials. Closing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93011: AssistanUAssociate Professor, Physical
Education & Kinesiology Department (756-2545).
Full-time AY tenure-trac k position (assistant pre­
felTed) struting September 1999. Salary $40,692­
55,068. Primary teaching responsibility in exercise
physiology/exercise science undergraduate and
graduate areas. Secondary areas include adapted P.E.,
professional activity, first-aid/CPR, or sport/program
management. Required: Ph.D. specialization in
exercise physiology, exerci se sc ience, or related area.
Record of successful teaching experience including
teaching assistantships at college/uni versity level.
Additional qualifications and information available
from deprutment. For application, send letter of
interest and curriculum vitae to Dwayne Head, de­
partment head, or e-mailjmdemers @calpoly.edu.
Reference Recruitment Code #930 II on all materials.
Clos ing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93034: Assistant/Associate Professor,
Physical Education & Kinesiology Department
(756-2545). Full-time AY tenure-track positi on
(ass istant preferred) starting September 1999 (salary
$40,692-55,068). Primary teaching responsibility in
hea lth education/hea lth promotion undergraduate and
graduate areas. Secondary areas incl ude adapted P.E.,
professional activity, first-ai d/CPR, or sport/program
management. Required: Ph.D./Ed.D. specia li zation in
health education, hea lth science, community health,
or public health. Record of successful teaching expe­
rience incl uding teaching assistantships at co llege/
un iversity level. Additional qualifications and infor­
mati on available fro m department. For app licati on.
send letter of interest and curri culu m vitae to
Dwayne Head, deprutment head, or e- mail j mdemer.1·
@cal poly.edu. Reference Recruitment Code #93034
on all materials. Closing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93035: Assistant/ Associate Professor,
Physical Education & Kinesiology Department

(756-2545). Full -t ime AY tenure-track positi on
(ass istant prefeJTed) starting September 1999 (sa lary
$40.692-55,068). Primary teaching responsibility in
pedagogy undergraduate and grad uate areas. Second­
ary areas include adapted P.E., profess ional acti vity,
first-aid/CPR, or sport/progra m manage ment.
Req uired: Ph .D. spec iali zati on in phys ical educa­
ti on or related area. Full -time ex perience teac hin g
in elementary or secondary school s with primary
responsibility in phys ical educati on. Addition al
qualificati ons and information ava il able from
department. For applicati on, send letter of interest
and curri culum vitae to Dwayne Head, department
head, or e-mai l j mdemers@ca/ po/y.ed11. Reference
Rec rui tment Code #93035 on all materi als. Clos­
ing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93036: Assistant/Associate Professor,
Physical Education & Kinesiology Department
(756-2545). Full-time AY tenure-track position
(ass istant preferred) starting September 1999 (salary
$40,692-55,068). Primary teaching responsibility in
soc ial/psychol og ical aspects of physical acti vity
undergraduate and graduate areas. Secondary areas
include adapted P.E., profess ional acti vity, first-aid/
CPR, or sport/program management. Required: Ph.D.
specializati on in psychology and/or sociology of
sport and physical acti vity. Record of successful
teaching experience including teaching ass istantships
at coll ege/uni versity level. Additional quali fications
and in formation avail able from deprutment. For
applicati on, send letter of interest and curriculum
vitae to Dway ne Head, department head, or e- mail
jmdemers@calpoly. ed11. Reference Recruitment
Code #93036 on all materi als. Clos ing date: Dec. 2 1.
#93039: Tenure-Track Position, Industrial and
Manufacturing Engineering (756-2342). Academic
year position available fall 1999. Applicants should
have completed a doctorate in industrial engineering
or closely related engineering di scipline. Demon­
strated ability in good written and oral use of English
is required. Preference given for teaching expertise in
two or more of the following subject areas: simula­
tion, information systems/technology, engineering
economy, ergonomics, production control, suppl y
chain management, cost estimating, and analysis.
Professional Engineer Registrati on prior to tenure is
expected. Preference given to candidates with rel­
evant research and industri al experience. Apply to
Serna E. Alptekin , Ph.D. , Chair, !ME Department.
Clos ing date: Jan. 30.

Associated Students Inc. is accepting applica­
tions for the following position(s). Complete
position descriptions and applications are avail­
able at the ASI Business Office, University
Union, Room 212, M-F, 8 am- 5 pm, ext. 6-1281.
All applications must be received by 5 pm of the
listed closing date. AA/ED.

FOUIIDATIOII (Foundation Adm. Building, job
line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation applications
must be received (not just postmarked) by 5 pm of
the closing date. (No faxes.)

(Continued from page 1)
ltonday, November 2J

Administrative Assistant, Foundation Admin­
istration Office ($13.30-17.30/hr.) Serves as admin­
istrative assistant to the executi ve director, the
director of admini stration and planning, and prov ides
support to other managers. Requirements: Hi gh
school degree or equi valent and fo urs years experi­
ence as an admi nistrati ve assistant or seni or secretary,
incl udi ng two years superv isory experience. Must
type at least 60 wpm and operate a I 0-key by touch.
Pro fi cie nt in word processi ng and spreads heets
(Mi crosoft Word and Exce l preferred), e- mail and
calendarin g systems in a Windows enviro nme nt.
Mu st have exceptional communication and interper­
so nal skill s. The Foundation offe rs generous ben­
efit s. Applicati ons mu st be received by Nov. 30.
For an applicatio n, please co ntact: Foundati on
Hum an Reso urces.

Audiovisual Coordinator (Media Production
Specialist IIA), $3,006 - $3,976. A full-time
temporary position through Dec. 3 1, 1999, with a
possibility of an extension. Under the direct
supervision of the associate executive director, thi s
pos ition is responsible for prov iding customer
service, operation , and maintenance of audiovi sual
and staging equipment. Graduation from a four-year
college or equivalent and two years of experience
working with audiovisual technology and stage
equipment required. Closing date: Nov. 20. D

Administrative survey
results posted on WWW
The results of a CSU systemwide sur­
vey measuring student and employee satis­
faction with seven administrative areas
are pos ted on the Cal Poly Home Page in
the News Section under " What's New."
The survey, initiated last March by the
Chancellor ' s Office, was designed to
gauge sati sfaction with seven specific
areas: accounts payable, admissions and
records , facilitie s/physical plant, finan­
cial aid , human resources, purchasing,
and student accounts receivable.
From a random sampling of 5 , 150 Cal
Poly people, more than 1,050 surveys
were returned .
Fourteen other CSU campuses and the
Chancellor's Office also participated. D

••• Dateline
Music: Doc Stotley, B ackStage Pizza,
noon.
Men's Basketball: Sacramento State,
Mott Gym , 7 pm. ($)
Comedy: David Sedaris, Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

Tuesday, November 24
Speaker: George Garrity, "Reflection s on
Deve loping the Road M a p to the Second
Edition of Bergey ' s Manual of Syste matic
Bacteriology," Fishe r Science 285 , II a m.

Wednesday, November 25
Academic Holiday: Thanksgivin g holiday
for academic-year empl oyees. Through
Sunday, Nov. 29.

Thursday, November 26
Holiday: Thanksgiving holiday. Through
Sunday, Nov. 29. 0

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A!NANCEMENT

DATELINE

Graphic Communication
receives industry gifts

Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter):
Paintings and drawings by Jerome
Witkin, through Dec. 6. Daily, 11 am4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: " Peter Meller: Andante
Allegro Rubato," through Dec. 6.
Tuesday-Friday 10 am-4 pm ; Wednes­
day until 7 pm ; Saturday, Sunday, noon
to 4 pm.

Wednesday, November 18
Music: Home Brew, BackStage Pi zza,
noon.
Play: Theatre and Dance Departme nt 's
" Cal Foly Pollies." Al so Nov. 19-21.
Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

Thursday, November 19
English Department Faculty Forum:
Claudia Royal, " From Scholarship to
Art: The Evolution of a Screenplay,"
Fisher Science 286, 11 am.
Music: Student recital , Davidson
Music Center 218, 11 am.
Music: Jon Sirkus, BackStage Pizza,
noon.
Play: Theatre and Dance Department's
"Cal Foly Pollies." Also Nov. 20-21.
Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

The Graphic Communication Depart­
ment has recently received donations of
equipment valued at $250,000 from
Grafix North America and the Agfa
Division of the Bayer Corp.
Grafix North America of Burr Ridge,
Ill. , donated a central control temperature
s ystem worth $50,000 that will be in­
s talled on the department ' s Heidelberg
four-color press.
The s y stem will help to educate stu­
dents on some of the lates t technology
available for on-press quality control
while rea dying the department for labo­
ratory ins truction on waterless offset
lithogra phic printing.
The Agfa Division of the Bayer
Corp . of Ridgefield Park , N.J. , donated
more than $200,000 worth of equip­
ment that will be used to enhance pre­
pres s education and particularly in the
department 's design reproduction tech­
nology concentration. D

Friday, November 20
Speaker: Robert Rosenstone (Caltech),
"Oliver Stone as Historian," Philips
Hall , noon.
Women's Basketball: Loyola
Marymount, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Play: Theatre and Dance Department's
"Cal Foly Pollies." Al so Nov. 21.
Theatre, 8 pm. ($)

Saturday, November 21
Pre-Game Event: " Mustang Main
Street," food , etc. Lawn no rth o f
Mustang Stadium . 11 am.
Football: Liberty U ., Mustang
Stadium, 1 pm.
Men's Basketball: Simon Fraser, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Bandfest with Cal Po ly Wind
Orchestra & Uni versity Jazz Bands,
Cohan Ce nte r, 8 pm. ($)
Play: Theatre and Da nce Departme nt 's
" Cal Fol y Po llies." Theatre, 8 pm . ($)

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Garage work, 'prize
patrol' set to begin
Construction on the parking structure
could begin as early as Tuesday, Dec. I.
It will reduce parking in the G-1 lot by
about 150 spaces.
To tempt s tudents and employees to
u s e a lternative transportation a nd to
e a se the temporary inconvenience of
los t s paces , Commuter Services and
Facilities Planning will
b e gin a " prize patrol "
w inte r qu a rter.
Anyone who u se s
a car pool , van poo l ,
th e bu s, a bike, or
other alte rnative
tra n s porta tion will be
e ligible to win prizes .
W a tch the Cal Poly Report for more
information or call Deby Ryan at ext.
6-6806 or J acquie Paul sen a t ext. 6-6680. D

California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53 , No. 11 • November 18, 1998
Published by the Communications Office

Cost-saving "icrosoft deal
expected final Dec. 1
The Chancellor ' s Office has nearly
completed a systemwide license agree­
ment with Microsoft that wou ld mean
significant cost savings to colleges ,
departments and divisions.
Information Technology Services
advises campus offices to place a "hold"
on Microsoft purchases until the contract
is finalized.
Dec. l is the CSU's target date for
signing a contra ct covering des ktop soft­
ware including Office Pro (Word, Excel ,
Acces s and PowerPoint), Vi s ual Studio,
Front Page,
BackOffice
/
Client, and
Window s or
"NT Work s tation. The pro­
posal also
includes a limited
number of licen se s for NT Server,
Exchange Server, and SQL Server.
The proposal would not prevent the
CSU from buying other software.
While the final terms of the complex
license agreement are not yet official ,
students as well as the facu lty and staff
would have specific access and u se of a
range of software products from Microsoft.
The Chancellor's Office aims to make
all full-time faculty and staff members '
office computers eligible- and their
home computers , too, if used 80 percent
or more for university work. Similarly,
all s tudent computer labs would be eli­
gible. Licens ing details wi ll be av a ilable
in the coming weeks.
Co s t s and fees are al s o s ti ll being
di s cu ssed, but it i s clear that a s ig nifi­
c ant part of the total cos t will be
funded " off the top ," acc ordin g to Jerry
H a nley, vic e provos t for inform a tion
technology. He said th e net c o s t of th e
s oftware and the me a n s to di s tribute it
on campu s will b e de s ig ne d to truly
s ave money and provide the wide s t
poss ibl e access a nd u s e of th e s oftwa re
for both academi c and office productiv­
ity a pplication s. D

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