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CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applica
tions for the following positions are
available from the appropriate Hu
man Resources office. Information
can also be accessed from the Cal
Poly home page on the World Wide
Web. The address is www. calpoly.edu
(click on "General Information").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job
line at ext. 6-1533). Official applica
tion forms must be received by 4 pm
on the closing date or be postmarked
by the closing date. (No faxes.)
No positions posted at this time.
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
information and an application.
Please submit all application materi
als to the department head/chair
unless otherwise specified. Rank
and salary are commensurate with
qualifications and experience, and
timebase where applicable, unless
otherwise stated.
#93040: Tenure-Track Position,
Biological Sciences Department
(756-2788). Assistant professor level,
starting September 1999. Successful
candidate will teach general microbiol
ogy and courses in his/her area of exper
tise. Candidates with experience in
molecular methods and parasitology,
host-parasite interactions, or immunol
ogy will be given preference. Duties will
include student advising and directing
students in undergraduate and graduate
(M.S. level) research . Successful candi
date will be expected to pursue an active
and productive professional development
program. Applicant must have a Ph.D. at
time of hiring and a strong commitment
to teaching. For application, send letter
of interest and curriculum vitae to V. L.
Holland, chair, Biological Sciences De
partment. Closing date: Feb. 15.
#93042: Tenure-Track Assistant/
Associate Professor(s), Industrial
Technology Area, College Of Busi
ness (756-2676). Two positions avail
ab le September 1999. Doctorate
required in industrial technology or
related business field such as produc
tion/operations management and man
agement of technology. Five years of
combined industrial experience and/or
full-time teaching at the university
level preferred. Send C. V., official Cal
Poly application , three letters of refer
ence and official transcripts of highest
degree earned referencing Rec . Code
#93042 to Fred Abitia, area coordina
tor, Industrial Technology. Closing
date: Jan. 15.
#93043: Lecturers (Full-Time),
Landscape Architecture Department
(756-131 9). Two full-time leave replace
ments for all or part of the 1999-2000
academic year beginning 9/13/99 (salary
range $36,000 to $46,000 for a full aca
demic year). Applicants must have a
master 's degree with at least one degree
in landscape architecture, and teaching/
practice experience. Applicants should
identify and submit evidence of expertise
in at least two of the following subject
areas in which they are especially quali
fied to teach: a) fundamentals of design;
b) professional practice; c) landscape
architecture hi story; d) landscape archi
tecture project design; e) computer appli
cations; f) site construction; g) site
analysis. Apply to Search Committee,
Landscape Architecture Department.
Closing date: Feb. 1.
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm.
Building, job line at ext. 6-7107). All
Foundation applications must be re
ceived (not just postmarked) by 5 pm
of the closing date. (No faxes.)
No positions posted at this time.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS INC. is
accepting applications for the follow
ing position(s). Complete position
descriptions and applications are
available at the ASI Business Office,
University Union, Room 212, M-F,
8 am - 5 pm, ext. 6-1281. All applica
tions must be received by 5 pm of the
listed closing date. AA/ED.
No positions posted at this time. D
Retirement reception
for Gilbert leas planned
A retirement reception for Gilbert
Keas, instructional support assistant
in the Computer Science Department for
more than 14 years, is planned from 2 to
4 pm Monday, Dec. 14, in the front lobby
of the Engineering East
Faculty Offices Building. D
ort
tlarketing prof Rogers
named Fulbright scholar
Marketing professor John C. Rogers
has been selected a 1998-99 American
Fulbright Scholar and is lecturing on
marketing research at the Kossuth Lajos
University in Debrecen, Hungary.
His assignment began in September
1998andrunsunti1June 1999.0
Programming team to
compete in Netherlands
DATELINE
After finishing second in the Southern
California regional competition of the
1998-99 Association for Computing
Machinery International Collegiate
Programming Contest, Cal Poly 's Gold
programming team will travel to
Eindhoven, the Netherlands, for the
World Finals in April 1999.
Team members who will compete are
computer science graduate student Bob
Mathews, computer science major Vania
Maldonado, and physics major Ray B.
Lee. The team's coach is staff member
and alumna Kathleen Luce.
Cal Poly's team beat such schools as
Cal Tech, UCLA, UC Irvine, and UCSB
to become one of only 54 teams to
qualify out of 1,500 that compete in
regional contests, said Luce, an operating
systems analyst in the Information Tech
nology Services department.
Students from Harvey Mudd College
placed first.
"It's particularly exciting for me,"
Luce said, "because I was a student- and
the first woman- on the only other team
Thursday, December 10
Italian scholar to study
vines, soil at Cal Poly
A research technician from the Uni
versity of Siena in Italy has been selected
as a Visiting Fulbright Scholar and will
conduct research at Cal Poly from April
through December 1999.
Fabrizio Monaci, a member of the
Department of Environmental Biology at
the Siena campus, will be studying "Trace
Element Availability to Grapevines: A
Study of Plant-Soil Relationships." D
Speaker: Susan Elrod (Biological
Sciences), "Biochemical Pathway
Engineering of Heme Biosynthesis in
the Fungus Aspergillus Oryzae," Fisher
Science 285, 11 am.
Saturday, December 1Z
Commencement: Colleges of Business,
Engineering, and Science and Math
ematics and the UCTE, 9:30am;
Agriculture, Architecture and Environ
mental Design , and Liberal Arts,
1:30 pm, Rec Center.
Women's Basketball: Fresno Pacific,
Mott Gym, 6 pm. ($)
Sunday, December 13
Academic Holiday: Quarter break.
Through Sunday, Jan. 3
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays.
Call 6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787), or to
order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088.
Information on Cal Poly Arts
events, including audio and video
samples of artists' work, can be
found on the WWW at www.calpoly.
arts.org. 0
Tuesday, December 15
Men's Basketball: Southern U., Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Thursday, December 17
Men's Basketball: Eastern Washington,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
(Contin ued on page 2)
Saturday, December 19
Women's Basketball: Cal State
Northridge, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Thursday, December Z4
ADVANCEN\ENT
Holiday: Christmas observed. Through
Sunday, Dec. 27.
tiE Lab gets HP donation
Thursday, December 31
Holiday: New Year's Day observed.
Through Sunday, Jan. 3.
CPR Schedule
This is the final fall quarter edition of
the Cal Poly Report.
The first winter quarter Report will be
Jan. 6. Because of the New Year holiday,
the deadline for the Jan. 6 issue is 10 am
Tuesday, Dec. 29.
The Cal Poly Report is published
every week during the regular academic
year by the Communications Office.
Send items via e-mail to polynews@
polymail, fax them to ext. 6-6533, or
mail them to the Communications Office,
Room 208, Heron Hall.
For more information, call the Com
munications Office at ext. 6-1511. 0
PAGE 4
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 14 • December 9, 1998
Published by the Communications Office
Saturday, January Z
Men's Basketball: UNLV, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Tango Buenos Aires will perform Monday,
Jan. ll , at the Performing Arts Center.
Please see program details on page 3.
"onday, January 4
Winter quarter classes begin.
Thursday, January 7
Physics Colloquim: Chance Hoelwarth,
"A Comparison of Studio and Traditional
Classrooms," Science E-45, II am.
Men's Basketball: Boise State, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($) D
Web address corrected
for Rachel Newhouse info
The Nov. 25 Cal Poly Report li sted an
incorrect Web address for information
about Rachel Newhouse, the nutritional
science junior who disappeared Nov. 12.
The correct address is www.sas.cal
poly.edu/rachel. 0
The Mechanical Engineering
Department's mechatronics program has
a new home, thanks to a $500,000 equip
ment donation from Hewlett-Packard.
The new HP Mechatronics Lab in the
Engineering Building houses such state
of-the-art equipment as programmable
power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic ana
lyzers, computer systems, and printers.
The lab enables mainly students from
mechanical engineering and some from
computer sc ience, computer engineering,
and electrical engineering to acquire the
latest mechatronics knowledge and
hands-on ski ll s.
Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary
field responsible for designing and devel
oping "smart" products and systems. 0
CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
'Lighting Night Walk' set
Ed Johnson, campus energy and utili
ties coordinator, will conduct the annual
"campus lighting night walk"- a walk
through campus to review lighting- on
Thursday, Dec. 10.
Participants should meet in front of
the Facility Services Building (Building
70, formerly the Plant Operations and
Receiving Warehouse) at 6 pm.
For details, call Johnson at ext. 6-5227. 0
Elrod to speak on
biotech research
Biological sciences professor Susan
Elrod will talk at 11 am Thursday,
Dec. I 0, about postdoctoral research
she conducted at a biotech company.
Her presentation, "Biochemical Path
way Engineering of Heme Biosynthesis
in the Fungus Aspergillus Oryzae," will
be in Fisher Science 285.
The Biological Sciences Department
is hosting a reception after the talk. 0
CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
Hispanic Outlook names
Cal Poly 'Publisher's Pick'
Nominations sought for
student employee award
The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Educa
tion has included Cal Poly in its 1998
"Publisher's Picks," a list of colleges and
universities nationwide that offer outstand
ing opportunities to Hispanic students.
Cal Poly was rated fourth in California,
behind Azusa Pacific University,
Bakersfield College and California
Lutheran University. In all, almost 100
state institutions were listed.
Publisher's Picks started in 1995. Ac
cording to the magazine's Nov. 20 edition,
Hispanic Outlook compiles the list after
consulting formal and informal information
sources, including surveys completed by
the institutions, information reflected in
their catalogs and literature, statistics com
piled by the U.S. government, and anec
dotal evidence garnered from students,
faculty, administrators, and advocates of
education and of Hispanic achievement.
In 1995, 1997 and I998, Hispanic Out
look rated Cal Poly among the top univer
sities in the country in the number of
bachelor's degrees awarded to Hispanics. 0
Faculty and staff members can show
their appreciation for student assistants
by nominating them for the university's
1998-99 Outstanding Student Employee
of the Year award.
Each year, the National Student Em
ployment Association invites campuses
nationwide to recognize student employees.
Eligible students include state, ASI
and Foundation employees who have
worked- or expect to work- part time
for at least six months of the 1998-99
academic year. Nominees can be Federal
Work-Study and non-work-study students.
For a nomination form, contact Luann
McDonald in the Financial Aid office,
ext. 6-5885 or lmcdonal @calpoly.edu, or
Joan Ganous, Career Services, ext. 6-5970
or jganous@calpolyedu. Forms are due
to McDonald by Feb. 1. 0
Fruit, trees, wood on sale
Seedless Satsuma mandarin oranges,
fruit trees, and firewood will be sold
during the Crop Science Department's
"U-pick" Saturdays from I 0 am to I pm
Dec. 12 and 19. To reach the orchard,
take Highland Drive and watch for signs.
For more information, call Crop
Science at ext. 6-1237. 0
••• Programming
(Continued from page 1)
Cal Poly has sent to the interna-tionals,
in I 994. I'm proud that we're sending a
second woman, Vania, because female
participation in the contests is less than 5
percent."
The competition, sponsored by IBM,
fosters creativity, teamwork and innova
tion in building new software programs.
" Six problems, five hours, one com
puter," Mathews said. "Students race
against the clock in a battle of logic,
strategy and mental endurance. The team
that solves the most problems in the few
est attempts and the shortest period of
time is declared the winner."
The Cal Poly Gold team finished all six
problems in fours hours with no penalties.
A second group of Cal Poly competi
tors, the Green team, solved two prob
lems and came in 12th. 0
Campus wireless phones
to be replaced next week
The campus's wireless mobile phone
system (known as the PCS system),
including the phones themselves, will be
completely replaced between Dec. 13
and 22, and the system will be out of
service during that time.
The approximately 125 employees
who have the mobile phones should have
already received an e-mail message
detailing the procedures for the conver
sion. They will need to turn in their
hand sets- not the charging units or
accessories- by Dec. 15. Users should
take the handsets to the Education Build
ing, Room 5, or Chase Hall , Room 114,
or call Telephone Administration at ext.
6-2671 to arrange for pickup.
Users should write down critical
names and numbers in the unit's stored
memory. Information in stored memory
can't be transferred between handsets.
They also need to tell Telephone
Administration where the new handset
shou ld be delivered.
The entire upgrade notification is at
http://www.teladmin.calpoly.edu/PCSup
grade.html. There is also a link from
the ITS System Status Web page,
http://systemstatus.calpoly.edu. 0
Deck the halls
Season's Greetioos!
Your views welcome
for 'Piece Of ltind'
Nominations sought for
four scholarships
The Status of Women Committee is
seeking nominations for four scholar
ships, all designed to recognize students
who have demonstrated a commitment to
the rights of women.
• The L. Diane Ryan Scholarship is
given to a student who has been identified
as having the potential to provide moral
leadership in the work force of the future.
• The James M. Duenow Scholar
ship is targeted for an individual consid
ering a career as a feminist attorney.
• The Robert S. Harmon Scholar
ship is for a student considering a career
as an investigative reporter.
• The Dr. Shirley H. Walker Schol
arship is given to a student of academic
exce llence (minimum overall GPA : 3.0)
who has been identified as having the
potential to provide leadership.
Only nominations submitted by
faculty and staff members wi ll be consid
ered. Eligible students must be enrolled
through fall 1999 because the awards
wi ll be disbursed that quarter.
Nominations, due Jan. 22, shou ld
include the student's name and an
exp lanation of why the student is being
nominated. Send nominations to Carolyn
Stefanco, Hi story Department.
For more information , call Stefanco
at ext. 6-2670. 0
PAGE 2
Don't forget that the Natural Resources
Management Department and Cal Poly's
Logging Sports Team are selling Christ
mas trees through Tuesday, Dec. 22.
"You-cut" Monterey pines and pre-cut
firs are available.
The farm, located on Stenner Creek
Road just off Highway I, is open from
3 to 7 pm weekdays and 9 am to 7 pm
weekends. For more information, call the
NRM Department at ext. 6-2702. 0
/
"Piece of Mind" is a Cal Poly Report
column that features your letters about
campus issues.
Questions, explanations, compliments,
complaints- we want them all.
Please keep them brief, but keep them
coming. Include your name, department,
and phone number.
Mail your 'Piece of Mind' column to
the Communications Office, Heron Hall;
fax it to 6-6533; or e-mail it to polynews
@po lymail.
For more information, call the Com
munication Office at ext. 6-1511. 0
Tango Buenos Aires
to perform Jan. 11
Best wishes
from ._your colle@UeS
in the Communications Office!
Tango Buenos Aires, known for its
fluid, sensual and emotionally charged
music and dance, will make an appear
ance at the Performing Arts Center
Monday, Jan. II , as part of its first coast
to-coast U.S. tour.
Cal Poly dance professor Moon Ja
Minn Suhr will give a pre-concert lecture
at 7 pm in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center.
The universally acclaimed company
of 22 dancers and musicians will perform
a program of 20 diverse dances designed
to bring the classic Argentine tango to
life. The program traces the history of
the tango, from its beginnings in Buenos
Aires at the start of the 20th century as a
dance between men, to its present status
as a sophi sticated art form danced by
both sexes.
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts concert
are $ 18.50 to $34 and can be bought at
the Performing Arts Ticket Office. 0
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
'Lighting Night Walk' set
Ed Johnson, campus energy and utili
ties coordinator, will conduct the annual
"campus lighting night walk"- a walk
through campus to review lighting- on
Thursday, Dec. 10.
Participants should meet in front of
the Facility Services Building (Building
70, formerly the Plant Operations and
Receiving Warehouse) at 6 pm.
For details, call Johnson at ext. 6-5227. 0
Elrod to speak on
biotech research
Biological sciences professor Susan
Elrod will talk at 11 am Thursday,
Dec. I 0, about postdoctoral research
she conducted at a biotech company.
Her presentation, "Biochemical Path
way Engineering of Heme Biosynthesis
in the Fungus Aspergillus Oryzae," will
be in Fisher Science 285.
The Biological Sciences Department
is hosting a reception after the talk. 0
CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
Hispanic Outlook names
Cal Poly 'Publisher's Pick'
Nominations sought for
student employee award
The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Educa
tion has included Cal Poly in its 1998
"Publisher's Picks," a list of colleges and
universities nationwide that offer outstand
ing opportunities to Hispanic students.
Cal Poly was rated fourth in California,
behind Azusa Pacific University,
Bakersfield College and California
Lutheran University. In all, almost 100
state institutions were listed.
Publisher's Picks started in 1995. Ac
cording to the magazine's Nov. 20 edition,
Hispanic Outlook compiles the list after
consulting formal and informal information
sources, including surveys completed by
the institutions, information reflected in
their catalogs and literature, statistics com
piled by the U.S. government, and anec
dotal evidence garnered from students,
faculty, administrators, and advocates of
education and of Hispanic achievement.
In 1995, 1997 and I998, Hispanic Out
look rated Cal Poly among the top univer
sities in the country in the number of
bachelor's degrees awarded to Hispanics. 0
Faculty and staff members can show
their appreciation for student assistants
by nominating them for the university's
1998-99 Outstanding Student Employee
of the Year award.
Each year, the National Student Em
ployment Association invites campuses
nationwide to recognize student employees.
Eligible students include state, ASI
and Foundation employees who have
worked- or expect to work- part time
for at least six months of the 1998-99
academic year. Nominees can be Federal
Work-Study and non-work-study students.
For a nomination form, contact Luann
McDonald in the Financial Aid office,
ext. 6-5885 or lmcdonal @calpoly.edu, or
Joan Ganous, Career Services, ext. 6-5970
or jganous@calpolyedu. Forms are due
to McDonald by Feb. 1. 0
Fruit, trees, wood on sale
Seedless Satsuma mandarin oranges,
fruit trees, and firewood will be sold
during the Crop Science Department's
"U-pick" Saturdays from I 0 am to I pm
Dec. 12 and 19. To reach the orchard,
take Highland Drive and watch for signs.
For more information, call Crop
Science at ext. 6-1237. 0
••• Programming
(Continued from page 1)
Cal Poly has sent to the interna-tionals,
in I 994. I'm proud that we're sending a
second woman, Vania, because female
participation in the contests is less than 5
percent."
The competition, sponsored by IBM,
fosters creativity, teamwork and innova
tion in building new software programs.
" Six problems, five hours, one com
puter," Mathews said. "Students race
against the clock in a battle of logic,
strategy and mental endurance. The team
that solves the most problems in the few
est attempts and the shortest period of
time is declared the winner."
The Cal Poly Gold team finished all six
problems in fours hours with no penalties.
A second group of Cal Poly competi
tors, the Green team, solved two prob
lems and came in 12th. 0
Campus wireless phones
to be replaced next week
The campus's wireless mobile phone
system (known as the PCS system),
including the phones themselves, will be
completely replaced between Dec. 13
and 22, and the system will be out of
service during that time.
The approximately 125 employees
who have the mobile phones should have
already received an e-mail message
detailing the procedures for the conver
sion. They will need to turn in their
hand sets- not the charging units or
accessories- by Dec. 15. Users should
take the handsets to the Education Build
ing, Room 5, or Chase Hall , Room 114,
or call Telephone Administration at ext.
6-2671 to arrange for pickup.
Users should write down critical
names and numbers in the unit's stored
memory. Information in stored memory
can't be transferred between handsets.
They also need to tell Telephone
Administration where the new handset
shou ld be delivered.
The entire upgrade notification is at
http://www.teladmin.calpoly.edu/PCSup
grade.html. There is also a link from
the ITS System Status Web page,
http://systemstatus.calpoly.edu. 0
Deck the halls
Season's Greetioos!
Your views welcome
for 'Piece Of ltind'
Nominations sought for
four scholarships
The Status of Women Committee is
seeking nominations for four scholar
ships, all designed to recognize students
who have demonstrated a commitment to
the rights of women.
• The L. Diane Ryan Scholarship is
given to a student who has been identified
as having the potential to provide moral
leadership in the work force of the future.
• The James M. Duenow Scholar
ship is targeted for an individual consid
ering a career as a feminist attorney.
• The Robert S. Harmon Scholar
ship is for a student considering a career
as an investigative reporter.
• The Dr. Shirley H. Walker Schol
arship is given to a student of academic
exce llence (minimum overall GPA : 3.0)
who has been identified as having the
potential to provide leadership.
Only nominations submitted by
faculty and staff members wi ll be consid
ered. Eligible students must be enrolled
through fall 1999 because the awards
wi ll be disbursed that quarter.
Nominations, due Jan. 22, shou ld
include the student's name and an
exp lanation of why the student is being
nominated. Send nominations to Carolyn
Stefanco, Hi story Department.
For more information , call Stefanco
at ext. 6-2670. 0
PAGE 2
Don't forget that the Natural Resources
Management Department and Cal Poly's
Logging Sports Team are selling Christ
mas trees through Tuesday, Dec. 22.
"You-cut" Monterey pines and pre-cut
firs are available.
The farm, located on Stenner Creek
Road just off Highway I, is open from
3 to 7 pm weekdays and 9 am to 7 pm
weekends. For more information, call the
NRM Department at ext. 6-2702. 0
/
"Piece of Mind" is a Cal Poly Report
column that features your letters about
campus issues.
Questions, explanations, compliments,
complaints- we want them all.
Please keep them brief, but keep them
coming. Include your name, department,
and phone number.
Mail your 'Piece of Mind' column to
the Communications Office, Heron Hall;
fax it to 6-6533; or e-mail it to polynews
@po lymail.
For more information, call the Com
munication Office at ext. 6-1511. 0
Tango Buenos Aires
to perform Jan. 11
Best wishes
from._your colle@UeS
in the Communications Office!
Tango Buenos Aires, known for its
fluid, sensual and emotionally charged
music and dance, will make an appear
ance at the Performing Arts Center
Monday, Jan. II , as part of its first coast
to-coast U.S. tour.
Cal Poly dance professor Moon Ja
Minn Suhr will give a pre-concert lecture
at 7 pm in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center.
The universally acclaimed company
of 22 dancers and musicians will perform
a program of 20 diverse dances designed
to bring the classic Argentine tango to
life. The program traces the history of
the tango, from its beginnings in Buenos
Aires at the start of the 20th century as a
dance between men, to its present status
as a sophi sticated art form danced by
both sexes.
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts concert
are $ 18.50 to $34 and can be bought at
the Performing Arts Ticket Office. 0
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applica
tions for the following positions are
available from the appropriate Hu
man Resources office. Information
can also be accessed from the Cal
Poly home page on the World Wide
Web. The address is www. calpoly.edu
(click on "General Information").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job
line at ext. 6-1533). Official applica
tion forms must be received by 4 pm
on the closing date or be postmarked
by the closing date. (No faxes.)
No positions posted at this time.
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
information and an application.
Please submit all application materi
als to the department head/chair
unless otherwise specified. Rank
and salary are commensurate with
qualifications and experience, and
timebase where applicable, unless
otherwise stated.
#93040: Tenure-Track Position,
Biological Sciences Department
(756-2788). Assistant professor level,
starting September 1999. Successful
candidate will teach general microbiol
ogy and courses in his/her area of exper
tise. Candidates with experience in
molecular methods and parasitology,
host-parasite interactions, or immunol
ogy will be given preference. Duties will
include student advising and directing
students in undergraduate and graduate
(M.S. level) research . Successful candi
date will be expected to pursue an active
and productive professional development
program. Applicant must have a Ph.D. at
time of hiring and a strong commitment
to teaching. For application, send letter
of interest and curriculum vitae to V. L.
Holland, chair, Biological Sciences De
partment. Closing date: Feb. 15.
#93042: Tenure-Track Assistant/
Associate Professor(s), Industrial
Technology Area, College Of Busi
ness (756-2676). Two positions avail
ab le September 1999. Doctorate
required in industrial technology or
related business field such as produc
tion/operations management and man
agement of technology. Five years of
combined industrial experience and/or
full-time teaching at the university
level preferred. Send C. V., official Cal
Poly application , three letters of refer
ence and official transcripts of highest
degree earned referencing Rec . Code
#93042 to Fred Abitia, area coordina
tor, Industrial Technology. Closing
date: Jan. 15.
#93043: Lecturers (Full-Time),
Landscape Architecture Department
(756-131 9). Two full-time leave replace
ments for all or part of the 1999-2000
academic year beginning 9/13/99 (salary
range $36,000 to $46,000 for a full aca
demic year). Applicants must have a
master 's degree with at least one degree
in landscape architecture, and teaching/
practice experience. Applicants should
identify and submit evidence of expertise
in at least two of the following subject
areas in which they are especially quali
fied to teach: a) fundamentals of design;
b) professional practice; c) landscape
architecture hi story; d) landscape archi
tecture project design; e) computer appli
cations; f) site construction; g) site
analysis. Apply to Search Committee,
Landscape Architecture Department.
Closing date: Feb. 1.
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm.
Building, job line at ext. 6-7107). All
Foundation applications must be re
ceived (not just postmarked) by 5 pm
of the closing date. (No faxes.)
No positions posted at this time.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS INC. is
accepting applications for the follow
ing position(s). Complete position
descriptions and applications are
available at the ASI Business Office,
University Union, Room 212, M-F,
8 am - 5 pm, ext. 6-1281. All applica
tions must be received by 5 pm of the
listed closing date. AA/ED.
No positions posted at this time. D
Retirement reception
for Gilbert leas planned
A retirement reception for Gilbert
Keas, instructional support assistant
in the Computer Science Department for
more than 14 years, is planned from 2 to
4 pm Monday, Dec. 14, in the front lobby
of the Engineering East
Faculty Offices Building. D
ort
tlarketing prof Rogers
named Fulbright scholar
Marketing professor John C. Rogers
has been selected a 1998-99 American
Fulbright Scholar and is lecturing on
marketing research at the Kossuth Lajos
University in Debrecen, Hungary.
His assignment began in September
1998andrunsunti1June 1999.0
Programming team to
compete in Netherlands
DATELINE
After finishing second in the Southern
California regional competition of the
1998-99 Association for Computing
Machinery International Collegiate
Programming Contest, Cal Poly 's Gold
programming team will travel to
Eindhoven, the Netherlands, for the
World Finals in April 1999.
Team members who will compete are
computer science graduate student Bob
Mathews, computer science major Vania
Maldonado, and physics major Ray B.
Lee. The team's coach is staff member
and alumna Kathleen Luce.
Cal Poly's team beat such schools as
Cal Tech, UCLA, UC Irvine, and UCSB
to become one of only 54 teams to
qualify out of 1,500 that compete in
regional contests, said Luce, an operating
systems analyst in the Information Tech
nology Services department.
Students from Harvey Mudd College
placed first.
"It's particularly exciting for me,"
Luce said, "because I was a student- and
the first woman- on the only other team
Thursday, December 10
Italian scholar to study
vines, soil at Cal Poly
A research technician from the Uni
versity of Siena in Italy has been selected
as a Visiting Fulbright Scholar and will
conduct research at Cal Poly from April
through December 1999.
Fabrizio Monaci, a member of the
Department of Environmental Biology at
the Siena campus, will be studying "Trace
Element Availability to Grapevines: A
Study of Plant-Soil Relationships." D
Speaker: Susan Elrod (Biological
Sciences), "Biochemical Pathway
Engineering of Heme Biosynthesis in
the Fungus Aspergillus Oryzae," Fisher
Science 285, 11 am.
Saturday, December 1Z
Commencement: Colleges of Business,
Engineering, and Science and Math
ematics and the UCTE, 9:30am;
Agriculture, Architecture and Environ
mental Design , and Liberal Arts,
1:30 pm, Rec Center.
Women's Basketball: Fresno Pacific,
Mott Gym, 6 pm. ($)
Sunday, December 13
Academic Holiday: Quarter break.
Through Sunday, Jan. 3
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays.
Call 6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787), or to
order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088.
Information on Cal Poly Arts
events, including audio and video
samples of artists' work, can be
found on the WWW at www.calpoly.
arts.org. 0
Tuesday, December 15
Men's Basketball: Southern U., Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Thursday, December 17
Men's Basketball: Eastern Washington,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
(Contin ued on page 2)
Saturday, December 19
Women's Basketball: Cal State
Northridge, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Thursday, December Z4
ADVANCEN\ENT
Holiday: Christmas observed. Through
Sunday, Dec. 27.
tiE Lab gets HP donation
Thursday, December 31
Holiday: New Year's Day observed.
Through Sunday, Jan. 3.
CPR Schedule
This is the final fall quarter edition of
the Cal Poly Report.
The first winter quarter Report will be
Jan. 6. Because of the New Year holiday,
the deadline for the Jan. 6 issue is 10 am
Tuesday, Dec. 29.
The Cal Poly Report is published
every week during the regular academic
year by the Communications Office.
Send items via e-mail to polynews@
polymail, fax them to ext. 6-6533, or
mail them to the Communications Office,
Room 208, Heron Hall.
For more information, call the Com
munications Office at ext. 6-1511. 0
PAGE 4
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 14 • December 9, 1998
Published by the Communications Office
Saturday, January Z
Men's Basketball: UNLV, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Tango Buenos Aires will perform Monday,
Jan. ll , at the Performing Arts Center.
Please see program details on page 3.
"onday, January 4
Winter quarter classes begin.
Thursday, January 7
Physics Colloquim: Chance Hoelwarth,
"A Comparison of Studio and Traditional
Classrooms," Science E-45, II am.
Men's Basketball: Boise State, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($) D
Web address corrected
for Rachel Newhouse info
The Nov. 25 Cal Poly Report li sted an
incorrect Web address for information
about Rachel Newhouse, the nutritional
science junior who disappeared Nov. 12.
The correct address is www.sas.cal
poly.edu/rachel. 0
The Mechanical Engineering
Department's mechatronics program has
a new home, thanks to a $500,000 equip
ment donation from Hewlett-Packard.
The new HP Mechatronics Lab in the
Engineering Building houses such state
of-the-art equipment as programmable
power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic ana
lyzers, computer systems, and printers.
The lab enables mainly students from
mechanical engineering and some from
computer sc ience, computer engineering,
and electrical engineering to acquire the
latest mechatronics knowledge and
hands-on ski ll s.
Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary
field responsible for designing and devel
oping "smart" products and systems. 0
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applica
tions for the following positions are
available from the appropriate Hu
man Resources office. Information
can also be accessed from the Cal
Poly home page on the World Wide
Web. The address is www. calpoly.edu
(click on "General Information").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job
line at ext. 6-1533). Official applica
tion forms must be received by 4 pm
on the closing date or be postmarked
by the closing date. (No faxes.)
No positions posted at this time.
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
information and an application.
Please submit all application materi
als to the department head/chair
unless otherwise specified. Rank
and salary are commensurate with
qualifications and experience, and
timebase where applicable, unless
otherwise stated.
#93040: Tenure-Track Position,
Biological Sciences Department
(756-2788). Assistant professor level,
starting September 1999. Successful
candidate will teach general microbiol
ogy and courses in his/her area of exper
tise. Candidates with experience in
molecular methods and parasitology,
host-parasite interactions, or immunol
ogy will be given preference. Duties will
include student advising and directing
students in undergraduate and graduate
(M.S. level) research . Successful candi
date will be expected to pursue an active
and productive professional development
program. Applicant must have a Ph.D. at
time of hiring and a strong commitment
to teaching. For application, send letter
of interest and curriculum vitae to V. L.
Holland, chair, Biological Sciences De
partment. Closing date: Feb. 15.
#93042: Tenure-Track Assistant/
Associate Professor(s), Industrial
Technology Area, College Of Busi
ness (756-2676). Two positions avail
ab le September 1999. Doctorate
required in industrial technology or
related business field such as produc
tion/operations management and man
agement of technology. Five years of
combined industrial experience and/or
full-time teaching at the university
level preferred. Send C. V., official Cal
Poly application , three letters of refer
ence and official transcripts of highest
degree earned referencing Rec . Code
#93042 to Fred Abitia, area coordina
tor, Industrial Technology. Closing
date: Jan. 15.
#93043: Lecturers (Full-Time),
Landscape Architecture Department
(756-131 9). Two full-time leave replace
ments for all or part of the 1999-2000
academic year beginning 9/13/99 (salary
range $36,000 to $46,000 for a full aca
demic year). Applicants must have a
master 's degree with at least one degree
in landscape architecture, and teaching/
practice experience. Applicants should
identify and submit evidence of expertise
in at least two of the following subject
areas in which they are especially quali
fied to teach: a) fundamentals of design;
b) professional practice; c) landscape
architecture hi story; d) landscape archi
tecture project design; e) computer appli
cations; f) site construction; g) site
analysis. Apply to Search Committee,
Landscape Architecture Department.
Closing date: Feb. 1.
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm.
Building, job line at ext. 6-7107). All
Foundation applications must be re
ceived (not just postmarked) by 5 pm
of the closing date. (No faxes.)
No positions posted at this time.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS INC. is
accepting applications for the follow
ing position(s). Complete position
descriptions and applications are
available at the ASI Business Office,
University Union, Room 212, M-F,
8 am - 5 pm, ext. 6-1281. All applica
tions must be received by 5 pm of the
listed closing date. AA/ED.
No positions posted at this time. D
Retirement reception
for Gilbert leas planned
A retirement reception for Gilbert
Keas, instructional support assistant
in the Computer Science Department for
more than 14 years, is planned from 2 to
4 pm Monday, Dec. 14, in the front lobby
of the Engineering East
Faculty Offices Building. D
ort
tlarketing prof Rogers
named Fulbright scholar
Marketing professor John C. Rogers
has been selected a 1998-99 American
Fulbright Scholar and is lecturing on
marketing research at the Kossuth Lajos
University in Debrecen, Hungary.
His assignment began in September
1998andrunsunti1June 1999.0
Programming team to
compete in Netherlands
DATELINE
After finishing second in the Southern
California regional competition of the
1998-99 Association for Computing
Machinery International Collegiate
Programming Contest, Cal Poly 's Gold
programming team will travel to
Eindhoven, the Netherlands, for the
World Finals in April 1999.
Team members who will compete are
computer science graduate student Bob
Mathews, computer science major Vania
Maldonado, and physics major Ray B.
Lee. The team's coach is staff member
and alumna Kathleen Luce.
Cal Poly's team beat such schools as
Cal Tech, UCLA, UC Irvine, and UCSB
to become one of only 54 teams to
qualify out of 1,500 that compete in
regional contests, said Luce, an operating
systems analyst in the Information Tech
nology Services department.
Students from Harvey Mudd College
placed first.
"It's particularly exciting for me,"
Luce said, "because I was a student- and
the first woman- on the only other team
Thursday, December 10
Italian scholar to study
vines, soil at Cal Poly
A research technician from the Uni
versity of Siena in Italy has been selected
as a Visiting Fulbright Scholar and will
conduct research at Cal Poly from April
through December 1999.
Fabrizio Monaci, a member of the
Department of Environmental Biology at
the Siena campus, will be studying "Trace
Element Availability to Grapevines: A
Study of Plant-Soil Relationships." D
Speaker: Susan Elrod (Biological
Sciences), "Biochemical Pathway
Engineering of Heme Biosynthesis in
the Fungus Aspergillus Oryzae," Fisher
Science 285, 11 am.
Saturday, December 1Z
Commencement: Colleges of Business,
Engineering, and Science and Math
ematics and the UCTE, 9:30am;
Agriculture, Architecture and Environ
mental Design , and Liberal Arts,
1:30 pm, Rec Center.
Women's Basketball: Fresno Pacific,
Mott Gym, 6 pm. ($)
Sunday, December 13
Academic Holiday: Quarter break.
Through Sunday, Jan. 3
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays.
Call 6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787), or to
order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088.
Information on Cal Poly Arts
events, including audio and video
samples of artists' work, can be
found on the WWW at www.calpoly.
arts.org. 0
Tuesday, December 15
Men's Basketball: Southern U., Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Thursday, December 17
Men's Basketball: Eastern Washington,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
(Contin ued on page 2)
Saturday, December 19
Women's Basketball: Cal State
Northridge, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Thursday, December Z4
ADVANCEN\ENT
Holiday: Christmas observed. Through
Sunday, Dec. 27.
tiE Lab gets HP donation
Thursday, December 31
Holiday: New Year's Day observed.
Through Sunday, Jan. 3.
CPR Schedule
This is the final fall quarter edition of
the Cal Poly Report.
The first winter quarter Report will be
Jan. 6. Because of the New Year holiday,
the deadline for the Jan. 6 issue is 10 am
Tuesday, Dec. 29.
The Cal Poly Report is published
every week during the regular academic
year by the Communications Office.
Send items via e-mail to polynews@
polymail, fax them to ext. 6-6533, or
mail them to the Communications Office,
Room 208, Heron Hall.
For more information, call the Com
munications Office at ext. 6-1511. 0
PAGE 4
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 14 • December 9, 1998
Published by the Communications Office
Saturday, January Z
Men's Basketball: UNLV, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Tango Buenos Aires will perform Monday,
Jan. ll , at the Performing Arts Center.
Please see program details on page 3.
"onday, January 4
Winter quarter classes begin.
Thursday, January 7
Physics Colloquim: Chance Hoelwarth,
"A Comparison of Studio and Traditional
Classrooms," Science E-45, II am.
Men's Basketball: Boise State, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($) D
Web address corrected
for Rachel Newhouse info
The Nov. 25 Cal Poly Report li sted an
incorrect Web address for information
about Rachel Newhouse, the nutritional
science junior who disappeared Nov. 12.
The correct address is www.sas.cal
poly.edu/rachel. 0
The Mechanical Engineering
Department's mechatronics program has
a new home, thanks to a $500,000 equip
ment donation from Hewlett-Packard.
The new HP Mechatronics Lab in the
Engineering Building houses such state
of-the-art equipment as programmable
power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic ana
lyzers, computer systems, and printers.
The lab enables mainly students from
mechanical engineering and some from
computer sc ience, computer engineering,
and electrical engineering to acquire the
latest mechatronics knowledge and
hands-on ski ll s.
Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary
field responsible for designing and devel
oping "smart" products and systems. 0
CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
'Lighting Night Walk' set
Ed Johnson, campus energy and utili
ties coordinator, will conduct the annual
"campus lighting night walk"- a walk
through campus to review lighting- on
Thursday, Dec. 10.
Participants should meet in front of
the Facility Services Building (Building
70, formerly the Plant Operations and
Receiving Warehouse) at 6 pm.
For details, call Johnson at ext. 6-5227. 0
Elrod to speak on
biotech research
Biological sciences professor Susan
Elrod will talk at 11 am Thursday,
Dec. I 0, about postdoctoral research
she conducted at a biotech company.
Her presentation, "Biochemical Path
way Engineering of Heme Biosynthesis
in the Fungus Aspergillus Oryzae," will
be in Fisher Science 285.
The Biological Sciences Department
is hosting a reception after the talk. 0
CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
Hispanic Outlook names
Cal Poly 'Publisher's Pick'
Nominations sought for
student employee award
The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Educa
tion has included Cal Poly in its 1998
"Publisher's Picks," a list of colleges and
universities nationwide that offer outstand
ing opportunities to Hispanic students.
Cal Poly was rated fourth in California,
behind Azusa Pacific University,
Bakersfield College and California
Lutheran University. In all, almost 100
state institutions were listed.
Publisher's Picks started in 1995. Ac
cording to the magazine's Nov. 20 edition,
Hispanic Outlook compiles the list after
consulting formal and informal information
sources, including surveys completed by
the institutions, information reflected in
their catalogs and literature, statistics com
piled by the U.S. government, and anec
dotal evidence garnered from students,
faculty, administrators, and advocates of
education and of Hispanic achievement.
In 1995, 1997 and I998, Hispanic Out
look rated Cal Poly among the top univer
sities in the country in the number of
bachelor's degrees awarded to Hispanics. 0
Faculty and staff members can show
their appreciation for student assistants
by nominating them for the university's
1998-99 Outstanding Student Employee
of the Year award.
Each year, the National Student Em
ployment Association invites campuses
nationwide to recognize student employees.
Eligible students include state, ASI
and Foundation employees who have
worked- or expect to work- part time
for at least six months of the 1998-99
academic year. Nominees can be Federal
Work-Study and non-work-study students.
For a nomination form, contact Luann
McDonald in the Financial Aid office,
ext. 6-5885 or lmcdonal @calpoly.edu, or
Joan Ganous, Career Services, ext. 6-5970
or jganous@calpolyedu. Forms are due
to McDonald by Feb. 1. 0
Fruit, trees, wood on sale
Seedless Satsuma mandarin oranges,
fruit trees, and firewood will be sold
during the Crop Science Department's
"U-pick" Saturdays from I 0 am to I pm
Dec. 12 and 19. To reach the orchard,
take Highland Drive and watch for signs.
For more information, call Crop
Science at ext. 6-1237. 0
••• Programming
(Continued from page 1)
Cal Poly has sent to the interna-tionals,
in I 994. I'm proud that we're sending a
second woman, Vania, because female
participation in the contests is less than 5
percent."
The competition, sponsored by IBM,
fosters creativity, teamwork and innova
tion in building new software programs.
" Six problems, five hours, one com
puter," Mathews said. "Students race
against the clock in a battle of logic,
strategy and mental endurance. The team
that solves the most problems in the few
est attempts and the shortest period of
time is declared the winner."
The Cal Poly Gold team finished all six
problems in fours hours with no penalties.
A second group of Cal Poly competi
tors, the Green team, solved two prob
lems and came in 12th. 0
Campus wireless phones
to be replaced next week
The campus's wireless mobile phone
system (known as the PCS system),
including the phones themselves, will be
completely replaced between Dec. 13
and 22, and the system will be out of
service during that time.
The approximately 125 employees
who have the mobile phones should have
already received an e-mail message
detailing the procedures for the conver
sion. They will need to turn in their
hand sets- not the charging units or
accessories- by Dec. 15. Users should
take the handsets to the Education Build
ing, Room 5, or Chase Hall , Room 114,
or call Telephone Administration at ext.
6-2671 to arrange for pickup.
Users should write down critical
names and numbers in the unit's stored
memory. Information in stored memory
can't be transferred between handsets.
They also need to tell Telephone
Administration where the new handset
shou ld be delivered.
The entire upgrade notification is at
http://www.teladmin.calpoly.edu/PCSup
grade.html. There is also a link from
the ITS System Status Web page,
http://systemstatus.calpoly.edu. 0
Deck the halls
Season's Greetioos!
Your views welcome
for 'Piece Of ltind'
Nominations sought for
four scholarships
The Status of Women Committee is
seeking nominations for four scholar
ships, all designed to recognize students
who have demonstrated a commitment to
the rights of women.
• The L. Diane Ryan Scholarship is
given to a student who has been identified
as having the potential to provide moral
leadership in the work force of the future.
• The James M. Duenow Scholar
ship is targeted for an individual consid
ering a career as a feminist attorney.
• The Robert S. Harmon Scholar
ship is for a student considering a career
as an investigative reporter.
• The Dr. Shirley H. Walker Schol
arship is given to a student of academic
exce llence (minimum overall GPA : 3.0)
who has been identified as having the
potential to provide leadership.
Only nominations submitted by
faculty and staff members wi ll be consid
ered. Eligible students must be enrolled
through fall 1999 because the awards
wi ll be disbursed that quarter.
Nominations, due Jan. 22, shou ld
include the student's name and an
exp lanation of why the student is being
nominated. Send nominations to Carolyn
Stefanco, Hi story Department.
For more information , call Stefanco
at ext. 6-2670. 0
PAGE 2
Don't forget that the Natural Resources
Management Department and Cal Poly's
Logging Sports Team are selling Christ
mas trees through Tuesday, Dec. 22.
"You-cut" Monterey pines and pre-cut
firs are available.
The farm, located on Stenner Creek
Road just off Highway I, is open from
3 to 7 pm weekdays and 9 am to 7 pm
weekends. For more information, call the
NRM Department at ext. 6-2702. 0
/
"Piece of Mind" is a Cal Poly Report
column that features your letters about
campus issues.
Questions, explanations, compliments,
complaints- we want them all.
Please keep them brief, but keep them
coming. Include your name, department,
and phone number.
Mail your 'Piece of Mind' column to
the Communications Office, Heron Hall;
fax it to 6-6533; or e-mail it to polynews
@po lymail.
For more information, call the Com
munication Office at ext. 6-1511. 0
Tango Buenos Aires
to perform Jan. 11
Best wishes
from ._your colle@UeS
in the Communications Office!
Tango Buenos Aires, known for its
fluid, sensual and emotionally charged
music and dance, will make an appear
ance at the Performing Arts Center
Monday, Jan. II , as part of its first coast
to-coast U.S. tour.
Cal Poly dance professor Moon Ja
Minn Suhr will give a pre-concert lecture
at 7 pm in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center.
The universally acclaimed company
of 22 dancers and musicians will perform
a program of 20 diverse dances designed
to bring the classic Argentine tango to
life. The program traces the history of
the tango, from its beginnings in Buenos
Aires at the start of the 20th century as a
dance between men, to its present status
as a sophi sticated art form danced by
both sexes.
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts concert
are $ 18.50 to $34 and can be bought at
the Performing Arts Ticket Office. 0
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
'Lighting Night Walk' set
Ed Johnson, campus energy and utili
ties coordinator, will conduct the annual
"campus lighting night walk"- a walk
through campus to review lighting- on
Thursday, Dec. 10.
Participants should meet in front of
the Facility Services Building (Building
70, formerly the Plant Operations and
Receiving Warehouse) at 6 pm.
For details, call Johnson at ext. 6-5227. 0
Elrod to speak on
biotech research
Biological sciences professor Susan
Elrod will talk at 11 am Thursday,
Dec. I 0, about postdoctoral research
she conducted at a biotech company.
Her presentation, "Biochemical Path
way Engineering of Heme Biosynthesis
in the Fungus Aspergillus Oryzae," will
be in Fisher Science 285.
The Biological Sciences Department
is hosting a reception after the talk. 0
CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
Hispanic Outlook names
Cal Poly 'Publisher's Pick'
Nominations sought for
student employee award
The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Educa
tion has included Cal Poly in its 1998
"Publisher's Picks," a list of colleges and
universities nationwide that offer outstand
ing opportunities to Hispanic students.
Cal Poly was rated fourth in California,
behind Azusa Pacific University,
Bakersfield College and California
Lutheran University. In all, almost 100
state institutions were listed.
Publisher's Picks started in 1995. Ac
cording to the magazine's Nov. 20 edition,
Hispanic Outlook compiles the list after
consulting formal and informal information
sources, including surveys completed by
the institutions, information reflected in
their catalogs and literature, statistics com
piled by the U.S. government, and anec
dotal evidence garnered from students,
faculty, administrators, and advocates of
education and of Hispanic achievement.
In 1995, 1997 and I998, Hispanic Out
look rated Cal Poly among the top univer
sities in the country in the number of
bachelor's degrees awarded to Hispanics. 0
Faculty and staff members can show
their appreciation for student assistants
by nominating them for the university's
1998-99 Outstanding Student Employee
of the Year award.
Each year, the National Student Em
ployment Association invites campuses
nationwide to recognize student employees.
Eligible students include state, ASI
and Foundation employees who have
worked- or expect to work- part time
for at least six months of the 1998-99
academic year. Nominees can be Federal
Work-Study and non-work-study students.
For a nomination form, contact Luann
McDonald in the Financial Aid office,
ext. 6-5885 or lmcdonal @calpoly.edu, or
Joan Ganous, Career Services, ext. 6-5970
or jganous@calpolyedu. Forms are due
to McDonald by Feb. 1. 0
Fruit, trees, wood on sale
Seedless Satsuma mandarin oranges,
fruit trees, and firewood will be sold
during the Crop Science Department's
"U-pick" Saturdays from I 0 am to I pm
Dec. 12 and 19. To reach the orchard,
take Highland Drive and watch for signs.
For more information, call Crop
Science at ext. 6-1237. 0
••• Programming
(Continued from page 1)
Cal Poly has sent to the interna-tionals,
in I 994. I'm proud that we're sending a
second woman, Vania, because female
participation in the contests is less than 5
percent."
The competition, sponsored by IBM,
fosters creativity, teamwork and innova
tion in building new software programs.
" Six problems, five hours, one com
puter," Mathews said. "Students race
against the clock in a battle of logic,
strategy and mental endurance. The team
that solves the most problems in the few
est attempts and the shortest period of
time is declared the winner."
The Cal Poly Gold team finished all six
problems in fours hours with no penalties.
A second group of Cal Poly competi
tors, the Green team, solved two prob
lems and came in 12th. 0
Campus wireless phones
to be replaced next week
The campus's wireless mobile phone
system (known as the PCS system),
including the phones themselves, will be
completely replaced between Dec. 13
and 22, and the system will be out of
service during that time.
The approximately 125 employees
who have the mobile phones should have
already received an e-mail message
detailing the procedures for the conver
sion. They will need to turn in their
hand sets- not the charging units or
accessories- by Dec. 15. Users should
take the handsets to the Education Build
ing, Room 5, or Chase Hall , Room 114,
or call Telephone Administration at ext.
6-2671 to arrange for pickup.
Users should write down critical
names and numbers in the unit's stored
memory. Information in stored memory
can't be transferred between handsets.
They also need to tell Telephone
Administration where the new handset
shou ld be delivered.
The entire upgrade notification is at
http://www.teladmin.calpoly.edu/PCSup
grade.html. There is also a link from
the ITS System Status Web page,
http://systemstatus.calpoly.edu. 0
Deck the halls
Season's Greetioos!
Your views welcome
for 'Piece Of ltind'
Nominations sought for
four scholarships
The Status of Women Committee is
seeking nominations for four scholar
ships, all designed to recognize students
who have demonstrated a commitment to
the rights of women.
• The L. Diane Ryan Scholarship is
given to a student who has been identified
as having the potential to provide moral
leadership in the work force of the future.
• The James M. Duenow Scholar
ship is targeted for an individual consid
ering a career as a feminist attorney.
• The Robert S. Harmon Scholar
ship is for a student considering a career
as an investigative reporter.
• The Dr. Shirley H. Walker Schol
arship is given to a student of academic
exce llence (minimum overall GPA : 3.0)
who has been identified as having the
potential to provide leadership.
Only nominations submitted by
faculty and staff members wi ll be consid
ered. Eligible students must be enrolled
through fall 1999 because the awards
wi ll be disbursed that quarter.
Nominations, due Jan. 22, shou ld
include the student's name and an
exp lanation of why the student is being
nominated. Send nominations to Carolyn
Stefanco, Hi story Department.
For more information , call Stefanco
at ext. 6-2670. 0
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Don't forget that the Natural Resources
Management Department and Cal Poly's
Logging Sports Team are selling Christ
mas trees through Tuesday, Dec. 22.
"You-cut" Monterey pines and pre-cut
firs are available.
The farm, located on Stenner Creek
Road just off Highway I, is open from
3 to 7 pm weekdays and 9 am to 7 pm
weekends. For more information, call the
NRM Department at ext. 6-2702. 0
/
"Piece of Mind" is a Cal Poly Report
column that features your letters about
campus issues.
Questions, explanations, compliments,
complaints- we want them all.
Please keep them brief, but keep them
coming. Include your name, department,
and phone number.
Mail your 'Piece of Mind' column to
the Communications Office, Heron Hall;
fax it to 6-6533; or e-mail it to polynews
@po lymail.
For more information, call the Com
munication Office at ext. 6-1511. 0
Tango Buenos Aires
to perform Jan. 11
Best wishes
from._your colle@UeS
in the Communications Office!
Tango Buenos Aires, known for its
fluid, sensual and emotionally charged
music and dance, will make an appear
ance at the Performing Arts Center
Monday, Jan. II , as part of its first coast
to-coast U.S. tour.
Cal Poly dance professor Moon Ja
Minn Suhr will give a pre-concert lecture
at 7 pm in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center.
The universally acclaimed company
of 22 dancers and musicians will perform
a program of 20 diverse dances designed
to bring the classic Argentine tango to
life. The program traces the history of
the tango, from its beginnings in Buenos
Aires at the start of the 20th century as a
dance between men, to its present status
as a sophi sticated art form danced by
both sexes.
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts concert
are $ 18.50 to $34 and can be bought at
the Performing Arts Ticket Office. 0
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CAL POLY REPORT, DECEMBER 9, 1998
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applica
tions for the following positions are
available from the appropriate Hu
man Resources office. Information
can also be accessed from the Cal
Poly home page on the World Wide
Web. The address is www. calpoly.edu
(click on "General Information").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job
line at ext. 6-1533). Official applica
tion forms must be received by 4 pm
on the closing date or be postmarked
by the closing date. (No faxes.)
No positions posted at this time.
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
information and an application.
Please submit all application materi
als to the department head/chair
unless otherwise specified. Rank
and salary are commensurate with
qualifications and experience, and
timebase where applicable, unless
otherwise stated.
#93040: Tenure-Track Position,
Biological Sciences Department
(756-2788). Assistant professor level,
starting September 1999. Successful
candidate will teach general microbiol
ogy and courses in his/her area of exper
tise. Candidates with experience in
molecular methods and parasitology,
host-parasite interactions, or immunol
ogy will be given preference. Duties will
include student advising and directing
students in undergraduate and graduate
(M.S. level) research . Successful candi
date will be expected to pursue an active
and productive professional development
program. Applicant must have a Ph.D. at
time of hiring and a strong commitment
to teaching. For application, send letter
of interest and curriculum vitae to V. L.
Holland, chair, Biological Sciences De
partment. Closing date: Feb. 15.
#93042: Tenure-Track Assistant/
Associate Professor(s), Industrial
Technology Area, College Of Busi
ness (756-2676). Two positions avail
ab le September 1999. Doctorate
required in industrial technology or
related business field such as produc
tion/operations management and man
agement of technology. Five years of
combined industrial experience and/or
full-time teaching at the university
level preferred. Send C. V., official Cal
Poly application , three letters of refer
ence and official transcripts of highest
degree earned referencing Rec . Code
#93042 to Fred Abitia, area coordina
tor, Industrial Technology. Closing
date: Jan. 15.
#93043: Lecturers (Full-Time),
Landscape Architecture Department
(756-131 9). Two full-time leave replace
ments for all or part of the 1999-2000
academic year beginning 9/13/99 (salary
range $36,000 to $46,000 for a full aca
demic year). Applicants must have a
master 's degree with at least one degree
in landscape architecture, and teaching/
practice experience. Applicants should
identify and submit evidence of expertise
in at least two of the following subject
areas in which they are especially quali
fied to teach: a) fundamentals of design;
b) professional practice; c) landscape
architecture hi story; d) landscape archi
tecture project design; e) computer appli
cations; f) site construction; g) site
analysis. Apply to Search Committee,
Landscape Architecture Department.
Closing date: Feb. 1.
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm.
Building, job line at ext. 6-7107). All
Foundation applications must be re
ceived (not just postmarked) by 5 pm
of the closing date. (No faxes.)
No positions posted at this time.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS INC. is
accepting applications for the follow
ing position(s). Complete position
descriptions and applications are
available at the ASI Business Office,
University Union, Room 212, M-F,
8 am - 5 pm, ext. 6-1281. All applica
tions must be received by 5 pm of the
listed closing date. AA/ED.
No positions posted at this time. D
Retirement reception
for Gilbert leas planned
A retirement reception for Gilbert
Keas, instructional support assistant
in the Computer Science Department for
more than 14 years, is planned from 2 to
4 pm Monday, Dec. 14, in the front lobby
of the Engineering East
Faculty Offices Building. D
ort
tlarketing prof Rogers
named Fulbright scholar
Marketing professor John C. Rogers
has been selected a 1998-99 American
Fulbright Scholar and is lecturing on
marketing research at the Kossuth Lajos
University in Debrecen, Hungary.
His assignment began in September
1998andrunsunti1June 1999.0
Programming team to
compete in Netherlands
DATELINE
After finishing second in the Southern
California regional competition of the
1998-99 Association for Computing
Machinery International Collegiate
Programming Contest, Cal Poly 's Gold
programming team will travel to
Eindhoven, the Netherlands, for the
World Finals in April 1999.
Team members who will compete are
computer science graduate student Bob
Mathews, computer science major Vania
Maldonado, and physics major Ray B.
Lee. The team's coach is staff member
and alumna Kathleen Luce.
Cal Poly's team beat such schools as
Cal Tech, UCLA, UC Irvine, and UCSB
to become one of only 54 teams to
qualify out of 1,500 that compete in
regional contests, said Luce, an operating
systems analyst in the Information Tech
nology Services department.
Students from Harvey Mudd College
placed first.
"It's particularly exciting for me,"
Luce said, "because I was a student- and
the first woman- on the only other team
Thursday, December 10
Italian scholar to study
vines, soil at Cal Poly
A research technician from the Uni
versity of Siena in Italy has been selected
as a Visiting Fulbright Scholar and will
conduct research at Cal Poly from April
through December 1999.
Fabrizio Monaci, a member of the
Department of Environmental Biology at
the Siena campus, will be studying "Trace
Element Availability to Grapevines: A
Study of Plant-Soil Relationships." D
Speaker: Susan Elrod (Biological
Sciences), "Biochemical Pathway
Engineering of Heme Biosynthesis in
the Fungus Aspergillus Oryzae," Fisher
Science 285, 11 am.
Saturday, December 1Z
Commencement: Colleges of Business,
Engineering, and Science and Math
ematics and the UCTE, 9:30am;
Agriculture, Architecture and Environ
mental Design , and Liberal Arts,
1:30 pm, Rec Center.
Women's Basketball: Fresno Pacific,
Mott Gym, 6 pm. ($)
Sunday, December 13
Academic Holiday: Quarter break.
Through Sunday, Jan. 3
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays.
Call 6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787), or to
order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088.
Information on Cal Poly Arts
events, including audio and video
samples of artists' work, can be
found on the WWW at www.calpoly.
arts.org. 0
Tuesday, December 15
Men's Basketball: Southern U., Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Thursday, December 17
Men's Basketball: Eastern Washington,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
(Contin ued on page 2)
Saturday, December 19
Women's Basketball: Cal State
Northridge, Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Thursday, December Z4
ADVANCEN\ENT
Holiday: Christmas observed. Through
Sunday, Dec. 27.
tiE Lab gets HP donation
Thursday, December 31
Holiday: New Year's Day observed.
Through Sunday, Jan. 3.
CPR Schedule
This is the final fall quarter edition of
the Cal Poly Report.
The first winter quarter Report will be
Jan. 6. Because of the New Year holiday,
the deadline for the Jan. 6 issue is 10 am
Tuesday, Dec. 29.
The Cal Poly Report is published
every week during the regular academic
year by the Communications Office.
Send items via e-mail to polynews@
polymail, fax them to ext. 6-6533, or
mail them to the Communications Office,
Room 208, Heron Hall.
For more information, call the Com
munications Office at ext. 6-1511. 0
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California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 14 • December 9, 1998
Published by the Communications Office
Saturday, January Z
Men's Basketball: UNLV, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Tango Buenos Aires will perform Monday,
Jan. ll , at the Performing Arts Center.
Please see program details on page 3.
"onday, January 4
Winter quarter classes begin.
Thursday, January 7
Physics Colloquim: Chance Hoelwarth,
"A Comparison of Studio and Traditional
Classrooms," Science E-45, II am.
Men's Basketball: Boise State, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($) D
Web address corrected
for Rachel Newhouse info
The Nov. 25 Cal Poly Report li sted an
incorrect Web address for information
about Rachel Newhouse, the nutritional
science junior who disappeared Nov. 12.
The correct address is www.sas.cal
poly.edu/rachel. 0
The Mechanical Engineering
Department's mechatronics program has
a new home, thanks to a $500,000 equip
ment donation from Hewlett-Packard.
The new HP Mechatronics Lab in the
Engineering Building houses such state
of-the-art equipment as programmable
power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic ana
lyzers, computer systems, and printers.
The lab enables mainly students from
mechanical engineering and some from
computer sc ience, computer engineering,
and electrical engineering to acquire the
latest mechatronics knowledge and
hands-on ski ll s.
Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary
field responsible for designing and devel
oping "smart" products and systems. 0
Media of