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Quasthoff to sing in PAC
German bass-baritone Thomas
Quasthoff, whose unforgettable voice has
earned him recognition as one of today's
most remarkable lieder and oratorio sing
ers, will give a benefit Easter concert in
the Cohan Center.
The concert, a fund-raiser for the
Foundation for the Performing Arts
Center, is set for 7 pm Sunday, April 4.
In addition to hi s Central Coast appear
ance- his California premiere
Quasthoff will perform this season with
the New York Philharmonic, the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra, the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the
Berlin Philharmonic, and the London
Symphony Orchestra.
Quasthoff gained widespread attention
10 years ago, at the age of 29, in a Ger
man radio-television competition. Since
then he has achieved exceptional interna
tional acclaim, performing with Europe's
best orchestras and conductors unhin
dered by deformities caused by the drug
thalidomide.
He is praised for his "spellbinding"
and "emotional" performances as well as
his courage, personality, and "soaring
and generous spirit."
"He has made himself the complete
master of his instrument," wrote a critic
for The Boston Globe, "so that the me
chanics of vocalism disappear; he can
sing any vowel on any pitch at any dy
namic; with clarity, shadow, or darkness
in the tone; a vibrato that can spin at any
speed, or disappear."
Quasthoff will be accompanied by
pianist Justus Zeyen. Also from Ger
many, Zeyen has performed as a soloist,
and played at chamber music recitals in
Europe, the United States and Japan.
Quasthoff will sing classical works by
Mozart, Bach, Handel and Schubert.
Tickets for adults cost $20 to $40; stu
dent and children's tickets cost $1 0 to $20.
In addition, a "Gala Package" is being
offered, which includes a choice of pre
mium seats, VIP parking, and admission
to a reception with Quasthoff after the
concert. Gala Package tickets are $150
for adults and $75 for children.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the
Performing Arts Center to help pay for
equipment and annual operating costs.
For more information, call Doreen
Wetzel, director of marketing and public
relations at the Foundation for the Per
forming Arts Center, at 541-5401. D
ort
Folk guitarist
to perform Jan. 16
Sally Rogers ' songs are inspired by her life
as an entertainer; wife and mother.
Singer, storyteller
to appear Jan. 15
Sally Rogers, a singer, songwriter,
storyteller, will perform as part of Cal
Poly Arts' Family Event series at 7 pm
Friday, Jan . 15, in the Theatre.
Rogers, whose voice has been de
scribed as "hauntingly sweet," sings tra
ditional, contemporary and original
ballads and songs; plays the guitar and
the dulcimer; and entertains audiences
with stories of her life as an entertainer,
wife and mother.
The Boston Globe called her voice a
"brilliant folk instrument ... captivat
ing, beautiful and pure" and said she
"seemed to have her set almost perfectly
in sync, moving her crowd deftly from
tears to laughter."
The Washington Post said, "Rogers'
achingly sweet voice imbues her baJlads
with classic poignance even as it lifts
the spirit."
Her "Peace by Peace" album, which
received wide critical and popular ac
claim, was one of the first albums to
teach children the concept of peace. She
has since recorded "Piggyback Planet:
Songs for a Whole Earth," featuring en
vironmental songs for children, and
"What Can One Little Person Do?," an
album intended to increase children 's self
worth .
Tickets for Rogers' evening perfor
mance cost $8.50 to $12. D
Position vacancies
Vacancy information about job openings
on campus with the state, faculty, Cal Poly
Foundation and Associated Students, Inc.
are listed every other week in Cal Poly
Report. Watch for listings next week. D
Singer, songwriter, folk guitarist
Christine Lavin, known as much for her
affecting wit as for her musical talent,
will perform at 8 pm Saturday, Jan. 16, in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
"Christine Lavin has become the
classic modern troubadour," The Boston
Globe said. "She makes our lives sound
extraordinary -and extraordinarily
funny. Always, people find their own
lives in her songs."
Lavin's messages reveal the truest and
funniest of people 's worries, from lost
love to too many grocery items in the
express line.
Cosmopolitan Magazine called Lavin
"an enchanting stage performer" and
Billboard Magazine wrote, "Lavin is the
central force in the most visible segment
of the contemporary folk music scene."
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts event
cost $12.50 to $18. D
Christine Lavin 's folk songs reflect the truest
and funniest of people 's worries.
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays.
Call6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787), or to
order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088. D
DATELIIIE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit, Jan. 11-Feb. 7. Daily
11 am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "The Classic Chinese Garden,"
Jan. 9-March 6. Monday-Friday, 10 am
4 pm; Saturday and Sunday, noon to
4 pm.
Thursday, January 7
Physics Colloquium: Chance
HoeUwartb, "The Studio Classroom vs.
the Tradi-tional Classroom," Science E
45, ll am.
Men's Basketball: Boise State, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 8
Swimming, Diving: CSU Northridge and
Loyola, Mott Gym pool, 2 pm.
Saturday, January 9
Men's Basketball: Idaho, Mott Gym,
ll am.($)
Music: William T. Spiller (Music) piano
recital , Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
flonday, January 11
Lecture, Music, Dance: Tango Buenos
Aires, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($). Moon
Ja Minn Shur (Theatre and Dance) to
give pre-concert lecture, Philips Hall ,
7pm.
Thursday, January 14
Physics Colloquium: Tbeo Theofanus
(UCSB), "Risk Assessment Analysis,"
Science E-45 , ll am.
Friday, January 15
Swimming, Diving: Boston College, Mott
Gym pool, 2 pm.
Music: Sally Rogers, Theatre, 7 pm. ($).
Pre-concert lecture, Moon Ja Minn Suhr
(Theatre and Dance), Philips Hall, 7
pm.
Saturday, January 16
Women's Basketball: U. of North Texas,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Elizabeth Pickard (student) vocal
recital , Davidson Music Center 218,
7:30pm.
Music: Christine Lavin , Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
flonday, January 18
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr.
birthday observed.
Published by the Communications Office
Second Cal Poly grad
pilots IIASA shuttle
CSU signs agreements
for software, training
Marine pilot Frederick "Rick" Sturckow
is following in the orbital path of another
Cal Poly grad, Robert "Hoot" Gibson.
Sturckow, a 1984 aeronautical engi
neering graduate, piloted the space
shuttle Endeavour on its December mission
to initiate the first assembly sequence of
the International Space Station.
Gibson flew five shuttle missions
between 1984 and 1995.
Both men are graduates of the Navy
Fighter Weapons School, popularized in
the film "Top Gun."
Mechanical engineering professor
Ron Mullisen has remained a friend of
Sturckow's over the years. He describes
Sturckow as an extraordinary student who
loved speed, racing cars at the Santa Maria
Speedway, and working on race cars built
by mechanical engineering students.
Mullisen and his family traveled to
Florida for the Dec. 4 Endeavour launch.
Mullisen 's daughter Emily made a smal l,
triangular banner for Sturckow to take on
board. The design incorporated a Cal
Poly logo, the Mechanical Engineering
Department's name, and a mustang
silhouetted against the bright globe of
the Earth. D
The CSU has finalized two technology
agreements that will provide software and
information technology training for stu
dents, the faculty, and staff members.
A four-year licensing agreement with
Microsoft Corp. and Wareforce, the CSU's
Microsoft software distributor, will save
the CSU at least $7 million. The $8 mil
lion contract covers a package that includes
Microsoft Office Professional Edition,
Visual Studio Professional Edition,
FrontPage, BackOffice Client Access, and
both Windows and Windows NT Worksta
tion. It does not prevent students and em
ployees from using other software.
Details of how the Microsoft licensing
agreement will be implemented are still
being reviewed at the Chancellor's Of
fice. Cal Poly's Information Technology
Services office will provide more infor
mation as it becomes available.
A three-year contract with CBT Sys
tems will provide 650 computer-based
training courses via the World Wide Web.
The courses, which will be available for
academic programs as well as individual
use and group training, will cover many
areas such as publishing on the Web, desk
top PC fundamentals, Microsoft software,
Netscape, project management, and techni
cal subjects including Oracle, Novell, C++,
Java, and networking.
The list of CBT courses is available
on the Web at www.calpoly.edu/-its/
cbtweb/. All are scheduled to be ready
for use sometime during winter quarter. D
Jim, Perry Jamieson
win 1999 Arts Award
Jim and Perry Jamieson of San Luis
Obispo are being honored for enriching
the lives of Central Coast residents by
bringing top-quality performing and vi
sual arts to the area.
The couple has been chosen to receive
the 1999 Cal Poly President's Arts Award.
Jim Jamieson, best known for his role
in turning the Performing Arts Center
dream into reality, and his wife, Perry, a
visual artist and co-founder of two Cen
tral Coast theater companies, will be
honored at a dinner ceremony on Jan. 20,
in conjunction with the university's An
nual Baroque concert.
(Continued on page 2)
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California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 15 • January 6, 1999
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1
The Cal Poly Report is published
by the Communications Office every
Wednesday during the academic year.
Items submitted by I 0 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition. E-mail articles to
polynews@polymail, or fax items to
ext. 6-6533. D
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
••• Jamiesons
(Continued from page 1)
Each year the award is given to a per
son, family or organization that has con
tributed significantly to the cultural
environment of San Luis Obispo County.
The award also recognizes excellence for
achievement in the arts.
"Jim and Perry, through their hard
work, extraordinary skill, gracious man
ner and dedication to the arts, have made
a lasting contribution to our community,"
said President Baker. "During the devel
opment years leading to the opening of
the Cohan Center, my wife, Carly, and I
gained a real appreciation for their dedi
cation and graceful style. We also appre
ciate how well they worked as partners
with the university."
Jim Jamieson served as executive
director for the Foundation for the Per
forming Arts Center from 1987 to 1995.
Perry Jamieson was a co-founder of
Artemis- a Theatre Company in 1987.
She served as co-artistic director, pro
ducer, designer, and technical director of
the company until 1992. In 1990 the
Central Coast Shakespeare Festival was
founded as an offshoot of Artemis.
As a watercolor artist, she has exhibited
her work in one-woman shows at Pitzer
College in Claremont, the UU Galerie, and
Corbett Canyon Winery in Arroyo Grande.
Her murals hang in the university's
BackStage Pizza restaurant. She has also
worked as a scenic artist for stage produc
tions of the Theatre and Dance Department
at Cal Poly, the Great American Melo
drama in Oceano, and Cuesta College.
Before moving to the Central Coast in
1987, Jim Jamieson enjoyed a career of
nearly 25 years in higher education. He
served as vice president for research at
Claremont McKenna College and taught
government at the Claremont Graduate
School. At Pitzer College he held a num
ber of administrative positions, including
acting president, executive vice presi
dent, and vice president for development,
and was a professor of political science. 0
Extended Ed moving
To allow for a remodeling project, the
Extended Education office in Jespersen
Hall will be closed today (Wednesday,
Jan . 6) while the staff moves to tempo
rary quarters in Crandall Gym. The unit's
temporary office in Crandall will open
for busi ness at 8 am Thursday, Jan. 7.
For information, call ext. 6-2053. 0
CSU enrollment rises again tlemorial scholarship
Enrollment in the CSU grew last fall
set for Sonia Sandoval
by almost 2 percent to 350,254, the
fourth consecutive annual increase and
the highest figure since 1991. Enroll
ment in the system has grown by 30,886
-nearly 10 percent- in four years.
Dominguez Hills, the Maritime Acad
emy, Monterey Bay, San Bernardino, San
Marcos and Stanislaus reached their
highest enrollments ever. Nine other
campuses reported the highest enrollment
since the early '90s.
The system's newest campus, Monterey
Bay, had the highest percentage growth:
23.4 percent or 372 students to 1,958.
Dominguez Hills added the most students:
1,350, a 12.6 percent increase.
San Diego continues to have the larg
est student body, adding 860 students last
fall for a total of 31,453.
Full-time-equivalent enrollment in the
system grew 2.1 percent to 272,604.
"We are now well into Tidal Wave II,"
Chancellor Charles Reed said, "and it is
important that funding keeps up with
enrollment in order to ensure student
access to a quality education. It is also
critical that the CSU continues to find
new ways to maximize our resources and
use those funds wisely."
"Tidal Wave II" refers to the antici
pated 500,000 additional students ex
pected to seek higher education in
California through the next decade, in
cluding 80,000 to 100,000 in the CSU. 0
Some meal reimbursements
to be taxed in 1999
New IRS reg ul ations that require all
meal reimbursements for one-day trips to
be treated as taxab le and reportable in
come became effective Jan. 1.
The reimbursements wi ll be subject to
federal and state income and appli cable
Social Security and Medicare taxes.
Travel reimbursements will be made
as usual, and the income and related
taxes will be reflected on the monthly
statement that accompanies an
employee's paycheck. Totals wi ll be in
cluded at year-end on employee W-2s.
This change affects on ly travel for
one-day trips that do not involve an over
night stay and when the employee is
claiming breakfast or dinner. Lunch is
not reimbursed on a one-day trip.
For details, call Carol Clifford at ext.
6-5864 or Stan Rosenfield, ext. 6-5404. 0
A memorial scholarship has been es
tablished for Sonia Sandoval, a fourth
year Cal Poly student who was killed in
an automob il e accident Nov. 13.
Sandoval was majoring in modern
languages with a minor in dance and was
a member and past president of the
Orchesis dance company.
This year, the Orchesis company is
dedicating its annual show to Sandoval.
Each of the concert's six performances
will open with a dance that Sandoval had
begun choreographing. Fel low student
Melissa Cook, a longtime friend of
Sandoval's, finished the piece in honor
of Sandoval.
The Orchesis performances are sched
uled on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30,
and Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 4-6
Donations to the scholarship fund can
be sent to the Financial Aid Office or
dropped off at a table set up in the Theatre
lobby during the Orchesis performances.
Checks shou ld be made payable to Cal
Poly and indicate "In memory of Sonia
Sandoval" in the memo area on the check.
For more information, visit the Web
site at sonia.calpoly.edu or call Cook
at 788-0806. 0
ADVANCEN\EN'f
HP gives workstation
to complete chemistry lab
The Hewlett-Packard Co. has given a
workstation valued at $21,500 to the
Chemistry and Biochemistry Depart
ment, providing the final piece needed to
equip a new multifunctional Computa
tional Chemistry Laboratory that brings
additional state-of-the-art computing into
the university's chemistry program.
The laboratory has been renovated as
the primary fac ility for integrating com
puting into chemistry course work. The
HP C200 graphics workstation wi ll allow
students to conduct molecular modeling
and visualize the results of those compu
tational activities.
"In recent years there has been an
explosion of applications using computa
tional methodologies to solve chemica l
problems," said AI Censullo, Chemistry
and Biochemistry Department chair.
"We hope to integrate the use of comput
ers as tools throughout our program." 0
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SIS+ training
offered Jan. 12
Classic Chinese garden
focus of student exhibit
A Student Information System Plus
(SIS+) training session for new users will
be held from 1:30 to 2:30pm Tuesday,
Jan. 12, in Chase Hall , Room 104.
Employees need to complete a training
session before they can receive a SIS+
account and access the student database.
Participants need to bring an Account
Request Form with a supervisor's signa
ture to the session. The form is available
on OpenMail in the Bulletin Area.
To reserve a seat, call Betty Sawyer at
6- I 344 or send her an e-note. 0
Landscape architecture students, fresh
from a trip to China, will exhibit designs
and drawings of classical Chinese gardens
in a show that runs from Saturday, Jan. 9,
to Saturday, March 6, in the UU Galerie.
The exhibit also will include paint
ings, photographs, and calligraphy by
Cheung Ping from Hong Kong and Gu
Hong of Hangzhou, China.
Alumna Sandra Kay Johnson, who also
traveled to China with landscape archi
tecture professor Alice Loh and Galerie
Curator Jeanne LaBarbera, will exhibit a
series of Chinese garden paintings.
An artists' reception for the "Classical
Chinese Garden" exhibit wi ll be held
from 4 to 6 pm Saturday, Jan. 30.
To offer additional insight into Chinese
culture, a series of lectures by China
experts is planned during winter quarter.
Dates and times will be announced.
The trip to China, organized and led
by Loh, was partly funded by a grant
from the university's Global Affairs of
fice. The exhibit is partly supported by
grants from Cal Poly Arts and the Global
Affairs office.
The Gal erie is open from 10 am to 4 pm
Monday through Friday and from noon
to 4 p.m . Saturday and Sunday. For infor
mation on the exhibit, call LaBarbera at
ext. 6-1 I 82. 0
University Advancement
recognized by CASE
University Advancement was recog
nized in three categories in this year's
Counci l for the Advancement and Sup
port of Education's (CASE) District VII
Awards for Excellence contest.
• The Communications Office received
an Award of Distinction for an alumni
membership and marketing packet.
• The Cal Poly Fund earned an Award
of Distinction for its alumni giving pro
grams and solicitations.
• Cal Poly 's University Advancement
Division earned an Award of Distinction
as "a most improved program ."
Out of a record 365 entries this year,
24 Awards of Excellence and 64 Awards
of Distinction were given. 0
CaiPERS offers improved
home loan program
The CalPERS Member Home Loan
Program now offers a reduced mortgage
insurance rate, which allows eligible
members to receive, for example, a sav
ings of approximately $260 a year on a
$200,000 loan.
When buying a home or refinancing,
facu lty and staff members should remem
ber that CalPERS offers conventional
fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, as
well as FHA fixed financing. The pro
gram also offers competitive interest
rates, free 60-day lock rate with two free
"tloat-down" opportunities, I 00 percent
financing, controlled closing fees, and
closing cost assistance.
For information call (800) 874-7377
or visit the Web site at www.calpers.ca.
gov/homeloan. 0
For the next several months, Up
to Speed will appear as a regular
feature of the Cal Poly Report to keep
readers up-to-date on the progress of
the parking structure and to tell them
how to beat the parking blues.
Construction to begin
Contruction parking blues? Think
pink and rideshare.
Yes , those are construction trai 1ers set up in the G-1 parking lot
near the Performing Arts Center
and, yes, construction has begun on
the parking structure.
While only a small number of
parking spaces have been lost so far
to construction, by the end of win
ter quarter more than 150 spaces
will be temporarily eliminated.
Facilities Planning and Parking
and Commuter Services urge employ
ees and students to plan for
this loss of parking by exploring
rideshare options.
Later in January, the "Pink Prize
Patrol" will be on the lookout Tues
day mornings to reward those who
carpool, vanpool, bus, bike, or walk
to campus.
More information about commut
ing options will appear in upcoming
editions of the Cal Poly Report. 0
• • •
Pianist William Spiller
to perform Jan. 9
Cal Poly music professor and pianist
William Spiller will give a benefit recital
featuring music by Mozart, Schubert,
Debussy, and Albeniz at 8 pm Saturday,
Jan. 9, in the Theatre.
Spiller will play Mozart's Sonata in
F Major, K. 280; Schubert's "Wa nderer
Fantasy," D. 760; Debussy 's "S uite
Bergamasque"; and portions of
A lbeniz's "Iberia."
Tickets to the benefit recital are $6 for
students and senior citizens and $10 for
the public. Proceeds from the concert
will benefit the Music Department Schol
arship Fund.
The recital is sponsored by the College
of Liberal Arts and the Music Department.
For more information, call ext. 6-2406.
For a li sting of Music Department events,
visit the department's Web page at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-mu. 0
Parking and
Commuter Services says:
Think Pink
Sater, 63
Robert Sater, retired professor of in
dustrial engineering, died Oct. 9. He
taught at Cal Poly from 1986 until I 997.
He earned a master's degree from Cal
Poly in engi neering in I 993. 0
Apologies to Shawn Burn
In the fall issue of The Credit Report,
we inadvertently misspell ed Shaw~
Burn's name. Our apologies to Burn,
head of the Psychology and Human De
velopment Department. 0
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
••• Jamiesons
(Continued from page 1)
Each year the award is given to a per
son, family or organization that has con
tributed significantly to the cultural
environment of San Luis Obispo County.
The award also recognizes excellence for
achievement in the arts.
"Jim and Perry, through their hard
work, extraordinary skill, gracious man
ner and dedication to the arts, have made
a lasting contribution to our community,"
said President Baker. "During the devel
opment years leading to the opening of
the Cohan Center, my wife, Carly, and I
gained a real appreciation for their dedi
cation and graceful style. We also appre
ciate how well they worked as partners
with the university."
Jim Jamieson served as executive
director for the Foundation for the Per
forming Arts Center from 1987 to 1995.
Perry Jamieson was a co-founder of
Artemis- a Theatre Company in 1987.
She served as co-artistic director, pro
ducer, designer, and technical director of
the company until 1992. In 1990 the
Central Coast Shakespeare Festival was
founded as an offshoot of Artemis.
As a watercolor artist, she has exhibited
her work in one-woman shows at Pitzer
College in Claremont, the UU Galerie, and
Corbett Canyon Winery in Arroyo Grande.
Her murals hang in the university's
BackStage Pizza restaurant. She has also
worked as a scenic artist for stage produc
tions of the Theatre and Dance Department
at Cal Poly, the Great American Melo
drama in Oceano, and Cuesta College.
Before moving to the Central Coast in
1987, Jim Jamieson enjoyed a career of
nearly 25 years in higher education. He
served as vice president for research at
Claremont McKenna College and taught
government at the Claremont Graduate
School. At Pitzer College he held a num
ber of administrative positions, including
acting president, executive vice presi
dent, and vice president for development,
and was a professor of political science. 0
Extended Ed moving
To allow for a remodeling project, the
Extended Education office in Jespersen
Hall will be closed today (Wednesday,
Jan . 6) while the staff moves to tempo
rary quarters in Crandall Gym. The unit's
temporary office in Crandall will open
for busi ness at 8 am Thursday, Jan. 7.
For information, call ext. 6-2053. 0
CSU enrollment rises again tlemorial scholarship
Enrollment in the CSU grew last fall
set for Sonia Sandoval
by almost 2 percent to 350,254, the
fourth consecutive annual increase and
the highest figure since 1991. Enroll
ment in the system has grown by 30,886
-nearly 10 percent- in four years.
Dominguez Hills, the Maritime Acad
emy, Monterey Bay, San Bernardino, San
Marcos and Stanislaus reached their
highest enrollments ever. Nine other
campuses reported the highest enrollment
since the early '90s.
The system's newest campus, Monterey
Bay, had the highest percentage growth:
23.4 percent or 372 students to 1,958.
Dominguez Hills added the most students:
1,350, a 12.6 percent increase.
San Diego continues to have the larg
est student body, adding 860 students last
fall for a total of 31,453.
Full-time-equivalent enrollment in the
system grew 2.1 percent to 272,604.
"We are now well into Tidal Wave II,"
Chancellor Charles Reed said, "and it is
important that funding keeps up with
enrollment in order to ensure student
access to a quality education. It is also
critical that the CSU continues to find
new ways to maximize our resources and
use those funds wisely."
"Tidal Wave II" refers to the antici
pated 500,000 additional students ex
pected to seek higher education in
California through the next decade, in
cluding 80,000 to 100,000 in the CSU. 0
Some meal reimbursements
to be taxed in 1999
New IRS reg ul ations that require all
meal reimbursements for one-day trips to
be treated as taxab le and reportable in
come became effective Jan. 1.
The reimbursements wi ll be subject to
federal and state income and appli cable
Social Security and Medicare taxes.
Travel reimbursements will be made
as usual, and the income and related
taxes will be reflected on the monthly
statement that accompanies an
employee's paycheck. Totals wi ll be in
cluded at year-end on employee W-2s.
This change affects on ly travel for
one-day trips that do not involve an over
night stay and when the employee is
claiming breakfast or dinner. Lunch is
not reimbursed on a one-day trip.
For details, call Carol Clifford at ext.
6-5864 or Stan Rosenfield, ext. 6-5404. 0
A memorial scholarship has been es
tablished for Sonia Sandoval, a fourth
year Cal Poly student who was killed in
an automob il e accident Nov. 13.
Sandoval was majoring in modern
languages with a minor in dance and was
a member and past president of the
Orchesis dance company.
This year, the Orchesis company is
dedicating its annual show to Sandoval.
Each of the concert's six performances
will open with a dance that Sandoval had
begun choreographing. Fel low student
Melissa Cook, a longtime friend of
Sandoval's, finished the piece in honor
of Sandoval.
The Orchesis performances are sched
uled on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30,
and Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 4-6
Donations to the scholarship fund can
be sent to the Financial Aid Office or
dropped off at a table set up in the Theatre
lobby during the Orchesis performances.
Checks shou ld be made payable to Cal
Poly and indicate "In memory of Sonia
Sandoval" in the memo area on the check.
For more information, visit the Web
site at sonia.calpoly.edu or call Cook
at 788-0806. 0
ADVANCEN\EN'f
HP gives workstation
to complete chemistry lab
The Hewlett-Packard Co. has given a
workstation valued at $21,500 to the
Chemistry and Biochemistry Depart
ment, providing the final piece needed to
equip a new multifunctional Computa
tional Chemistry Laboratory that brings
additional state-of-the-art computing into
the university's chemistry program.
The laboratory has been renovated as
the primary fac ility for integrating com
puting into chemistry course work. The
HP C200 graphics workstation wi ll allow
students to conduct molecular modeling
and visualize the results of those compu
tational activities.
"In recent years there has been an
explosion of applications using computa
tional methodologies to solve chemica l
problems," said AI Censullo, Chemistry
and Biochemistry Department chair.
"We hope to integrate the use of comput
ers as tools throughout our program." 0
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SIS+ training
offered Jan. 12
Classic Chinese garden
focus of student exhibit
A Student Information System Plus
(SIS+) training session for new users will
be held from 1:30 to 2:30pm Tuesday,
Jan. 12, in Chase Hall , Room 104.
Employees need to complete a training
session before they can receive a SIS+
account and access the student database.
Participants need to bring an Account
Request Form with a supervisor's signa
ture to the session. The form is available
on OpenMail in the Bulletin Area.
To reserve a seat, call Betty Sawyer at
6- I 344 or send her an e-note. 0
Landscape architecture students, fresh
from a trip to China, will exhibit designs
and drawings of classical Chinese gardens
in a show that runs from Saturday, Jan. 9,
to Saturday, March 6, in the UU Galerie.
The exhibit also will include paint
ings, photographs, and calligraphy by
Cheung Ping from Hong Kong and Gu
Hong of Hangzhou, China.
Alumna Sandra Kay Johnson, who also
traveled to China with landscape archi
tecture professor Alice Loh and Galerie
Curator Jeanne LaBarbera, will exhibit a
series of Chinese garden paintings.
An artists' reception for the "Classical
Chinese Garden" exhibit wi ll be held
from 4 to 6 pm Saturday, Jan. 30.
To offer additional insight into Chinese
culture, a series of lectures by China
experts is planned during winter quarter.
Dates and times will be announced.
The trip to China, organized and led
by Loh, was partly funded by a grant
from the university's Global Affairs of
fice. The exhibit is partly supported by
grants from Cal Poly Arts and the Global
Affairs office.
The Gal erie is open from 10 am to 4 pm
Monday through Friday and from noon
to 4 p.m . Saturday and Sunday. For infor
mation on the exhibit, call LaBarbera at
ext. 6-1 I 82. 0
University Advancement
recognized by CASE
University Advancement was recog
nized in three categories in this year's
Counci l for the Advancement and Sup
port of Education's (CASE) District VII
Awards for Excellence contest.
• The Communications Office received
an Award of Distinction for an alumni
membership and marketing packet.
• The Cal Poly Fund earned an Award
of Distinction for its alumni giving pro
grams and solicitations.
• Cal Poly 's University Advancement
Division earned an Award of Distinction
as "a most improved program ."
Out of a record 365 entries this year,
24 Awards of Excellence and 64 Awards
of Distinction were given. 0
CaiPERS offers improved
home loan program
The CalPERS Member Home Loan
Program now offers a reduced mortgage
insurance rate, which allows eligible
members to receive, for example, a sav
ings of approximately $260 a year on a
$200,000 loan.
When buying a home or refinancing,
facu lty and staff members should remem
ber that CalPERS offers conventional
fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, as
well as FHA fixed financing. The pro
gram also offers competitive interest
rates, free 60-day lock rate with two free
"tloat-down" opportunities, I 00 percent
financing, controlled closing fees, and
closing cost assistance.
For information call (800) 874-7377
or visit the Web site at www.calpers.ca.
gov/homeloan. 0
For the next several months, Up
to Speed will appear as a regular
feature of the Cal Poly Report to keep
readers up-to-date on the progress of
the parking structure and to tell them
how to beat the parking blues.
Construction to begin
Contruction parking blues? Think
pink and rideshare.
Yes , those are construction trai 1
ers set up in the G-1 parking lot
near the Performing Arts Center
and, yes, construction has begun on
the parking structure.
While only a small number of
parking spaces have been lost so far
to construction, by the end of win
ter quarter more than 150 spaces
will be temporarily eliminated.
Facilities Planning and Parking
and Commuter Services urge employ
ees and students to plan for
this loss of parking by exploring
rideshare options.
Later in January, the "Pink Prize
Patrol" will be on the lookout Tues
day mornings to reward those who
carpool, vanpool, bus, bike, or walk
to campus.
More information about commut
ing options will appear in upcoming
editions of the Cal Poly Report. 0
• • •
Pianist William Spiller
to perform Jan. 9
Cal Poly music professor and pianist
William Spiller will give a benefit recital
featuring music by Mozart, Schubert,
Debussy, and Albeniz at 8 pm Saturday,
Jan. 9, in the Theatre.
Spiller will play Mozart's Sonata in
F Major, K. 280; Schubert's "Wa nderer
Fantasy," D. 760; Debussy 's "S uite
Bergamasque"; and portions of
A lbeniz's "Iberia."
Tickets to the benefit recital are $6 for
students and senior citizens and $10 for
the public. Proceeds from the concert
will benefit the Music Department Schol
arship Fund.
The recital is sponsored by the College
of Liberal Arts and the Music Department.
For more information, call ext. 6-2406.
For a li sting of Music Department events,
visit the department's Web page at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-mu. 0
Parking and
Commuter Services says:
Think Pink
Sater, 63
Robert Sater, retired professor of in
dustrial engineering, died Oct. 9. He
taught at Cal Poly from 1986 until I 997.
He earned a master's degree from Cal
Poly in engi neering in I 993. 0
Apologies to Shawn Burn
In the fall issue of The Credit Report,
we inadvertently misspell ed Shaw~
Burn's name. Our apologies to Burn,
head of the Psychology and Human De
velopment Department. 0
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CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
Quasthoff to sing in PAC
German bass-baritone Thomas
Quasthoff, whose unforgettable voice has
earned him recognition as one of today's
most remarkable lieder and oratorio sing
ers, will give a benefit Easter concert in
the Cohan Center.
The concert, a fund-raiser for the
Foundation for the Performing Arts
Center, is set for 7 pm Sunday, April 4.
In addition to hi s Central Coast appear
ance- his California premiere
Quasthoff will perform this season with
the New York Philharmonic, the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra, the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the
Berlin Philharmonic, and the London
Symphony Orchestra.
Quasthoff gained widespread attention
10 years ago, at the age of 29, in a Ger
man radio-television competition. Since
then he has achieved exceptional interna
tional acclaim, performing with Europe's
best orchestras and conductors unhin
dered by deformities caused by the drug
thalidomide.
He is praised for his "spellbinding"
and "emotional" performances as well as
his courage, personality, and "soaring
and generous spirit."
"He has made himself the complete
master of his instrument," wrote a critic
for The Boston Globe, "so that the me
chanics of vocalism disappear; he can
sing any vowel on any pitch at any dy
namic; with clarity, shadow, or darkness
in the tone; a vibrato that can spin at any
speed, or disappear."
Quasthoff will be accompanied by
pianist Justus Zeyen. Also from Ger
many, Zeyen has performed as a soloist,
and played at chamber music recitals in
Europe, the United States and Japan.
Quasthoff will sing classical works by
Mozart, Bach, Handel and Schubert.
Tickets for adults cost $20 to $40; stu
dent and children's tickets cost $1 0 to $20.
In addition, a "Gala Package" is being
offered, which includes a choice of pre
mium seats, VIP parking, and admission
to a reception with Quasthoff after the
concert. Gala Package tickets are $150
for adults and $75 for children.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the
Performing Arts Center to help pay for
equipment and annual operating costs.
For more information, call Doreen
Wetzel, director of marketing and public
relations at the Foundation for the Per
forming Arts Center, at 541-5401. D
ort
Folk guitarist
to perform Jan. 16
Sally Rogers ' songs are inspired by her life
as an entertainer; wife and mother.
Singer, storyteller
to appear Jan. 15
Sally Rogers, a singer, songwriter,
storyteller, will perform as part of Cal
Poly Arts' Family Event series at 7 pm
Friday, Jan . 15, in the Theatre.
Rogers, whose voice has been de
scribed as "hauntingly sweet," sings tra
ditional, contemporary and original
ballads and songs; plays the guitar and
the dulcimer; and entertains audiences
with stories of her life as an entertainer,
wife and mother.
The Boston Globe called her voice a
"brilliant folk instrument ... captivat
ing, beautiful and pure" and said she
"seemed to have her set almost perfectly
in sync, moving her crowd deftly from
tears to laughter."
The Washington Post said, "Rogers'
achingly sweet voice imbues her baJlads
with classic poignance even as it lifts
the spirit."
Her "Peace by Peace" album, which
received wide critical and popular ac
claim, was one of the first albums to
teach children the concept of peace. She
has since recorded "Piggyback Planet:
Songs for a Whole Earth," featuring en
vironmental songs for children, and
"What Can One Little Person Do?," an
album intended to increase children 's self
worth .
Tickets for Rogers' evening perfor
mance cost $8.50 to $12. D
Position vacancies
Vacancy information about job openings
on campus with the state, faculty, Cal Poly
Foundation and Associated Students, Inc.
are listed every other week in Cal Poly
Report. Watch for listings next week. D
Singer, songwriter, folk guitarist
Christine Lavin, known as much for her
affecting wit as for her musical talent,
will perform at 8 pm Saturday, Jan. 16, in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
"Christine Lavin has become the
classic modern troubadour," The Boston
Globe said. "She makes our lives sound
extraordinary -and extraordinarily
funny. Always, people find their own
lives in her songs."
Lavin's messages reveal the truest and
funniest of people 's worries, from lost
love to too many grocery items in the
express line.
Cosmopolitan Magazine called Lavin
"an enchanting stage performer" and
Billboard Magazine wrote, "Lavin is the
central force in the most visible segment
of the contemporary folk music scene."
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts event
cost $12.50 to $18. D
Christine Lavin 's folk songs reflect the truest
and funniest of people 's worries.
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays.
Call6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787), or to
order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088. D
DATELIIIE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit, Jan. 11-Feb. 7. Daily
11 am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "The Classic Chinese Garden,"
Jan. 9-March 6. Monday-Friday, 10 am4 pm; Saturday and Sunday, noon to
4 pm.
Thursday, January 7
Physics Colloquium: Chance
HoeUwartb, "The Studio Classroom vs.
the Tradi-tional Classroom," Science E45, ll am.
Men's Basketball: Boise State, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 8
Swimming, Diving: CSU Northridge and
Loyola, Mott Gym pool, 2 pm.
Saturday, January 9
Men's Basketball: Idaho, Mott Gym,
ll am.($)
Music: William T. Spiller (Music) piano
recital , Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
flonday, January 11
Lecture, Music, Dance: Tango Buenos
Aires, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($). Moon
Ja Minn Shur (Theatre and Dance) to
give pre-concert lecture, Philips Hall ,
7pm.
Thursday, January 14
Physics Colloquium: Tbeo Theofanus
(UCSB), "Risk Assessment Analysis,"
Science E-45 , ll am.
Friday, January 15
Swimming, Diving: Boston College, Mott
Gym pool, 2 pm.
Music: Sally Rogers, Theatre, 7 pm. ($).
Pre-concert lecture, Moon Ja Minn Suhr
(Theatre and Dance), Philips Hall, 7
pm.
Saturday, January 16
Women's Basketball: U. of North Texas,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Elizabeth Pickard (student) vocal
recital , Davidson Music Center 218,
7:30pm.
Music: Christine Lavin , Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
flonday, January 18
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr.
birthday observed.
Published by the Communications Office
Second Cal Poly grad
pilots IIASA shuttle
CSU signs agreements
for software, training
Marine pilot Frederick "Rick" Sturckow
is following in the orbital path of another
Cal Poly grad, Robert "Hoot" Gibson.
Sturckow, a 1984 aeronautical engi
neering graduate, piloted the space
shuttle Endeavour on its December mission
to initiate the first assembly sequence of
the International Space Station.
Gibson flew five shuttle missions
between 1984 and 1995.
Both men are graduates of the Navy
Fighter Weapons School, popularized in
the film "Top Gun."
Mechanical engineering professor
Ron Mullisen has remained a friend of
Sturckow's over the years. He describes
Sturckow as an extraordinary student who
loved speed, racing cars at the Santa Maria
Speedway, and working on race cars built
by mechanical engineering students.
Mullisen and his family traveled to
Florida for the Dec. 4 Endeavour launch.
Mullisen 's daughter Emily made a smal l,
triangular banner for Sturckow to take on
board. The design incorporated a Cal
Poly logo, the Mechanical Engineering
Department's name, and a mustang
silhouetted against the bright globe of
the Earth. D
The CSU has finalized two technology
agreements that will provide software and
information technology training for stu
dents, the faculty, and staff members.
A four-year licensing agreement with
Microsoft Corp. and Wareforce, the CSU's
Microsoft software distributor, will save
the CSU at least $7 million. The $8 mil
lion contract covers a package that includes
Microsoft Office Professional Edition,
Visual Studio Professional Edition,
FrontPage, BackOffice Client Access, and
both Windows and Windows NT Worksta
tion. It does not prevent students and em
ployees from using other software.
Details of how the Microsoft licensing
agreement will be implemented are still
being reviewed at the Chancellor's Of
fice. Cal Poly's Information Technology
Services office will provide more infor
mation as it becomes available.
A three-year contract with CBT Sys
tems will provide 650 computer-based
training courses via the World Wide Web.
The courses, which will be available for
academic programs as well as individual
use and group training, will cover many
areas such as publishing on the Web, desk
top PC fundamentals, Microsoft software,
Netscape, project management, and techni
cal subjects including Oracle, Novell, C++,
Java, and networking.
The list of CBT courses is available
on the Web at www.calpoly.edu/-its/
cbtweb/. All are scheduled to be ready
for use sometime during winter quarter. D
Jim, Perry Jamieson
win 1999 Arts Award
Jim and Perry Jamieson of San Luis
Obispo are being honored for enriching
the lives of Central Coast residents by
bringing top-quality performing and vi
sual arts to the area.
The couple has been chosen to receive
the 1999 Cal Poly President's Arts Award.
Jim Jamieson, best known for his role
in turning the Performing Arts Center
dream into reality, and his wife, Perry, a
visual artist and co-founder of two Cen
tral Coast theater companies, will be
honored at a dinner ceremony on Jan. 20,
in conjunction with the university's An
nual Baroque concert.
(Continued on page 2)
PAGE 4
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 15 • January 6, 1999
f-/ti1L 1- kMt 'ttJ, ~ ~
1
The Cal Poly Report is published
by the Communications Office every
Wednesday during the academic year.
Items submitted by I 0 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition. E-mail articles to
polynews@polymail, or fax items to
ext. 6-6533. D
Quasthoff to sing in PAC
German bass-baritone Thomas
Quasthoff, whose unforgettable voice has
earned him recognition as one of today's
most remarkable lieder and oratorio sing
ers, will give a benefit Easter concert in
the Cohan Center.
The concert, a fund-raiser for the
Foundation for the Performing Arts
Center, is set for 7 pm Sunday, April 4.
In addition to hi s Central Coast appear
ance- his California premiere
Quasthoff will perform this season with
the New York Philharmonic, the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra, the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the
Berlin Philharmonic, and the London
Symphony Orchestra.
Quasthoff gained widespread attention
10 years ago, at the age of 29, in a Ger
man radio-television competition. Since
then he has achieved exceptional interna
tional acclaim, performing with Europe's
best orchestras and conductors unhin
dered by deformities caused by the drug
thalidomide.
He is praised for his "spellbinding"
and "emotional" performances as well as
his courage, personality, and "soaring
and generous spirit."
"He has made himself the complete
master of his instrument," wrote a critic
for The Boston Globe, "so that the me
chanics of vocalism disappear; he can
sing any vowel on any pitch at any dy
namic; with clarity, shadow, or darkness
in the tone; a vibrato that can spin at any
speed, or disappear."
Quasthoff will be accompanied by
pianist Justus Zeyen. Also from Ger
many, Zeyen has performed as a soloist,
and played at chamber music recitals in
Europe, the United States and Japan.
Quasthoff will sing classical works by
Mozart, Bach, Handel and Schubert.
Tickets for adults cost $20 to $40; stu
dent and children's tickets cost $1 0 to $20.
In addition, a "Gala Package" is being
offered, which includes a choice of pre
mium seats, VIP parking, and admission
to a reception with Quasthoff after the
concert. Gala Package tickets are $150
for adults and $75 for children.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the
Performing Arts Center to help pay for
equipment and annual operating costs.
For more information, call Doreen
Wetzel, director of marketing and public
relations at the Foundation for the Per
forming Arts Center, at 541-5401. D
ort
Folk guitarist
to perform Jan. 16
Sally Rogers ' songs are inspired by her life
as an entertainer; wife and mother.
Singer, storyteller
to appear Jan. 15
Sally Rogers, a singer, songwriter,
storyteller, will perform as part of Cal
Poly Arts' Family Event series at 7 pm
Friday, Jan . 15, in the Theatre.
Rogers, whose voice has been de
scribed as "hauntingly sweet," sings tra
ditional, contemporary and original
ballads and songs; plays the guitar and
the dulcimer; and entertains audiences
with stories of her life as an entertainer,
wife and mother.
The Boston Globe called her voice a
"brilliant folk instrument ... captivat
ing, beautiful and pure" and said she
"seemed to have her set almost perfectly
in sync, moving her crowd deftly from
tears to laughter."
The Washington Post said, "Rogers'
achingly sweet voice imbues her baJlads
with classic poignance even as it lifts
the spirit."
Her "Peace by Peace" album, which
received wide critical and popular ac
claim, was one of the first albums to
teach children the concept of peace. She
has since recorded "Piggyback Planet:
Songs for a Whole Earth," featuring en
vironmental songs for children, and
"What Can One Little Person Do?," an
album intended to increase children 's self
worth .
Tickets for Rogers' evening perfor
mance cost $8.50 to $12. D
Position vacancies
Vacancy information about job openings
on campus with the state, faculty, Cal Poly
Foundation and Associated Students, Inc.
are listed every other week in Cal Poly
Report. Watch for listings next week. D
Singer, songwriter, folk guitarist
Christine Lavin, known as much for her
affecting wit as for her musical talent,
will perform at 8 pm Saturday, Jan. 16, in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
"Christine Lavin has become the
classic modern troubadour," The Boston
Globe said. "She makes our lives sound
extraordinary -and extraordinarily
funny. Always, people find their own
lives in her songs."
Lavin's messages reveal the truest and
funniest of people 's worries, from lost
love to too many grocery items in the
express line.
Cosmopolitan Magazine called Lavin
"an enchanting stage performer" and
Billboard Magazine wrote, "Lavin is the
central force in the most visible segment
of the contemporary folk music scene."
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts event
cost $12.50 to $18. D
Christine Lavin 's folk songs reflect the truest
and funniest of people 's worries.
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays.
Call6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787), or to
order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088. D
DATELIIIE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit, Jan. 11-Feb. 7. Daily
11 am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "The Classic Chinese Garden,"
Jan. 9-March 6. Monday-Friday, 10 am
4 pm; Saturday and Sunday, noon to
4 pm.
Thursday, January 7
Physics Colloquium: Chance
HoeUwartb, "The Studio Classroom vs.
the Tradi-tional Classroom," Science E
45, ll am.
Men's Basketball: Boise State, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 8
Swimming, Diving: CSU Northridge and
Loyola, Mott Gym pool, 2 pm.
Saturday, January 9
Men's Basketball: Idaho, Mott Gym,
ll am.($)
Music: William T. Spiller (Music) piano
recital , Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
flonday, January 11
Lecture, Music, Dance: Tango Buenos
Aires, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($). Moon
Ja Minn Shur (Theatre and Dance) to
give pre-concert lecture, Philips Hall ,
7pm.
Thursday, January 14
Physics Colloquium: Tbeo Theofanus
(UCSB), "Risk Assessment Analysis,"
Science E-45 , ll am.
Friday, January 15
Swimming, Diving: Boston College, Mott
Gym pool, 2 pm.
Music: Sally Rogers, Theatre, 7 pm. ($).
Pre-concert lecture, Moon Ja Minn Suhr
(Theatre and Dance), Philips Hall, 7
pm.
Saturday, January 16
Women's Basketball: U. of North Texas,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Elizabeth Pickard (student) vocal
recital , Davidson Music Center 218,
7:30pm.
Music: Christine Lavin , Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
flonday, January 18
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr.
birthday observed.
Published by the Communications Office
Second Cal Poly grad
pilots IIASA shuttle
CSU signs agreements
for software, training
Marine pilot Frederick "Rick" Sturckow
is following in the orbital path of another
Cal Poly grad, Robert "Hoot" Gibson.
Sturckow, a 1984 aeronautical engi
neering graduate, piloted the space
shuttle Endeavour on its December mission
to initiate the first assembly sequence of
the International Space Station.
Gibson flew five shuttle missions
between 1984 and 1995.
Both men are graduates of the Navy
Fighter Weapons School, popularized in
the film "Top Gun."
Mechanical engineering professor
Ron Mullisen has remained a friend of
Sturckow's over the years. He describes
Sturckow as an extraordinary student who
loved speed, racing cars at the Santa Maria
Speedway, and working on race cars built
by mechanical engineering students.
Mullisen and his family traveled to
Florida for the Dec. 4 Endeavour launch.
Mullisen 's daughter Emily made a smal l,
triangular banner for Sturckow to take on
board. The design incorporated a Cal
Poly logo, the Mechanical Engineering
Department's name, and a mustang
silhouetted against the bright globe of
the Earth. D
The CSU has finalized two technology
agreements that will provide software and
information technology training for stu
dents, the faculty, and staff members.
A four-year licensing agreement with
Microsoft Corp. and Wareforce, the CSU's
Microsoft software distributor, will save
the CSU at least $7 million. The $8 mil
lion contract covers a package that includes
Microsoft Office Professional Edition,
Visual Studio Professional Edition,
FrontPage, BackOffice Client Access, and
both Windows and Windows NT Worksta
tion. It does not prevent students and em
ployees from using other software.
Details of how the Microsoft licensing
agreement will be implemented are still
being reviewed at the Chancellor's Of
fice. Cal Poly's Information Technology
Services office will provide more infor
mation as it becomes available.
A three-year contract with CBT Sys
tems will provide 650 computer-based
training courses via the World Wide Web.
The courses, which will be available for
academic programs as well as individual
use and group training, will cover many
areas such as publishing on the Web, desk
top PC fundamentals, Microsoft software,
Netscape, project management, and techni
cal subjects including Oracle, Novell, C++,
Java, and networking.
The list of CBT courses is available
on the Web at www.calpoly.edu/-its/
cbtweb/. All are scheduled to be ready
for use sometime during winter quarter. D
Jim, Perry Jamieson
win 1999 Arts Award
Jim and Perry Jamieson of San Luis
Obispo are being honored for enriching
the lives of Central Coast residents by
bringing top-quality performing and vi
sual arts to the area.
The couple has been chosen to receive
the 1999 Cal Poly President's Arts Award.
Jim Jamieson, best known for his role
in turning the Performing Arts Center
dream into reality, and his wife, Perry, a
visual artist and co-founder of two Cen
tral Coast theater companies, will be
honored at a dinner ceremony on Jan. 20,
in conjunction with the university's An
nual Baroque concert.
(Continued on page 2)
PAGE 4
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 15 • January 6, 1999
f-/ti1L 1- kMt 'ttJ, ~ ~
1
The Cal Poly Report is published
by the Communications Office every
Wednesday during the academic year.
Items submitted by I 0 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition. E-mail articles to
polynews@polymail, or fax items to
ext. 6-6533. D
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
••• Jamiesons
(Continued from page 1)
Each year the award is given to a per
son, family or organization that has con
tributed significantly to the cultural
environment of San Luis Obispo County.
The award also recognizes excellence for
achievement in the arts.
"Jim and Perry, through their hard
work, extraordinary skill, gracious man
ner and dedication to the arts, have made
a lasting contribution to our community,"
said President Baker. "During the devel
opment years leading to the opening of
the Cohan Center, my wife, Carly, and I
gained a real appreciation for their dedi
cation and graceful style. We also appre
ciate how well they worked as partners
with the university."
Jim Jamieson served as executive
director for the Foundation for the Per
forming Arts Center from 1987 to 1995.
Perry Jamieson was a co-founder of
Artemis- a Theatre Company in 1987.
She served as co-artistic director, pro
ducer, designer, and technical director of
the company until 1992. In 1990 the
Central Coast Shakespeare Festival was
founded as an offshoot of Artemis.
As a watercolor artist, she has exhibited
her work in one-woman shows at Pitzer
College in Claremont, the UU Galerie, and
Corbett Canyon Winery in Arroyo Grande.
Her murals hang in the university's
BackStage Pizza restaurant. She has also
worked as a scenic artist for stage produc
tions of the Theatre and Dance Department
at Cal Poly, the Great American Melo
drama in Oceano, and Cuesta College.
Before moving to the Central Coast in
1987, Jim Jamieson enjoyed a career of
nearly 25 years in higher education. He
served as vice president for research at
Claremont McKenna College and taught
government at the Claremont Graduate
School. At Pitzer College he held a num
ber of administrative positions, including
acting president, executive vice presi
dent, and vice president for development,
and was a professor of political science. 0
Extended Ed moving
To allow for a remodeling project, the
Extended Education office in Jespersen
Hall will be closed today (Wednesday,
Jan . 6) while the staff moves to tempo
rary quarters in Crandall Gym. The unit's
temporary office in Crandall will open
for busi ness at 8 am Thursday, Jan. 7.
For information, call ext. 6-2053. 0
CSU enrollment rises again tlemorial scholarship
Enrollment in the CSU grew last fall
set for Sonia Sandoval
by almost 2 percent to 350,254, the
fourth consecutive annual increase and
the highest figure since 1991. Enroll
ment in the system has grown by 30,886
-nearly 10 percent- in four years.
Dominguez Hills, the Maritime Acad
emy, Monterey Bay, San Bernardino, San
Marcos and Stanislaus reached their
highest enrollments ever. Nine other
campuses reported the highest enrollment
since the early '90s.
The system's newest campus, Monterey
Bay, had the highest percentage growth:
23.4 percent or 372 students to 1,958.
Dominguez Hills added the most students:
1,350, a 12.6 percent increase.
San Diego continues to have the larg
est student body, adding 860 students last
fall for a total of 31,453.
Full-time-equivalent enrollment in the
system grew 2.1 percent to 272,604.
"We are now well into Tidal Wave II,"
Chancellor Charles Reed said, "and it is
important that funding keeps up with
enrollment in order to ensure student
access to a quality education. It is also
critical that the CSU continues to find
new ways to maximize our resources and
use those funds wisely."
"Tidal Wave II" refers to the antici
pated 500,000 additional students ex
pected to seek higher education in
California through the next decade, in
cluding 80,000 to 100,000 in the CSU. 0
Some meal reimbursements
to be taxed in 1999
New IRS reg ul ations that require all
meal reimbursements for one-day trips to
be treated as taxab le and reportable in
come became effective Jan. 1.
The reimbursements wi ll be subject to
federal and state income and appli cable
Social Security and Medicare taxes.
Travel reimbursements will be made
as usual, and the income and related
taxes will be reflected on the monthly
statement that accompanies an
employee's paycheck. Totals wi ll be in
cluded at year-end on employee W-2s.
This change affects on ly travel for
one-day trips that do not involve an over
night stay and when the employee is
claiming breakfast or dinner. Lunch is
not reimbursed on a one-day trip.
For details, call Carol Clifford at ext.
6-5864 or Stan Rosenfield, ext. 6-5404. 0
A memorial scholarship has been es
tablished for Sonia Sandoval, a fourth
year Cal Poly student who was killed in
an automob il e accident Nov. 13.
Sandoval was majoring in modern
languages with a minor in dance and was
a member and past president of the
Orchesis dance company.
This year, the Orchesis company is
dedicating its annual show to Sandoval.
Each of the concert's six performances
will open with a dance that Sandoval had
begun choreographing. Fel low student
Melissa Cook, a longtime friend of
Sandoval's, finished the piece in honor
of Sandoval.
The Orchesis performances are sched
uled on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30,
and Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 4-6
Donations to the scholarship fund can
be sent to the Financial Aid Office or
dropped off at a table set up in the Theatre
lobby during the Orchesis performances.
Checks shou ld be made payable to Cal
Poly and indicate "In memory of Sonia
Sandoval" in the memo area on the check.
For more information, visit the Web
site at sonia.calpoly.edu or call Cook
at 788-0806. 0
ADVANCEN\EN'f
HP gives workstation
to complete chemistry lab
The Hewlett-Packard Co. has given a
workstation valued at $21,500 to the
Chemistry and Biochemistry Depart
ment, providing the final piece needed to
equip a new multifunctional Computa
tional Chemistry Laboratory that brings
additional state-of-the-art computing into
the university's chemistry program.
The laboratory has been renovated as
the primary fac ility for integrating com
puting into chemistry course work. The
HP C200 graphics workstation wi ll allow
students to conduct molecular modeling
and visualize the results of those compu
tational activities.
"In recent years there has been an
explosion of applications using computa
tional methodologies to solve chemica l
problems," said AI Censullo, Chemistry
and Biochemistry Department chair.
"We hope to integrate the use of comput
ers as tools throughout our program." 0
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SIS+ training
offered Jan. 12
Classic Chinese garden
focus of student exhibit
A Student Information System Plus
(SIS+) training session for new users will
be held from 1:30 to 2:30pm Tuesday,
Jan. 12, in Chase Hall , Room 104.
Employees need to complete a training
session before they can receive a SIS+
account and access the student database.
Participants need to bring an Account
Request Form with a supervisor's signa
ture to the session. The form is available
on OpenMail in the Bulletin Area.
To reserve a seat, call Betty Sawyer at
6- I 344 or send her an e-note. 0
Landscape architecture students, fresh
from a trip to China, will exhibit designs
and drawings of classical Chinese gardens
in a show that runs from Saturday, Jan. 9,
to Saturday, March 6, in the UU Galerie.
The exhibit also will include paint
ings, photographs, and calligraphy by
Cheung Ping from Hong Kong and Gu
Hong of Hangzhou, China.
Alumna Sandra Kay Johnson, who also
traveled to China with landscape archi
tecture professor Alice Loh and Galerie
Curator Jeanne LaBarbera, will exhibit a
series of Chinese garden paintings.
An artists' reception for the "Classical
Chinese Garden" exhibit wi ll be held
from 4 to 6 pm Saturday, Jan. 30.
To offer additional insight into Chinese
culture, a series of lectures by China
experts is planned during winter quarter.
Dates and times will be announced.
The trip to China, organized and led
by Loh, was partly funded by a grant
from the university's Global Affairs of
fice. The exhibit is partly supported by
grants from Cal Poly Arts and the Global
Affairs office.
The Gal erie is open from 10 am to 4 pm
Monday through Friday and from noon
to 4 p.m . Saturday and Sunday. For infor
mation on the exhibit, call LaBarbera at
ext. 6-1 I 82. 0
University Advancement
recognized by CASE
University Advancement was recog
nized in three categories in this year's
Counci l for the Advancement and Sup
port of Education's (CASE) District VII
Awards for Excellence contest.
• The Communications Office received
an Award of Distinction for an alumni
membership and marketing packet.
• The Cal Poly Fund earned an Award
of Distinction for its alumni giving pro
grams and solicitations.
• Cal Poly 's University Advancement
Division earned an Award of Distinction
as "a most improved program ."
Out of a record 365 entries this year,
24 Awards of Excellence and 64 Awards
of Distinction were given. 0
CaiPERS offers improved
home loan program
The CalPERS Member Home Loan
Program now offers a reduced mortgage
insurance rate, which allows eligible
members to receive, for example, a sav
ings of approximately $260 a year on a
$200,000 loan.
When buying a home or refinancing,
facu lty and staff members should remem
ber that CalPERS offers conventional
fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, as
well as FHA fixed financing. The pro
gram also offers competitive interest
rates, free 60-day lock rate with two free
"tloat-down" opportunities, I 00 percent
financing, controlled closing fees, and
closing cost assistance.
For information call (800) 874-7377
or visit the Web site at www.calpers.ca.
gov/homeloan. 0
For the next several months, Up
to Speed will appear as a regular
feature of the Cal Poly Report to keep
readers up-to-date on the progress of
the parking structure and to tell them
how to beat the parking blues.
Construction to begin
Contruction parking blues? Think
pink and rideshare.
Yes , those are construction trai 1ers set up in the G-1 parking lot
near the Performing Arts Center
and, yes, construction has begun on
the parking structure.
While only a small number of
parking spaces have been lost so far
to construction, by the end of win
ter quarter more than 150 spaces
will be temporarily eliminated.
Facilities Planning and Parking
and Commuter Services urge employ
ees and students to plan for
this loss of parking by exploring
rideshare options.
Later in January, the "Pink Prize
Patrol" will be on the lookout Tues
day mornings to reward those who
carpool, vanpool, bus, bike, or walk
to campus.
More information about commut
ing options will appear in upcoming
editions of the Cal Poly Report. 0
• • •
Pianist William Spiller
to perform Jan. 9
Cal Poly music professor and pianist
William Spiller will give a benefit recital
featuring music by Mozart, Schubert,
Debussy, and Albeniz at 8 pm Saturday,
Jan. 9, in the Theatre.
Spiller will play Mozart's Sonata in
F Major, K. 280; Schubert's "Wa nderer
Fantasy," D. 760; Debussy 's "S uite
Bergamasque"; and portions of
A lbeniz's "Iberia."
Tickets to the benefit recital are $6 for
students and senior citizens and $10 for
the public. Proceeds from the concert
will benefit the Music Department Schol
arship Fund.
The recital is sponsored by the College
of Liberal Arts and the Music Department.
For more information, call ext. 6-2406.
For a li sting of Music Department events,
visit the department's Web page at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-mu. 0
Parking and
Commuter Services says:
Think Pink
Sater, 63
Robert Sater, retired professor of in
dustrial engineering, died Oct. 9. He
taught at Cal Poly from 1986 until I 997.
He earned a master's degree from Cal
Poly in engi neering in I 993. 0
Apologies to Shawn Burn
In the fall issue of The Credit Report,
we inadvertently misspell ed Shaw~
Burn's name. Our apologies to Burn,
head of the Psychology and Human De
velopment Department. 0
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CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
••• Jamiesons
(Continued from page 1)
Each year the award is given to a per
son, family or organization that has con
tributed significantly to the cultural
environment of San Luis Obispo County.
The award also recognizes excellence for
achievement in the arts.
"Jim and Perry, through their hard
work, extraordinary skill, gracious man
ner and dedication to the arts, have made
a lasting contribution to our community,"
said President Baker. "During the devel
opment years leading to the opening of
the Cohan Center, my wife, Carly, and I
gained a real appreciation for their dedi
cation and graceful style. We also appre
ciate how well they worked as partners
with the university."
Jim Jamieson served as executive
director for the Foundation for the Per
forming Arts Center from 1987 to 1995.
Perry Jamieson was a co-founder of
Artemis- a Theatre Company in 1987.
She served as co-artistic director, pro
ducer, designer, and technical director of
the company until 1992. In 1990 the
Central Coast Shakespeare Festival was
founded as an offshoot of Artemis.
As a watercolor artist, she has exhibited
her work in one-woman shows at Pitzer
College in Claremont, the UU Galerie, and
Corbett Canyon Winery in Arroyo Grande.
Her murals hang in the university's
BackStage Pizza restaurant. She has also
worked as a scenic artist for stage produc
tions of the Theatre and Dance Department
at Cal Poly, the Great American Melo
drama in Oceano, and Cuesta College.
Before moving to the Central Coast in
1987, Jim Jamieson enjoyed a career of
nearly 25 years in higher education. He
served as vice president for research at
Claremont McKenna College and taught
government at the Claremont Graduate
School. At Pitzer College he held a num
ber of administrative positions, including
acting president, executive vice presi
dent, and vice president for development,
and was a professor of political science. 0
Extended Ed moving
To allow for a remodeling project, the
Extended Education office in Jespersen
Hall will be closed today (Wednesday,
Jan . 6) while the staff moves to tempo
rary quarters in Crandall Gym. The unit's
temporary office in Crandall will open
for busi ness at 8 am Thursday, Jan. 7.
For information, call ext. 6-2053. 0
CSU enrollment rises again tlemorial scholarship
Enrollment in the CSU grew last fall
set for Sonia Sandoval
by almost 2 percent to 350,254, the
fourth consecutive annual increase and
the highest figure since 1991. Enroll
ment in the system has grown by 30,886
-nearly 10 percent- in four years.
Dominguez Hills, the Maritime Acad
emy, Monterey Bay, San Bernardino, San
Marcos and Stanislaus reached their
highest enrollments ever. Nine other
campuses reported the highest enrollment
since the early '90s.
The system's newest campus, Monterey
Bay, had the highest percentage growth:
23.4 percent or 372 students to 1,958.
Dominguez Hills added the most students:
1,350, a 12.6 percent increase.
San Diego continues to have the larg
est student body, adding 860 students last
fall for a total of 31,453.
Full-time-equivalent enrollment in the
system grew 2.1 percent to 272,604.
"We are now well into Tidal Wave II,"
Chancellor Charles Reed said, "and it is
important that funding keeps up with
enrollment in order to ensure student
access to a quality education. It is also
critical that the CSU continues to find
new ways to maximize our resources and
use those funds wisely."
"Tidal Wave II" refers to the antici
pated 500,000 additional students ex
pected to seek higher education in
California through the next decade, in
cluding 80,000 to 100,000 in the CSU. 0
Some meal reimbursements
to be taxed in 1999
New IRS reg ul ations that require all
meal reimbursements for one-day trips to
be treated as taxab le and reportable in
come became effective Jan. 1.
The reimbursements wi ll be subject to
federal and state income and appli cable
Social Security and Medicare taxes.
Travel reimbursements will be made
as usual, and the income and related
taxes will be reflected on the monthly
statement that accompanies an
employee's paycheck. Totals wi ll be in
cluded at year-end on employee W-2s.
This change affects on ly travel for
one-day trips that do not involve an over
night stay and when the employee is
claiming breakfast or dinner. Lunch is
not reimbursed on a one-day trip.
For details, call Carol Clifford at ext.
6-5864 or Stan Rosenfield, ext. 6-5404. 0
A memorial scholarship has been es
tablished for Sonia Sandoval, a fourth
year Cal Poly student who was killed in
an automob il e accident Nov. 13.
Sandoval was majoring in modern
languages with a minor in dance and was
a member and past president of the
Orchesis dance company.
This year, the Orchesis company is
dedicating its annual show to Sandoval.
Each of the concert's six performances
will open with a dance that Sandoval had
begun choreographing. Fel low student
Melissa Cook, a longtime friend of
Sandoval's, finished the piece in honor
of Sandoval.
The Orchesis performances are sched
uled on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30,
and Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 4-6
Donations to the scholarship fund can
be sent to the Financial Aid Office or
dropped off at a table set up in the Theatre
lobby during the Orchesis performances.
Checks shou ld be made payable to Cal
Poly and indicate "In memory of Sonia
Sandoval" in the memo area on the check.
For more information, visit the Web
site at sonia.calpoly.edu or call Cook
at 788-0806. 0
ADVANCEN\EN'f
HP gives workstation
to complete chemistry lab
The Hewlett-Packard Co. has given a
workstation valued at $21,500 to the
Chemistry and Biochemistry Depart
ment, providing the final piece needed to
equip a new multifunctional Computa
tional Chemistry Laboratory that brings
additional state-of-the-art computing into
the university's chemistry program.
The laboratory has been renovated as
the primary fac ility for integrating com
puting into chemistry course work. The
HP C200 graphics workstation wi ll allow
students to conduct molecular modeling
and visualize the results of those compu
tational activities.
"In recent years there has been an
explosion of applications using computa
tional methodologies to solve chemica l
problems," said AI Censullo, Chemistry
and Biochemistry Department chair.
"We hope to integrate the use of comput
ers as tools throughout our program." 0
PAGE 2
SIS+ training
offered Jan. 12
Classic Chinese garden
focus of student exhibit
A Student Information System Plus
(SIS+) training session for new users will
be held from 1:30 to 2:30pm Tuesday,
Jan. 12, in Chase Hall , Room 104.
Employees need to complete a training
session before they can receive a SIS+
account and access the student database.
Participants need to bring an Account
Request Form with a supervisor's signa
ture to the session. The form is available
on OpenMail in the Bulletin Area.
To reserve a seat, call Betty Sawyer at
6- I 344 or send her an e-note. 0
Landscape architecture students, fresh
from a trip to China, will exhibit designs
and drawings of classical Chinese gardens
in a show that runs from Saturday, Jan. 9,
to Saturday, March 6, in the UU Galerie.
The exhibit also will include paint
ings, photographs, and calligraphy by
Cheung Ping from Hong Kong and Gu
Hong of Hangzhou, China.
Alumna Sandra Kay Johnson, who also
traveled to China with landscape archi
tecture professor Alice Loh and Galerie
Curator Jeanne LaBarbera, will exhibit a
series of Chinese garden paintings.
An artists' reception for the "Classical
Chinese Garden" exhibit wi ll be held
from 4 to 6 pm Saturday, Jan. 30.
To offer additional insight into Chinese
culture, a series of lectures by China
experts is planned during winter quarter.
Dates and times will be announced.
The trip to China, organized and led
by Loh, was partly funded by a grant
from the university's Global Affairs of
fice. The exhibit is partly supported by
grants from Cal Poly Arts and the Global
Affairs office.
The Gal erie is open from 10 am to 4 pm
Monday through Friday and from noon
to 4 p.m . Saturday and Sunday. For infor
mation on the exhibit, call LaBarbera at
ext. 6-1 I 82. 0
University Advancement
recognized by CASE
University Advancement was recog
nized in three categories in this year's
Counci l for the Advancement and Sup
port of Education's (CASE) District VII
Awards for Excellence contest.
• The Communications Office received
an Award of Distinction for an alumni
membership and marketing packet.
• The Cal Poly Fund earned an Award
of Distinction for its alumni giving pro
grams and solicitations.
• Cal Poly 's University Advancement
Division earned an Award of Distinction
as "a most improved program ."
Out of a record 365 entries this year,
24 Awards of Excellence and 64 Awards
of Distinction were given. 0
CaiPERS offers improved
home loan program
The CalPERS Member Home Loan
Program now offers a reduced mortgage
insurance rate, which allows eligible
members to receive, for example, a sav
ings of approximately $260 a year on a
$200,000 loan.
When buying a home or refinancing,
facu lty and staff members should remem
ber that CalPERS offers conventional
fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, as
well as FHA fixed financing. The pro
gram also offers competitive interest
rates, free 60-day lock rate with two free
"tloat-down" opportunities, I 00 percent
financing, controlled closing fees, and
closing cost assistance.
For information call (800) 874-7377
or visit the Web site at www.calpers.ca.
gov/homeloan. 0
For the next several months, Up
to Speed will appear as a regular
feature of the Cal Poly Report to keep
readers up-to-date on the progress of
the parking structure and to tell them
how to beat the parking blues.
Construction to begin
Contruction parking blues? Think
pink and rideshare.
Yes , those are construction trai 1
ers set up in the G-1 parking lot
near the Performing Arts Center
and, yes, construction has begun on
the parking structure.
While only a small number of
parking spaces have been lost so far
to construction, by the end of win
ter quarter more than 150 spaces
will be temporarily eliminated.
Facilities Planning and Parking
and Commuter Services urge employ
ees and students to plan for
this loss of parking by exploring
rideshare options.
Later in January, the "Pink Prize
Patrol" will be on the lookout Tues
day mornings to reward those who
carpool, vanpool, bus, bike, or walk
to campus.
More information about commut
ing options will appear in upcoming
editions of the Cal Poly Report. 0
• • •
Pianist William Spiller
to perform Jan. 9
Cal Poly music professor and pianist
William Spiller will give a benefit recital
featuring music by Mozart, Schubert,
Debussy, and Albeniz at 8 pm Saturday,
Jan. 9, in the Theatre.
Spiller will play Mozart's Sonata in
F Major, K. 280; Schubert's "Wa nderer
Fantasy," D. 760; Debussy 's "S uite
Bergamasque"; and portions of
A lbeniz's "Iberia."
Tickets to the benefit recital are $6 for
students and senior citizens and $10 for
the public. Proceeds from the concert
will benefit the Music Department Schol
arship Fund.
The recital is sponsored by the College
of Liberal Arts and the Music Department.
For more information, call ext. 6-2406.
For a li sting of Music Department events,
visit the department's Web page at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-mu. 0
Parking and
Commuter Services says:
Think Pink
Sater, 63
Robert Sater, retired professor of in
dustrial engineering, died Oct. 9. He
taught at Cal Poly from 1986 until I 997.
He earned a master's degree from Cal
Poly in engi neering in I 993. 0
Apologies to Shawn Burn
In the fall issue of The Credit Report,
we inadvertently misspell ed Shaw~
Burn's name. Our apologies to Burn,
head of the Psychology and Human De
velopment Department. 0
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1999
Quasthoff to sing in PAC
German bass-baritone Thomas
Quasthoff, whose unforgettable voice has
earned him recognition as one of today's
most remarkable lieder and oratorio sing
ers, will give a benefit Easter concert in
the Cohan Center.
The concert, a fund-raiser for the
Foundation for the Performing Arts
Center, is set for 7 pm Sunday, April 4.
In addition to hi s Central Coast appear
ance- his California premiere
Quasthoff will perform this season with
the New York Philharmonic, the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra, the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the
Berlin Philharmonic, and the London
Symphony Orchestra.
Quasthoff gained widespread attention
10 years ago, at the age of 29, in a Ger
man radio-television competition. Since
then he has achieved exceptional interna
tional acclaim, performing with Europe's
best orchestras and conductors unhin
dered by deformities caused by the drug
thalidomide.
He is praised for his "spellbinding"
and "emotional" performances as well as
his courage, personality, and "soaring
and generous spirit."
"He has made himself the complete
master of his instrument," wrote a critic
for The Boston Globe, "so that the me
chanics of vocalism disappear; he can
sing any vowel on any pitch at any dy
namic; with clarity, shadow, or darkness
in the tone; a vibrato that can spin at any
speed, or disappear."
Quasthoff will be accompanied by
pianist Justus Zeyen. Also from Ger
many, Zeyen has performed as a soloist,
and played at chamber music recitals in
Europe, the United States and Japan.
Quasthoff will sing classical works by
Mozart, Bach, Handel and Schubert.
Tickets for adults cost $20 to $40; stu
dent and children's tickets cost $1 0 to $20.
In addition, a "Gala Package" is being
offered, which includes a choice of pre
mium seats, VIP parking, and admission
to a reception with Quasthoff after the
concert. Gala Package tickets are $150
for adults and $75 for children.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the
Performing Arts Center to help pay for
equipment and annual operating costs.
For more information, call Doreen
Wetzel, director of marketing and public
relations at the Foundation for the Per
forming Arts Center, at 541-5401. D
ort
Folk guitarist
to perform Jan. 16
Sally Rogers ' songs are inspired by her life
as an entertainer; wife and mother.
Singer, storyteller
to appear Jan. 15
Sally Rogers, a singer, songwriter,
storyteller, will perform as part of Cal
Poly Arts' Family Event series at 7 pm
Friday, Jan . 15, in the Theatre.
Rogers, whose voice has been de
scribed as "hauntingly sweet," sings tra
ditional, contemporary and original
ballads and songs; plays the guitar and
the dulcimer; and entertains audiences
with stories of her life as an entertainer,
wife and mother.
The Boston Globe called her voice a
"brilliant folk instrument ... captivat
ing, beautiful and pure" and said she
"seemed to have her set almost perfectly
in sync, moving her crowd deftly from
tears to laughter."
The Washington Post said, "Rogers'
achingly sweet voice imbues her baJlads
with classic poignance even as it lifts
the spirit."
Her "Peace by Peace" album, which
received wide critical and popular ac
claim, was one of the first albums to
teach children the concept of peace. She
has since recorded "Piggyback Planet:
Songs for a Whole Earth," featuring en
vironmental songs for children, and
"What Can One Little Person Do?," an
album intended to increase children 's self
worth .
Tickets for Rogers' evening perfor
mance cost $8.50 to $12. D
Position vacancies
Vacancy information about job openings
on campus with the state, faculty, Cal Poly
Foundation and Associated Students, Inc.
are listed every other week in Cal Poly
Report. Watch for listings next week. D
Singer, songwriter, folk guitarist
Christine Lavin, known as much for her
affecting wit as for her musical talent,
will perform at 8 pm Saturday, Jan. 16, in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
"Christine Lavin has become the
classic modern troubadour," The Boston
Globe said. "She makes our lives sound
extraordinary -and extraordinarily
funny. Always, people find their own
lives in her songs."
Lavin's messages reveal the truest and
funniest of people 's worries, from lost
love to too many grocery items in the
express line.
Cosmopolitan Magazine called Lavin
"an enchanting stage performer" and
Billboard Magazine wrote, "Lavin is the
central force in the most visible segment
of the contemporary folk music scene."
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts event
cost $12.50 to $18. D
Christine Lavin 's folk songs reflect the truest
and funniest of people 's worries.
Ticket information
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from 10 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturdays.
Call6-ARTS (ext. 6-2787), or to
order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088. D
DATELIIIE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit, Jan. 11-Feb. 7. Daily
11 am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "The Classic Chinese Garden,"
Jan. 9-March 6. Monday-Friday, 10 am4 pm; Saturday and Sunday, noon to
4 pm.
Thursday, January 7
Physics Colloquium: Chance
HoeUwartb, "The Studio Classroom vs.
the Tradi-tional Classroom," Science E45, ll am.
Men's Basketball: Boise State, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 8
Swimming, Diving: CSU Northridge and
Loyola, Mott Gym pool, 2 pm.
Saturday, January 9
Men's Basketball: Idaho, Mott Gym,
ll am.($)
Music: William T. Spiller (Music) piano
recital , Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
flonday, January 11
Lecture, Music, Dance: Tango Buenos
Aires, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($). Moon
Ja Minn Shur (Theatre and Dance) to
give pre-concert lecture, Philips Hall ,
7pm.
Thursday, January 14
Physics Colloquium: Tbeo Theofanus
(UCSB), "Risk Assessment Analysis,"
Science E-45 , ll am.
Friday, January 15
Swimming, Diving: Boston College, Mott
Gym pool, 2 pm.
Music: Sally Rogers, Theatre, 7 pm. ($).
Pre-concert lecture, Moon Ja Minn Suhr
(Theatre and Dance), Philips Hall, 7
pm.
Saturday, January 16
Women's Basketball: U. of North Texas,
Mott Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Music: Elizabeth Pickard (student) vocal
recital , Davidson Music Center 218,
7:30pm.
Music: Christine Lavin , Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
flonday, January 18
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr.
birthday observed.
Published by the Communications Office
Second Cal Poly grad
pilots IIASA shuttle
CSU signs agreements
for software, training
Marine pilot Frederick "Rick" Sturckow
is following in the orbital path of another
Cal Poly grad, Robert "Hoot" Gibson.
Sturckow, a 1984 aeronautical engi
neering graduate, piloted the space
shuttle Endeavour on its December mission
to initiate the first assembly sequence of
the International Space Station.
Gibson flew five shuttle missions
between 1984 and 1995.
Both men are graduates of the Navy
Fighter Weapons School, popularized in
the film "Top Gun."
Mechanical engineering professor
Ron Mullisen has remained a friend of
Sturckow's over the years. He describes
Sturckow as an extraordinary student who
loved speed, racing cars at the Santa Maria
Speedway, and working on race cars built
by mechanical engineering students.
Mullisen and his family traveled to
Florida for the Dec. 4 Endeavour launch.
Mullisen 's daughter Emily made a smal l,
triangular banner for Sturckow to take on
board. The design incorporated a Cal
Poly logo, the Mechanical Engineering
Department's name, and a mustang
silhouetted against the bright globe of
the Earth. D
The CSU has finalized two technology
agreements that will provide software and
information technology training for stu
dents, the faculty, and staff members.
A four-year licensing agreement with
Microsoft Corp. and Wareforce, the CSU's
Microsoft software distributor, will save
the CSU at least $7 million. The $8 mil
lion contract covers a package that includes
Microsoft Office Professional Edition,
Visual Studio Professional Edition,
FrontPage, BackOffice Client Access, and
both Windows and Windows NT Worksta
tion. It does not prevent students and em
ployees from using other software.
Details of how the Microsoft licensing
agreement will be implemented are still
being reviewed at the Chancellor's Of
fice. Cal Poly's Information Technology
Services office will provide more infor
mation as it becomes available.
A three-year contract with CBT Sys
tems will provide 650 computer-based
training courses via the World Wide Web.
The courses, which will be available for
academic programs as well as individual
use and group training, will cover many
areas such as publishing on the Web, desk
top PC fundamentals, Microsoft software,
Netscape, project management, and techni
cal subjects including Oracle, Novell, C++,
Java, and networking.
The list of CBT courses is available
on the Web at www.calpoly.edu/-its/
cbtweb/. All are scheduled to be ready
for use sometime during winter quarter. D
Jim, Perry Jamieson
win 1999 Arts Award
Jim and Perry Jamieson of San Luis
Obispo are being honored for enriching
the lives of Central Coast residents by
bringing top-quality performing and vi
sual arts to the area.
The couple has been chosen to receive
the 1999 Cal Poly President's Arts Award.
Jim Jamieson, best known for his role
in turning the Performing Arts Center
dream into reality, and his wife, Perry, a
visual artist and co-founder of two Cen
tral Coast theater companies, will be
honored at a dinner ceremony on Jan. 20,
in conjunction with the university's An
nual Baroque concert.
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California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 15 • January 6, 1999
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