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Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from the
appropriate Human Resources office. Infor
mation is also on the Cal Poly home page on
the World Wide Web (address: www.
calpoly.edu; click on "General Information").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job line at
ext. 6-1533). Official application forms must
be received by 4 pm on the closing date or be
postmarked by the closing date. (No faxes.)
#98051: Public Safety Officer(s), Public
Safety Services ($3,009 - $3,531 per month).
Closing date: Feb. I 0.
#99052: Information Technology Consult
ant (Career), University Center For Teacher
Education (Unit 9).* ($3,457 - $4,7211mo.,
temporary to 12/31199 with probable extension
dependent upon funds.) Closing date: Jan. 27.
#92053: Radiologic Technologist I, Health
& Psychological Services (Unit 2)* ($2,688 $3,234/mo., full-time temporary to June 30,
2000 (ha lf-time July and August) with possible
reappointment). Closing date: Jan. 27.
#95054: Farm Maintenance & Operations
Worker, College Of Agriculture (Unit 5). *
($2,402 - $2,859/mo., temporary to 11311
2000 with renewal dependent upon funds.)
Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97055: Clerical Assistant II, Student Aca
demic Services (Unit 7)* ($961 - $ 1135.50/mo.,
temporary, half-time to 12/31199 with likely an
nual renewal). Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97056: Mail Clerk, Mail Center (Unit
7).* Three positions: I full-time temporary to 91
30/99 with possibility of 3-month extension
(work hours 8 am -4:30pm), $1,960- $2,318/
mo.; 2 part-time (4 timebase or 16 hrs/wk)
temporary to 3/1/2000 with extension depen
dent upon funds (work hours 6:30 -II :30 am),
$784- $927/mo. Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97057: Clerical Assistant II, Human Re
sources And Employment Equity (Unit 7)*
($1 ,922- $2,267/mo.) Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97058: Documentation Specialist (Pay
roll Technician I), Human Resources And
Employment Equity (Unit 7)* ($1 087.50$1 ,288/mo., temporary, half-time (work hours
M-F, I pm- 5 pm) to 12/31/99 with possible
extension dependent upon funding) Closing
date: Jan. 27.
#9M059: Director Of Administrative
Systems (Admin III), Information Technol
ogy Services. The director has leadership and
management responsibility for universitywide
administrative computing systems and support
services and for providing vision in the investi
gation , design , and implementation coordina
tion of information management systems and
technologies consistent with the educational
mission and goa ls of the university.
Reporting directly to the vice provost/CIO
for information technology, the director will :
• Lead, plan , supervise, motivate and man
age a technical/professional team of approxi
mately 15 to 20 full-time employees including
four coordinators;
• Plan and con trol an operating budget of
approx imately $2m annually;
• Develop campus information management
system strategic and implementation plans;
• Set goa ls and objectives that advance Cal
Poly 's use of innovative information technologies;
• Manage and coordinate multiple informa
ti on technology projects;
• Be accountable to a full range of campus
constituencies and customers for the delivery
of serv ices ;
• Establish standards and service levels, and
performance measures;
• Recommend new policies and procedures
to augment the effective use of it services.
#9M060: Director of Computing and
Communications Services (Admin Ill), Infor
mation Technology Services. Communications
and computing services (CCS) is responsible
for designing, delivering and supporting core
communications and computing infrastructure
services to enhance and facilitate instruction,
learning, support services, and communication
throughout the university community.
The director is responsible for the planning,
management, implementation and support of
the campuswide communications and comput
ing infrastructure environment. In thi s capacity,
the director oversees the management of five
operational areas: network administration,
technical services, telephone administration,
central UNIX systems support, and mainframe
system support. Operationally, the director is
responsible for ensuring available, reliable and
cost-effective voice, data, video and computing
services. Strategically, the director will be
responsible for leading the organizariun in the
integration of these separate systems into a seam
less. interoperable environment.
#9M061: Director of User Support Ser
vices (Admin Ill), Information Technology
Services. User support services (USS) provides
a wide variety of training and technical support
services to enhance student , faculty and staff
access to information technologies to facilitate
learning, instruction, support services, and com
munication throughout the university community.
The director is responsible for the leader
ship, planning, management, implementation
and support of it services directly meeting the
technical , instructional and general computing
needs of students, faculty and staff. In this
capacity, the director oversees five core support
areas: Help Desk: training/AMSPEC (a system
wide, mainframe-based business research data
base specialty center); PC/LAN Support; Open
Access Student Labs; and Computer Opera
tions/Data Control. In addition, the director is
responsible for impl ementing ou treach pro-
grams and jointly managed universitywide user
support initiatives, such as faculty workstations
and site licensed software.
Information regarding positions #9M059,
#9M060 and #9M061: Anticipated hiring
salary range is $50,000 to $ 100,000, however
salary will be commensurate with the back
gro und and experience of the individual se
lected. Cal Poly offers excellent fringe benefits.
All rights associated with this appointment are
governed by the management person nel plan
adopted by the CSU Board of Trustees.
Candidates must sub mit a completed Cal
Poly management application, a letter of appli
cation detailing their interest and appropriate
ness for the position, a current vita or resume,
salary hi sto ry, and the names, addresses and
phone numbers of three professional references
to: Human Resources and Employment Equity,
Administration Building, Room 110, Cal Poly,
San Luis Obispo, Ca. 93407. Direct specific
inquiries regarding the se positions to: Jerry
Hanley, Vice Provost/CIO, Information Tech
nology Services, 756-2966.
Screening of candidates will begin immedi
ately and continue until the positions are filled.
For full consideration, applications should be
received before Feb. 24. Approximate start date
is May I.
*Note: For positions marked with an aster
isk, qualified on-campus applicants currently in
Bargaining Units 2, 5, 7 and 9 will be given
first consideration.
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation appli
cations must be received (not just post
marked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Assistant Cooks, Campus Dining ($7.229.38/hr). Three I 0-month positions available.
Short order cook and assist in full meal prepa
ration. High school degree or equivalent and
one or more years of cook ing experience, pref
erably in a large-vo lume food-service or full
service restaurant. Must possess a basic
knowledge of the principles, techniques, termi
nology, and procedures of volume food produc
tion. Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. Closing
Date: Jan . 22. D
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The Cal Poly Report is published
Wednesdays during the academic year.
Items submitted by I 0 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511,
or e-mail articles to polynews@poly
mail. Fax items to ext. 6-6533. 0
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DATELIIIE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit. Through Feb. 7. Daily
II am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "The Classic Chinese
Garden. Through March 6. Monday
Friday, 10 am-4 pm; Saturday
and Sunday, noon to 4 pm.
Thursday, January 14
Physics Colloquium: Theo Theofanus
(UCSB), " Risk Assessment Analysis,"
Science E-45, 11 am.
Music: John Bankston, BackStage
Pizza, noon.
Friday, January 15
Swimming, Diving: Boston College, Mott
Gym Pool , 2 pm.
Music: Sally Rogers, Theatre, 7 pm. ($).
Pre-concert lecture, Moon Ja Minn
Suhr (Theatre and Dance), Philips
Hall , 7 pm.
Women's Basketball: U. of North Texas,
Mott Gym, 7 pm.
Saturday, January 16
Music: Christine Lavin, Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
ltonday, January 18
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. birthday
observed.
Swimming, Diving: UC Davis, Mott Gym
Pool, 1 pm.
Tuesday, January 19
Music: Jill Cohn, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Wednesday, January 20
Music: Doc Stoltey, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Men's Basketball: UCSB , Mott Gym, 7
pm. ($)
Music: Annual Baroque concert, Cohan
Center, 8 pm. ($). Pre-concert lecture,
Alyson McLamore (Music), Philips
Hall, 7 pm.
Thursday, January 21
Physics Colloquium: Lloyd Lambert
(U niversity of Vermont), "Meteorite
Catastrophies," Science E-45, II am.
(Continued on page 3)
Published by the Communications Office
Nominations sought
for outstanding staff
Systemwide survey to be
conducted in February
It's time to nominate the 1998-99
Outstanding Staff Employees.
A nomination form is included in this
Cal Poly Report and contains informa
tion on eligibility, nomination criteria
and procedures.
The nomination deadline is Friday,
Feb. 12. 0
In February Cal Poly will join the
other 22 CSU campuses in administer
ing SNAPS, the Student Needs and
Priorities Survey conducted
systemwide every five years.
The composite SNAPS data is used by
the Chancellor's Office in advising each
campus, the trustees, the Legislature, and
the public regarding critical issues affect
ing students. Cal Poly will administer the
survey in class sections randomly drawn
from the class schedule.
Teachers involved will be contacted in
mid-January.
The Assessment and Testing Center is
coordinating SNAPS 1999 on campus. 0
Wednesday, January 1J
Music: Kevin Rees, BackStage
Pizza, noon.
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 16 • January 13, 1999
Annual Baroque concert
planned for Jan. 20
The Annual Baroque concert on
Wednesday, Jan. 20, will bring
together maestros Clifton Swanson
and Thomas Davies for an evening of
chamber music featuring the univer
sity's PolyPhonics and a specially com
mi ss ioned orchestra.
The concert, a Cal Poly Arts event,
will be at 8 pm in Harman Hall in the
Performing Arts Center's Cohan
Center. The music has been chosen to
reflect the richness and variety of the
Baroque period. Cal Poly music profes
sor Alyson McLamore will give a
pre-concert lecture at 7 pm in the Per
forming Arts Center's Philips Hall.
The concert selections include
Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6,
No. 11 , by Arcangelo Corelli, and three
works by Johann Sebastian Bach: Vio
lin Concerto in E major; Harpsichord
Concerto in D major; and Magnificat in
D major, known as one of the most
satisfy ing of all of Bach's choral
works.
The two concertos by Bach are actu
ally two ways of looking at the same
piece, according to music professor
Swanson. Bach wrote the original for
so lo violin, then later transcribed it
for harpsichord.
"The two pieces are, note-for-note ,
the same in most regards," Swanson
said, "but sound completely different to
the casual li stener because of the dif
ference in so lo instruments ."
(Con tinued on page 2)
Phones installed
in classes and labs
During summer and fall quarters, tele
phones were installed on the walls of
classrooms and laboratories throughout
the university. The phone numbers are
printed on the handsets.
The phones are to be used primarily for
calls to 911 and for audio and video equip
ment support. Media Distribution Services
asks that you call them directly at ext. 6-7200
with any audio or video help requests.
A staff member will respond promptly
to repair or replace equipment or simply
answer audiovisual, distribution or multi
media questions.
Please call Media Distribution Ser
vices before you use or borrow equip
ment from an adjacent room in an
emergency. This will help avoid the
dreaded "MOPS" (missing overhead
projector syndrome). 0
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CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 13, 1999
Building permits required
on construction projects
Tickets still available
for Service Awards Lunch
Vineyard contest to find
'best grapevine pruner'
Facilities Planning reminds campus
departments that all construction projects
-big or small -must go through the
campus building permit application pro
cess.
This includes student projects and
departments and offices that undertake
projects with their own resources. A
permit is required when :
• Campus wall s, floors (including
carpets), doors , windows, and other
building elements are modified;
• Electrical or mechanical elements
are modified or expanded;
• Energy consumption is increased;
• Access for the disabled is at issue;
• Hazardous materials such as asbes
tos or lead are exposed, disturbed or
removed; or
• Exterior signs are installed.
If in doubt about whether a permit is
required, please call Deby Ryan, Facili
ties Planning, at ext. 6-6806. Processing
a building permit can take from one
week to several months, depending on the
size and complexity of the project, as well
as the number of departments and commit
tees required to review the project.
Applications for all summer projects
must be received by Thursday, April 15,
or the work might not be approved in time.
For a building permit application,
contact Ryan . For detailed information
on the building permit process, visit the
Web site at www.facsrv.calpoly.edu. D
Tickets are sti ll avai lable for the 1999
Annual Service Awards Luncheon from
11 :30 am to I pm Thursday, Feb. 11, in
Chumash Auditorium. The event recog
nizes state, Foundation and ASI employ
ees with 10, I 5, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40
years of service.
Tickets are $8.50 each and may be
purchased from Carol Osgood, Modern
Languages and Literatures; Sheree May,
Human Resources and Employment Eq
uity; Kathleen Castillo, Student Aca
demic Services; Rachel Mendoza,
Administration and Finance; Kristy Pefia,
Bioresource and Agricu ltural Engineer
ing; Denice Wharton, El Corral Book
store; Kathy Blackburn, Campus
Catering; Lori Williams, Health
Center; Jane Brechler, Speech Communi
cation; Donna Nichols, Facility
Services; and Chris Lancellotti, Science
and Mathematics.
The deadline to buy tickets is Thurs
day, Jan. 28.
Make checks payable to Cal Poly
University Club. Table reservations can
be made after buying tickets. To reserve
a table, call Joan Dezember, Academic
Programs, at ext. 6-2326 or Geri Bolivar,
Facility Services, ext. 6-2321. D
Amateurs are invited to compete
against professionals and students for the
title of best grapevine pruner on the
Central Coast in a contest beginning at
8:30am Friday, Jan. 15, in the Cal Poly
vineyard.
The second annual Central Coast
Pruning Contest, sponsored by the
Central Coast Wine Growers' Associa
tion , will include vineyard workers, man
agers and owners, as well as agriculture
students and amateurs.
Entry fees are $20 for professionals
and $5 for students and amateurs. Pro
ceeds will benefit a College of Agricul
ture club.
The event will also include a pruning
demonstration, a barbecue lunch hosted
by Farm Supply of San Luis Obispo, and
prizes provided by Sandvik Saws and
Tools Co.
Viticulture professor Keith Patterson
and Crop Science Department Head Paul
Fountain are among the judges.
Call Cheri Sinor of the Central Coast
Wine Growers' Association at 473-8 I 54
for reservations. D
••• Baroque concert
(Continued from page I)
Polyphonics, a 32-member choir con
ducted by music professor Davies, is
known for its
excellence and its
range of repertoire
-from Renais
sance masses to
contemporary
works .
Violinist Paul
Severtson of the
San Luis Obispo
Symphony will
appear as a
guest soloist.
Paul Severtson
Tickets are
$8.50 to $22.0
Scholarships available
'A Funny Thing Happened'
to play Jan. 24 and 25
"A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum," a musical comedy
about life in ancient Rome, will play in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center at 7 pm Sunday,
Jan. 24, and at 8 pm Monday, Jan. 25 .
Veteran actor Rip Taylor has the lead
role as the eternally exasperated slave
Psuedolus, who undergoes a journey
filled with sexual temptations and limit
less obstacles in order to obtain freedom
from his master.
"A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum" has been described as
an "uproarious return to ancient Rome
when the ruins were spanking new, the
chariots were fast, and the concubines
were faster."
Steven Sondheim composed the score.
The production won six Tony Awards,
including Best Musical.
Tickets are $30.50 to $48. D
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.
Only nominations submitted by fac
ulty and staff members will be consid
ered. Eligible students must be enrolled
through fall 1999.
For specific criteria, please refer to
the Dec. 9 edition of the Cal Poly Report
or ca ll ext. 6-2670. Send nominations by
Friday, Jan. 22, to Carolyn Stefanco,
History Department. D
Orchesis to dance
29th annual show
Guitarist Cyril Pahinui is one of three slack
key masters who will perform Jan. 29.
Three masters to play
Hawaiian slack key guitar
Three masters of the "slack key" gui
tar technique - the method that pro
duces the signature sound of Hawaiian
music- will perform at 8 pm Friday,
Jan. 29, in Harman Hall in the Perform
ing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Musicians George Kahumoku Jr.,
Cyril Pahinui, and the Rev. Dennis
Kamakahi will also give a free Hawaiian
slack key guitar lecture and demonstra
tion the same day at 4 pm in Room 218
in the Davidson Music Building.
Slack key refers to the technique of
loosening or "slacking" the strings on a
guitar to create a sound that has become
synonymous with romance and the tropi
cal islands.
Kahumoku, Pahinui and Kamakahi's
playing reveals slack key guitar music as
a multi-faceted art form that can be soulful,
jazzy, profound and ethereally beautiful.
Music professor Fred Lau will give a
pre-concert lecture at 7 pm in Philips Hall.
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts event
cost $ I0 to $24. D
ncket information
Correction
Cal Poly alumnus and Endeavour
astronaut and pilot Fred Sturckow was
incorrectly identified as an aeronautical
engineering graduate in an article that
appeared in the Jan. 6 edition of the Cal
Poly Report. Sturckow is a mechanical
engineering graduate. D
PAGE 2
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from I 0 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from I 0 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 can be found on the WWW at
www.calpoly. arts.org. D
"Dance Expressions," the 29th annual
Orchesis dance company concert, will
showcase the finest student and faculty
talent as well as guest choreographers in
a variety of dance styles, including ballet,
jazz, modern, hip hop, tap and ballroom.
Five performan,ces are scheduled at 8
pm Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30, and
Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 4-6. A I
pm matinee is planned on Jan. 30. All
will be in the Theatre.
The concert is under the artistic direc
tion of Moon Ja Minn Suhr and assistant
director Maria Junco, both members of
the Theatre and Dance Department faculty.
This year's concert will be a tribute to
Orchesis member and Cal Poly student
Sonia Sandoval, who died Nov. 13 in an
automobile accident. Orchesis dancers
will perform "Baile Caliente," a jazz
dance Sandoval began that was com
pleted by company member Melissa
Cook in Sandoval's memory.
Guest choreographers include local
modern dance choreographer Valerie
Kline, whose comic dance "Rude Awak
ening" will be performed to music by
Morton Feldman. Kline will narrate the
piece, which explores the neurotic
ramblings of an insomniac.
"Raw," choreographed by guest artist
Diana Stanton, is an "abstract representa
tion of the attempt to thrive in the 'hyper
speed' of the 20th century. It is a detailed,
athletic, complex exhibition of kinetic
chaos," Junco said.
Local choreographer Lisa De yo wi II
present two ballets, "Above the Clouds"
and "In the Garden," performed in the
classical sty le to the music of Gabriel
Faure and Charles Gounod.
Guest artist Ben Reyes will present an
upbeat hip-hop solo titled "Phat Groove."
The company will come together for the
concert's finale, "The Dirty Boogie," a
"jazz extravaganza flavored in the swing
dance groove" composed by Los Angeles
choreographers Dennon and Sayhber Rawles.
The concert will also include modern,
jazz, swing and tap dances by Orchesis
student choreographers.
Tickets are $9 to$ I 3. Tickets for
groups of I0 or more chi ldren under age
I 2 are $5 .
The concert is sponsored by the The
atre and Dance Department, the College
of Liberal Arts, and the ln structionall y
Related Activities program. For detai ls,
call Theatre and Dance at ext. 6-1465. D
DATELIIIE
(Continued from page 1)
Saturday, January 23
Music: Katie Marchand (student) vocal
recital, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church,
San Luis Obispo, 7 pm.
Sunday, January 24
Musical: "A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum," Cohan Center,
7 pm. Also on Monday, Jan. 25. ($)
Women's Basketball: U. of Nevada,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
ltonday, January 25
Speaker, Slide Presentation: John Reps,
"Making the American Capital: The
Planning and Development of
Washington, D.C. ," Business
Rotunda, 3 pm.
Musical: "A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum," Cohan Center,
8 pm. ($)
Tuesday, January 26
Speaker, Slide Presentation: John Reps
on the 1912 international design
competition for the Australian capital
of Canberra, Architecture and
Environmental Design Gallery (105),
lOam.
Music: Student piano recital , 218
Davidson Music Building, 7:30pm.
Wednesday, January 27
Music: Student piano recital, 218
Davidson Music Building, 7:30pm.
Thursday, January 28
Physics Colloquium: James Dunn
(Livermore National Lab), "Table-Top
X-Ray Lasers," Science E-45, II am.
Men's Basketball: UC Irvine, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 29
Lecture, Demonstraton: Hawaiian slack
key guitar, Davidson Music Center
218,4 pm.
Music: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Festival , Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Saturday, Jan. 30, and Thursday
through Saturday, Feb. 4-6. ($)
Saturday, January 10
Men's Basketball: Cal State Fullerton ,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm.
Also Thursday through Saturday,
Feb. 4-6. ($)
Sunday, January 11
Softball: Cal State Bakersfield, Softball
Field, noon. D
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 13, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 13, 1999
Building permits required
on construction projects
Tickets still available
for Service Awards Lunch
Vineyard contest to find
'best grapevine pruner'
Facilities Planning reminds campus
departments that all construction projects
-big or small -must go through the
campus building permit application pro
cess.
This includes student projects and
departments and offices that undertake
projects with their own resources. A
permit is required when :
• Campus wall s, floors (including
carpets), doors , windows, and other
building elements are modified;
• Electrical or mechanical elements
are modified or expanded;
• Energy consumption is increased;
• Access for the disabled is at issue;
• Hazardous materials such as asbes
tos or lead are exposed, disturbed or
removed; or
• Exterior signs are installed.
If in doubt about whether a permit is
required, please call Deby Ryan, Facili
ties Planning, at ext. 6-6806. Processing
a building permit can take from one
week to several months, depending on the
size and complexity of the project, as well
as the number of departments and commit
tees required to review the project.
Applications for all summer projects
must be received by Thursday, April 15,
or the work might not be approved in time.
For a building permit application,
contact Ryan . For detailed information
on the building permit process, visit the
Web site at www.facsrv.calpoly.edu. D
Tickets are sti ll avai lable for the 1999
Annual Service Awards Luncheon from
11 :30 am to I pm Thursday, Feb. 11, in
Chumash Auditorium. The event recog
nizes state, Foundation and ASI employ
ees with 10, I 5, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40
years of service.
Tickets are $8.50 each and may be
purchased from Carol Osgood, Modern
Languages and Literatures; Sheree May,
Human Resources and Employment Eq
uity; Kathleen Castillo, Student Aca
demic Services; Rachel Mendoza,
Administration and Finance; Kristy Pefia,
Bioresource and Agricu ltural Engineer
ing; Denice Wharton, El Corral Book
store; Kathy Blackburn, Campus
Catering; Lori Williams, Health
Center; Jane Brechler, Speech Communi
cation; Donna Nichols, Facility
Services; and Chris Lancellotti, Science
and Mathematics.
The deadline to buy tickets is Thurs
day, Jan. 28.
Make checks payable to Cal Poly
University Club. Table reservations can
be made after buying tickets. To reserve
a table, call Joan Dezember, Academic
Programs, at ext. 6-2326 or Geri Bolivar,
Facility Services, ext. 6-2321. D
Amateurs are invited to compete
against professionals and students for the
title of best grapevine pruner on the
Central Coast in a contest beginning at
8:30am Friday, Jan. 15, in the Cal Poly
vineyard.
The second annual Central Coast
Pruning Contest, sponsored by the
Central Coast Wine Growers' Associa
tion , will include vineyard workers, man
agers and owners, as well as agriculture
students and amateurs.
Entry fees are $20 for professionals
and $5 for students and amateurs. Pro
ceeds will benefit a College of Agricul
ture club.
The event will also include a pruning
demonstration, a barbecue lunch hosted
by Farm Supply of San Luis Obispo, and
prizes provided by Sandvik Saws and
Tools Co.
Viticulture professor Keith Patterson
and Crop Science Department Head Paul
Fountain are among the judges.
Call Cheri Sinor of the Central Coast
Wine Growers' Association at 473-8 I 54
for reservations. D
••• Baroque concert
(Continued from page I)
Polyphonics, a 32-member choir con
ducted by music professor Davies, is
known for its
excellence and its
range of repertoire
-from Renais
sance masses to
contemporary
works .
Violinist Paul
Severtson of the
San Luis Obispo
Symphony will
appear as a
guest soloist.
Paul Severtson
Tickets are
$8.50 to $22.0
Scholarships available
'A Funny Thing Happened'
to play Jan. 24 and 25
"A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum," a musical comedy
about life in ancient Rome, will play in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center at 7 pm Sunday,
Jan. 24, and at 8 pm Monday, Jan. 25 .
Veteran actor Rip Taylor has the lead
role as the eternally exasperated slave
Psuedolus, who undergoes a journey
filled with sexual temptations and limit
less obstacles in order to obtain freedom
from his master.
"A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum" has been described as
an "uproarious return to ancient Rome
when the ruins were spanking new, the
chariots were fast, and the concubines
were faster."
Steven Sondheim composed the score.
The production won six Tony Awards,
including Best Musical.
Tickets are $30.50 to $48. D
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.
Only nominations submitted by fac
ulty and staff members will be consid
ered. Eligible students must be enrolled
through fall 1999.
For specific criteria, please refer to
the Dec. 9 edition of the Cal Poly Report
or ca ll ext. 6-2670. Send nominations by
Friday, Jan. 22, to Carolyn Stefanco,
History Department. D
Orchesis to dance
29th annual show
Guitarist Cyril Pahinui is one of three slack
key masters who will perform Jan. 29.
Three masters to play
Hawaiian slack key guitar
Three masters of the "slack key" gui
tar technique - the method that pro
duces the signature sound of Hawaiian
music- will perform at 8 pm Friday,
Jan. 29, in Harman Hall in the Perform
ing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Musicians George Kahumoku Jr.,
Cyril Pahinui, and the Rev. Dennis
Kamakahi will also give a free Hawaiian
slack key guitar lecture and demonstra
tion the same day at 4 pm in Room 218
in the Davidson Music Building.
Slack key refers to the technique of
loosening or "slacking" the strings on a
guitar to create a sound that has become
synonymous with romance and the tropi
cal islands.
Kahumoku, Pahinui and Kamakahi's
playing reveals slack key guitar music as
a multi-faceted art form that can be soulful,
jazzy, profound and ethereally beautiful.
Music professor Fred Lau will give a
pre-concert lecture at 7 pm in Philips Hall.
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts event
cost $ I0 to $24. D
ncket information
Correction
Cal Poly alumnus and Endeavour
astronaut and pilot Fred Sturckow was
incorrectly identified as an aeronautical
engineering graduate in an article that
appeared in the Jan. 6 edition of the Cal
Poly Report. Sturckow is a mechanical
engineering graduate. D
PAGE 2
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from I 0 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from I 0 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 can be found on the WWW at
www.calpoly. arts.org. D
"Dance Expressions," the 29th annual
Orchesis dance company concert, will
showcase the finest student and faculty
talent as well as guest choreographers in
a variety of dance styles, including ballet,
jazz, modern, hip hop, tap and ballroom.
Five performan,ces are scheduled at 8
pm Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30, and
Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 4-6. A I
pm matinee is planned on Jan. 30. All
will be in the Theatre.
The concert is under the artistic direc
tion of Moon Ja Minn Suhr and assistant
director Maria Junco, both members of
the Theatre and Dance Department faculty.
This year's concert will be a tribute to
Orchesis member and Cal Poly student
Sonia Sandoval, who died Nov. 13 in an
automobile accident. Orchesis dancers
will perform "Baile Caliente," a jazz
dance Sandoval began that was com
pleted by company member Melissa
Cook in Sandoval's memory.
Guest choreographers include local
modern dance choreographer Valerie
Kline, whose comic dance "Rude Awak
ening" will be performed to music by
Morton Feldman. Kline will narrate the
piece, which explores the neurotic
ramblings of an insomniac.
"Raw," choreographed by guest artist
Diana Stanton, is an "abstract representa
tion of the attempt to thrive in the 'hyper
speed' of the 20th century. It is a detailed,
athletic, complex exhibition of kinetic
chaos," Junco said.
Local choreographer Lisa De yo wi II
present two ballets, "Above the Clouds"
and "In the Garden," performed in the
classical sty le to the music of Gabriel
Faure and Charles Gounod.
Guest artist Ben Reyes will present an
upbeat hip-hop solo titled "Phat Groove."
The company will come together for the
concert's finale, "The Dirty Boogie," a
"jazz extravaganza flavored in the swing
dance groove" composed by Los Angeles
choreographers Dennon and Sayhber Rawles.
The concert will also include modern,
jazz, swing and tap dances by Orchesis
student choreographers.
Tickets are $9 to$ I3. Tickets for
groups of I0 or more chi ldren under age
I 2 are $5 .
The concert is sponsored by the The
atre and Dance Department, the College
of Liberal Arts, and the ln structionall y
Related Activities program. For detai ls,
call Theatre and Dance at ext. 6-1465. D
DATELIIIE
(Continued from page 1)
Saturday, January 23
Music: Katie Marchand (student) vocal
recital, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church,
San Luis Obispo, 7 pm.
Sunday, January 24
Musical: "A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum," Cohan Center,
7 pm. Also on Monday, Jan. 25. ($)
Women's Basketball: U. of Nevada,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
ltonday, January 25
Speaker, Slide Presentation: John Reps,
"Making the American Capital: The
Planning and Development of
Washington, D.C. ," Business
Rotunda, 3 pm.
Musical: "A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum," Cohan Center,
8 pm. ($)
Tuesday, January 26
Speaker, Slide Presentation: John Reps
on the 1912 international design
competition for the Australian capital
of Canberra, Architecture and
Environmental Design Gallery (105),
lOam.
Music: Student piano recital , 218
Davidson Music Building, 7:30pm.
Wednesday, January 27
Music: Student piano recital, 218
Davidson Music Building, 7:30pm.
Thursday, January 28
Physics Colloquium: James Dunn
(Livermore National Lab), "Table-Top
X-Ray Lasers," Science E-45, II am.
Men's Basketball: UC Irvine, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 29
Lecture, Demonstraton: Hawaiian slack
key guitar, Davidson Music Center
218,4 pm.
Music: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Festival , Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Saturday, Jan. 30, and Thursday
through Saturday, Feb. 4-6. ($)
Saturday, January 10
Men's Basketball: Cal State Fullerton ,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm.
Also Thursday through Saturday,
Feb. 4-6. ($)
Sunday, January 11
Softball: Cal State Bakersfield, Softball
Field, noon. D
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CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 13, 1999
ort
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from the
appropriate Human Resources office. Infor
mation is also on the Cal Poly home page on
the World Wide Web (address: www.
calpoly.edu; click on "General Information").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job line at
ext. 6-1533). Official application forms must
be received by 4 pm on the closing date or be
postmarked by the closing date. (No faxes.)
#98051: Public Safety Officer(s), Public
Safety Services ($3,009 - $3,531 per month).
Closing date: Feb. I 0.
#99052: Information Technology Consult
ant (Career), University Center For Teacher
Education (Unit 9).* ($3,457 - $4,7211mo.,
temporary to 12/31199 with probable extension
dependent upon funds.) Closing date: Jan. 27.
#92053: Radiologic Technologist I, Health
& Psychological Services (Unit 2)* ($2,688
$3,234/mo., full-time temporary to June 30,
2000 (ha lf-time July and August) with possible
reappointment). Closing date: Jan. 27.
#95054: Farm Maintenance & Operations
Worker, College Of Agriculture (Unit 5). *
($2,402 - $2,859/mo., temporary to 11311
2000 with renewal dependent upon funds.)
Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97055: Clerical Assistant II, Student Aca
demic Services (Unit 7)* ($961 - $ 1135.50/mo.,
temporary, half-time to 12/31199 with likely an
nual renewal). Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97056: Mail Clerk, Mail Center (Unit
7).* Three positions: I full-time temporary to 91
30/99 with possibility of 3-month extension
(work hours 8 am -4:30pm), $1,960- $2,318/
mo.; 2 part-time (4 timebase or 16 hrs/wk)
temporary to 3/1/2000 with extension depen
dent upon funds (work hours 6:30 -II :30 am),
$784- $927/mo. Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97057: Clerical Assistant II, Human Re
sources And Employment Equity (Unit 7)*
($1 ,922- $2,267/mo.) Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97058: Documentation Specialist (Pay
roll Technician I), Human Resources And
Employment Equity (Unit 7)* ($1 087.50
$1 ,288/mo., temporary, half-time (work hours
M-F, I pm- 5 pm) to 12/31/99 with possible
extension dependent upon funding) Closing
date: Jan. 27.
#9M059: Director Of Administrative
Systems (Admin III), Information Technol
ogy Services. The director has leadership and
management responsibility for universitywide
administrative computing systems and support
services and for providing vision in the investi
gation , design , and implementation coordina
tion of information management systems and
technologies consistent with the educational
mission and goa ls of the university.
Reporting directly to the vice provost/CIO
for information technology, the director will :
• Lead, plan , supervise, motivate and man
age a technical/professional team of approxi
mately 15 to 20 full-time employees including
four coordinators;
• Plan and con trol an operating budget of
approx imately $2m annually;
• Develop campus information management
system strategic and implementation plans;
• Set goa ls and objectives that advance Cal
Poly 's use of innovative information technologies;
• Manage and coordinate multiple informa
ti on technology projects;
• Be accountable to a full range of campus
constituencies and customers for the delivery
of serv ices ;
• Establish standards and service levels, and
performance measures;
• Recommend new policies and procedures
to augment the effective use of it services.
#9M060: Director of Computing and
Communications Services (Admin Ill), Infor
mation Technology Services. Communications
and computing services (CCS) is responsible
for designing, delivering and supporting core
communications and computing infrastructure
services to enhance and facilitate instruction,
learning, support services, and communication
throughout the university community.
The director is responsible for the planning,
management, implementation and support of
the campuswide communications and comput
ing infrastructure environment. In thi s capacity,
the director oversees the management of five
operational areas: network administration,
technical services, telephone administration,
central UNIX systems support, and mainframe
system support. Operationally, the director is
responsible for ensuring available, reliable and
cost-effective voice, data, video and computing
services. Strategically, the director will be
responsible for leading the organizariun in the
integration of these separate systems into a seam
less. interoperable environment.
#9M061: Director of User Support Ser
vices (Admin Ill), Information Technology
Services. User support services (USS) provides
a wide variety of training and technical support
services to enhance student , faculty and staff
access to information technologies to facilitate
learning, instruction, support services, and com
munication throughout the university community.
The director is responsible for the leader
ship, planning, management, implementation
and support of it services directly meeting the
technical , instructional and general computing
needs of students, faculty and staff. In this
capacity, the director oversees five core support
areas: Help Desk: training/AMSPEC (a system
wide, mainframe-based business research data
base specialty center); PC/LAN Support; Open
Access Student Labs; and Computer Opera
tions/Data Control. In addition, the director is
responsible for impl ementing ou treach pro
grams and jointly managed universitywide user
support initiatives, such as faculty workstations
and site licensed software.
Information regarding positions #9M059,
#9M060 and #9M061: Anticipated hiring
salary range is $50,000 to $ 100,000, however
salary will be commensurate with the back
gro und and experience of the individual se
lected. Cal Poly offers excellent fringe benefits.
All rights associated with this appointment are
governed by the management person nel plan
adopted by the CSU Board of Trustees.
Candidates must sub mit a completed Cal
Poly management application, a letter of appli
cation detailing their interest and appropriate
ness for the position, a current vita or resume,
salary hi sto ry, and the names, addresses and
phone numbers of three professional references
to: Human Resources and Employment Equity,
Administration Building, Room 110, Cal Poly,
San Luis Obispo, Ca. 93407. Direct specific
inquiries regarding the se positions to: Jerry
Hanley, Vice Provost/CIO, Information Tech
nology Services, 756-2966.
Screening of candidates will begin immedi
ately and continue until the positions are filled.
For full consideration, applications should be
received before Feb. 24. Approximate start date
is May I.
*Note: For positions marked with an aster
isk, qualified on-campus applicants currently in
Bargaining Units 2, 5, 7 and 9 will be given
first consideration.
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation appli
cations must be received (not just post
marked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Assistant Cooks, Campus Dining ($7.22
9.38/hr). Three I 0-month positions available.
Short order cook and assist in full meal prepa
ration. High school degree or equivalent and
one or more years of cook ing experience, pref
erably in a large-vo lume food-service or full
service restaurant. Must possess a basic
knowledge of the principles, techniques, termi
nology, and procedures of volume food produc
tion. Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. Closing
Date: Jan . 22. D
H(l),t,',_ kM.t ~ ~ ~
The Cal Poly Report is published
Wednesdays during the academic year.
Items submitted by I 0 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511,
or e-mail articles to polynews@poly
mail. Fax items to ext. 6-6533. 0
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DATELIIIE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit. Through Feb. 7. Daily
II am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "The Classic Chinese
Garden. Through March 6. Monday
Friday, 10 am-4 pm; Saturday
and Sunday, noon to 4 pm.
Thursday, January 14
Physics Colloquium: Theo Theofanus
(UCSB), " Risk Assessment Analysis,"
Science E-45, 11 am.
Music: John Bankston, BackStage
Pizza, noon.
Friday, January 15
Swimming, Diving: Boston College, Mott
Gym Pool , 2 pm.
Music: Sally Rogers, Theatre, 7 pm. ($).
Pre-concert lecture, Moon Ja Minn
Suhr (Theatre and Dance), Philips
Hall , 7 pm.
Women's Basketball: U. of North Texas,
Mott Gym, 7 pm.
Saturday, January 16
Music: Christine Lavin, Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
ltonday, January 18
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. birthday
observed.
Swimming, Diving: UC Davis, Mott Gym
Pool, 1 pm.
Tuesday, January 19
Music: Jill Cohn, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Wednesday, January 20
Music: Doc Stoltey, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Men's Basketball: UCSB , Mott Gym, 7
pm. ($)
Music: Annual Baroque concert, Cohan
Center, 8 pm. ($). Pre-concert lecture,
Alyson McLamore (Music), Philips
Hall, 7 pm.
Thursday, January 21
Physics Colloquium: Lloyd Lambert
(U niversity of Vermont), "Meteorite
Catastrophies," Science E-45, II am.
(Continued on page 3)
Published by the Communications Office
Nominations sought
for outstanding staff
Systemwide survey to be
conducted in February
It's time to nominate the 1998-99
Outstanding Staff Employees.
A nomination form is included in this
Cal Poly Report and contains informa
tion on eligibility, nomination criteria
and procedures.
The nomination deadline is Friday,
Feb. 12. 0
In February Cal Poly will join the
other 22 CSU campuses in administer
ing SNAPS, the Student Needs and
Priorities Survey conducted
systemwide every five years.
The composite SNAPS data is used by
the Chancellor's Office in advising each
campus, the trustees, the Legislature, and
the public regarding critical issues affect
ing students. Cal Poly will administer the
survey in class sections randomly drawn
from the class schedule.
Teachers involved will be contacted in
mid-January.
The Assessment and Testing Center is
coordinating SNAPS 1999 on campus. 0
Wednesday, January 1J
Music: Kevin Rees, BackStage
Pizza, noon.
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 16 • January 13, 1999
Annual Baroque concert
planned for Jan. 20
The Annual Baroque concert on
Wednesday, Jan. 20, will bring
together maestros Clifton Swanson
and Thomas Davies for an evening of
chamber music featuring the univer
sity's PolyPhonics and a specially com
mi ss ioned orchestra.
The concert, a Cal Poly Arts event,
will be at 8 pm in Harman Hall in the
Performing Arts Center's Cohan
Center. The music has been chosen to
reflect the richness and variety of the
Baroque period. Cal Poly music profes
sor Alyson McLamore will give a
pre-concert lecture at 7 pm in the Per
forming Arts Center's Philips Hall.
The concert selections include
Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6,
No. 11 , by Arcangelo Corelli, and three
works by Johann Sebastian Bach: Vio
lin Concerto in E major; Harpsichord
Concerto in D major; and Magnificat in
D major, known as one of the most
satisfy ing of all of Bach's choral
works.
The two concertos by Bach are actu
ally two ways of looking at the same
piece, according to music professor
Swanson. Bach wrote the original for
so lo violin, then later transcribed it
for harpsichord.
"The two pieces are, note-for-note ,
the same in most regards," Swanson
said, "but sound completely different to
the casual li stener because of the dif
ference in so lo instruments ."
(Con tinued on page 2)
Phones installed
in classes and labs
During summer and fall quarters, tele
phones were installed on the walls of
classrooms and laboratories throughout
the university. The phone numbers are
printed on the handsets.
The phones are to be used primarily for
calls to 911 and for audio and video equip
ment support. Media Distribution Services
asks that you call them directly at ext. 6-7200
with any audio or video help requests.
A staff member will respond promptly
to repair or replace equipment or simply
answer audiovisual, distribution or multi
media questions.
Please call Media Distribution Ser
vices before you use or borrow equip
ment from an adjacent room in an
emergency. This will help avoid the
dreaded "MOPS" (missing overhead
projector syndrome). 0
T A
K
E
T H E
Pink Plunge
Nomination for Outstanding Staff Employee Award
Eligibility
Nominees must be full-time or part-time employees of the university, Founda
tion or ASI who are in at least their third year of employment at Cal Poly and
are not represented by bargaining unit 3. Former recipients of the award are
ineligible to receive it again.
Below is a list of the recipients who are still active employees and the year
that they received the award :
AI Amaral 1985
Debbie Arseneau 1989
Wanda Bolt 1992
Rosemary Bowker 1993
Debbie Brothwell 1993
Lee Brown 1987
Ron Christensen 1990
Janet Carlstrom 1990
Barbara Ciesielski 1991
Joan Cirone 1981
Walter Clark 1984
Connie Davis 1994
George Enriquez 1996
Richard Equinoa 1998
Francesca Fairbrother 1995
Larry Grimes 1983
Patricia Harris 1998
Cindy Jelinek 1996
Frank Kassak 1982
Gary Ketcham 1987
Lynette Klooster 1988
Dale Lackore 1980
Kathy Lamoree 1985
Frank Lebens 1978
Jim McLaughlin 1994
Andy McMeans 1993
Carol Montgomery 1996
French Morgan 1987
Pam Parsons 1992
Jacquie Paulsen 1989
Kristina Pefia 1997
Judi Pinkerton 1988
Joseph Risser 1992
Harriet Ross 1991
Don Shemenske 1997
Gail Simmons 1984
Vicki Stover 1986
Judy Swanson 1997
Nancy Vilkitis 1988
Nomination Criteria
In order to be considered for the Outstanding Staff Employee Award, an
employee should be truly dedicated and loyal ; exhibit expertise in job perfor
mance; demonstrate a willingness to assist others enthusiastically; take initia
tive in making his or her department more efficient and productive; maintain an
excellent relationship with co-workers, faculty members and students ; and make
contributions to both the university and the community.
Nomination Procedures
Any staff employee, faculty member, department or division head may
nominate an eligible emp loyee for the Outstanding Staff Employee Award .
Nominations are made by completing the form on the back of this page. The
completed nomination form must be submitted to:
French Morgan
Chair, Outstanding Staff Employee Award Selection Committee
Biological Sciences
Deadline for Nominations is Friday, Feb. 12!
1998-99 Outstanding Staff Employee
Nominee 's name:
Nominee 's department:
Nominee'ssupervisor: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please provide specific examples of the nominee's efforts on behalf of his/her department, division or college, and the univer
sity as related to each of the following factors:
~edication
and loyaltytothejob: --~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--
Jobpcrfurmanceexperti~:
______________________________________________________________________________
Wi IIi ngness to assist others en thus iasticall y: ------------------------------------------------------------
Initiative in making department more efficient and productive:
Relationship with co-workers, faculty members and students:
University oriented: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Community oriented: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
•••
Nominator's name: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Si gnature: --~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nominator 's departmentordivision : ---------------------------------------------------------------------
ort
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from the
appropriate Human Resources office. Infor
mation is also on the Cal Poly home page on
the World Wide Web (address: www.
calpoly.edu; click on "General Information").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job line at
ext. 6-1533). Official application forms must
be received by 4 pm on the closing date or be
postmarked by the closing date. (No faxes.)
#98051: Public Safety Officer(s), Public
Safety Services ($3,009 - $3,531 per month).
Closing date: Feb. I 0.
#99052: Information Technology Consult
ant (Career), University Center For Teacher
Education (Unit 9).* ($3,457 - $4,7211mo.,
temporary to 12/31199 with probable extension
dependent upon funds.) Closing date: Jan. 27.
#92053: Radiologic Technologist I, Health
& Psychological Services (Unit 2)* ($2,688 $3,234/mo., full-time temporary to June 30,
2000 (ha lf-time July and August) with possible
reappointment). Closing date: Jan. 27.
#95054: Farm Maintenance & Operations
Worker, College Of Agriculture (Unit 5). *
($2,402 - $2,859/mo., temporary to 11311
2000 with renewal dependent upon funds.)
Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97055: Clerical Assistant II, Student Aca
demic Services (Unit 7)* ($961 - $ 1135.50/mo.,
temporary, half-time to 12/31199 with likely an
nual renewal). Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97056: Mail Clerk, Mail Center (Unit
7).* Three positions: I full-time temporary to 91
30/99 with possibility of 3-month extension
(work hours 8 am -4:30pm), $1,960- $2,318/
mo.; 2 part-time (4 timebase or 16 hrs/wk)
temporary to 3/1/2000 with extension depen
dent upon funds (work hours 6:30 -II :30 am),
$784- $927/mo. Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97057: Clerical Assistant II, Human Re
sources And Employment Equity (Unit 7)*
($1 ,922- $2,267/mo.) Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97058: Documentation Specialist (Pay
roll Technician I), Human Resources And
Employment Equity (Unit 7)* ($1 087.50$1 ,288/mo., temporary, half-time (work hours
M-F, I pm- 5 pm) to 12/31/99 with possible
extension dependent upon funding) Closing
date: Jan. 27.
#9M059: Director Of Administrative
Systems (Admin III), Information Technol
ogy Services. The director has leadership and
management responsibility for universitywide
administrative computing systems and support
services and for providing vision in the investi
gation , design , and implementation coordina
tion of information management systems and
technologies consistent with the educational
mission and goa ls of the university.
Reporting directly to the vice provost/CIO
for information technology, the director will :
• Lead, plan , supervise, motivate and man
age a technical/professional team of approxi
mately 15 to 20 full-time employees including
four coordinators;
• Plan and con trol an operating budget of
approx imately $2m annually;
• Develop campus information management
system strategic and implementation plans;
• Set goa ls and objectives that advance Cal
Poly 's use of innovative information technologies;
• Manage and coordinate multiple informa
ti on technology projects;
• Be accountable to a full range of campus
constituencies and customers for the delivery
of serv ices ;
• Establish standards and service levels, and
performance measures;
• Recommend new policies and procedures
to augment the effective use of it services.
#9M060: Director of Computing and
Communications Services (Admin Ill), Infor
mation Technology Services. Communications
and computing services (CCS) is responsible
for designing, delivering and supporting core
communications and computing infrastructure
services to enhance and facilitate instruction,
learning, support services, and communication
throughout the university community.
The director is responsible for the planning,
management, implementation and support of
the campuswide communications and comput
ing infrastructure environment. In thi s capacity,
the director oversees the management of five
operational areas: network administration,
technical services, telephone administration,
central UNIX systems support, and mainframe
system support. Operationally, the director is
responsible for ensuring available, reliable and
cost-effective voice, data, video and computing
services. Strategically, the director will be
responsible for leading the organizariun in the
integration of these separate systems into a seam
less. interoperable environment.
#9M061: Director of User Support Ser
vices (Admin Ill), Information Technology
Services. User support services (USS) provides
a wide variety of training and technical support
services to enhance student , faculty and staff
access to information technologies to facilitate
learning, instruction, support services, and com
munication throughout the university community.
The director is responsible for the leader
ship, planning, management, implementation
and support of it services directly meeting the
technical , instructional and general computing
needs of students, faculty and staff. In this
capacity, the director oversees five core support
areas: Help Desk: training/AMSPEC (a system
wide, mainframe-based business research data
base specialty center); PC/LAN Support; Open
Access Student Labs; and Computer Opera
tions/Data Control. In addition, the director is
responsible for impl ementing ou treach pro-
grams and jointly managed universitywide user
support initiatives, such as faculty workstations
and site licensed software.
Information regarding positions #9M059,
#9M060 and #9M061: Anticipated hiring
salary range is $50,000 to $ 100,000, however
salary will be commensurate with the back
gro und and experience of the individual se
lected. Cal Poly offers excellent fringe benefits.
All rights associated with this appointment are
governed by the management person nel plan
adopted by the CSU Board of Trustees.
Candidates must sub mit a completed Cal
Poly management application, a letter of appli
cation detailing their interest and appropriate
ness for the position, a current vita or resume,
salary hi sto ry, and the names, addresses and
phone numbers of three professional references
to: Human Resources and Employment Equity,
Administration Building, Room 110, Cal Poly,
San Luis Obispo, Ca. 93407. Direct specific
inquiries regarding the se positions to: Jerry
Hanley, Vice Provost/CIO, Information Tech
nology Services, 756-2966.
Screening of candidates will begin immedi
ately and continue until the positions are filled.
For full consideration, applications should be
received before Feb. 24. Approximate start date
is May I.
*Note: For positions marked with an aster
isk, qualified on-campus applicants currently in
Bargaining Units 2, 5, 7 and 9 will be given
first consideration.
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation appli
cations must be received (not just post
marked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Assistant Cooks, Campus Dining ($7.229.38/hr). Three I 0-month positions available.
Short order cook and assist in full meal prepa
ration. High school degree or equivalent and
one or more years of cook ing experience, pref
erably in a large-vo lume food-service or full
service restaurant. Must possess a basic
knowledge of the principles, techniques, termi
nology, and procedures of volume food produc
tion. Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. Closing
Date: Jan . 22. D
H(l),t,',_ kM.t ~ ~ ~
The Cal Poly Report is published
Wednesdays during the academic year.
Items submitted by I 0 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511,
or e-mail articles to polynews@poly
mail. Fax items to ext. 6-6533. 0
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DATELIIIE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit. Through Feb. 7. Daily
II am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "The Classic Chinese
Garden. Through March 6. Monday
Friday, 10 am-4 pm; Saturday
and Sunday, noon to 4 pm.
Thursday, January 14
Physics Colloquium: Theo Theofanus
(UCSB), " Risk Assessment Analysis,"
Science E-45, 11 am.
Music: John Bankston, BackStage
Pizza, noon.
Friday, January 15
Swimming, Diving: Boston College, Mott
Gym Pool , 2 pm.
Music: Sally Rogers, Theatre, 7 pm. ($).
Pre-concert lecture, Moon Ja Minn
Suhr (Theatre and Dance), Philips
Hall , 7 pm.
Women's Basketball: U. of North Texas,
Mott Gym, 7 pm.
Saturday, January 16
Music: Christine Lavin, Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
ltonday, January 18
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. birthday
observed.
Swimming, Diving: UC Davis, Mott Gym
Pool, 1 pm.
Tuesday, January 19
Music: Jill Cohn, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Wednesday, January 20
Music: Doc Stoltey, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Men's Basketball: UCSB , Mott Gym, 7
pm. ($)
Music: Annual Baroque concert, Cohan
Center, 8 pm. ($). Pre-concert lecture,
Alyson McLamore (Music), Philips
Hall, 7 pm.
Thursday, January 21
Physics Colloquium: Lloyd Lambert
(U niversity of Vermont), "Meteorite
Catastrophies," Science E-45, II am.
(Continued on page 3)
Published by the Communications Office
Nominations sought
for outstanding staff
Systemwide survey to be
conducted in February
It's time to nominate the 1998-99
Outstanding Staff Employees.
A nomination form is included in this
Cal Poly Report and contains informa
tion on eligibility, nomination criteria
and procedures.
The nomination deadline is Friday,
Feb. 12. 0
In February Cal Poly will join the
other 22 CSU campuses in administer
ing SNAPS, the Student Needs and
Priorities Survey conducted
systemwide every five years.
The composite SNAPS data is used by
the Chancellor's Office in advising each
campus, the trustees, the Legislature, and
the public regarding critical issues affect
ing students. Cal Poly will administer the
survey in class sections randomly drawn
from the class schedule.
Teachers involved will be contacted in
mid-January.
The Assessment and Testing Center is
coordinating SNAPS 1999 on campus. 0
Wednesday, January 1J
Music: Kevin Rees, BackStage
Pizza, noon.
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 16 • January 13, 1999
Annual Baroque concert
planned for Jan. 20
The Annual Baroque concert on
Wednesday, Jan. 20, will bring
together maestros Clifton Swanson
and Thomas Davies for an evening of
chamber music featuring the univer
sity's PolyPhonics and a specially com
mi ss ioned orchestra.
The concert, a Cal Poly Arts event,
will be at 8 pm in Harman Hall in the
Performing Arts Center's Cohan
Center. The music has been chosen to
reflect the richness and variety of the
Baroque period. Cal Poly music profes
sor Alyson McLamore will give a
pre-concert lecture at 7 pm in the Per
forming Arts Center's Philips Hall.
The concert selections include
Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6,
No. 11 , by Arcangelo Corelli, and three
works by Johann Sebastian Bach: Vio
lin Concerto in E major; Harpsichord
Concerto in D major; and Magnificat in
D major, known as one of the most
satisfy ing of all of Bach's choral
works.
The two concertos by Bach are actu
ally two ways of looking at the same
piece, according to music professor
Swanson. Bach wrote the original for
so lo violin, then later transcribed it
for harpsichord.
"The two pieces are, note-for-note ,
the same in most regards," Swanson
said, "but sound completely different to
the casual li stener because of the dif
ference in so lo instruments ."
(Con tinued on page 2)
Phones installed
in classes and labs
During summer and fall quarters, tele
phones were installed on the walls of
classrooms and laboratories throughout
the university. The phone numbers are
printed on the handsets.
The phones are to be used primarily for
calls to 911 and for audio and video equip
ment support. Media Distribution Services
asks that you call them directly at ext. 6-7200
with any audio or video help requests.
A staff member will respond promptly
to repair or replace equipment or simply
answer audiovisual, distribution or multi
media questions.
Please call Media Distribution Ser
vices before you use or borrow equip
ment from an adjacent room in an
emergency. This will help avoid the
dreaded "MOPS" (missing overhead
projector syndrome). 0
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CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 13, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 13, 1999
Building permits required
on construction projects
Tickets still available
for Service Awards Lunch
Vineyard contest to find
'best grapevine pruner'
Facilities Planning reminds campus
departments that all construction projects
-big or small -must go through the
campus building permit application pro
cess.
This includes student projects and
departments and offices that undertake
projects with their own resources. A
permit is required when :
• Campus wall s, floors (including
carpets), doors , windows, and other
building elements are modified;
• Electrical or mechanical elements
are modified or expanded;
• Energy consumption is increased;
• Access for the disabled is at issue;
• Hazardous materials such as asbes
tos or lead are exposed, disturbed or
removed; or
• Exterior signs are installed.
If in doubt about whether a permit is
required, please call Deby Ryan, Facili
ties Planning, at ext. 6-6806. Processing
a building permit can take from one
week to several months, depending on the
size and complexity of the project, as well
as the number of departments and commit
tees required to review the project.
Applications for all summer projects
must be received by Thursday, April 15,
or the work might not be approved in time.
For a building permit application,
contact Ryan . For detailed information
on the building permit process, visit the
Web site at www.facsrv.calpoly.edu. D
Tickets are sti ll avai lable for the 1999
Annual Service Awards Luncheon from
11 :30 am to I pm Thursday, Feb. 11, in
Chumash Auditorium. The event recog
nizes state, Foundation and ASI employ
ees with 10, I 5, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40
years of service.
Tickets are $8.50 each and may be
purchased from Carol Osgood, Modern
Languages and Literatures; Sheree May,
Human Resources and Employment Eq
uity; Kathleen Castillo, Student Aca
demic Services; Rachel Mendoza,
Administration and Finance; Kristy Pefia,
Bioresource and Agricu ltural Engineer
ing; Denice Wharton, El Corral Book
store; Kathy Blackburn, Campus
Catering; Lori Williams, Health
Center; Jane Brechler, Speech Communi
cation; Donna Nichols, Facility
Services; and Chris Lancellotti, Science
and Mathematics.
The deadline to buy tickets is Thurs
day, Jan. 28.
Make checks payable to Cal Poly
University Club. Table reservations can
be made after buying tickets. To reserve
a table, call Joan Dezember, Academic
Programs, at ext. 6-2326 or Geri Bolivar,
Facility Services, ext. 6-2321. D
Amateurs are invited to compete
against professionals and students for the
title of best grapevine pruner on the
Central Coast in a contest beginning at
8:30am Friday, Jan. 15, in the Cal Poly
vineyard.
The second annual Central Coast
Pruning Contest, sponsored by the
Central Coast Wine Growers' Associa
tion , will include vineyard workers, man
agers and owners, as well as agriculture
students and amateurs.
Entry fees are $20 for professionals
and $5 for students and amateurs. Pro
ceeds will benefit a College of Agricul
ture club.
The event will also include a pruning
demonstration, a barbecue lunch hosted
by Farm Supply of San Luis Obispo, and
prizes provided by Sandvik Saws and
Tools Co.
Viticulture professor Keith Patterson
and Crop Science Department Head Paul
Fountain are among the judges.
Call Cheri Sinor of the Central Coast
Wine Growers' Association at 473-8 I 54
for reservations. D
••• Baroque concert
(Continued from page I)
Polyphonics, a 32-member choir con
ducted by music professor Davies, is
known for its
excellence and its
range of repertoire
-from Renais
sance masses to
contemporary
works .
Violinist Paul
Severtson of the
San Luis Obispo
Symphony will
appear as a
guest soloist.
Paul Severtson
Tickets are
$8.50 to $22.0
Scholarships available
'A Funny Thing Happened'
to play Jan. 24 and 25
"A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum," a musical comedy
about life in ancient Rome, will play in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center at 7 pm Sunday,
Jan. 24, and at 8 pm Monday, Jan. 25 .
Veteran actor Rip Taylor has the lead
role as the eternally exasperated slave
Psuedolus, who undergoes a journey
filled with sexual temptations and limit
less obstacles in order to obtain freedom
from his master.
"A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum" has been described as
an "uproarious return to ancient Rome
when the ruins were spanking new, the
chariots were fast, and the concubines
were faster."
Steven Sondheim composed the score.
The production won six Tony Awards,
including Best Musical.
Tickets are $30.50 to $48. D
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.
Only nominations submitted by fac
ulty and staff members will be consid
ered. Eligible students must be enrolled
through fall 1999.
For specific criteria, please refer to
the Dec. 9 edition of the Cal Poly Report
or ca ll ext. 6-2670. Send nominations by
Friday, Jan. 22, to Carolyn Stefanco,
History Department. D
Orchesis to dance
29th annual show
Guitarist Cyril Pahinui is one of three slack
key masters who will perform Jan. 29.
Three masters to play
Hawaiian slack key guitar
Three masters of the "slack key" gui
tar technique - the method that pro
duces the signature sound of Hawaiian
music- will perform at 8 pm Friday,
Jan. 29, in Harman Hall in the Perform
ing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Musicians George Kahumoku Jr.,
Cyril Pahinui, and the Rev. Dennis
Kamakahi will also give a free Hawaiian
slack key guitar lecture and demonstra
tion the same day at 4 pm in Room 218
in the Davidson Music Building.
Slack key refers to the technique of
loosening or "slacking" the strings on a
guitar to create a sound that has become
synonymous with romance and the tropi
cal islands.
Kahumoku, Pahinui and Kamakahi's
playing reveals slack key guitar music as
a multi-faceted art form that can be soulful,
jazzy, profound and ethereally beautiful.
Music professor Fred Lau will give a
pre-concert lecture at 7 pm in Philips Hall.
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts event
cost $ I0 to $24. D
ncket information
Correction
Cal Poly alumnus and Endeavour
astronaut and pilot Fred Sturckow was
incorrectly identified as an aeronautical
engineering graduate in an article that
appeared in the Jan. 6 edition of the Cal
Poly Report. Sturckow is a mechanical
engineering graduate. D
PAGE 2
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from I 0 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from I 0 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 can be found on the WWW at
www.calpoly. arts.org. D
"Dance Expressions," the 29th annual
Orchesis dance company concert, will
showcase the finest student and faculty
talent as well as guest choreographers in
a variety of dance styles, including ballet,
jazz, modern, hip hop, tap and ballroom.
Five performan,ces are scheduled at 8
pm Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30, and
Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 4-6. A I
pm matinee is planned on Jan. 30. All
will be in the Theatre.
The concert is under the artistic direc
tion of Moon Ja Minn Suhr and assistant
director Maria Junco, both members of
the Theatre and Dance Department faculty.
This year's concert will be a tribute to
Orchesis member and Cal Poly student
Sonia Sandoval, who died Nov. 13 in an
automobile accident. Orchesis dancers
will perform "Baile Caliente," a jazz
dance Sandoval began that was com
pleted by company member Melissa
Cook in Sandoval's memory.
Guest choreographers include local
modern dance choreographer Valerie
Kline, whose comic dance "Rude Awak
ening" will be performed to music by
Morton Feldman. Kline will narrate the
piece, which explores the neurotic
ramblings of an insomniac.
"Raw," choreographed by guest artist
Diana Stanton, is an "abstract representa
tion of the attempt to thrive in the 'hyper
speed' of the 20th century. It is a detailed,
athletic, complex exhibition of kinetic
chaos," Junco said.
Local choreographer Lisa De yo wi II
present two ballets, "Above the Clouds"
and "In the Garden," performed in the
classical sty le to the music of Gabriel
Faure and Charles Gounod.
Guest artist Ben Reyes will present an
upbeat hip-hop solo titled "Phat Groove."
The company will come together for the
concert's finale, "The Dirty Boogie," a
"jazz extravaganza flavored in the swing
dance groove" composed by Los Angeles
choreographers Dennon and Sayhber Rawles.
The concert will also include modern,
jazz, swing and tap dances by Orchesis
student choreographers.
Tickets are $9 to$ I 3. Tickets for
groups of I0 or more chi ldren under age
I 2 are $5 .
The concert is sponsored by the The
atre and Dance Department, the College
of Liberal Arts, and the ln structionall y
Related Activities program. For detai ls,
call Theatre and Dance at ext. 6-1465. D
DATELIIIE
(Continued from page 1)
Saturday, January 23
Music: Katie Marchand (student) vocal
recital, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church,
San Luis Obispo, 7 pm.
Sunday, January 24
Musical: "A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum," Cohan Center,
7 pm. Also on Monday, Jan. 25. ($)
Women's Basketball: U. of Nevada,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
ltonday, January 25
Speaker, Slide Presentation: John Reps,
"Making the American Capital: The
Planning and Development of
Washington, D.C. ," Business
Rotunda, 3 pm.
Musical: "A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum," Cohan Center,
8 pm. ($)
Tuesday, January 26
Speaker, Slide Presentation: John Reps
on the 1912 international design
competition for the Australian capital
of Canberra, Architecture and
Environmental Design Gallery (105),
lOam.
Music: Student piano recital , 218
Davidson Music Building, 7:30pm.
Wednesday, January 27
Music: Student piano recital, 218
Davidson Music Building, 7:30pm.
Thursday, January 28
Physics Colloquium: James Dunn
(Livermore National Lab), "Table-Top
X-Ray Lasers," Science E-45, II am.
Men's Basketball: UC Irvine, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 29
Lecture, Demonstraton: Hawaiian slack
key guitar, Davidson Music Center
218,4 pm.
Music: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Festival , Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Saturday, Jan. 30, and Thursday
through Saturday, Feb. 4-6. ($)
Saturday, January 10
Men's Basketball: Cal State Fullerton ,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm.
Also Thursday through Saturday,
Feb. 4-6. ($)
Sunday, January 11
Softball: Cal State Bakersfield, Softball
Field, noon. D
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 13, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 13, 1999
Building permits required
on construction projects
Tickets still available
for Service Awards Lunch
Vineyard contest to find
'best grapevine pruner'
Facilities Planning reminds campus
departments that all construction projects
-big or small -must go through the
campus building permit application pro
cess.
This includes student projects and
departments and offices that undertake
projects with their own resources. A
permit is required when :
• Campus wall s, floors (including
carpets), doors , windows, and other
building elements are modified;
• Electrical or mechanical elements
are modified or expanded;
• Energy consumption is increased;
• Access for the disabled is at issue;
• Hazardous materials such as asbes
tos or lead are exposed, disturbed or
removed; or
• Exterior signs are installed.
If in doubt about whether a permit is
required, please call Deby Ryan, Facili
ties Planning, at ext. 6-6806. Processing
a building permit can take from one
week to several months, depending on the
size and complexity of the project, as well
as the number of departments and commit
tees required to review the project.
Applications for all summer projects
must be received by Thursday, April 15,
or the work might not be approved in time.
For a building permit application,
contact Ryan . For detailed information
on the building permit process, visit the
Web site at www.facsrv.calpoly.edu. D
Tickets are sti ll avai lable for the 1999
Annual Service Awards Luncheon from
11 :30 am to I pm Thursday, Feb. 11, in
Chumash Auditorium. The event recog
nizes state, Foundation and ASI employ
ees with 10, I 5, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40
years of service.
Tickets are $8.50 each and may be
purchased from Carol Osgood, Modern
Languages and Literatures; Sheree May,
Human Resources and Employment Eq
uity; Kathleen Castillo, Student Aca
demic Services; Rachel Mendoza,
Administration and Finance; Kristy Pefia,
Bioresource and Agricu ltural Engineer
ing; Denice Wharton, El Corral Book
store; Kathy Blackburn, Campus
Catering; Lori Williams, Health
Center; Jane Brechler, Speech Communi
cation; Donna Nichols, Facility
Services; and Chris Lancellotti, Science
and Mathematics.
The deadline to buy tickets is Thurs
day, Jan. 28.
Make checks payable to Cal Poly
University Club. Table reservations can
be made after buying tickets. To reserve
a table, call Joan Dezember, Academic
Programs, at ext. 6-2326 or Geri Bolivar,
Facility Services, ext. 6-2321. D
Amateurs are invited to compete
against professionals and students for the
title of best grapevine pruner on the
Central Coast in a contest beginning at
8:30am Friday, Jan. 15, in the Cal Poly
vineyard.
The second annual Central Coast
Pruning Contest, sponsored by the
Central Coast Wine Growers' Associa
tion , will include vineyard workers, man
agers and owners, as well as agriculture
students and amateurs.
Entry fees are $20 for professionals
and $5 for students and amateurs. Pro
ceeds will benefit a College of Agricul
ture club.
The event will also include a pruning
demonstration, a barbecue lunch hosted
by Farm Supply of San Luis Obispo, and
prizes provided by Sandvik Saws and
Tools Co.
Viticulture professor Keith Patterson
and Crop Science Department Head Paul
Fountain are among the judges.
Call Cheri Sinor of the Central Coast
Wine Growers' Association at 473-8 I 54
for reservations. D
••• Baroque concert
(Continued from page I)
Polyphonics, a 32-member choir con
ducted by music professor Davies, is
known for its
excellence and its
range of repertoire
-from Renais
sance masses to
contemporary
works .
Violinist Paul
Severtson of the
San Luis Obispo
Symphony will
appear as a
guest soloist.
Paul Severtson
Tickets are
$8.50 to $22.0
Scholarships available
'A Funny Thing Happened'
to play Jan. 24 and 25
"A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum," a musical comedy
about life in ancient Rome, will play in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center at 7 pm Sunday,
Jan. 24, and at 8 pm Monday, Jan. 25 .
Veteran actor Rip Taylor has the lead
role as the eternally exasperated slave
Psuedolus, who undergoes a journey
filled with sexual temptations and limit
less obstacles in order to obtain freedom
from his master.
"A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum" has been described as
an "uproarious return to ancient Rome
when the ruins were spanking new, the
chariots were fast, and the concubines
were faster."
Steven Sondheim composed the score.
The production won six Tony Awards,
including Best Musical.
Tickets are $30.50 to $48. D
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.
Only nominations submitted by fac
ulty and staff members will be consid
ered. Eligible students must be enrolled
through fall 1999.
For specific criteria, please refer to
the Dec. 9 edition of the Cal Poly Report
or ca ll ext. 6-2670. Send nominations by
Friday, Jan. 22, to Carolyn Stefanco,
History Department. D
Orchesis to dance
29th annual show
Guitarist Cyril Pahinui is one of three slack
key masters who will perform Jan. 29.
Three masters to play
Hawaiian slack key guitar
Three masters of the "slack key" gui
tar technique - the method that pro
duces the signature sound of Hawaiian
music- will perform at 8 pm Friday,
Jan. 29, in Harman Hall in the Perform
ing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Musicians George Kahumoku Jr.,
Cyril Pahinui, and the Rev. Dennis
Kamakahi will also give a free Hawaiian
slack key guitar lecture and demonstra
tion the same day at 4 pm in Room 218
in the Davidson Music Building.
Slack key refers to the technique of
loosening or "slacking" the strings on a
guitar to create a sound that has become
synonymous with romance and the tropi
cal islands.
Kahumoku, Pahinui and Kamakahi's
playing reveals slack key guitar music as
a multi-faceted art form that can be soulful,
jazzy, profound and ethereally beautiful.
Music professor Fred Lau will give a
pre-concert lecture at 7 pm in Philips Hall.
Tickets to this Cal Poly Arts event
cost $ I0 to $24. D
ncket information
Correction
Cal Poly alumnus and Endeavour
astronaut and pilot Fred Sturckow was
incorrectly identified as an aeronautical
engineering graduate in an article that
appeared in the Jan. 6 edition of the Cal
Poly Report. Sturckow is a mechanical
engineering graduate. D
PAGE 2
Tickets to the performances listed
in today's Cal Poly Report are on
sale at the Performing Arts Ticket
Office from I 0 am to 6 pm weekdays
and from I 0 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 can be found on the WWW at
www.calpoly. arts.org. D
"Dance Expressions," the 29th annual
Orchesis dance company concert, will
showcase the finest student and faculty
talent as well as guest choreographers in
a variety of dance styles, including ballet,
jazz, modern, hip hop, tap and ballroom.
Five performan,ces are scheduled at 8
pm Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30, and
Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 4-6. A I
pm matinee is planned on Jan. 30. All
will be in the Theatre.
The concert is under the artistic direc
tion of Moon Ja Minn Suhr and assistant
director Maria Junco, both members of
the Theatre and Dance Department faculty.
This year's concert will be a tribute to
Orchesis member and Cal Poly student
Sonia Sandoval, who died Nov. 13 in an
automobile accident. Orchesis dancers
will perform "Baile Caliente," a jazz
dance Sandoval began that was com
pleted by company member Melissa
Cook in Sandoval's memory.
Guest choreographers include local
modern dance choreographer Valerie
Kline, whose comic dance "Rude Awak
ening" will be performed to music by
Morton Feldman. Kline will narrate the
piece, which explores the neurotic
ramblings of an insomniac.
"Raw," choreographed by guest artist
Diana Stanton, is an "abstract representa
tion of the attempt to thrive in the 'hyper
speed' of the 20th century. It is a detailed,
athletic, complex exhibition of kinetic
chaos," Junco said.
Local choreographer Lisa De yo wi II
present two ballets, "Above the Clouds"
and "In the Garden," performed in the
classical sty le to the music of Gabriel
Faure and Charles Gounod.
Guest artist Ben Reyes will present an
upbeat hip-hop solo titled "Phat Groove."
The company will come together for the
concert's finale, "The Dirty Boogie," a
"jazz extravaganza flavored in the swing
dance groove" composed by Los Angeles
choreographers Dennon and Sayhber Rawles.
The concert will also include modern,
jazz, swing and tap dances by Orchesis
student choreographers.
Tickets are $9 to$ I3. Tickets for
groups of I0 or more chi ldren under age
I 2 are $5 .
The concert is sponsored by the The
atre and Dance Department, the College
of Liberal Arts, and the ln structionall y
Related Activities program. For detai ls,
call Theatre and Dance at ext. 6-1465. D
DATELIIIE
(Continued from page 1)
Saturday, January 23
Music: Katie Marchand (student) vocal
recital, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church,
San Luis Obispo, 7 pm.
Sunday, January 24
Musical: "A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum," Cohan Center,
7 pm. Also on Monday, Jan. 25. ($)
Women's Basketball: U. of Nevada,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
ltonday, January 25
Speaker, Slide Presentation: John Reps,
"Making the American Capital: The
Planning and Development of
Washington, D.C. ," Business
Rotunda, 3 pm.
Musical: "A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum," Cohan Center,
8 pm. ($)
Tuesday, January 26
Speaker, Slide Presentation: John Reps
on the 1912 international design
competition for the Australian capital
of Canberra, Architecture and
Environmental Design Gallery (105),
lOam.
Music: Student piano recital , 218
Davidson Music Building, 7:30pm.
Wednesday, January 27
Music: Student piano recital, 218
Davidson Music Building, 7:30pm.
Thursday, January 28
Physics Colloquium: James Dunn
(Livermore National Lab), "Table-Top
X-Ray Lasers," Science E-45, II am.
Men's Basketball: UC Irvine, Mott
Gym, 7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 29
Lecture, Demonstraton: Hawaiian slack
key guitar, Davidson Music Center
218,4 pm.
Music: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Festival , Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Saturday, Jan. 30, and Thursday
through Saturday, Feb. 4-6. ($)
Saturday, January 10
Men's Basketball: Cal State Fullerton ,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm.
Also Thursday through Saturday,
Feb. 4-6. ($)
Sunday, January 11
Softball: Cal State Bakersfield, Softball
Field, noon. D
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 13, 1999
ort
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications for
the following positions are available from the
appropriate Human Resources office. Infor
mation is also on the Cal Poly home page on
the World Wide Web (address: www.
calpoly.edu; click on "General Information").
STATE (Adm. 110, ext. 6-2236 or job line at
ext. 6-1533). Official application forms must
be received by 4 pm on the closing date or be
postmarked by the closing date. (No faxes.)
#98051: Public Safety Officer(s), Public
Safety Services ($3,009 - $3,531 per month).
Closing date: Feb. I 0.
#99052: Information Technology Consult
ant (Career), University Center For Teacher
Education (Unit 9).* ($3,457 - $4,7211mo.,
temporary to 12/31199 with probable extension
dependent upon funds.) Closing date: Jan. 27.
#92053: Radiologic Technologist I, Health
& Psychological Services (Unit 2)* ($2,688
$3,234/mo., full-time temporary to June 30,
2000 (ha lf-time July and August) with possible
reappointment). Closing date: Jan. 27.
#95054: Farm Maintenance & Operations
Worker, College Of Agriculture (Unit 5). *
($2,402 - $2,859/mo., temporary to 11311
2000 with renewal dependent upon funds.)
Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97055: Clerical Assistant II, Student Aca
demic Services (Unit 7)* ($961 - $ 1135.50/mo.,
temporary, half-time to 12/31199 with likely an
nual renewal). Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97056: Mail Clerk, Mail Center (Unit
7).* Three positions: I full-time temporary to 91
30/99 with possibility of 3-month extension
(work hours 8 am -4:30pm), $1,960- $2,318/
mo.; 2 part-time (4 timebase or 16 hrs/wk)
temporary to 3/1/2000 with extension depen
dent upon funds (work hours 6:30 -II :30 am),
$784- $927/mo. Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97057: Clerical Assistant II, Human Re
sources And Employment Equity (Unit 7)*
($1 ,922- $2,267/mo.) Closing date: Jan. 27.
#97058: Documentation Specialist (Pay
roll Technician I), Human Resources And
Employment Equity (Unit 7)* ($1 087.50
$1 ,288/mo., temporary, half-time (work hours
M-F, I pm- 5 pm) to 12/31/99 with possible
extension dependent upon funding) Closing
date: Jan. 27.
#9M059: Director Of Administrative
Systems (Admin III), Information Technol
ogy Services. The director has leadership and
management responsibility for universitywide
administrative computing systems and support
services and for providing vision in the investi
gation , design , and implementation coordina
tion of information management systems and
technologies consistent with the educational
mission and goa ls of the university.
Reporting directly to the vice provost/CIO
for information technology, the director will :
• Lead, plan , supervise, motivate and man
age a technical/professional team of approxi
mately 15 to 20 full-time employees including
four coordinators;
• Plan and con trol an operating budget of
approx imately $2m annually;
• Develop campus information management
system strategic and implementation plans;
• Set goa ls and objectives that advance Cal
Poly 's use of innovative information technologies;
• Manage and coordinate multiple informa
ti on technology projects;
• Be accountable to a full range of campus
constituencies and customers for the delivery
of serv ices ;
• Establish standards and service levels, and
performance measures;
• Recommend new policies and procedures
to augment the effective use of it services.
#9M060: Director of Computing and
Communications Services (Admin Ill), Infor
mation Technology Services. Communications
and computing services (CCS) is responsible
for designing, delivering and supporting core
communications and computing infrastructure
services to enhance and facilitate instruction,
learning, support services, and communication
throughout the university community.
The director is responsible for the planning,
management, implementation and support of
the campuswide communications and comput
ing infrastructure environment. In thi s capacity,
the director oversees the management of five
operational areas: network administration,
technical services, telephone administration,
central UNIX systems support, and mainframe
system support. Operationally, the director is
responsible for ensuring available, reliable and
cost-effective voice, data, video and computing
services. Strategically, the director will be
responsible for leading the organizariun in the
integration of these separate systems into a seam
less. interoperable environment.
#9M061: Director of User Support Ser
vices (Admin Ill), Information Technology
Services. User support services (USS) provides
a wide variety of training and technical support
services to enhance student , faculty and staff
access to information technologies to facilitate
learning, instruction, support services, and com
munication throughout the university community.
The director is responsible for the leader
ship, planning, management, implementation
and support of it services directly meeting the
technical , instructional and general computing
needs of students, faculty and staff. In this
capacity, the director oversees five core support
areas: Help Desk: training/AMSPEC (a system
wide, mainframe-based business research data
base specialty center); PC/LAN Support; Open
Access Student Labs; and Computer Opera
tions/Data Control. In addition, the director is
responsible for impl ementing ou treach pro
grams and jointly managed universitywide user
support initiatives, such as faculty workstations
and site licensed software.
Information regarding positions #9M059,
#9M060 and #9M061: Anticipated hiring
salary range is $50,000 to $ 100,000, however
salary will be commensurate with the back
gro und and experience of the individual se
lected. Cal Poly offers excellent fringe benefits.
All rights associated with this appointment are
governed by the management person nel plan
adopted by the CSU Board of Trustees.
Candidates must sub mit a completed Cal
Poly management application, a letter of appli
cation detailing their interest and appropriate
ness for the position, a current vita or resume,
salary hi sto ry, and the names, addresses and
phone numbers of three professional references
to: Human Resources and Employment Equity,
Administration Building, Room 110, Cal Poly,
San Luis Obispo, Ca. 93407. Direct specific
inquiries regarding the se positions to: Jerry
Hanley, Vice Provost/CIO, Information Tech
nology Services, 756-2966.
Screening of candidates will begin immedi
ately and continue until the positions are filled.
For full consideration, applications should be
received before Feb. 24. Approximate start date
is May I.
*Note: For positions marked with an aster
isk, qualified on-campus applicants currently in
Bargaining Units 2, 5, 7 and 9 will be given
first consideration.
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All foundation appli
cations must be received (not just post
marked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Assistant Cooks, Campus Dining ($7.22
9.38/hr). Three I 0-month positions available.
Short order cook and assist in full meal prepa
ration. High school degree or equivalent and
one or more years of cook ing experience, pref
erably in a large-vo lume food-service or full
service restaurant. Must possess a basic
knowledge of the principles, techniques, termi
nology, and procedures of volume food produc
tion. Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. Closing
Date: Jan . 22. D
H(l),t,',_ kM.t ~ ~ ~
The Cal Poly Report is published
Wednesdays during the academic year.
Items submitted by I 0 am Thurs
day appear in the following Wednes
day's edition.
For information, call ext. 6-1511,
or e-mail articles to polynews@poly
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DATELIIIE
Exhibits
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit. Through Feb. 7. Daily
II am-4 pm; Wednesday, 7-9 pm.
UU Galerie: "The Classic Chinese
Garden. Through March 6. Monday
Friday, 10 am-4 pm; Saturday
and Sunday, noon to 4 pm.
Thursday, January 14
Physics Colloquium: Theo Theofanus
(UCSB), " Risk Assessment Analysis,"
Science E-45, 11 am.
Music: John Bankston, BackStage
Pizza, noon.
Friday, January 15
Swimming, Diving: Boston College, Mott
Gym Pool , 2 pm.
Music: Sally Rogers, Theatre, 7 pm. ($).
Pre-concert lecture, Moon Ja Minn
Suhr (Theatre and Dance), Philips
Hall , 7 pm.
Women's Basketball: U. of North Texas,
Mott Gym, 7 pm.
Saturday, January 16
Music: Christine Lavin, Theatre, 8 pm. ($)
ltonday, January 18
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. birthday
observed.
Swimming, Diving: UC Davis, Mott Gym
Pool, 1 pm.
Tuesday, January 19
Music: Jill Cohn, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Wednesday, January 20
Music: Doc Stoltey, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Men's Basketball: UCSB , Mott Gym, 7
pm. ($)
Music: Annual Baroque concert, Cohan
Center, 8 pm. ($). Pre-concert lecture,
Alyson McLamore (Music), Philips
Hall, 7 pm.
Thursday, January 21
Physics Colloquium: Lloyd Lambert
(U niversity of Vermont), "Meteorite
Catastrophies," Science E-45, II am.
(Continued on page 3)
Published by the Communications Office
Nominations sought
for outstanding staff
Systemwide survey to be
conducted in February
It's time to nominate the 1998-99
Outstanding Staff Employees.
A nomination form is included in this
Cal Poly Report and contains informa
tion on eligibility, nomination criteria
and procedures.
The nomination deadline is Friday,
Feb. 12. 0
In February Cal Poly will join the
other 22 CSU campuses in administer
ing SNAPS, the Student Needs and
Priorities Survey conducted
systemwide every five years.
The composite SNAPS data is used by
the Chancellor's Office in advising each
campus, the trustees, the Legislature, and
the public regarding critical issues affect
ing students. Cal Poly will administer the
survey in class sections randomly drawn
from the class schedule.
Teachers involved will be contacted in
mid-January.
The Assessment and Testing Center is
coordinating SNAPS 1999 on campus. 0
Wednesday, January 1J
Music: Kevin Rees, BackStage
Pizza, noon.
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 16 • January 13, 1999
Annual Baroque concert
planned for Jan. 20
The Annual Baroque concert on
Wednesday, Jan. 20, will bring
together maestros Clifton Swanson
and Thomas Davies for an evening of
chamber music featuring the univer
sity's PolyPhonics and a specially com
mi ss ioned orchestra.
The concert, a Cal Poly Arts event,
will be at 8 pm in Harman Hall in the
Performing Arts Center's Cohan
Center. The music has been chosen to
reflect the richness and variety of the
Baroque period. Cal Poly music profes
sor Alyson McLamore will give a
pre-concert lecture at 7 pm in the Per
forming Arts Center's Philips Hall.
The concert selections include
Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6,
No. 11 , by Arcangelo Corelli, and three
works by Johann Sebastian Bach: Vio
lin Concerto in E major; Harpsichord
Concerto in D major; and Magnificat in
D major, known as one of the most
satisfy ing of all of Bach's choral
works.
The two concertos by Bach are actu
ally two ways of looking at the same
piece, according to music professor
Swanson. Bach wrote the original for
so lo violin, then later transcribed it
for harpsichord.
"The two pieces are, note-for-note ,
the same in most regards," Swanson
said, "but sound completely different to
the casual li stener because of the dif
ference in so lo instruments ."
(Con tinued on page 2)
Phones installed
in classes and labs
During summer and fall quarters, tele
phones were installed on the walls of
classrooms and laboratories throughout
the university. The phone numbers are
printed on the handsets.
The phones are to be used primarily for
calls to 911 and for audio and video equip
ment support. Media Distribution Services
asks that you call them directly at ext. 6-7200
with any audio or video help requests.
A staff member will respond promptly
to repair or replace equipment or simply
answer audiovisual, distribution or multi
media questions.
Please call Media Distribution Ser
vices before you use or borrow equip
ment from an adjacent room in an
emergency. This will help avoid the
dreaded "MOPS" (missing overhead
projector syndrome). 0
T A
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Pink Plunge
Nomination for Outstanding Staff Employee Award
Eligibility
Nominees must be full-time or part-time employees of the university, Founda
tion or ASI who are in at least their third year of employment at Cal Poly and
are not represented by bargaining unit 3. Former recipients of the award are
ineligible to receive it again.
Below is a list of the recipients who are still active employees and the year
that they received the award :
AI Amaral 1985
Debbie Arseneau 1989
Wanda Bolt 1992
Rosemary Bowker 1993
Debbie Brothwell 1993
Lee Brown 1987
Ron Christensen 1990
Janet Carlstrom 1990
Barbara Ciesielski 1991
Joan Cirone 1981
Walter Clark 1984
Connie Davis 1994
George Enriquez 1996
Richard Equinoa 1998
Francesca Fairbrother 1995
Larry Grimes 1983
Patricia Harris 1998
Cindy Jelinek 1996
Frank Kassak 1982
Gary Ketcham 1987
Lynette Klooster 1988
Dale Lackore 1980
Kathy Lamoree 1985
Frank Lebens 1978
Jim McLaughlin 1994
Andy McMeans 1993
Carol Montgomery 1996
French Morgan 1987
Pam Parsons 1992
Jacquie Paulsen 1989
Kristina Pefia 1997
Judi Pinkerton 1988
Joseph Risser 1992
Harriet Ross 1991
Don Shemenske 1997
Gail Simmons 1984
Vicki Stover 1986
Judy Swanson 1997
Nancy Vilkitis 1988
Nomination Criteria
In order to be considered for the Outstanding Staff Employee Award, an
employee should be truly dedicated and loyal ; exhibit expertise in job perfor
mance; demonstrate a willingness to assist others enthusiastically; take initia
tive in making his or her department more efficient and productive; maintain an
excellent relationship with co-workers, faculty members and students ; and make
contributions to both the university and the community.
Nomination Procedures
Any staff employee, faculty member, department or division head may
nominate an eligible emp loyee for the Outstanding Staff Employee Award .
Nominations are made by completing the form on the back of this page. The
completed nomination form must be submitted to:
French Morgan
Chair, Outstanding Staff Employee Award Selection Committee
Biological Sciences
Deadline for Nominations is Friday, Feb. 12!
1998-99 Outstanding Staff Employee
Nominee 's name:
Nominee 's department:
Nominee'ssupervisor: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please provide specific examples of the nominee's efforts on behalf of his/her department, division or college, and the univer
sity as related to each of the following factors:
~edication
and loyaltytothejob: --~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--
Jobpcrfurmanceexperti~:
______________________________________________________________________________
Wi IIi ngness to assist others en thus iasticall y: ------------------------------------------------------------
Initiative in making department more efficient and productive:
Relationship with co-workers, faculty members and students:
University oriented: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Community oriented: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Nominator's name: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Si gnature: --~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nominator 's departmentordivision : ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Media of