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Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications
for the following positions are available
from the appropriate Human Resources
office. Information can also be accessed
from the Cal Poly home page on the World
Wide Web (address: www. calpoly.edu; click
on "General Information").
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All Foundation
applications must be received (not just
postmarked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Student Alumni Programs Advisor,
Alumni Relations ($12.40- 14.67/hr.)
Responsible for strengthening the link
between current Cal Poly students and
alumni. Requirements: High school di
ploma or equivalent; minimum three
year's clerical or administrative experi
ence; two years of involvement in a stu
dent club or organization preferred. A
bachelor's degree can substitute for up to
two year's experience. Must have a basic
knowledge of budget management;
knowledge of codes and bylaws of stu
dent clubs and organizations preferred.
Must have excellent computer skills, oral
and written communication skills, and
effective and comprehensive presentation
skills. Closing date: Feb. 5.
Prospect Researcher, Advancement
Services ($12.40- 14.67/hr.) Respon
sible for providing accurate and timely
research to facilitate the university's so
licitation program with major donors,
corporations and foundations . Require
ments: High school diploma or equiva
lent; minimum three years of technical or
administrative experience in gathering,
compiling and analyzing data. A
bachelor's degree can substitute for up to
two year's experience. Must have knowl
edge of biographical and financial refer
ence sources; knowledge of major gift
fund-raising methodology and support
systems preferred. Must have excellent
computer skills; skill in Dialog, Lexis
Nexis, Dow Jones Interactive,
DataQuick, Experian and Access pre
ferred. Must have strong oral and written
communication skills and ability to
gather, compile and analyze information
and present in clear, comprehensive pro
file reports . Closing date: Feb. 5.
See listings for State, Foundation,
Faculty and ASI job openings in next
week's Cal Poly Report. 0
••• Women's History ltonth
(Continued from page I)
Feb. I 0, in Chumash Auditorium. Her
presentation is titled "Sex, Power and the
Media: Rethinking the Myths of
America's Dream Girl."
Simonton, a former model, is a lead
ing authority on the effects of media
images and has traveled nationwide to
present her expose on the disturbing ef
fects of advertising, pornography, and
beauty pageants. She spoke as part of Cal
Poly's Take Back the Night several
years ago .
On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Chris Mott
will speak on women and pornography in
a talk titled "Both Sides Now."
On Saturday, Feb. 20, two physical
education and kinesiology students will
present their senior project and Cal
Poly 's second annual "National Girls and
Women in Sports Day."
Cal Poly's Panhellenic Council will
sponsor a speaker from the Santa Monica
Rape Crisis Center on Monday evening,
Feb. 22, in Chumash Auditorium. The
talk will be about date-rape drugs.
Campus events will conclude with the
annual Women's History Luncheon
Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Chumash Audi
torium. At the luncheon, the "Cal Poly
Women of the Year" awards will be pre
sented to women faculty and staff mem
bers who have been mentors and role
models for women students.
Also during the lunch, four students
will be named to receive Cal Poly's
Committee on the Status of Women
scholarships. The lunch will include a
silent auction, the proceeds of which
will help support Women's Programs.
Friday night, Feb. 26, a multimedia
performance is planned at Linnaea's on
Garden Street in San Luis Obispo. The
act, crafted and performed by dancer
Joy Becker, singer-songwriter Shannon
Savage, and spoken-word performer
Zette Harbour, will articulate a female
perspective on the role that appear
ances and multicultural images have
on women.
This year's Women's History Month
was organized entirely by student
members of the Women 's Programs
Planning Board.
For more information and a schedule of
events, call the Women's Center at ext.
6-2600 or visit the Web site at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-wps. 0
ort
••• DATELINE
(Continued from page I)
Tuesday, February 2 (cont.)
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 18 • January 27, 1999
Published by the Communications Office
Film: "On the Edge: The Entertainers,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Wednesday, February J
Film: "Photo Documentaries: At Home
and Abroad," Cohan Center Pavilion,
8 pm. ($)
DATELINE
Thursday, February 4
Exhibits
Physics Colloquium: Ken Hoffman,
"Radioactive Dating of Paleomagnetic
Samples," Science E-45, 11 am.
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Feb. 5-6. ($)
Film: "Transport Through Paradise,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Friday, February 5
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 3 pm. ($)
Women's Basketball: UOP, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Feb. 6. ($)
Saturday, February 6
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 1 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm ($)
Sunday, February 7
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 1 pm. ($)
Women's Basketball: Long Beach State,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Thursday, February 11
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit: "AlGA 50 Books/50
Covers from 1997 ," through Feb. 7.
Daily 11 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.
Wednesday, January 27
Open Forum: On Cal Poly 's future, UU
220, 11 am.
Music: Jim Holder, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Music: Darrell Voss Latin Jazz, BackStage
Pizza, 6 pm.
Music: Student piano recital , Davidson
Music Center 218, 7:30pm.
Thursday, January 28
Physics Colloquium: James Dunn
(Livermore National Lab), "Table-Top
X-Ray Lasers," Science E-45, 11 am.
Men's Basketball: UC Irvine, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 29
Physics Colloquium: Ronald Brown,
"The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect"
(1998 Nobel Prize), Science E-45,
11 am.
Men's Basketball: UOP, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Lecture, Demonstration: Hawaiian slack
key guitar, Davidson Music Center
218 , 4 pm.
Music: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Festival, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also Jan.
30 and Feb. 4-6. ($)
Friday, February 12
Saturday, January JO
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
3 pm. ($)
Music: Marilyn Home, Cohan Center,
8 pm. ($)
Saturday, February 1J
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
1 pm. ($)
Softball: San Diego State, Softball Field,
noon and 2 pm.
Men's Basketball: Long Beach State,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Men's Basketball: Cal State Fullerton,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also Feb.
4-6. ($)
Sunday, February 14
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
1 pm. ($)
Softball: Fresno State, Softball Field,
noon and 2 pm.
Music, Dance: "Spirit of the Dance,"
Cohan Center, 3 and 8 pm. ($)
CSU to embark on
'Celebrating Teachers'
The Women's Programs office is plan
ning events throughout February to mark
Women's History Month.
This year's theme, "Through the
Looking Glass- Women in Media,"
explores the visual representation of
women in popular media and the effect it
has on women's identities and self-esteem.
The celebration will begin with are
ception in the UU Galerie from 4 to 5:30
pm Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Carolyn Stefanco, chair of the History
Department and former director of the
Women's Studies Program, will deliver
opening remarks on "Why Women's
History?" Gloria Velasquez, professor of
modern languages, will read some of her
previously published and new poetry,
accompanied by guitarist Ruben Monreal.
Refreshments will be served and at
tendees can see the current Galerie ex
hibit of Chinese garden designs .
A panel discussion, "The Different
Hues of Femininity," is set for Tuesday,
Feb. 9, in Room in UU 220. The four
panelists from different cultural back
grounds will talk about their experiences
growing up with the majority culture's
standards of beauty.
Keynote speaker Ann Simonton will
talk about the media's role in the exploi
tation of women at 7 pm Wednesday,
The Chancellor's Office is planning
a yearlong "CSU Celebrating Teach
ers" event designed to recognize the
tens of thousands of CSU alumni who
are K-12 teachers.
The celebration, planned for the
1999-2000 school year, will kick off in
September. The event is intended to
recognize and publicize those teachers
who have distinguished themselves in
their profession, to show the high quality
of CSU alumni, and to bring together a
group of outstanding educators who rep
resent the best of the CSU.
Each campus has been asked to select
a "CSU Outstanding Alumni-Teacher,"
who will be invited to the kickoff event
at the Chancellor's Office. While there,
the alumni-teachers will meet the CSU
Board of Trustees and have dinner with
them, Chancellor Reed, and the CSU
presidents. In addition, the honored
teachers will attend a symposium on
K-12 education.
"I am delighted that the CSU is recog
nizing outstanding teacher graduates in
California," said Susan Roper, director of
the University Center for Teacher Educa
tion . "Recognition of excellent teachers
helps us recruit excellent students into
our profession."
CSU Celebrating Teachers is expected
to result in:
• Better ties with CSU alumni who are
K-12 teachers;
• Increased recruitment of teachers
throughout California;
• Increased awareness of the important
role teachers play in the future of the
state; and
• Increased awareness of the CSU's
role in education reform as well as of
how the system is working to meet the
challenges of the next decade.
At Cal Poly, a committee has been
formed to establish the process for select
ing the outstanding teacher, to plan
events, and to find opportunities to publi
cize the celebration.
(Continued on page 4)
Sunday, January 31
Softball: Cal State Bakersfield, Softball
Field, noon.
Ronday, February 1
Film: "Fool's Fire/Performance Pieces,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Tuesday, February 2
Women's History Month: A variety of
events in the UU. Call ext. 6-2600 for
schedule or visit http://
www.calpoly.edu/-wps.
Learn-at-Lunch: Psychologist Steve
Brody, " Renew Your Relationship at
Midlife," Staff Dining Room, noon.
(Continued on page 4)
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Cal Poly to celebrate
Women's History ltonth
Board approves
liquor license
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control rejected an appeal that would have
prevented the Cal Poly Foundation from
receiving its liquor license.
The Foundation applied for the li
cense in 1996 so it could serve wine and
beer at Performing Arts Center events.
Until now, the Foundation has had to get
one-day permits to sell liquor during
performances at the center.
The decision can be appealed to the
California Supreme Court. 0
(Continued on page 2)
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 27, 1999
'Relationships' topic of
Learn-at-Lunch talk
Global Affairs has
new name, same director
College of Engineering
selects student for award
HDTV Electronic
Cinema Festival set
Opera star Plarilyn Horne
to sing in PAC Feb. 12
Annual Pops Concert
to play Feb. 27
The Employee Assistance Program's
Learn-at-Lunch winter quarter series will
begin on Feb. 2 with a talk by Cambria
psychologist Steven Brody titled "Renew
Your Relationship Midlife."
The Learn-at-Lunch presentations
are all at noon Tuesdays in the Staff
Dining Room.
The remaining winter talks will be:
• Feb. 16- Amita Ghosh and Jeanne
Hogan, Psychological Services doctoral
interns, will present "Stress- Can't
Live With It, Can't Live Without It."
• March 3 -Holly Kusko, owner of
Horizon Communications, will speak on
"Goal Planning- Steps to Make Your
Dreams a Reality."
Sessions are open to employees and
their families . Those attending can bring
a lunch.
Call the Employee Assistance Pro
gram office at ext. 6-0-EAP (6-0327) for
more information. D
The Global Affairs office has been re
named the International Education and
Programs office, and it will be led by his
tory professor and former Interim Director
of Global Affairs John Snetsinger.
The office name change was recom
mended by the Global Affairs Council and
David Conn, vice provost for academic
programs and undergraduate education, to
whom the International Education and
Programs office reports.
Paul Zingg, provost and vice president
for academic affairs, appointed Snetsinger
to his new position as director of the newly
named office. Snetsinger's appointment
runs through August 2001. During his
assignment, he will continue to teach part
time in the History Department.
International Education and Programs is
responsible for providing leadership and
advocacy for international education
within the campus community as well as
for numerous university projects related to
international education. That includes act
ing as liaison between the campus and the
international community, coordinating and
assisting university units in the develop
ment and administration of international
education programs, directing the London
Studies Program, and overseeing vi sits to
Cal Poly by international visitors. D
The College of Engineering has se
lected industrial engineering major and
ASI chair Amy Luker to receive a 1998
99 Outstanding Engineering Student
award given by the College Fellows of
the Institute for the Advancement of
Engineering.
Each year Cal Poly nominates a stu
dent who has both achieved academic
excellence and taken an active role as a
student leader.
Ken Brown, professor in the Indus
trial and Manufacturing Engineering
Department, nominated Luker for the
prestigious award. D
Cal Poly Arts is bringing the digital
technology of high-definition television
(HDTV) to the screen Monday through
Thursday, Feb. 1-4, with the showing of
films made by some of America's best
videographers.
The films, all at 8 pm in the Perform
ing Arts Center Pavilion, are "Fool's
Fire," "Performance Pieces," "On the
Edge: The Entertainers," "Photo Docu
mentaries: At Home and Abroad," and
"Transport Through Paradise."
HDTV is said to create a rich image
similar to film photography, yet more
vivid. The HDTV Electronic Cinema
Festival schedule is:
• Feb. 1 -"Fool's Fire" and
"Performance Pieces. " "Fool's Fire,"
directed by Broadway 's "Lion King"
director and designer Julie Taymor,
teams actors and larger-than-life pup
pets in a fantasy based on a dark Edgar
Allen Poe tale. "Performance Pieces"
stars F. Murray Abraham in a black
comedy as a New York City perfor
mance artist who discovers a macabre
way to create long-term value for
his work.
• Feb. 2 - "On the Edge: The Enter
tainers" profiles a cross-section of off
beat entertainers in four short films.
Those chronicled include a former bur
lesque queen, a cult legend who cranked
out countless low-budget horror and sci
fi thrillers, magicians, and promoters
battling for a piece of the Los Angeles
"salsa" dance craze.
• Feb. 3 - "Photo Documentaries: At
Home & Abroad" takes viewers on two
tours: a behind-the-scenes look at the life
of the official U.S. presidential photogra
pher and a journey of 70 photojournalists
who gained unprecedented access to
travel in Vietnam.
• Feb. 4 -"Transport through Para
dise" is two short documentaries. In
the first, "Clearwater: Celebrating the
Hudson River," folksingers Pete
Seeger and Arlo Guthrie follow the
sloop Clearwater on a weeklong au
tumn cruise through the Hudson River
Valley. "Train Ride in the Sky: The
Copper Canyon" captures on film a 40mile excursion through Mexico's Cop
per Canyon, a natural wonder larger
and deeper than the Grand Canyon .
Tickets to each night are $6.50 to $8. D ·
Marilyn Horne, one of America's
most beloved singers, will give a benefit
concert with her lifetime collaborator,
pianist Martin
Katz, at 8 pm Fri
day, Feb. 12, in
Harman Hall in the
Performing Arts
Center's Cohan
Center.
Acclaimed for the
beauty of her
mezzo-soprano
Marilyn Horne
voice, her astounding vocal range,
and technical virtuosity, Horne has sung
on the world's most famous opera stages.
In writing about her 25 years at the
Metropolitan Opera, The New York
Times hailed her as "one of nine all-time,
all-star singers in the Metropolitan
Opera's 100 years."
New York Newsday said of a
Carnegie Hall recital, "Marilyn Horne
has few equals among today 's singing
stars. When she performs, the music al
ways comes first .., Home sang thr-ough it
all with exemplary artistry ... her voice
still in superb control from the thrilling,
rumbling bottom to the silvery top."
She was awarded the National En
dowment for the Arts' coveted National
Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Hon
ors, Italy's Premio d'Oro as "the greatest
female singer in the world," and was the
first American artist to receive the
Fidelio Gold Medal from the Interna
tional Association of Opera Directors for
her substantial contribution to opera
houses throughout the world.
Jacalyn Kreitzer of the Music Depart
ment will give a pre-concert lecture at 7
pm in Philips Hall in the Cohan Center.
Horne's appearance is part of Cal Poly
Arts' Great Performances series. Proceeds
from the concert will go toward Music
Department vocal scholarships.
Tickets cost $23.50 to $44. D
The 1999 Pops Concert at 8 pm Satur
day, Feb. 27, will merge the world of
professional, jazz and classical perfor
mance with the youthful excitement of
almost I 00 student performers.
The Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and the
University Jazz Band will perform songs
the whole family will recognize and enjoy.
The concert will be in Harman Hall in
the Performing Arts Center's Cohan Cen
ter. In the traditional style of the Boston
Pops Orchestra, members of the audience
will be served complimentary refreshments
in the center's lobby during intermission.
The Wind Orchestra, under the baton
of music professor William Johnson,
will play the "magical" movie music of
John Williams, including themes from
"Far and Away" and the "Star Wars
Trilogy." The orchestra will also play
"Spartacus" by Jan van der Roost, Ada
gio for Winds, by Elliot del Borgo, and
"Semper Liberi" (We Will Always Be
Free) by Robert Smith.
The University Jazz Band, directed
by music professor Paul Rinzler, will
play classic "jump tunes" with blues,
rhythm and blues, and traditional swing
influences. The repertoire includes "Jer
sey Bounce" by Feyne, Plater and
Bradshaw, "Route 66" by Bobby Troup,
"Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins, and
"Jump, Jive, and Wail" by Louis Prima.
Guest artist Darren Mulder will per
form Concerto for Trumpet by Alexander
Arutunian. Mulder, who grew up in the
San Luis Obispo area, is a member of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los An
geles Chamber Orchestra and the Santa
Barbara Symphony.
Tickets cost $9 to $18. Concert-goers
can save from 15 to 25 percent off the
ticket price by buying tickets to multiple
Wind Orchestra and University Jazz
Band season events. For season ticket
information and a brochure call Johnson
at ext. 6-2607.
The concert is sponsored by the Col
lege of Liberal Arts, the Music Depart
ment, and ASI. D
Distinguished teachers
to sit on panel Feb. 9
Don Maas of the University Center
for Teacher Education will present the
"Distinguished Teachers Panel" from
noon to I pm Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the
Staff Dining Room .
Panelists Jay DeNatale of the Civil
and Environmental Engineering Depart
ment, John Culver, Political Science, and
Tina Bailey, Chemistry and Biochemis
try, will talk about ways to motivate both
teachers and students to create a better
learning environment.
Lunch will be provided. Please call
the Faculty Instructional Development
office at ext. 6-5935 by Tuesday, Feb. 2,
if you plan to attend.
For details, call Jennifer De Vicari is in
the Faculty Instructional Development
office, or Mass at ext. 6-2587. D
Turkeys at Campus Plarket
The Campus Market has Cal Poly
raised turkeys ranging from 13 to 24 lbs.
on sale for $1.39 a pound. Pick one up,
or call ext. 6-1265 to order one for later.
Other favorites on sale at the market
are San Luis Lace cheese made by stu
dents in the Cal Poly Dairy, eggs,
chicken, jams and sauces. D
••• 'Celebrating Teachers'
(Continued from page 1)
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The Cal Poly Report is published
every Wednesday during the academic
year. Items submitted by 10 am
Thursday appear in the following
Wednesday's edition.
E-mail articles to polynews@poly
mail, or fax items to ext. 6-6533. For .
information, _call ext. 6-1511. D
A subcommittee of the UCTE Steering
Committee, composed ofK-12 teachers,
administrators and faculty members, will
recommend a teacher from a pool of form
er California county teachers of the year.
Cal Poly's outstanding teacher is ex
pected to be recognized at both fall and
spring commencement ceremonies:
For details, call Carol Barnes, advance
ment director for the University Center for
Teacher Education, at ext. 6-5934. D
Hany Khalil helps Armenia
modernize food industry
Food science professor Hany Khalil
spent six months in Armenia helping that
nation expand its food exports, rely less
on imported food , and modernize its
food processing industry.
He worked with Armenian food pro
cessors to develop both exportable food
products and foods to replace products
the former Soviet republic previously
imported. Those included sun-dried to
matoes, apple juice, apricot juice, catsup,
red pepper sauce, and a carbonated drink
made from hibiscus flowers.
He also advised on ways to improve
packaging, an integral part of product
development.
Armenia has imported much of its
food, Khalil said. "I helped them be
come Jes s dependent on the imports by
teaching them how to preserve their
own food for sale in their own country
and how to deliver and sell the prod
ucts abroad."
Khalil involved professors from the
Armenian Agriculture Academy in the
food industry by taking them to manu
facturing plants.
"Currently there is very little interac
tion between industry and academia,"
Khalil said.
He also worked on the academy's
curriculum, helping to establ ish new
programs in packaging and quality
control.
Khalil's work was funded by two U.S.
Department of Agriculture grants total
ing almost $135,000. D
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ncket information
Tickets to the performances listed in
today's· Cal Poly Report are on sale at the
Perforrrting Arts Ticket Office from 10 am
to 6 pm weekdays and from 10 am to 4
pm Saturdays. Caii6-ARTS (ext: 6-2787),
or fax your order to ext. 6-6088. 0
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CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 27, 1999
'Relationships' topic of
Learn-at-Lunch talk
Global Affairs has
new name, same director
College of Engineering
selects student for award
HDTV Electronic
Cinema Festival set
Opera star Plarilyn Horne
to sing in PAC Feb. 12
Annual Pops Concert
to play Feb. 27
The Employee Assistance Program's
Learn-at-Lunch winter quarter series will
begin on Feb. 2 with a talk by Cambria
psychologist Steven Brody titled "Renew
Your Relationship Midlife."
The Learn-at-Lunch presentations
are all at noon Tuesdays in the Staff
Dining Room.
The remaining winter talks will be:
• Feb. 16- Amita Ghosh and Jeanne
Hogan, Psychological Services doctoral
interns, will present "Stress- Can't
Live With It, Can't Live Without It."
• March 3 -Holly Kusko, owner of
Horizon Communications, will speak on
"Goal Planning- Steps to Make Your
Dreams a Reality."
Sessions are open to employees and
their families . Those attending can bring
a lunch.
Call the Employee Assistance Pro
gram office at ext. 6-0-EAP (6-0327) for
more information. D
The Global Affairs office has been re
named the International Education and
Programs office, and it will be led by his
tory professor and former Interim Director
of Global Affairs John Snetsinger.
The office name change was recom
mended by the Global Affairs Council and
David Conn, vice provost for academic
programs and undergraduate education, to
whom the International Education and
Programs office reports.
Paul Zingg, provost and vice president
for academic affairs, appointed Snetsinger
to his new position as director of the newly
named office. Snetsinger's appointment
runs through August 2001. During his
assignment, he will continue to teach part
time in the History Department.
International Education and Programs is
responsible for providing leadership and
advocacy for international education
within the campus community as well as
for numerous university projects related to
international education. That includes act
ing as liaison between the campus and the
international community, coordinating and
assisting university units in the develop
ment and administration of international
education programs, directing the London
Studies Program, and overseeing vi sits to
Cal Poly by international visitors. D
The College of Engineering has se
lected industrial engineering major and
ASI chair Amy Luker to receive a 199899 Outstanding Engineering Student
award given by the College Fellows of
the Institute for the Advancement of
Engineering.
Each year Cal Poly nominates a stu
dent who has both achieved academic
excellence and taken an active role as a
student leader.
Ken Brown, professor in the Indus
trial and Manufacturing Engineering
Department, nominated Luker for the
prestigious award. D
Cal Poly Arts is bringing the digital
technology of high-definition television
(HDTV) to the screen Monday through
Thursday, Feb. 1-4, with the showing of
films made by some of America's best
videographers.
The films, all at 8 pm in the Perform
ing Arts Center Pavilion, are "Fool's
Fire," "Performance Pieces," "On the
Edge: The Entertainers," "Photo Docu
mentaries: At Home and Abroad," and
"Transport Through Paradise."
HDTV is said to create a rich image
similar to film photography, yet more
vivid. The HDTV Electronic Cinema
Festival schedule is:
• Feb. 1 -"Fool's Fire" and
"Performance Pieces. " "Fool's Fire,"
directed by Broadway 's "Lion King"
director and designer Julie Taymor,
teams actors and larger-than-life pup
pets in a fantasy based on a dark Edgar
Allen Poe tale. "Performance Pieces"
stars F. Murray Abraham in a black
comedy as a New York City perfor
mance artist who discovers a macabre
way to create long-term value for
his work.
• Feb. 2 - "On the Edge: The Enter
tainers" profiles a cross-section of off
beat entertainers in four short films.
Those chronicled include a former bur
lesque queen, a cult legend who cranked
out countless low-budget horror and sci
fi thrillers, magicians, and promoters
battling for a piece of the Los Angeles
"salsa" dance craze.
• Feb. 3 - "Photo Documentaries: At
Home & Abroad" takes viewers on two
tours: a behind-the-scenes look at the life
of the official U.S. presidential photogra
pher and a journey of 70 photojournalists
who gained unprecedented access to
travel in Vietnam.
• Feb. 4 -"Transport through Para
dise" is two short documentaries. In
the first, "Clearwater: Celebrating the
Hudson River," folksingers Pete
Seeger and Arlo Guthrie follow the
sloop Clearwater on a weeklong au
tumn cruise through the Hudson River
Valley. "Train Ride in the Sky: The
Copper Canyon" captures on film a 40
mile excursion through Mexico's Cop
per Canyon, a natural wonder larger
and deeper than the Grand Canyon .
Tickets to each night are $6.50 to $8. D ·
Marilyn Horne, one of America's
most beloved singers, will give a benefit
concert with her lifetime collaborator,
pianist Martin
Katz, at 8 pm Fri
day, Feb. 12, in
Harman Hall in the
Performing Arts
Center's Cohan
Center.
Acclaimed for the
beauty of her
mezzo-soprano
Marilyn Horne
voice, her astound
ing vocal range,
and technical virtuosity, Horne has sung
on the world's most famous opera stages.
In writing about her 25 years at the
Metropolitan Opera, The New York
Times hailed her as "one of nine all-time,
all-star singers in the Metropolitan
Opera's 100 years."
New York Newsday said of a
Carnegie Hall recital, "Marilyn Horne
has few equals among today 's singing
stars. When she performs, the music al
ways comes first .., Home sang thr-ough it
all with exemplary artistry ... her voice
still in superb control from the thrilling,
rumbling bottom to the silvery top."
She was awarded the National En
dowment for the Arts' coveted National
Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Hon
ors, Italy's Premio d'Oro as "the greatest
female singer in the world," and was the
first American artist to receive the
Fidelio Gold Medal from the Interna
tional Association of Opera Directors for
her substantial contribution to opera
houses throughout the world.
Jacalyn Kreitzer of the Music Depart
ment will give a pre-concert lecture at 7
pm in Philips Hall in the Cohan Center.
Horne's appearance is part of Cal Poly
Arts' Great Performances series. Proceeds
from the concert will go toward Music
Department vocal scholarships.
Tickets cost $23.50 to $44. D
The 1999 Pops Concert at 8 pm Satur
day, Feb. 27, will merge the world of
professional, jazz and classical perfor
mance with the youthful excitement of
almost I 00 student performers.
The Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and the
University Jazz Band will perform songs
the whole family will recognize and enjoy.
The concert will be in Harman Hall in
the Performing Arts Center's Cohan Cen
ter. In the traditional style of the Boston
Pops Orchestra, members of the audience
will be served complimentary refreshments
in the center's lobby during intermission.
The Wind Orchestra, under the baton
of music professor William Johnson,
will play the "magical" movie music of
John Williams, including themes from
"Far and Away" and the "Star Wars
Trilogy." The orchestra will also play
"Spartacus" by Jan van der Roost, Ada
gio for Winds, by Elliot del Borgo, and
"Semper Liberi" (We Will Always Be
Free) by Robert Smith.
The University Jazz Band, directed
by music professor Paul Rinzler, will
play classic "jump tunes" with blues,
rhythm and blues, and traditional swing
influences. The repertoire includes "Jer
sey Bounce" by Feyne, Plater and
Bradshaw, "Route 66" by Bobby Troup,
"Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins, and
"Jump, Jive, and Wail" by Louis Prima.
Guest artist Darren Mulder will per
form Concerto for Trumpet by Alexander
Arutunian. Mulder, who grew up in the
San Luis Obispo area, is a member of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los An
geles Chamber Orchestra and the Santa
Barbara Symphony.
Tickets cost $9 to $18. Concert-goers
can save from 15 to 25 percent off the
ticket price by buying tickets to multiple
Wind Orchestra and University Jazz
Band season events. For season ticket
information and a brochure call Johnson
at ext. 6-2607.
The concert is sponsored by the Col
lege of Liberal Arts, the Music Depart
ment, and ASI. D
Distinguished teachers
to sit on panel Feb. 9
Don Maas of the University Center
for Teacher Education will present the
"Distinguished Teachers Panel" from
noon to I pm Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the
Staff Dining Room .
Panelists Jay DeNatale of the Civil
and Environmental Engineering Depart
ment, John Culver, Political Science, and
Tina Bailey, Chemistry and Biochemis
try, will talk about ways to motivate both
teachers and students to create a better
learning environment.
Lunch will be provided. Please call
the Faculty Instructional Development
office at ext. 6-5935 by Tuesday, Feb. 2,
if you plan to attend.
For details, call Jennifer De Vicari is in
the Faculty Instructional Development
office, or Mass at ext. 6-2587. D
Turkeys at Campus Plarket
The Campus Market has Cal Poly
raised turkeys ranging from 13 to 24 lbs.
on sale for $1.39 a pound. Pick one up,
or call ext. 6-1265 to order one for later.
Other favorites on sale at the market
are San Luis Lace cheese made by stu
dents in the Cal Poly Dairy, eggs,
chicken, jams and sauces. D
••• 'Celebrating Teachers'
(Continued from page 1)
1-/tll£.', ~Mt tc, ~ (.4.1,
The Cal Poly Report is published
every Wednesday during the academic
year. Items submitted by 10 am
Thursday appear in the following
Wednesday's edition.
E-mail articles to polynews@poly
mail, or fax items to ext. 6-6533. For .
information, _call ext. 6-1511. D
A subcommittee of the UCTE Steering
Committee, composed ofK-12 teachers,
administrators and faculty members, will
recommend a teacher from a pool of form
er California county teachers of the year.
Cal Poly's outstanding teacher is ex
pected to be recognized at both fall and
spring commencement ceremonies:
For details, call Carol Barnes, advance
ment director for the University Center for
Teacher Education, at ext. 6-5934. D
Hany Khalil helps Armenia
modernize food industry
Food science professor Hany Khalil
spent six months in Armenia helping that
nation expand its food exports, rely less
on imported food , and modernize its
food processing industry.
He worked with Armenian food pro
cessors to develop both exportable food
products and foods to replace products
the former Soviet republic previously
imported. Those included sun-dried to
matoes, apple juice, apricot juice, catsup,
red pepper sauce, and a carbonated drink
made from hibiscus flowers.
He also advised on ways to improve
packaging, an integral part of product
development.
Armenia has imported much of its
food, Khalil said. "I helped them be
come Jes s dependent on the imports by
teaching them how to preserve their
own food for sale in their own country
and how to deliver and sell the prod
ucts abroad."
Khalil involved professors from the
Armenian Agriculture Academy in the
food industry by taking them to manu
facturing plants.
"Currently there is very little interac
tion between industry and academia,"
Khalil said.
He also worked on the academy's
curriculum, helping to establ ish new
programs in packaging and quality
control.
Khalil's work was funded by two U.S.
Department of Agriculture grants total
ing almost $135,000. D
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ncket information
Tickets to the performances listed in
today's· Cal Poly Report are on sale at the
Perforrrting Arts Ticket Office from 10 am
to 6 pm weekdays and from 10 am to 4
pm Saturdays. Caii6-ARTS (ext: 6-2787),
or fax your order to ext. 6-6088. 0
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P R I Z E
PATROL
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CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 27, 1999
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications
for the following positions are available
from the appropriate Human Resources
office. Information can also be accessed
from the Cal Poly home page on the World
Wide Web (address: www. calpoly.edu; click
on "General Information").
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All Foundation
applications must be received (not just
postmarked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Student Alumni Programs Advisor,
Alumni Relations ($12.40- 14.67/hr.)
Responsible for strengthening the link
between current Cal Poly students and
alumni. Requirements: High school di
ploma or equivalent; minimum three
year's clerical or administrative experi
ence; two years of involvement in a stu
dent club or organization preferred. A
bachelor's degree can substitute for up to
two year's experience. Must have a basic
knowledge of budget management;
knowledge of codes and bylaws of stu
dent clubs and organizations preferred.
Must have excellent computer skills, oral
and written communication skills, and
effective and comprehensive presentation
skills. Closing date: Feb. 5.
Prospect Researcher, Advancement
Services ($12.40- 14.67/hr.) Respon
sible for providing accurate and timely
research to facilitate the university's so
licitation program with major donors,
corporations and foundations . Require
ments: High school diploma or equiva
lent; minimum three years of technical or
administrative experience in gathering,
compiling and analyzing data. A
bachelor's degree can substitute for up to
two year's experience. Must have knowl
edge of biographical and financial refer
ence sources; knowledge of major gift
fund-raising methodology and support
systems preferred. Must have excellent
computer skills; skill in Dialog, Lexis
Nexis, Dow Jones Interactive,
DataQuick, Experian and Access pre
ferred. Must have strong oral and written
communication skills and ability to
gather, compile and analyze information
and present in clear, comprehensive pro
file reports . Closing date: Feb. 5.
See listings for State, Foundation,
Faculty and ASI job openings in next
week's Cal Poly Report. 0
••• Women's History ltonth
(Continued from page I)
Feb. I 0, in Chumash Auditorium. Her
presentation is titled "Sex, Power and the
Media: Rethinking the Myths of
America's Dream Girl."
Simonton, a former model, is a lead
ing authority on the effects of media
images and has traveled nationwide to
present her expose on the disturbing ef
fects of advertising, pornography, and
beauty pageants. She spoke as part of Cal
Poly's Take Back the Night several
years ago .
On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Chris Mott
will speak on women and pornography in
a talk titled "Both Sides Now."
On Saturday, Feb. 20, two physical
education and kinesiology students will
present their senior project and Cal
Poly 's second annual "National Girls and
Women in Sports Day."
Cal Poly's Panhellenic Council will
sponsor a speaker from the Santa Monica
Rape Crisis Center on Monday evening,
Feb. 22, in Chumash Auditorium. The
talk will be about date-rape drugs.
Campus events will conclude with the
annual Women's History Luncheon
Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Chumash Audi
torium. At the luncheon, the "Cal Poly
Women of the Year" awards will be pre
sented to women faculty and staff mem
bers who have been mentors and role
models for women students.
Also during the lunch, four students
will be named to receive Cal Poly's
Committee on the Status of Women
scholarships. The lunch will include a
silent auction, the proceeds of which
will help support Women's Programs.
Friday night, Feb. 26, a multimedia
performance is planned at Linnaea's on
Garden Street in San Luis Obispo. The
act, crafted and performed by dancer
Joy Becker, singer-songwriter Shannon
Savage, and spoken-word performer
Zette Harbour, will articulate a female
perspective on the role that appear
ances and multicultural images have
on women.
This year's Women's History Month
was organized entirely by student
members of the Women 's Programs
Planning Board.
For more information and a schedule of
events, call the Women's Center at ext.
6-2600 or visit the Web site at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-wps. 0
ort
••• DATELINE
(Continued from page I)
Tuesday, February 2 (cont.)
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 18 • January 27, 1999
Published by the Communications Office
Film: "On the Edge: The Entertainers,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Wednesday, February J
Film: "Photo Documentaries: At Home
and Abroad," Cohan Center Pavilion,
8 pm. ($)
DATELINE
Thursday, February 4
Exhibits
Physics Colloquium: Ken Hoffman,
"Radioactive Dating of Paleomagnetic
Samples," Science E-45, 11 am.
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Feb. 5-6. ($)
Film: "Transport Through Paradise,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Friday, February 5
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 3 pm. ($)
Women's Basketball: UOP, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Feb. 6. ($)
Saturday, February 6
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 1 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm ($)
Sunday, February 7
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 1 pm. ($)
Women's Basketball: Long Beach State,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Thursday, February 11
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit: "AlGA 50 Books/50
Covers from 1997 ," through Feb. 7.
Daily 11 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.
Wednesday, January 27
Open Forum: On Cal Poly 's future, UU
220, 11 am.
Music: Jim Holder, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Music: Darrell Voss Latin Jazz, BackStage
Pizza, 6 pm.
Music: Student piano recital , Davidson
Music Center 218, 7:30pm.
Thursday, January 28
Physics Colloquium: James Dunn
(Livermore National Lab), "Table-Top
X-Ray Lasers," Science E-45, 11 am.
Men's Basketball: UC Irvine, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 29
Physics Colloquium: Ronald Brown,
"The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect"
(1998 Nobel Prize), Science E-45,
11 am.
Men's Basketball: UOP, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Lecture, Demonstration: Hawaiian slack
key guitar, Davidson Music Center
218 , 4 pm.
Music: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Festival, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also Jan.
30 and Feb. 4-6. ($)
Friday, February 12
Saturday, January JO
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
3 pm. ($)
Music: Marilyn Home, Cohan Center,
8 pm. ($)
Saturday, February 1J
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
1 pm. ($)
Softball: San Diego State, Softball Field,
noon and 2 pm.
Men's Basketball: Long Beach State,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Men's Basketball: Cal State Fullerton,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also Feb.
4-6. ($)
Sunday, February 14
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
1 pm. ($)
Softball: Fresno State, Softball Field,
noon and 2 pm.
Music, Dance: "Spirit of the Dance,"
Cohan Center, 3 and 8 pm. ($)
CSU to embark on
'Celebrating Teachers'
The Women's Programs office is plan
ning events throughout February to mark
Women's History Month.
This year's theme, "Through the
Looking Glass- Women in Media,"
explores the visual representation of
women in popular media and the effect it
has on women's identities and self-esteem.
The celebration will begin with are
ception in the UU Galerie from 4 to 5:30
pm Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Carolyn Stefanco, chair of the History
Department and former director of the
Women's Studies Program, will deliver
opening remarks on "Why Women's
History?" Gloria Velasquez, professor of
modern languages, will read some of her
previously published and new poetry,
accompanied by guitarist Ruben Monreal.
Refreshments will be served and at
tendees can see the current Galerie ex
hibit of Chinese garden designs .
A panel discussion, "The Different
Hues of Femininity," is set for Tuesday,
Feb. 9, in Room in UU 220. The four
panelists from different cultural back
grounds will talk about their experiences
growing up with the majority culture's
standards of beauty.
Keynote speaker Ann Simonton will
talk about the media's role in the exploi
tation of women at 7 pm Wednesday,
The Chancellor's Office is planning
a yearlong "CSU Celebrating Teach
ers" event designed to recognize the
tens of thousands of CSU alumni who
are K-12 teachers.
The celebration, planned for the
1999-2000 school year, will kick off in
September. The event is intended to
recognize and publicize those teachers
who have distinguished themselves in
their profession, to show the high quality
of CSU alumni, and to bring together a
group of outstanding educators who rep
resent the best of the CSU.
Each campus has been asked to select
a "CSU Outstanding Alumni-Teacher,"
who will be invited to the kickoff event
at the Chancellor's Office. While there,
the alumni-teachers will meet the CSU
Board of Trustees and have dinner with
them, Chancellor Reed, and the CSU
presidents. In addition, the honored
teachers will attend a symposium on
K-12 education.
"I am delighted that the CSU is recog
nizing outstanding teacher graduates in
California," said Susan Roper, director of
the University Center for Teacher Educa
tion . "Recognition of excellent teachers
helps us recruit excellent students into
our profession."
CSU Celebrating Teachers is expected
to result in:
• Better ties with CSU alumni who are
K-12 teachers;
• Increased recruitment of teachers
throughout California;
• Increased awareness of the important
role teachers play in the future of the
state; and
• Increased awareness of the CSU's
role in education reform as well as of
how the system is working to meet the
challenges of the next decade.
At Cal Poly, a committee has been
formed to establish the process for select
ing the outstanding teacher, to plan
events, and to find opportunities to publi
cize the celebration.
(Continued on page 4)
Sunday, January 31
Softball: Cal State Bakersfield, Softball
Field, noon.
Ronday, February 1
Film: "Fool's Fire/Performance Pieces,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Tuesday, February 2
Women's History Month: A variety of
events in the UU. Call ext. 6-2600 for
schedule or visit http://
www.calpoly.edu/-wps.
Learn-at-Lunch: Psychologist Steve
Brody, " Renew Your Relationship at
Midlife," Staff Dining Room, noon.
(Continued on page 4)
PAGE 4
Cal Poly to celebrate
Women's History ltonth
Board approves
liquor license
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control rejected an appeal that would have
prevented the Cal Poly Foundation from
receiving its liquor license.
The Foundation applied for the li
cense in 1996 so it could serve wine and
beer at Performing Arts Center events.
Until now, the Foundation has had to get
one-day permits to sell liquor during
performances at the center.
The decision can be appealed to the
California Supreme Court. 0
(Continued on page 2)
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications
for the following positions are available
from the appropriate Human Resources
office. Information can also be accessed
from the Cal Poly home page on the World
Wide Web (address: www. calpoly.edu; click
on "General Information").
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All Foundation
applications must be received (not just
postmarked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Student Alumni Programs Advisor,
Alumni Relations ($12.40- 14.67/hr.)
Responsible for strengthening the link
between current Cal Poly students and
alumni. Requirements: High school di
ploma or equivalent; minimum three
year's clerical or administrative experi
ence; two years of involvement in a stu
dent club or organization preferred. A
bachelor's degree can substitute for up to
two year's experience. Must have a basic
knowledge of budget management;
knowledge of codes and bylaws of stu
dent clubs and organizations preferred.
Must have excellent computer skills, oral
and written communication skills, and
effective and comprehensive presentation
skills. Closing date: Feb. 5.
Prospect Researcher, Advancement
Services ($12.40- 14.67/hr.) Respon
sible for providing accurate and timely
research to facilitate the university's so
licitation program with major donors,
corporations and foundations . Require
ments: High school diploma or equiva
lent; minimum three years of technical or
administrative experience in gathering,
compiling and analyzing data. A
bachelor's degree can substitute for up to
two year's experience. Must have knowl
edge of biographical and financial refer
ence sources; knowledge of major gift
fund-raising methodology and support
systems preferred. Must have excellent
computer skills; skill in Dialog, Lexis
Nexis, Dow Jones Interactive,
DataQuick, Experian and Access pre
ferred. Must have strong oral and written
communication skills and ability to
gather, compile and analyze information
and present in clear, comprehensive pro
file reports . Closing date: Feb. 5.
See listings for State, Foundation,
Faculty and ASI job openings in next
week's Cal Poly Report. 0
••• Women's History ltonth
(Continued from page I)
Feb. I 0, in Chumash Auditorium. Her
presentation is titled "Sex, Power and the
Media: Rethinking the Myths of
America's Dream Girl."
Simonton, a former model, is a lead
ing authority on the effects of media
images and has traveled nationwide to
present her expose on the disturbing ef
fects of advertising, pornography, and
beauty pageants. She spoke as part of Cal
Poly's Take Back the Night several
years ago .
On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Chris Mott
will speak on women and pornography in
a talk titled "Both Sides Now."
On Saturday, Feb. 20, two physical
education and kinesiology students will
present their senior project and Cal
Poly 's second annual "National Girls and
Women in Sports Day."
Cal Poly's Panhellenic Council will
sponsor a speaker from the Santa Monica
Rape Crisis Center on Monday evening,
Feb. 22, in Chumash Auditorium. The
talk will be about date-rape drugs.
Campus events will conclude with the
annual Women's History Luncheon
Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Chumash Audi
torium. At the luncheon, the "Cal Poly
Women of the Year" awards will be pre
sented to women faculty and staff mem
bers who have been mentors and role
models for women students.
Also during the lunch, four students
will be named to receive Cal Poly's
Committee on the Status of Women
scholarships. The lunch will include a
silent auction, the proceeds of which
will help support Women's Programs.
Friday night, Feb. 26, a multimedia
performance is planned at Linnaea's on
Garden Street in San Luis Obispo. The
act, crafted and performed by dancer
Joy Becker, singer-songwriter Shannon
Savage, and spoken-word performer
Zette Harbour, will articulate a female
perspective on the role that appear
ances and multicultural images have
on women.
This year's Women's History Month
was organized entirely by student
members of the Women 's Programs
Planning Board.
For more information and a schedule of
events, call the Women's Center at ext.
6-2600 or visit the Web site at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-wps. 0
ort
••• DATELINE
(Continued from page I)
Tuesday, February 2 (cont.)
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 18 • January 27, 1999
Published by the Communications Office
Film: "On the Edge: The Entertainers,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Wednesday, February J
Film: "Photo Documentaries: At Home
and Abroad," Cohan Center Pavilion,
8 pm. ($)
DATELINE
Thursday, February 4
Exhibits
Physics Colloquium: Ken Hoffman,
"Radioactive Dating of Paleomagnetic
Samples," Science E-45, 11 am.
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Feb. 5-6. ($)
Film: "Transport Through Paradise,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Friday, February 5
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 3 pm. ($)
Women's Basketball: UOP, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Feb. 6. ($)
Saturday, February 6
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 1 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm ($)
Sunday, February 7
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 1 pm. ($)
Women's Basketball: Long Beach State,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Thursday, February 11
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit: "AlGA 50 Books/50
Covers from 1997 ," through Feb. 7.
Daily 11 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.
Wednesday, January 27
Open Forum: On Cal Poly 's future, UU
220, 11 am.
Music: Jim Holder, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Music: Darrell Voss Latin Jazz, BackStage
Pizza, 6 pm.
Music: Student piano recital , Davidson
Music Center 218, 7:30pm.
Thursday, January 28
Physics Colloquium: James Dunn
(Livermore National Lab), "Table-Top
X-Ray Lasers," Science E-45, 11 am.
Men's Basketball: UC Irvine, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 29
Physics Colloquium: Ronald Brown,
"The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect"
(1998 Nobel Prize), Science E-45,
11 am.
Men's Basketball: UOP, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Lecture, Demonstration: Hawaiian slack
key guitar, Davidson Music Center
218 , 4 pm.
Music: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Festival, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also Jan.
30 and Feb. 4-6. ($)
Friday, February 12
Saturday, January JO
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
3 pm. ($)
Music: Marilyn Home, Cohan Center,
8 pm. ($)
Saturday, February 1J
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
1 pm. ($)
Softball: San Diego State, Softball Field,
noon and 2 pm.
Men's Basketball: Long Beach State,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Men's Basketball: Cal State Fullerton,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also Feb.
4-6. ($)
Sunday, February 14
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
1 pm. ($)
Softball: Fresno State, Softball Field,
noon and 2 pm.
Music, Dance: "Spirit of the Dance,"
Cohan Center, 3 and 8 pm. ($)
CSU to embark on
'Celebrating Teachers'
The Women's Programs office is plan
ning events throughout February to mark
Women's History Month.
This year's theme, "Through the
Looking Glass- Women in Media,"
explores the visual representation of
women in popular media and the effect it
has on women's identities and self-esteem.
The celebration will begin with are
ception in the UU Galerie from 4 to 5:30
pm Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Carolyn Stefanco, chair of the History
Department and former director of the
Women's Studies Program, will deliver
opening remarks on "Why Women's
History?" Gloria Velasquez, professor of
modern languages, will read some of her
previously published and new poetry,
accompanied by guitarist Ruben Monreal.
Refreshments will be served and at
tendees can see the current Galerie ex
hibit of Chinese garden designs .
A panel discussion, "The Different
Hues of Femininity," is set for Tuesday,
Feb. 9, in Room in UU 220. The four
panelists from different cultural back
grounds will talk about their experiences
growing up with the majority culture's
standards of beauty.
Keynote speaker Ann Simonton will
talk about the media's role in the exploi
tation of women at 7 pm Wednesday,
The Chancellor's Office is planning
a yearlong "CSU Celebrating Teach
ers" event designed to recognize the
tens of thousands of CSU alumni who
are K-12 teachers.
The celebration, planned for the
1999-2000 school year, will kick off in
September. The event is intended to
recognize and publicize those teachers
who have distinguished themselves in
their profession, to show the high quality
of CSU alumni, and to bring together a
group of outstanding educators who rep
resent the best of the CSU.
Each campus has been asked to select
a "CSU Outstanding Alumni-Teacher,"
who will be invited to the kickoff event
at the Chancellor's Office. While there,
the alumni-teachers will meet the CSU
Board of Trustees and have dinner with
them, Chancellor Reed, and the CSU
presidents. In addition, the honored
teachers will attend a symposium on
K-12 education.
"I am delighted that the CSU is recog
nizing outstanding teacher graduates in
California," said Susan Roper, director of
the University Center for Teacher Educa
tion . "Recognition of excellent teachers
helps us recruit excellent students into
our profession."
CSU Celebrating Teachers is expected
to result in:
• Better ties with CSU alumni who are
K-12 teachers;
• Increased recruitment of teachers
throughout California;
• Increased awareness of the important
role teachers play in the future of the
state; and
• Increased awareness of the CSU's
role in education reform as well as of
how the system is working to meet the
challenges of the next decade.
At Cal Poly, a committee has been
formed to establish the process for select
ing the outstanding teacher, to plan
events, and to find opportunities to publi
cize the celebration.
(Continued on page 4)
Sunday, January 31
Softball: Cal State Bakersfield, Softball
Field, noon.
Ronday, February 1
Film: "Fool's Fire/Performance Pieces,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Tuesday, February 2
Women's History Month: A variety of
events in the UU. Call ext. 6-2600 for
schedule or visit http://
www.calpoly.edu/-wps.
Learn-at-Lunch: Psychologist Steve
Brody, " Renew Your Relationship at
Midlife," Staff Dining Room, noon.
(Continued on page 4)
PAGE 4
Cal Poly to celebrate
Women's History ltonth
Board approves
liquor license
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control rejected an appeal that would have
prevented the Cal Poly Foundation from
receiving its liquor license.
The Foundation applied for the li
cense in 1996 so it could serve wine and
beer at Performing Arts Center events.
Until now, the Foundation has had to get
one-day permits to sell liquor during
performances at the center.
The decision can be appealed to the
California Supreme Court. 0
(Continued on page 2)
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 27, 1999
'Relationships' topic of
Learn-at-Lunch talk
Global Affairs has
new name, same director
College of Engineering
selects student for award
HDTV Electronic
Cinema Festival set
Opera star Plarilyn Horne
to sing in PAC Feb. 12
Annual Pops Concert
to play Feb. 27
The Employee Assistance Program's
Learn-at-Lunch winter quarter series will
begin on Feb. 2 with a talk by Cambria
psychologist Steven Brody titled "Renew
Your Relationship Midlife."
The Learn-at-Lunch presentations
are all at noon Tuesdays in the Staff
Dining Room.
The remaining winter talks will be:
• Feb. 16- Amita Ghosh and Jeanne
Hogan, Psychological Services doctoral
interns, will present "Stress- Can't
Live With It, Can't Live Without It."
• March 3 -Holly Kusko, owner of
Horizon Communications, will speak on
"Goal Planning- Steps to Make Your
Dreams a Reality."
Sessions are open to employees and
their families . Those attending can bring
a lunch.
Call the Employee Assistance Pro
gram office at ext. 6-0-EAP (6-0327) for
more information. D
The Global Affairs office has been re
named the International Education and
Programs office, and it will be led by his
tory professor and former Interim Director
of Global Affairs John Snetsinger.
The office name change was recom
mended by the Global Affairs Council and
David Conn, vice provost for academic
programs and undergraduate education, to
whom the International Education and
Programs office reports.
Paul Zingg, provost and vice president
for academic affairs, appointed Snetsinger
to his new position as director of the newly
named office. Snetsinger's appointment
runs through August 2001. During his
assignment, he will continue to teach part
time in the History Department.
International Education and Programs is
responsible for providing leadership and
advocacy for international education
within the campus community as well as
for numerous university projects related to
international education. That includes act
ing as liaison between the campus and the
international community, coordinating and
assisting university units in the develop
ment and administration of international
education programs, directing the London
Studies Program, and overseeing vi sits to
Cal Poly by international visitors. D
The College of Engineering has se
lected industrial engineering major and
ASI chair Amy Luker to receive a 1998
99 Outstanding Engineering Student
award given by the College Fellows of
the Institute for the Advancement of
Engineering.
Each year Cal Poly nominates a stu
dent who has both achieved academic
excellence and taken an active role as a
student leader.
Ken Brown, professor in the Indus
trial and Manufacturing Engineering
Department, nominated Luker for the
prestigious award. D
Cal Poly Arts is bringing the digital
technology of high-definition television
(HDTV) to the screen Monday through
Thursday, Feb. 1-4, with the showing of
films made by some of America's best
videographers.
The films, all at 8 pm in the Perform
ing Arts Center Pavilion, are "Fool's
Fire," "Performance Pieces," "On the
Edge: The Entertainers," "Photo Docu
mentaries: At Home and Abroad," and
"Transport Through Paradise."
HDTV is said to create a rich image
similar to film photography, yet more
vivid. The HDTV Electronic Cinema
Festival schedule is:
• Feb. 1 -"Fool's Fire" and
"Performance Pieces. " "Fool's Fire,"
directed by Broadway 's "Lion King"
director and designer Julie Taymor,
teams actors and larger-than-life pup
pets in a fantasy based on a dark Edgar
Allen Poe tale. "Performance Pieces"
stars F. Murray Abraham in a black
comedy as a New York City perfor
mance artist who discovers a macabre
way to create long-term value for
his work.
• Feb. 2 - "On the Edge: The Enter
tainers" profiles a cross-section of off
beat entertainers in four short films.
Those chronicled include a former bur
lesque queen, a cult legend who cranked
out countless low-budget horror and sci
fi thrillers, magicians, and promoters
battling for a piece of the Los Angeles
"salsa" dance craze.
• Feb. 3 - "Photo Documentaries: At
Home & Abroad" takes viewers on two
tours: a behind-the-scenes look at the life
of the official U.S. presidential photogra
pher and a journey of 70 photojournalists
who gained unprecedented access to
travel in Vietnam.
• Feb. 4 -"Transport through Para
dise" is two short documentaries. In
the first, "Clearwater: Celebrating the
Hudson River," folksingers Pete
Seeger and Arlo Guthrie follow the
sloop Clearwater on a weeklong au
tumn cruise through the Hudson River
Valley. "Train Ride in the Sky: The
Copper Canyon" captures on film a 40mile excursion through Mexico's Cop
per Canyon, a natural wonder larger
and deeper than the Grand Canyon .
Tickets to each night are $6.50 to $8. D ·
Marilyn Horne, one of America's
most beloved singers, will give a benefit
concert with her lifetime collaborator,
pianist Martin
Katz, at 8 pm Fri
day, Feb. 12, in
Harman Hall in the
Performing Arts
Center's Cohan
Center.
Acclaimed for the
beauty of her
mezzo-soprano
Marilyn Horne
voice, her astounding vocal range,
and technical virtuosity, Horne has sung
on the world's most famous opera stages.
In writing about her 25 years at the
Metropolitan Opera, The New York
Times hailed her as "one of nine all-time,
all-star singers in the Metropolitan
Opera's 100 years."
New York Newsday said of a
Carnegie Hall recital, "Marilyn Horne
has few equals among today 's singing
stars. When she performs, the music al
ways comes first .., Home sang thr-ough it
all with exemplary artistry ... her voice
still in superb control from the thrilling,
rumbling bottom to the silvery top."
She was awarded the National En
dowment for the Arts' coveted National
Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Hon
ors, Italy's Premio d'Oro as "the greatest
female singer in the world," and was the
first American artist to receive the
Fidelio Gold Medal from the Interna
tional Association of Opera Directors for
her substantial contribution to opera
houses throughout the world.
Jacalyn Kreitzer of the Music Depart
ment will give a pre-concert lecture at 7
pm in Philips Hall in the Cohan Center.
Horne's appearance is part of Cal Poly
Arts' Great Performances series. Proceeds
from the concert will go toward Music
Department vocal scholarships.
Tickets cost $23.50 to $44. D
The 1999 Pops Concert at 8 pm Satur
day, Feb. 27, will merge the world of
professional, jazz and classical perfor
mance with the youthful excitement of
almost I 00 student performers.
The Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and the
University Jazz Band will perform songs
the whole family will recognize and enjoy.
The concert will be in Harman Hall in
the Performing Arts Center's Cohan Cen
ter. In the traditional style of the Boston
Pops Orchestra, members of the audience
will be served complimentary refreshments
in the center's lobby during intermission.
The Wind Orchestra, under the baton
of music professor William Johnson,
will play the "magical" movie music of
John Williams, including themes from
"Far and Away" and the "Star Wars
Trilogy." The orchestra will also play
"Spartacus" by Jan van der Roost, Ada
gio for Winds, by Elliot del Borgo, and
"Semper Liberi" (We Will Always Be
Free) by Robert Smith.
The University Jazz Band, directed
by music professor Paul Rinzler, will
play classic "jump tunes" with blues,
rhythm and blues, and traditional swing
influences. The repertoire includes "Jer
sey Bounce" by Feyne, Plater and
Bradshaw, "Route 66" by Bobby Troup,
"Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins, and
"Jump, Jive, and Wail" by Louis Prima.
Guest artist Darren Mulder will per
form Concerto for Trumpet by Alexander
Arutunian. Mulder, who grew up in the
San Luis Obispo area, is a member of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los An
geles Chamber Orchestra and the Santa
Barbara Symphony.
Tickets cost $9 to $18. Concert-goers
can save from 15 to 25 percent off the
ticket price by buying tickets to multiple
Wind Orchestra and University Jazz
Band season events. For season ticket
information and a brochure call Johnson
at ext. 6-2607.
The concert is sponsored by the Col
lege of Liberal Arts, the Music Depart
ment, and ASI. D
Distinguished teachers
to sit on panel Feb. 9
Don Maas of the University Center
for Teacher Education will present the
"Distinguished Teachers Panel" from
noon to I pm Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the
Staff Dining Room .
Panelists Jay DeNatale of the Civil
and Environmental Engineering Depart
ment, John Culver, Political Science, and
Tina Bailey, Chemistry and Biochemis
try, will talk about ways to motivate both
teachers and students to create a better
learning environment.
Lunch will be provided. Please call
the Faculty Instructional Development
office at ext. 6-5935 by Tuesday, Feb. 2,
if you plan to attend.
For details, call Jennifer De Vicari is in
the Faculty Instructional Development
office, or Mass at ext. 6-2587. D
Turkeys at Campus Plarket
The Campus Market has Cal Poly
raised turkeys ranging from 13 to 24 lbs.
on sale for $1.39 a pound. Pick one up,
or call ext. 6-1265 to order one for later.
Other favorites on sale at the market
are San Luis Lace cheese made by stu
dents in the Cal Poly Dairy, eggs,
chicken, jams and sauces. D
••• 'Celebrating Teachers'
(Continued from page 1)
1-/tll£.', ~Mt tc, ~ (.4.1,
The Cal Poly Report is published
every Wednesday during the academic
year. Items submitted by 10 am
Thursday appear in the following
Wednesday's edition.
E-mail articles to polynews@poly
mail, or fax items to ext. 6-6533. For .
information, _call ext. 6-1511. D
A subcommittee of the UCTE Steering
Committee, composed ofK-12 teachers,
administrators and faculty members, will
recommend a teacher from a pool of form
er California county teachers of the year.
Cal Poly's outstanding teacher is ex
pected to be recognized at both fall and
spring commencement ceremonies:
For details, call Carol Barnes, advance
ment director for the University Center for
Teacher Education, at ext. 6-5934. D
Hany Khalil helps Armenia
modernize food industry
Food science professor Hany Khalil
spent six months in Armenia helping that
nation expand its food exports, rely less
on imported food , and modernize its
food processing industry.
He worked with Armenian food pro
cessors to develop both exportable food
products and foods to replace products
the former Soviet republic previously
imported. Those included sun-dried to
matoes, apple juice, apricot juice, catsup,
red pepper sauce, and a carbonated drink
made from hibiscus flowers.
He also advised on ways to improve
packaging, an integral part of product
development.
Armenia has imported much of its
food, Khalil said. "I helped them be
come Jes s dependent on the imports by
teaching them how to preserve their
own food for sale in their own country
and how to deliver and sell the prod
ucts abroad."
Khalil involved professors from the
Armenian Agriculture Academy in the
food industry by taking them to manu
facturing plants.
"Currently there is very little interac
tion between industry and academia,"
Khalil said.
He also worked on the academy's
curriculum, helping to establ ish new
programs in packaging and quality
control.
Khalil's work was funded by two U.S.
Department of Agriculture grants total
ing almost $135,000. D
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ncket information
Tickets to the performances listed in
today's· Cal Poly Report are on sale at the
Perforrrting Arts Ticket Office from 10 am
to 6 pm weekdays and from 10 am to 4
pm Saturdays. Caii6-ARTS (ext: 6-2787),
or fax your order to ext. 6-6088. 0
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CAL POLY REPORT, JANUARY 27, 1999
'Relationships' topic of
Learn-at-Lunch talk
Global Affairs has
new name, same director
College of Engineering
selects student for award
HDTV Electronic
Cinema Festival set
Opera star Plarilyn Horne
to sing in PAC Feb. 12
Annual Pops Concert
to play Feb. 27
The Employee Assistance Program's
Learn-at-Lunch winter quarter series will
begin on Feb. 2 with a talk by Cambria
psychologist Steven Brody titled "Renew
Your Relationship Midlife."
The Learn-at-Lunch presentations
are all at noon Tuesdays in the Staff
Dining Room.
The remaining winter talks will be:
• Feb. 16- Amita Ghosh and Jeanne
Hogan, Psychological Services doctoral
interns, will present "Stress- Can't
Live With It, Can't Live Without It."
• March 3 -Holly Kusko, owner of
Horizon Communications, will speak on
"Goal Planning- Steps to Make Your
Dreams a Reality."
Sessions are open to employees and
their families . Those attending can bring
a lunch.
Call the Employee Assistance Pro
gram office at ext. 6-0-EAP (6-0327) for
more information. D
The Global Affairs office has been re
named the International Education and
Programs office, and it will be led by his
tory professor and former Interim Director
of Global Affairs John Snetsinger.
The office name change was recom
mended by the Global Affairs Council and
David Conn, vice provost for academic
programs and undergraduate education, to
whom the International Education and
Programs office reports.
Paul Zingg, provost and vice president
for academic affairs, appointed Snetsinger
to his new position as director of the newly
named office. Snetsinger's appointment
runs through August 2001. During his
assignment, he will continue to teach part
time in the History Department.
International Education and Programs is
responsible for providing leadership and
advocacy for international education
within the campus community as well as
for numerous university projects related to
international education. That includes act
ing as liaison between the campus and the
international community, coordinating and
assisting university units in the develop
ment and administration of international
education programs, directing the London
Studies Program, and overseeing vi sits to
Cal Poly by international visitors. D
The College of Engineering has se
lected industrial engineering major and
ASI chair Amy Luker to receive a 199899 Outstanding Engineering Student
award given by the College Fellows of
the Institute for the Advancement of
Engineering.
Each year Cal Poly nominates a stu
dent who has both achieved academic
excellence and taken an active role as a
student leader.
Ken Brown, professor in the Indus
trial and Manufacturing Engineering
Department, nominated Luker for the
prestigious award. D
Cal Poly Arts is bringing the digital
technology of high-definition television
(HDTV) to the screen Monday through
Thursday, Feb. 1-4, with the showing of
films made by some of America's best
videographers.
The films, all at 8 pm in the Perform
ing Arts Center Pavilion, are "Fool's
Fire," "Performance Pieces," "On the
Edge: The Entertainers," "Photo Docu
mentaries: At Home and Abroad," and
"Transport Through Paradise."
HDTV is said to create a rich image
similar to film photography, yet more
vivid. The HDTV Electronic Cinema
Festival schedule is:
• Feb. 1 -"Fool's Fire" and
"Performance Pieces. " "Fool's Fire,"
directed by Broadway 's "Lion King"
director and designer Julie Taymor,
teams actors and larger-than-life pup
pets in a fantasy based on a dark Edgar
Allen Poe tale. "Performance Pieces"
stars F. Murray Abraham in a black
comedy as a New York City perfor
mance artist who discovers a macabre
way to create long-term value for
his work.
• Feb. 2 - "On the Edge: The Enter
tainers" profiles a cross-section of off
beat entertainers in four short films.
Those chronicled include a former bur
lesque queen, a cult legend who cranked
out countless low-budget horror and sci
fi thrillers, magicians, and promoters
battling for a piece of the Los Angeles
"salsa" dance craze.
• Feb. 3 - "Photo Documentaries: At
Home & Abroad" takes viewers on two
tours: a behind-the-scenes look at the life
of the official U.S. presidential photogra
pher and a journey of 70 photojournalists
who gained unprecedented access to
travel in Vietnam.
• Feb. 4 -"Transport through Para
dise" is two short documentaries. In
the first, "Clearwater: Celebrating the
Hudson River," folksingers Pete
Seeger and Arlo Guthrie follow the
sloop Clearwater on a weeklong au
tumn cruise through the Hudson River
Valley. "Train Ride in the Sky: The
Copper Canyon" captures on film a 40
mile excursion through Mexico's Cop
per Canyon, a natural wonder larger
and deeper than the Grand Canyon .
Tickets to each night are $6.50 to $8. D ·
Marilyn Horne, one of America's
most beloved singers, will give a benefit
concert with her lifetime collaborator,
pianist Martin
Katz, at 8 pm Fri
day, Feb. 12, in
Harman Hall in the
Performing Arts
Center's Cohan
Center.
Acclaimed for the
beauty of her
mezzo-soprano
Marilyn Horne
voice, her astound
ing vocal range,
and technical virtuosity, Horne has sung
on the world's most famous opera stages.
In writing about her 25 years at the
Metropolitan Opera, The New York
Times hailed her as "one of nine all-time,
all-star singers in the Metropolitan
Opera's 100 years."
New York Newsday said of a
Carnegie Hall recital, "Marilyn Horne
has few equals among today 's singing
stars. When she performs, the music al
ways comes first .., Home sang thr-ough it
all with exemplary artistry ... her voice
still in superb control from the thrilling,
rumbling bottom to the silvery top."
She was awarded the National En
dowment for the Arts' coveted National
Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Hon
ors, Italy's Premio d'Oro as "the greatest
female singer in the world," and was the
first American artist to receive the
Fidelio Gold Medal from the Interna
tional Association of Opera Directors for
her substantial contribution to opera
houses throughout the world.
Jacalyn Kreitzer of the Music Depart
ment will give a pre-concert lecture at 7
pm in Philips Hall in the Cohan Center.
Horne's appearance is part of Cal Poly
Arts' Great Performances series. Proceeds
from the concert will go toward Music
Department vocal scholarships.
Tickets cost $23.50 to $44. D
The 1999 Pops Concert at 8 pm Satur
day, Feb. 27, will merge the world of
professional, jazz and classical perfor
mance with the youthful excitement of
almost I 00 student performers.
The Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and the
University Jazz Band will perform songs
the whole family will recognize and enjoy.
The concert will be in Harman Hall in
the Performing Arts Center's Cohan Cen
ter. In the traditional style of the Boston
Pops Orchestra, members of the audience
will be served complimentary refreshments
in the center's lobby during intermission.
The Wind Orchestra, under the baton
of music professor William Johnson,
will play the "magical" movie music of
John Williams, including themes from
"Far and Away" and the "Star Wars
Trilogy." The orchestra will also play
"Spartacus" by Jan van der Roost, Ada
gio for Winds, by Elliot del Borgo, and
"Semper Liberi" (We Will Always Be
Free) by Robert Smith.
The University Jazz Band, directed
by music professor Paul Rinzler, will
play classic "jump tunes" with blues,
rhythm and blues, and traditional swing
influences. The repertoire includes "Jer
sey Bounce" by Feyne, Plater and
Bradshaw, "Route 66" by Bobby Troup,
"Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins, and
"Jump, Jive, and Wail" by Louis Prima.
Guest artist Darren Mulder will per
form Concerto for Trumpet by Alexander
Arutunian. Mulder, who grew up in the
San Luis Obispo area, is a member of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los An
geles Chamber Orchestra and the Santa
Barbara Symphony.
Tickets cost $9 to $18. Concert-goers
can save from 15 to 25 percent off the
ticket price by buying tickets to multiple
Wind Orchestra and University Jazz
Band season events. For season ticket
information and a brochure call Johnson
at ext. 6-2607.
The concert is sponsored by the Col
lege of Liberal Arts, the Music Depart
ment, and ASI. D
Distinguished teachers
to sit on panel Feb. 9
Don Maas of the University Center
for Teacher Education will present the
"Distinguished Teachers Panel" from
noon to I pm Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the
Staff Dining Room .
Panelists Jay DeNatale of the Civil
and Environmental Engineering Depart
ment, John Culver, Political Science, and
Tina Bailey, Chemistry and Biochemis
try, will talk about ways to motivate both
teachers and students to create a better
learning environment.
Lunch will be provided. Please call
the Faculty Instructional Development
office at ext. 6-5935 by Tuesday, Feb. 2,
if you plan to attend.
For details, call Jennifer De Vicari is in
the Faculty Instructional Development
office, or Mass at ext. 6-2587. D
Turkeys at Campus Plarket
The Campus Market has Cal Poly
raised turkeys ranging from 13 to 24 lbs.
on sale for $1.39 a pound. Pick one up,
or call ext. 6-1265 to order one for later.
Other favorites on sale at the market
are San Luis Lace cheese made by stu
dents in the Cal Poly Dairy, eggs,
chicken, jams and sauces. D
••• 'Celebrating Teachers'
(Continued from page 1)
1-/tll£.', ~Mt tc, ~ (.4.1,
The Cal Poly Report is published
every Wednesday during the academic
year. Items submitted by 10 am
Thursday appear in the following
Wednesday's edition.
E-mail articles to polynews@poly
mail, or fax items to ext. 6-6533. For .
information, _call ext. 6-1511. D
A subcommittee of the UCTE Steering
Committee, composed ofK-12 teachers,
administrators and faculty members, will
recommend a teacher from a pool of form
er California county teachers of the year.
Cal Poly's outstanding teacher is ex
pected to be recognized at both fall and
spring commencement ceremonies:
For details, call Carol Barnes, advance
ment director for the University Center for
Teacher Education, at ext. 6-5934. D
Hany Khalil helps Armenia
modernize food industry
Food science professor Hany Khalil
spent six months in Armenia helping that
nation expand its food exports, rely less
on imported food , and modernize its
food processing industry.
He worked with Armenian food pro
cessors to develop both exportable food
products and foods to replace products
the former Soviet republic previously
imported. Those included sun-dried to
matoes, apple juice, apricot juice, catsup,
red pepper sauce, and a carbonated drink
made from hibiscus flowers.
He also advised on ways to improve
packaging, an integral part of product
development.
Armenia has imported much of its
food, Khalil said. "I helped them be
come Jes s dependent on the imports by
teaching them how to preserve their
own food for sale in their own country
and how to deliver and sell the prod
ucts abroad."
Khalil involved professors from the
Armenian Agriculture Academy in the
food industry by taking them to manu
facturing plants.
"Currently there is very little interac
tion between industry and academia,"
Khalil said.
He also worked on the academy's
curriculum, helping to establ ish new
programs in packaging and quality
control.
Khalil's work was funded by two U.S.
Department of Agriculture grants total
ing almost $135,000. D
PAGE 2
ncket information
Tickets to the performances listed in
today's· Cal Poly Report are on sale at the
Perforrrting Arts Ticket Office from 10 am
to 6 pm weekdays and from 10 am to 4
pm Saturdays. Caii6-ARTS (ext: 6-2787),
or fax your order to ext. 6-6088. 0
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Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications
for the following positions are available
from the appropriate Human Resources
office. Information can also be accessed
from the Cal Poly home page on the World
Wide Web (address: www. calpoly.edu; click
on "General Information").
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All Foundation
applications must be received (not just
postmarked) by 5 pm of the closing date.
(No faxes.)
Student Alumni Programs Advisor,
Alumni Relations ($12.40- 14.67/hr.)
Responsible for strengthening the link
between current Cal Poly students and
alumni. Requirements: High school di
ploma or equivalent; minimum three
year's clerical or administrative experi
ence; two years of involvement in a stu
dent club or organization preferred. A
bachelor's degree can substitute for up to
two year's experience. Must have a basic
knowledge of budget management;
knowledge of codes and bylaws of stu
dent clubs and organizations preferred.
Must have excellent computer skills, oral
and written communication skills, and
effective and comprehensive presentation
skills. Closing date: Feb. 5.
Prospect Researcher, Advancement
Services ($12.40- 14.67/hr.) Respon
sible for providing accurate and timely
research to facilitate the university's so
licitation program with major donors,
corporations and foundations . Require
ments: High school diploma or equiva
lent; minimum three years of technical or
administrative experience in gathering,
compiling and analyzing data. A
bachelor's degree can substitute for up to
two year's experience. Must have knowl
edge of biographical and financial refer
ence sources; knowledge of major gift
fund-raising methodology and support
systems preferred. Must have excellent
computer skills; skill in Dialog, Lexis
Nexis, Dow Jones Interactive,
DataQuick, Experian and Access pre
ferred. Must have strong oral and written
communication skills and ability to
gather, compile and analyze information
and present in clear, comprehensive pro
file reports . Closing date: Feb. 5.
See listings for State, Foundation,
Faculty and ASI job openings in next
week's Cal Poly Report. 0
••• Women's History ltonth
(Continued from page I)
Feb. I 0, in Chumash Auditorium. Her
presentation is titled "Sex, Power and the
Media: Rethinking the Myths of
America's Dream Girl."
Simonton, a former model, is a lead
ing authority on the effects of media
images and has traveled nationwide to
present her expose on the disturbing ef
fects of advertising, pornography, and
beauty pageants. She spoke as part of Cal
Poly's Take Back the Night several
years ago .
On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Chris Mott
will speak on women and pornography in
a talk titled "Both Sides Now."
On Saturday, Feb. 20, two physical
education and kinesiology students will
present their senior project and Cal
Poly 's second annual "National Girls and
Women in Sports Day."
Cal Poly's Panhellenic Council will
sponsor a speaker from the Santa Monica
Rape Crisis Center on Monday evening,
Feb. 22, in Chumash Auditorium. The
talk will be about date-rape drugs.
Campus events will conclude with the
annual Women's History Luncheon
Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Chumash Audi
torium. At the luncheon, the "Cal Poly
Women of the Year" awards will be pre
sented to women faculty and staff mem
bers who have been mentors and role
models for women students.
Also during the lunch, four students
will be named to receive Cal Poly's
Committee on the Status of Women
scholarships. The lunch will include a
silent auction, the proceeds of which
will help support Women's Programs.
Friday night, Feb. 26, a multimedia
performance is planned at Linnaea's on
Garden Street in San Luis Obispo. The
act, crafted and performed by dancer
Joy Becker, singer-songwriter Shannon
Savage, and spoken-word performer
Zette Harbour, will articulate a female
perspective on the role that appear
ances and multicultural images have
on women.
This year's Women's History Month
was organized entirely by student
members of the Women 's Programs
Planning Board.
For more information and a schedule of
events, call the Women's Center at ext.
6-2600 or visit the Web site at http://
www.calpoly.edu/-wps. 0
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Tuesday, February 2 (cont.)
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 53, No. 18 • January 27, 1999
Published by the Communications Office
Film: "On the Edge: The Entertainers,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Wednesday, February J
Film: "Photo Documentaries: At Home
and Abroad," Cohan Center Pavilion,
8 pm. ($)
DATELINE
Thursday, February 4
Exhibits
Physics Colloquium: Ken Hoffman,
"Radioactive Dating of Paleomagnetic
Samples," Science E-45, 11 am.
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Feb. 5-6. ($)
Film: "Transport Through Paradise,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Friday, February 5
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 3 pm. ($)
Women's Basketball: UOP, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also
Feb. 6. ($)
Saturday, February 6
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 1 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm ($)
Sunday, February 7
Baseball: University of San Diego, SLO
Stadium, 1 pm. ($)
Women's Basketball: Long Beach State,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Thursday, February 11
University Art Gallery (Dexter): Graphic
Design Exhibit: "AlGA 50 Books/50
Covers from 1997 ," through Feb. 7.
Daily 11 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.
Wednesday, January 27
Open Forum: On Cal Poly 's future, UU
220, 11 am.
Music: Jim Holder, BackStage Pizza, noon.
Music: Darrell Voss Latin Jazz, BackStage
Pizza, 6 pm.
Music: Student piano recital , Davidson
Music Center 218, 7:30pm.
Thursday, January 28
Physics Colloquium: James Dunn
(Livermore National Lab), "Table-Top
X-Ray Lasers," Science E-45, 11 am.
Men's Basketball: UC Irvine, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Friday, January 29
Physics Colloquium: Ronald Brown,
"The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect"
(1998 Nobel Prize), Science E-45,
11 am.
Men's Basketball: UOP, Mott Gym,
7 pm. ($)
Lecture, Demonstration: Hawaiian slack
key guitar, Davidson Music Center
218 , 4 pm.
Music: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Festival, Cohan Center, 8 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also Jan.
30 and Feb. 4-6. ($)
Friday, February 12
Saturday, January JO
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
3 pm. ($)
Music: Marilyn Home, Cohan Center,
8 pm. ($)
Saturday, February 1J
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
1 pm. ($)
Softball: San Diego State, Softball Field,
noon and 2 pm.
Men's Basketball: Long Beach State,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Men's Basketball: Cal State Fullerton,
Mott Gym, 2 pm. ($)
Dance: Orchesis, Theatre, 8 pm. Also Feb.
4-6. ($)
Sunday, February 14
Baseball: San Jose State, SLO Stadium,
1 pm. ($)
Softball: Fresno State, Softball Field,
noon and 2 pm.
Music, Dance: "Spirit of the Dance,"
Cohan Center, 3 and 8 pm. ($)
CSU to embark on
'Celebrating Teachers'
The Women's Programs office is plan
ning events throughout February to mark
Women's History Month.
This year's theme, "Through the
Looking Glass- Women in Media,"
explores the visual representation of
women in popular media and the effect it
has on women's identities and self-esteem.
The celebration will begin with are
ception in the UU Galerie from 4 to 5:30
pm Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Carolyn Stefanco, chair of the History
Department and former director of the
Women's Studies Program, will deliver
opening remarks on "Why Women's
History?" Gloria Velasquez, professor of
modern languages, will read some of her
previously published and new poetry,
accompanied by guitarist Ruben Monreal.
Refreshments will be served and at
tendees can see the current Galerie ex
hibit of Chinese garden designs .
A panel discussion, "The Different
Hues of Femininity," is set for Tuesday,
Feb. 9, in Room in UU 220. The four
panelists from different cultural back
grounds will talk about their experiences
growing up with the majority culture's
standards of beauty.
Keynote speaker Ann Simonton will
talk about the media's role in the exploi
tation of women at 7 pm Wednesday,
The Chancellor's Office is planning
a yearlong "CSU Celebrating Teach
ers" event designed to recognize the
tens of thousands of CSU alumni who
are K-12 teachers.
The celebration, planned for the
1999-2000 school year, will kick off in
September. The event is intended to
recognize and publicize those teachers
who have distinguished themselves in
their profession, to show the high quality
of CSU alumni, and to bring together a
group of outstanding educators who rep
resent the best of the CSU.
Each campus has been asked to select
a "CSU Outstanding Alumni-Teacher,"
who will be invited to the kickoff event
at the Chancellor's Office. While there,
the alumni-teachers will meet the CSU
Board of Trustees and have dinner with
them, Chancellor Reed, and the CSU
presidents. In addition, the honored
teachers will attend a symposium on
K-12 education.
"I am delighted that the CSU is recog
nizing outstanding teacher graduates in
California," said Susan Roper, director of
the University Center for Teacher Educa
tion . "Recognition of excellent teachers
helps us recruit excellent students into
our profession."
CSU Celebrating Teachers is expected
to result in:
• Better ties with CSU alumni who are
K-12 teachers;
• Increased recruitment of teachers
throughout California;
• Increased awareness of the important
role teachers play in the future of the
state; and
• Increased awareness of the CSU's
role in education reform as well as of
how the system is working to meet the
challenges of the next decade.
At Cal Poly, a committee has been
formed to establish the process for select
ing the outstanding teacher, to plan
events, and to find opportunities to publi
cize the celebration.
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Sunday, January 31
Softball: Cal State Bakersfield, Softball
Field, noon.
Ronday, February 1
Film: "Fool's Fire/Performance Pieces,"
Cohan Center Pavilion, 8 pm. ($)
Tuesday, February 2
Women's History Month: A variety of
events in the UU. Call ext. 6-2600 for
schedule or visit http://
www.calpoly.edu/-wps.
Learn-at-Lunch: Psychologist Steve
Brody, " Renew Your Relationship at
Midlife," Staff Dining Room, noon.
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Cal Poly to celebrate
Women's History ltonth
Board approves
liquor license
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control rejected an appeal that would have
prevented the Cal Poly Foundation from
receiving its liquor license.
The Foundation applied for the li
cense in 1996 so it could serve wine and
beer at Performing Arts Center events.
Until now, the Foundation has had to get
one-day permits to sell liquor during
performances at the center.
The decision can be appealed to the
California Supreme Court. 0
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