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CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
'"ad Scientists' win volleyball tourney
,'
The Mad Scientists team from the Chemistry and
Biochemistry and Physics departments won the
championship in the staff and faculty category of the
2nd
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
League of Women Voters
honors two staff members
Campus Standing Committees Staff Interest Survey and Application
Please FAX (6-5483) or deliver the application to Human Resources and Employment Equity.
Name:
Department:
Position:
Department Extension:- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Supervisor:
Depattment/Division Head: - - -- - - - - - - - - - - --
Status:
0 State
0 Foundation
0 ASI
Please indicate the Campus Standing Committee you are interested in serving on:
0 Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
Statement of Interest (Please state your reasons for wanting to serve on the committee selected above and any applicable experience or
background that may apply):
Johnny Bellar
Rosemary Bowker, information tech
nology consultant in the Biological Sci
ences Department, and Donna Davis,
Career Services counselor, received the
1999 Mary Rhodes Awards from the San
Luis Obispo League of Women Voters.
Bowker was honored for her community
efforts and volunteer work in Los Osos,
particularly for environmental causes.
Davis was selected for her educational
outreach and mentoring activities.
The awards are given annually to a
few community leaders who exemplify
in their professional and community
achievements the values of Mary Rhodes,
first woman president of the California
State Teachers Association and a founding
member of the San Luis Obispo League of
Women Voters. 0
Grants, other opportunities
to be discussed Nov. 5
An orientation for new and tenure
track faculty members, "Internal/External
Grant Programs and Other Professional
Development Opportunities," will be
held at noon Nov. 5 in Room 201 in the
Business Building.
Box lunches will be provided. Those
who plan to attend are asked to call the
Research and Graduate Programs Office
by Nov. 1 at ext. 6-1508, or e-mail
. 0
Endorsements:
Bhutan subject of talk
Supervisor's Signature:
Date: - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - -
Department/Division Head's Signature: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
For Review Committee Use Only
Date of Review:
Application Status:
Committee Assignment:
Staff Member Notified: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Committee Chair Signature:
Date:
PAGE 6
Architecture professor Christopher Yip
will present "Tradition and the Question
of Change in Bhutan" at noon Nov. 2 in
the Veranda Cafe Conference Room.
Bhutan, roughly the size of Switzer
land, sits on the southern slope of the
Himalayan mountains. The majority popu
lation is of Tibetan origins and is the last
survivi ng Buddhist theocratic state selec
tively introducing foreign technology
while limiting the impact of foreign
influences on its culture and religion.
Students as well as employees are in
vited to the talk, sponsored by Interna
tional Education and Programs (IEP).
Those attending can bring their own lunch
or buy one at the Veranda Cafe.
For details, call IEP at ext. 6-1477. 0
Eddie Pennington,
top, and Wayne
Henderson,
bottom.
Ticket
information
"Some of the sweetest guitar playing this
side of heaven .. . as good as a musical perfor
mance can get."
That's how Impact News Magazine de
scribed Masters of the Steel String Guitar, a
national concert tour that includes a stop at Cal
Poly on Nov. 5.
Folk guitar virtuosos Eddie Pennington,
Johnny Bellar, John Cephas and Wayne
Henderson will play their own distinct styles at
8 p.m. in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
Pennington is known as the grand master of
"thumbpicking," an intricate technique made
popular by Merle Travis and Chet Atkins.
Bell ar plays the acoustic resophonic guitar
and its electric counterpart, the lap steel guitar.
Cephas plays the Piedmont blues- the
oldest form of the blues, with links dating back
to the black string bands of Colonial America.
Phil Wiggins, a world-class harmonica player,
will perform with Cephas.
Appalachian guitarist Henderson uses a
thumbpick and fingernails to achieve "amazing
speed and fluidity, transforming fiddle and
banjo pieces and even the occasional jazz stan
dards into stunning guitar solos."
The group will also give a free workshop at
2 p.m. Nov. 5 in Room 218 in the Davidson
Music Center.
Mu sic professor Craig Russell will give
a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. in Philips
Recital Hall.
Tickets to this Cal Po ly Arts event cost $9
to $24. 0
Tickets to the perform ances listed in today 's Cal Poly
R eport are on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office 10 a.m.
6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m . Saturdays. Call ext.
6-2787, or to order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088. 0
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
Correction
'School choice' advocate to
In last week's Cal Poly Report article
announcing David Rackley's Telly
award, he was credited as director of
the Mustang Marching Band. Music
professor William Johnson is director;
Rackley is associate conductor.
Our apologies for the error. D
talk at lov. 4 symposium
Oct. 28 talk to explore
size, life span link
A physicist from the Los Alamos
National Laboratory will discuss theories
that help explain why larger organisms
live longer, in a joint Biology-Physics
Colloquium 11 a.m.-noon Oct. 28.
Geoffrey West will present "The Tree
of Life: The Origin of Universal Scaling
Laws in Biology From Molecules and
Cells to Whales" in Room 286 in Fisher
Science Hall.
West, whose research recently appeared
in the journal Science, will explain the
"quarter-power scaling law," a principle
that correlates size and length of life for
both animals and plants.
While scientists can show the principle
is true, they don't know why it is.
"If you could understand the origin of
these scaling laws," West said, "you'd un
derstand something about aging and death."
In an attempt to explain the phenom
enon, West and his colleagues proposed that
the correlation stems from the physical
constraints of the systems that distribute
nutrients, whether the body's blood vessels
or the vascular network nourishing a plant.
In his talk, West will explain the
group's theory that the principle is based
mostly on geometry and the nature of
circulatory networks in particular.
West's talk is sponsored by the Bio
logical Sciences Department and Physics
Department. For more information, call
the Physics Department at ext. 6-2448. D
Julian's to celebrate
'old-time Halloween'
Julian's in the University Union will
celebrate an "old-time Hall oween" on
Friday with complimentary hot cider from
7;30 a.m. to noon and bobbing for apples
fro m 1:30 to 2 p.m.
Anyone who comes in costume will get
a special treat. D
'Vanishing' cultures
focus of photo exhibit
Phil Borges, an award-winning
photographer known for his riveting
portraits of indigenous cultures, will
give a free public talk at 4 p.m. Nov.
7 in the Rotunda (Room 213) of the
Business Building.
Borges will speak about his ex
hibit, "Enduring Spirit," which will
run Nov. 1-Dec. 5 in the University
Art Gallery in the Dexter Building.
After his talk, the artist will be
honored at a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
in the gallery.
Seattle-based Borges studies and
photographs the vanishing cultures of
the world. The "Enduring Spirit"
exhibit features 50 photographs of
endangered cultures and tribal people
from Indonesia, Kenya, Ethiopia,
Thailand, Peru and North America.
The Dalai Lama wrote the text to
accompany Borges' photographs in
the book "Tibetan Portrait: The
Power of Compassion." The book
provides a unique understanding of
the Tibetan people and the Buddhist
teaching of nonviolence.
Chilean author Isabel Allende
wrote in the book's introduction, "In
this beautiful book, Phil Borges cel
ebrates, with his images and stories,
life as it is lived and shared in so
many places on our fragile and beau
tiful planet."
Information about Borges and
images of his work can be fo und on
line at .
The University Art Gallery is
open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. daily; Wednesday,
7-9 p .m.
For information, call ext. 6-1571. D
Terry Moe, senior fellow at the Hoover
Institution and one of the country 's lead
ing advocates of "school choice," will
give the keynote address at an Education
Policy Symposium 5-6:30 p.m. Nov. 4.
Moe will speak on "Alternative
Approaches to Academic Excellence"
in Philips Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
After the talk, a panel of local educa
tors will comment on the issues presented.
The panelists will be Julian Crocker,
superintendent of the San Luis Obispo
Office of Education; Ted Wheeler, a
trustee of the San Luis Coastal Unified
School District; and Karen Gallas, teacher
and principal at Bellevue-Santa Fe School
in the Avila Valley.
The book "Politics, Markets, and
America's Schools," co-authored by Moe
and John E. Chubb, is considered among
the most influential and controversial
works on education to be published in the
last decade.
Moe, a professor of political science at
Stanford University, is an expert on edu
cational policy, U.S. political institutions
and organizational theory. His current
research projects deal with school choice,
public bureaucracy and the presidency.
Moe has served as senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution in Washington,
D.C., and is an elected member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Refreshments will be served at 6:30p.m.
The symposium is sponsored by the
University Center for Teacher Education
and Political Science Department.
For more information, call Carol
Barnes, director of advancement in the
UCTE, at ext. 6-5934. D
Central Coast chapter
of IEEE to meet on campus
George Westrom, founder and execu
tive director of the Future Scientists and
Engineers of America organization, will
present "Who Are the Engineers/Scien
tists/Technicians for the 21st Century?" at
the Nov. 2 meeting of the Central Coast
section of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
The meeting will be 7-8 p.m. in Room
206 in Engineering East. Refreshments
will be available at about 6:30p.m.
For detail s, call Ali Shaban in Electri
cal Engineering at ext. 6-2918. D
PAGE 4
Kathy Blackburn wins
'lame the Bug' contest
Kathy Blackburn of the Foundation's
Campus Catering office submitted the
winning entry for the "Name the Y2K
Bug" contest held in conjunction with
Y2K Day earlier this month.
"Raiders of the Lost Century," or
"Raiders" for short, earned Blackburn a
$25 Campus Express gift certificate.
"Raiders-alludes to the insecticide Raid.
It's the Y2K bug. Get it? D
Poet Boland to read works
Award-winning Irish poet Eavan
Boland will read from her work at the first
fall quarter WriterS peak event at 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Boland will also be the keynote poet
for the 16th annual San Luis Obispo Po
etry Festival Nov. 12-21.
Boland has published several volumes
of poetry, including her widely acclaimed
American debut, "Outside History." She is
also the author of "In a Time of Violence,"
"The Lost Land" and "Object Lessons."
The New York Review of Books said,
"Boland has emerged as one of the best
poets in Ireland."
Jan Garden Castro of The Nation states,
"Boland combines impeccable craft, resil
ient metaphors and, above all, moral au
thority to witness human difficulties."
Boland's awards include a Lannan
Foundation Award in Poetry and an
American Ireland Fund Literary Award.
After the reading, "Outside History"
and other Boland publications will be on
sale in Philips Hall.
The WriterSpeak reading is sponsored
by Cal Poly Arts, the College of Liberal
Arts, the Lyceum speaker series, and the
English Department.
For more information, call Adam Hill
of the English Department at ext. 6-1622. D
Send items by lov. 1
for fall Credit Report
Nov. I is the deadline to submit items
for the fall quarter edition of The Credit
Report, the news letter of faculty and staff
professional accompli shments.
E-mail items to ,
and please include a phone number in case
we have questions.
For information, call ext. 6-1511. D
FILE PHOTO
Former Bandfest trombonist James Gruver.
Bandfest '99 planned for lov. 20 at PAC
Bandfest '99 will bring together
170 musicians in two university en
sembles in a "wind instrument spec
tacular" set for 8 p.m. Nov. 20 in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
The 80-member Cal Poly Wind
Orchestra and the 90-member Mustang
Band will play original tunes and toe
tapping popular arrangements in the
15th annual Bandfest concert.
Under the direction of music profes
sor William Johnson, the Wind Or
chestra will open the concert with two
original works by James Curnow,
"Rejouissance" and the "Praetorius
Variations." The orchestra will also
perform Symphony No. 6 for Wind
Orchestra by Vincent Persichetti.
The Mustang Band, directed by
David Rackley of the Music Depart
ment faculty, will perform popular
arrangements that "will add a choreo
graphed upbeat brilliance to the con
cert," Johnson said.
The Wind Orchestra and the Mus
tang Band together will close the con-
cert with "Africa, Ceremony, Song
and Ritual " by Robert W. Smith
and "Russian Christmas Mu sic" by
Alfred Reed.
The Wind Orchestra is an en
semble of just the woodwind, brass
and percussion sections of a tradi
tional orchestra.
Tickets cost $7 to $15.
Patrons who buy tickets to three or
four Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and
University Jazz Band season events
will save 15 percent; those who buy
tickets to five or more events will save
25 percent.
Season events to come include
Bandfest '99, the Pops Concert Feb.
26, "Just Jazz" March 11 , two Festival
Concerts, April 15 and 16, Jazz
Night May 13, and the Spring Concert
June 3.
For a season brochure and more
information, call the Music Depart
ment at ext. 6-2607.
Bandfest '99 is sponsored by the
Coll ege of Liberal Arts, Music Depart
ment, and ASI. D
Only standby seating left for ftarine Band concert
All free tickets have been distributed to
"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band
concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Harman Hall in
the Performing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Doors to the auditorium will open at
7 p.m., and all ticket holders need to be
seated by 7:45 . At that time mu sic fans
who don't have tickets will be admitted to
fill any unclaimed seats.
For more information, call Cal Poly
Arts at ext. 6-6556. D
PAGE 5
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
Correction
'School choice' advocate to
In last week's Cal Poly Report article
announcing David Rackley's Telly
award, he was credited as director of
the Mustang Marching Band. Music
professor William Johnson is director;
Rackley is associate conductor.
Our apologies for the error. D
talk at lov. 4 symposium
Oct. 28 talk to explore
size, life span link
A physicist from the Los Alamos
National Laboratory will discuss theories
that help explain why larger organisms
live longer, in a joint Biology-Physics
Colloquium 11 a.m.-noon Oct. 28.
Geoffrey West will present "The Tree
of Life: The Origin of Universal Scaling
Laws in Biology From Molecules and
Cells to Whales" in Room 286 in Fisher
Science Hall.
West, whose research recently appeared
in the journal Science, will explain the
"quarter-power scaling law," a principle
that correlates size and length of life for
both animals and plants.
While scientists can show the principle
is true, they don't know why it is.
"If you could understand the origin of
these scaling laws," West said, "you'd un
derstand something about aging and death."
In an attempt to explain the phenom
enon, West and his colleagues proposed that
the correlation stems from the physical
constraints of the systems that distribute
nutrients, whether the body's blood vessels
or the vascular network nourishing a plant.
In his talk, West will explain the
group's theory that the principle is based
mostly on geometry and the nature of
circulatory networks in particular.
West's talk is sponsored by the Bio
logical Sciences Department and Physics
Department. For more information, call
the Physics Department at ext. 6-2448. D
Julian's to celebrate
'old-time Halloween'
Julian's in the University Union will
celebrate an "old-time Hall oween" on
Friday with complimentary hot cider from
7;30 a.m. to noon and bobbing for apples
fro m 1:30 to 2 p.m.
Anyone who comes in costume will get
a special treat. D
'Vanishing' cultures
focus of photo exhibit
Phil Borges, an award-winning
photographer known for his riveting
portraits of indigenous cultures, will
give a free public talk at 4 p.m. Nov.
7 in the Rotunda (Room 213) of the
Business Building.
Borges will speak about his ex
hibit, "Enduring Spirit," which will
run Nov. 1-Dec. 5 in the University
Art Gallery in the Dexter Building.
After his talk, the artist will be
honored at a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
in the gallery.
Seattle-based Borges studies and
photographs the vanishing cultures of
the world. The "Enduring Spirit"
exhibit features 50 photographs of
endangered cultures and tribal people
from Indonesia, Kenya, Ethiopia,
Thailand, Peru and North America.
The Dalai Lama wrote the text to
accompany Borges' photographs in
the book "Tibetan Portrait: The
Power of Compassion." The book
provides a unique understanding of
the Tibetan people and the Buddhist
teaching of nonviolence.
Chilean author Isabel Allende
wrote in the book's introduction, "In
this beautiful book, Phil Borges cel
ebrates, with his images and stories,
life as it is lived and shared in so
many places on our fragile and beau
tiful planet."
Information about Borges and
images of his work can be fo und on
line at .
The University Art Gallery is
open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. daily; Wednesday,
7-9 p .m.
For information, call ext. 6-1571. D
Terry Moe, senior fellow at the Hoover
Institution and one of the country 's lead
ing advocates of "school choice," will
give the keynote address at an Education
Policy Symposium 5-6:30 p.m. Nov. 4.
Moe will speak on "Alternative
Approaches to Academic Excellence"
in Philips Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
After the talk, a panel of local educa
tors will comment on the issues presented.
The panelists will be Julian Crocker,
superintendent of the San Luis Obispo
Office of Education; Ted Wheeler, a
trustee of the San Luis Coastal Unified
School District; and Karen Gallas, teacher
and principal at Bellevue-Santa Fe School
in the Avila Valley.
The book "Politics, Markets, and
America's Schools," co-authored by Moe
and John E. Chubb, is considered among
the most influential and controversial
works on education to be published in the
last decade.
Moe, a professor of political science at
Stanford University, is an expert on edu
cational policy, U.S. political institutions
and organizational theory. His current
research projects deal with school choice,
public bureaucracy and the presidency.
Moe has served as senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution in Washington,
D.C., and is an elected member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Refreshments will be served at 6:30p.m.
The symposium is sponsored by the
University Center for Teacher Education
and Political Science Department.
For more information, call Carol
Barnes, director of advancement in the
UCTE, at ext. 6-5934. D
Central Coast chapter
of IEEE to meet on campus
George Westrom, founder and execu
tive director of the Future Scientists and
Engineers of America organization, will
present "Who Are the Engineers/Scien
tists/Technicians for the 21st Century?" at
the Nov. 2 meeting of the Central Coast
section of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
The meeting will be 7-8 p.m. in Room
206 in Engineering East. Refreshments
will be available at about 6:30p.m.
For detail s, call Ali Shaban in Electri
cal Engineering at ext. 6-2918. D
PAGE 4
Kathy Blackburn wins
'lame the Bug' contest
Kathy Blackburn of the Foundation's
Campus Catering office submitted the
winning entry for the "Name the Y2K
Bug" contest held in conjunction with
Y2K Day earlier this month.
"Raiders of the Lost Century," or
"Raiders" for short, earned Blackburn a
$25 Campus Express gift certificate.
"Raiders-alludes to the insecticide Raid.
It's the Y2K bug. Get it? D
Poet Boland to read works
Award-winning Irish poet Eavan
Boland will read from her work at the first
fall quarter WriterS peak event at 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Boland will also be the keynote poet
for the 16th annual San Luis Obispo Po
etry Festival Nov. 12-21.
Boland has published several volumes
of poetry, including her widely acclaimed
American debut, "Outside History." She is
also the author of "In a Time of Violence,"
"The Lost Land" and "Object Lessons."
The New York Review of Books said,
"Boland has emerged as one of the best
poets in Ireland."
Jan Garden Castro of The Nation states,
"Boland combines impeccable craft, resil
ient metaphors and, above all, moral au
thority to witness human difficulties."
Boland's awards include a Lannan
Foundation Award in Poetry and an
American Ireland Fund Literary Award.
After the reading, "Outside History"
and other Boland publications will be on
sale in Philips Hall.
The WriterSpeak reading is sponsored
by Cal Poly Arts, the College of Liberal
Arts, the Lyceum speaker series, and the
English Department.
For more information, call Adam Hill
of the English Department at ext. 6-1622. D
Send items by lov. 1
for fall Credit Report
Nov. I is the deadline to submit items
for the fall quarter edition of The Credit
Report, the news letter of faculty and staff
professional accompli shments.
E-mail items to ,
and please include a phone number in case
we have questions.
For information, call ext. 6-1511. D
FILE PHOTO
Former Bandfest trombonist James Gruver.
Bandfest '99 planned for lov. 20 at PAC
Bandfest '99 will bring together
170 musicians in two university en
sembles in a "wind instrument spec
tacular" set for 8 p.m. Nov. 20 in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
The 80-member Cal Poly Wind
Orchestra and the 90-member Mustang
Band will play original tunes and toe
tapping popular arrangements in the
15th annual Bandfest concert.
Under the direction of music profes
sor William Johnson, the Wind Or
chestra will open the concert with two
original works by James Curnow,
"Rejouissance" and the "Praetorius
Variations." The orchestra will also
perform Symphony No. 6 for Wind
Orchestra by Vincent Persichetti.
The Mustang Band, directed by
David Rackley of the Music Depart
ment faculty, will perform popular
arrangements that "will add a choreo
graphed upbeat brilliance to the con
cert," Johnson said.
The Wind Orchestra and the Mus
tang Band together will close the con-
cert with "Africa, Ceremony, Song
and Ritual " by Robert W. Smith
and "Russian Christmas Mu sic" by
Alfred Reed.
The Wind Orchestra is an en
semble of just the woodwind, brass
and percussion sections of a tradi
tional orchestra.
Tickets cost $7 to $15.
Patrons who buy tickets to three or
four Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and
University Jazz Band season events
will save 15 percent; those who buy
tickets to five or more events will save
25 percent.
Season events to come include
Bandfest '99, the Pops Concert Feb.
26, "Just Jazz" March 11 , two Festival
Concerts, April 15 and 16, Jazz
Night May 13, and the Spring Concert
June 3.
For a season brochure and more
information, call the Music Depart
ment at ext. 6-2607.
Bandfest '99 is sponsored by the
Coll ege of Liberal Arts, Music Depart
ment, and ASI. D
Only standby seating left for ftarine Band concert
All free tickets have been distributed to
"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band
concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Harman Hall in
the Performing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Doors to the auditorium will open at
7 p.m., and all ticket holders need to be
seated by 7:45 . At that time mu sic fans
who don't have tickets will be admitted to
fill any unclaimed seats.
For more information, call Cal Poly
Arts at ext. 6-6556. D
PAGE 5
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
League of Women Voters
honors two staff members
Campus Standing Committees Staff Interest Survey and Application
Please FAX (6-5483) or deliver the application to Human Resources and Employment Equity.
Name:
Department:
Position:
Department Extension:- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Supervisor:
Depattment/Division Head: - - -- - - - - - - - - - - --
Status:
0 State
0 Foundation
0 ASI
Please indicate the Campus Standing Committee you are interested in serving on:
0 Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
Statement of Interest (Please state your reasons for wanting to serve on the committee selected above and any applicable experience or
background that may apply):
Johnny Bellar
Rosemary Bowker, information tech
nology consultant in the Biological Sci
ences Department, and Donna Davis,
Career Services counselor, received the
1999 Mary Rhodes Awards from the San
Luis Obispo League of Women Voters.
Bowker was honored for her community
efforts and volunteer work in Los Osos,
particularly for environmental causes.
Davis was selected for her educational
outreach and mentoring activities.
The awards are given annually to a
few community leaders who exemplify
in their professional and community
achievements the values of Mary Rhodes,
first woman president of the California
State Teachers Association and a founding
member of the San Luis Obispo League of
Women Voters. 0
Grants, other opportunities
to be discussed Nov. 5
An orientation for new and tenure
track faculty members, "Internal/External
Grant Programs and Other Professional
Development Opportunities," will be
held at noon Nov. 5 in Room 201 in the
Business Building.
Box lunches will be provided. Those
who plan to attend are asked to call the
Research and Graduate Programs Office
by Nov. 1 at ext. 6-1508, or e-mail
. 0
Endorsements:
Bhutan subject of talk
Supervisor's Signature:
Date: - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - -
Department/Division Head's Signature: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
For Review Committee Use Only
Date of Review:
Application Status:
Committee Assignment:
Staff Member Notified: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Committee Chair Signature:
Date:
PAGE 6
Architecture professor Christopher Yip
will present "Tradition and the Question
of Change in Bhutan" at noon Nov. 2 in
the Veranda Cafe Conference Room.
Bhutan, roughly the size of Switzer
land, sits on the southern slope of the
Himalayan mountains. The majority popu
lation is of Tibetan origins and is the last
survivi ng Buddhist theocratic state selec
tively introducing foreign technology
while limiting the impact of foreign
influences on its culture and religion.
Students as well as employees are in
vited to the talk, sponsored by Interna
tional Education and Programs (IEP).
Those attending can bring their own lunch
or buy one at the Veranda Cafe.
For details, call IEP at ext. 6-1477. 0
Eddie Pennington,
top, and Wayne
Henderson,
bottom.
Ticket
information
"Some of the sweetest guitar playing this
side of heaven .. . as good as a musical perfor
mance can get."
That's how Impact News Magazine de
scribed Masters of the Steel String Guitar, a
national concert tour that includes a stop at Cal
Poly on Nov. 5.
Folk guitar virtuosos Eddie Pennington,
Johnny Bellar, John Cephas and Wayne
Henderson will play their own distinct styles at
8 p.m. in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
Pennington is known as the grand master of
"thumbpicking," an intricate technique made
popular by Merle Travis and Chet Atkins.
Bell ar plays the acoustic resophonic guitar
and its electric counterpart, the lap steel guitar.
Cephas plays the Piedmont blues- the
oldest form of the blues, with links dating back
to the black string bands of Colonial America.
Phil Wiggins, a world-class harmonica player,
will perform with Cephas.
Appalachian guitarist Henderson uses a
thumbpick and fingernails to achieve "amazing
speed and fluidity, transforming fiddle and
banjo pieces and even the occasional jazz stan
dards into stunning guitar solos."
The group will also give a free workshop at
2 p.m. Nov. 5 in Room 218 in the Davidson
Music Center.
Mu sic professor Craig Russell will give
a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. in Philips
Recital Hall.
Tickets to this Cal Po ly Arts event cost $9
to $24. 0
Tickets to the perform ances listed in today 's Cal Poly
R eport are on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office 10 a.m.
6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m . Saturdays. Call ext.
6-2787, or to order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088. 0
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CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CFA president "eisenhelder
to visit Cal Poly llov. 5
Susan Meisenhelder, president of the
California Faculty Association, will be on
campus 10 a.m.-8:30p.m. Nov. 3.
From 10 a.m. to noon she will meet
with members of the Academic Senate
and the Cal Poly Labor Council in UU 220.
The remainder of her schedule is:
• Noon-2 p.m.- Lecturers' Luncheon
in the Veranda Cafe.
• 2:30-4 p.m. -General Faculty Meet
ing, UU 220.
• 6-8 :30 p.m. -General Membership
Dinner, Alumni House.
All Unit 3 members, including faculty
members, counselors, librarians and
coaches, are urged to attend the lunch
or dinner.
For more information, contact Phil
Fetzer, CFA chapter president, at ext. 6-6147
or by e-mail at . D
"emorial scholarship
created for Don Floyd
A memorial scholarship has been
named for Don Floyd, a retired social
sciences professor and long-time sup
porter of the CSU's
International Programs
who died earlier
this year.
In honor of his com
mitment to international
education, his widow,
Yvonne, has set up a
scholarship fund in his
name at Mid-State
Don Floyd
Bank for an Interna
tional Programs applicant from Cal Poly.
Anyone wanting to contribute to the
scholarship or needing more information
should contact Marilyn York at ext. 6-5964
or . D
CPR schedule change
Because campus will be closed on Vet
erans ' Day, Nov. 11, and for Thanksgiv
ing, Nov. 25-26, we've had to move up
the deadlines to submit articles for two
issues of the Cal Poly Report.
For the Nov. 17 Cal Poly Report, we
need items by 10 a.m . Wednesay, Nov. 10,
and for the Dec. l editi on, by I 0 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 23. The e-mai l address is
.
PIECE
OF
MIND
'"ad Scientists' win volleyball tourney
Offer priority enrollment and free parking
and they will come
Dear Editor:
If thi s campus wants to get serious
about increasing summer enrollment,
it shou ld offer a package-deal prior
ity for summer/fall registration. Give
first priority to students who want to
sign up and pay for summer and fall
classes. Then give them free parking
in the summer. They will drive here
in droves.
A. J. Schuermann
Journalism Department
enrollment of both new and continu
ing students in summer. The Deans'
Enrollment Pl anning Advisory Com
mittee (DEPAC), which I chair, is
presently preparing recommendations
on how that goal might be attained.
We will be reporting to the provost in
a couple of weeks.
We welcome suggestions from
students, staff and faculty. They may
be mailed to me at Extended Education
or emailed to .
•••
•••
Harry Sharp, senior university associ
ate dean, Extended University Programs
and Services, responds:
Cal Poly's summ er quarter enroll
ment peaked in 1990 when 6,464
students took an average of 9.8 units
each. Beginning the next year the cam
pus deliberately reduced summer offer
ings and enrollment as one important
way of addressing the severe budget
cuts. Those cuts were made by the
Legislature as a result of the recession.
By 1994 summer enrollment had fallen
almost in half to 3,377 students taking,
on average, only 8.6 units.
The president and his management
team are committed to increasing the
(Editor's Note: At this time, an
offer offree parking is not possible.
The CSU is directed by the Legisla
ture to collect a fee for the use of cam
pus parking facilities to reimburse the
state for the costs of constructing and
operating parking facilities.)
"Piece of Mind" is for your letters
about campus issues. Questions, ex
planations, compliments, complaints
- we want them all. Keep them brief,
but keep them coming. Include name,
department, and phone number. E-mail
, fax to ext.
6-6533 or mail to Public Affairs,
Heron Hall. D
Learning, teaching topic of next FIDO talk Oct. 28
Professors Dan Waldorf of the Indus
trial and Manufacturing Engineering
Department and David Braun, Electrical
Engineering, will present "New Century
Scholars: Teaching, Learning, and Your
Academic Career" noon-1 p.m. Oct. 28 in
the San Luis Lounge in the UU.
Their talk will cover the highlights of
a one-week National Science Foundation
education workshop held at Stanford
University last summer to help new en
gineering faculty members from around
the country understand learning and
teaching practices that support effective
learning for all students .
Workshop participants learned to
integrate pedagogical knowledge
with other forms of scho lars hip while
recognizing the multiple demands for
faculty productivity.
Waldorf and Braun will explain how
participants redesigned courses and in
structional strategies, taking into con
sideration new information and research
concerning teaching , learning styles,
inclusive classroom learning, elements
of effective lecturing, project-based
learning, technology in teaching, time
and stress management, developing a
career strategy, and balance in personal
and professional lives.
Although the NSF workshop was
geared toward engineering professors,
the content of much of the workshop is
relevant to other facu lty members, par
ticularly those new to teaching.
The talk is sponsored by the Faculty
Instructional Development Office. For
more information, call Penny Ross at
ext. 6-5935. D
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From left: Pam and Ed Reuling (MarkS. Reuling's parents), Chance
Hoellwarth, Derek Gragson, Dave Keeling, Peggy Rice, Rod Schoonover,
Grace Ann Neff, and Theresa Bolanos. Hoellwarth is a member of the Physics
Department; the others are from Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Wilderness "edicine to be
taught at Cal Poly
Those looking to develop the confidence
and skills needed to handle backcountry
emergencies should plan to attend the
Wilderness First Responder training pro
gram to be offered at Cal Poly Dec. 11-20.
Taught by members of the Wilderness
Medicine Institute of the National Out
door Leadership School, the program is a
nationally recognized, 80-hour course that
trains participants to respond to emergen
cies in remote settings.
Attendees will learn how to monitor a
patient, manage wounds and fight infec
tion , realign fractures and dislocations,
and improvise splinting techniques.
Long-term management problems,
the latest information on environmental
emergencies, and drug therapies will
also be covered.
The curric ulum inc ludes standards
for urban and extended-care situations,
with an emphasis on prevention and
decision-making.
Upon completion of the course, in
cluding a practical exam and a written
exam, participants earn Wilderness
First Responder certification and two-year
American Red Cross Heartsaver CPR
certification.
The course costs $420 for students and
$475 for the public. For more information
or to register, call the Poly Escapes Busi
ness Office at ext. 6-2743. D
The Mad Scientists team from the Chemistry and
Biochemistry and Physics departments won the
championship in the staff and faculty category of the
2nd annual MarkS. Reuling Volleyball Challenge,
held earlier this month.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon won the student division.
Other teams came from ASI Recreational Sports,
the ASI Business Office, Career Services, Health and
Counseling Services, Housing and Residential Life,
the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs,
Statistics, Student Academic Services, Student Life,
and the University Center for Teacher Education.
Team fees added to an endowment named in
honor of former student Mark Reuling, who suffered
from depression and committed suicide.
The tournament, coordinated by Rec Sports, is
expected to expand in the future and continue to
raise funds for education and training about mental
illness and depression.
For more information on the endowment, call
Marty Bragg, director, Health and Psychological
Services, at ext. 6-5279. D
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications
for the following positions are available
from the appropriate Human Resources of
fice. Information is also available on the
Cal Poly home page (;
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 p.m. on the closing
date or be postmarked by the closing date.
(No faxes, please.) For positions marked
with an asterisk, qualified on-campus ap
plicants currently in Bargaining Units 2, 5,
7 and 9 will be given first consideration.
#07047: Billing Coordinator
(Administrative Support Coordinator I)
Information Technology Services-Com
munications and Computing Services
(Unit 7). *Closing date: Nov. 10. Salary:
$2 ,413 - $3 ,065/month. This position will
independently coordinate the production
and distribution of the campus telephone
bills and monitor and analyze carrier bills
and output reports; maintain circuit invento
ries and administrative reports .
#07048: Administrative Support Assis
tant I, Administration & Finance-Facilities
Planning (Unit 7) .* Closing date : Nov 10.
Salary: $897-$1157 .50/mo., temporary, half
time to June 30, 2000 with possible annual re
newal to June 30, 2002 ; w/ benefits. This po
sition serves as the office receptionist and pro
vides general clerical support to the director
and department staff. Must be wi lling to work
additional/varied hours on occasion.
#07051: Administrative Support Assis
tant I, Information Technology Services
(Unit 7). * Closing date: Nov. I 0. Salary:
$1,345 .50- $1 ,736.25/month, temporary,
three-quarter time (30 hrs/wk) to June 30,
2000 with possible renewal dependent on
funding. This position , under general super
vi sion , will perform a variety of administra
tive support functions for the office of the
vice provost/chief information officer.
#07052 Administrative Support Coordi
nator I, Office of the Associate Vice Presi
dent for University Advancement (Unit 7). *
Closing date: Nov. 10. Salary: $2,413
$3 ,065/month. This position will provide the
full range of administrative support on a vari
ety of complex projects for the associate vice
president. In addition , the incumbent will
oversee the functions of other office support
staff under the vice president's jurisdiction.
#07053: Administrative Support Assis
tant I, University Center for Teacher Edu
cation, Director's Office (Unit 7). * Closing
date: Nov. 10. Salary: $1 ,794- $2,315/month.
This position wi ll provide general office sup
port to the director, faculty, staff and students
in the University Center for Teacher Education.
#07058: Administrative Support Assis
tant I College of Liberal Arts, Graphic
Communication (Unit 7)* Closing date:
Nov. 10. Salary: $897 - $1157 .50/month,
temporary, half time to June 30, 2000 with
possible annua l renewal , w/benefits. This
position provides general clerical support to
the department head, staff and faculty. For
about six weeks in June and July (if assign
ment is renewed) the incumbent will provide
office support exclusively to the College of
Liberal Art's Summer Advising Program
Continued on page 8
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CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
ort
••• Position vacancies
Continued from page 7
(SAP) at a different location. May be required
to occasionally work additional/varied hours.
#OM041: Director of Advancement (Ad
ministrator II), College of Architecture
and Environmental Design. Closing date:
position is open until filled. For full consider
ation all application material s shou ld be sub
mitted by Oct. 13. Salary: $45,000- $65 ,000
annual hiring range commensurate with quali
fications and experience.
READVERTISEMENT:
#OM008: Nurse Practitioner, Head of
Nursing Services (Administrator II), Stu
dent Affairs, Health & Psychological Ser
vices. Closing date: position is open until
filled. For full consideration application mate
rials should be submitted by Nov 10. Salary:
$56,400 - $72,000 annual hiring range depen
dent on qualifications and experience. The
Health Services Department provides outpa
tient services and programs that address the
health and medical needs
of students. The focus of this position is to
provide full-range administrative leadership
to the Nursing Services unit of Health Services.
#OE033: Predoctoral Internship (Helper
Aide) Health and Counseling Services.
Closing date: positions open until filled. Ap
plication review will begin Dec. 1. Salary:
The annual compensation for full-time interns
is $15,000 ($1,250/month) and includes em
ployee benefits of vacation time, sick leave,
and health insurance. The Cal Poly Health and
Counseling Services Center is a member of
the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral
and Internship Centers (APPIC) and the Asso
ciation of Counseling Center Training Agen
cies (ACCTA). Participants in the Cal Poly
Predoctoral Internship Program receive two
hours of individual supervision, a weekly case
conference, seminars addressing professional
specialized training in such topics as eating
disorders, sexual abuse, trauma recovery,
ethics and the law, multi-cultural counseling,
stress management and organizational consul
tation. Additional training in the university's
Employee Assistance Program is also avail
able. The position: There are two temporary
12-month positions available beginning July
1, 2000. One position is in Counseling Ser
vices and one is in the Employee Assistance
Program. These positions receive supervised
clinical experience in individual and group
therapy, crisis intervention, outreach, health
psychology, consultation, and prevention
education. Direct specific inquiries about the
position to Elie Axelroth, training coordinator,
Health and Counseling Services, at ext. 6-2511.
FACULTY (Adm. 312, ext. 6-2844)
Candidates interested in faculty
positions are asked to contact the appro
priate department office at the phone
number listed for more information and an
application. Please submit all application
materials to the department head/chair
unless otherwise specified. Rank and salary
are commensurate with qualifications and
experience, and timebase where applicable,
unless otherwise stated.
#03017: Visiting Lecturer, Global Strat
egy & Law Area, College Of Business (756
5068). Closing date: Nov. 11. Visiting lecturer
position available full-time for winter and
spring quarters of the 1999-2000 academic
year. Appropriate doctoral level training with
primary teaching area in business policy/
strategy, and secondary area in international
management. Ph.D. preferred, but A.B.D. appli
cants may be considered. Applicants must dem
onstrate strong teaching ability. Apply to J.
Michael Geringer, Global Strategy and Law
Area, College of Business.
@3018: Full-Time Lecturer, Physical
Education & Kinesiology (756-2545) Clos
ing date: Dec. 15 . Full-time position available
for 2000-2001 academic year (salary $33 ,792
- $46,488). Teach classes in biomechanics,
advanced biomechanics, and professional
activities. Supervise undergraduate field expe
riences and research. Requires M.S. in appro
priate field; Ph.D. and college teaching
preferred. To be considered, applicants must
submit the following (referencing recruitment
code #03018 on all correspondence): 1) com
pleted faculty application form ; 2) profes
sional resume; 3) copies of official transcripts
from all colleges attended; and 4) three cur
rent letters of recommendation to Gerald
DeMers, head, P.E. & Kinesiology Depart
ment (fax 756-7273).
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All Foundation
applications must be received (not just
postmarked) by 5 p.m. of the closing
date. (No faxes.)
READVERTISEMENT:
Baker, Bake Shop, $9.50- $12.35/hr.
Requirements: high school degree or equiva
lent. Minimum of one year experience as a
journey level baker, preferably in a large
scale, variety bake shop. Must be able to bake
from scratch, using ovens, mixers, dough
shapers, fryers, measuring devices, common
kitchen cutlery. Must develop and maintain
successful working relationships, possess a
valid California Driver 's license and be able
to lift and carry 50 lbs. Closing date: Position
is open until filled; review of applications
begins Nov. 5.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS INC. is accepting
applications for the following position(s).
Complete position descriptions and
applications are available at the ASI
Business Office, University Union, Room
212, M-F, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., ext. 6-1281. All
applications must be received by 5 pm of
the listed closing date. AA/ED.
Information Technology Manager Open
until filled, review of applications will begin
Nov. 1. Salary range: $3,771 - $5,145/month.
Full-time. Responsible for maintenance,
installation, and development of enterprise
network utilizing Novell4.11, Windows NT
4.0 and Unix. Manage Web server and its
content; maintain archival storage and
network security; develop and manage
operational procedures and IT budget;
supervise computer support staff. Requires
B.S. in computer science, business, or related
field; 3+ years' related experience. Complete
position descriptions and applications
available in ASI Business Office.
Coordinator of Aquatics & Summer
Programs, Recreational Sports. Open until
filled. Review of applications will begin Nov.
1. Salary range : $3,102 - $4, 188/month, full
time. Under the supervision of the director of
recreational sports, provides oversight and
supervision for a staff of lifeguards and water
safety instructors. Works directly with profes
sional and student staff to develop and imple
ment summer programs for children and
aquatics programming for the campus com
munity. Requires bachelor 's degree, two
years' progressively responsible student
services work experience, and current appli
cable American Red Cross certification.
Master's degree and two years' post master's
degree work experience preferred.
Coordinator of Fitness Programs, Rec
reational Sports. Open until filled. Review of
applications will begin Nov. 1. Salary range:
$3,420- $4,618/month, full-time. Under the
supervision of the director of recreational
sports, provides oversight and direct supervi
sion of instructional programs, personal
fitness, and exercise room management.
Works directly with professional and student
staff to plan and coordinate all fitness and
instructional activities. Requires master's
degree and two years' progressively respon
sible student services work experience;
experience in supervising and instructing
participants in a fitness environment; per
sonal training certification or degree in
kinesiology. Two years' post-master 's de
gree work experience preferred. 0
Ride sharers credits
to Express cards delayed
Commuter Services wants "registered"
ride sharers to know that stipends to Cam
pus Express cards for ridesharing in July,
August and September will not be avail
able until mid-November.
Ride sharers will be notified when
cards are credited. D
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California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 54, No. 8 • October 27, 1999
Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Baker, Zingg to talk
on accreditation
DATELINE
($) - Admission charged
President Baker and Provost Zingg
will hold an open forum on the current
reaccreditation process 11 am-noon today
in UU 220.
A special session of the Academic
Senate to address reaccreditation is also
planned 3-5 p.m. Nov. 9 in UU 220.
Every nine years Cal Poly undergoes
an accreditation review by the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges
(WASC). The next accreditation visit
will be in March 2000.
Toward this end, several committees
of faculty and staff members have been
working on a Cal Poly Self-Study. The
campus community is invited to review
and comment on the Self-Study on line at
. D
Exhibits
ASI Fine Arts Club 221 (formerly
UU Galerie): "A Journey of the
Warrior Spirit," through Dec. 10.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.
University Art Gallery (Dexter
Building) Photos by Phil Borges, Nov.
1-Dec. 5. Talk: Nov. 7, 4 p.m. , reception
follows, 6-8 p.m. Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
daily; Wednesday, 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday, October 27
Music: Skillman, Backstage
Pizza, noon.
Speaker: Edward Hasbrouck (author),
International Travel Lunch-Time Talk,
Veranda Cafe, noon.
Thursday, October 28
Biology-Physics Colloquium:
Geoffrey West (Los Alamos National
Laboratory), "The Tree of Life: The
Origin of Universal Scaling Laws in
Biology From Molecules and Cells to
Whales," Fisher Science 286, 11 a.m.
Women's Soccer: Cal State Bakers
field, Mustang Stadium, 7 p.m. ($)
Friday, October 29
Homecoming: Various activities
through Oct. 31. Call ext. 6-2586
for details .
Books at High Noon: Jo Rubba
(English), "Cold Mountain" by
Charles Frazier, Veranda Cafe, noon.
Mathematics Colloquium: Carol Day
(Thomas Aquinas College), "The
Eccentric Circle of Claudius Ptolemy,"
Fisher Science 289,4:10 p.m.
Men's Soccer: University of Washing
ton, Mustang Stadium, 7 p.m. ($)
Saturday, October 30
Football: Homecoming game vs.
Portland State, Mustang Stadium, 2
p.m.
Music: Cal Poly Choirs Fall Concert
with PolyPhonics and Cal Poly Vocal
Jazz, the University Singers, First
Baptist Church, San Luis Obispo,
8 p.m.($)
Tuesday, November 2
Speaker: Christopher Yip (Archi
tecture) , "Tradition and the Ques
tion of Change in Bhutan ," Veranda
Cal Poly Plan Steering
Committee needs members
Masters of the steel-string guitar Cephas &
Wiggins will play at the PAC (see page 3 ).
Only vacation credit
can be donated to Ramos
Only vacation credits may be donated
on behalf of Judy Ramos, administrative
support coordinator in Academic Records,
because her leave is for family illness.
Last week's Cal Poly Report solicitation
article incorrectly stated that both vacation
and sick leave credits could be donated.
To donate leave, contact Patty Wamick
Wait in Academic Records at ext. 6-2723
or by e-mail for the Catastrophic Leave
Donation form.
New this year: CSEA employees (Units
2, 5, 7 and 9) may donate up to 32 hours
total of sick leave and vacation credits
per fiscal year in increments of one hour
or more.
Other eligible state employees may
donate up to 16 hours. D
State, Foundation and ASI permanent
and probationary staff members are
invited to submit applications to fill
two vacancies on the Cal Poly Plan
Steering Committee.
The Appointment Committee, chaired
by Anna McDonald, director
of human resources and employment
equity, will screen the applications
and forward recommendations to
President Baker.
Candidates are asked to submit a brief
statement of interest, should have satis
factory performance evaluations, and
need endorsement from their supervisor.
Anyone interested in serving should
complete the form on page 6 in this edi
tion of the Cal Poly Report and fax
(ext. 6-5483) or deliver the application
to Mikie Steineke in Human Resources
and Employment Equity (Adm. 11 0) by
Nov. 2.
For more information on the selection
process, call Steineke at ext. 6-5427. D
••• Position vacancies
Continued from page 7
(SAP) at a different location. May be required
to occasionally work
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
'"ad Scientists' win volleyball tourney
,'
The Mad Scientists team from the Chemistry and
Biochemistry and Physics departments won the
championship in the staff and faculty category of the
2nd
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
League of Women Voters
honors two staff members
Campus Standing Committees Staff Interest Survey and Application
Please FAX (6-5483) or deliver the application to Human Resources and Employment Equity.
Name:
Department:
Position:
Department Extension:- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Supervisor:
Depattment/Division Head: - - -- - - - - - - - - - - --
Status:
0 State
0 Foundation
0 ASI
Please indicate the Campus Standing Committee you are interested in serving on:
0 Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
Statement of Interest (Please state your reasons for wanting to serve on the committee selected above and any applicable experience or
background that may apply):
Johnny Bellar
Rosemary Bowker, information tech
nology consultant in the Biological Sci
ences Department, and Donna Davis,
Career Services counselor, received the
1999 Mary Rhodes Awards from the San
Luis Obispo League of Women Voters.
Bowker was honored for her community
efforts and volunteer work in Los Osos,
particularly for environmental causes.
Davis was selected for her educational
outreach and mentoring activities.
The awards are given annually to a
few community leaders who exemplify
in their professional and community
achievements the values of Mary Rhodes,
first woman president of the California
State Teachers Association and a founding
member of the San Luis Obispo League of
Women Voters. 0
Grants, other opportunities
to be discussed Nov. 5
An orientation for new and tenure
track faculty members, "Internal/External
Grant Programs and Other Professional
Development Opportunities," will be
held at noon Nov. 5 in Room 201 in the
Business Building.
Box lunches will be provided. Those
who plan to attend are asked to call the
Research and Graduate Programs Office
by Nov. 1 at ext. 6-1508, or e-mail
. 0
Endorsements:
Bhutan subject of talk
Supervisor's Signature:
Date: - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - -
Department/Division Head's Signature: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
For Review Committee Use Only
Date of Review:
Application Status:
Committee Assignment:
Staff Member Notified: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Committee Chair Signature:
Date:
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Architecture professor Christopher Yip
will present "Tradition and the Question
of Change in Bhutan" at noon Nov. 2 in
the Veranda Cafe Conference Room.
Bhutan, roughly the size of Switzer
land, sits on the southern slope of the
Himalayan mountains. The majority popu
lation is of Tibetan origins and is the last
survivi ng Buddhist theocratic state selec
tively introducing foreign technology
while limiting the impact of foreign
influences on its culture and religion.
Students as well as employees are in
vited to the talk, sponsored by Interna
tional Education and Programs (IEP).
Those attending can bring their own lunch
or buy one at the Veranda Cafe.
For details, call IEP at ext. 6-1477. 0
Eddie Pennington,
top, and Wayne
Henderson,
bottom.
Ticket
information
"Some of the sweetest guitar playing this
side of heaven .. . as good as a musical perfor
mance can get."
That's how Impact News Magazine de
scribed Masters of the Steel String Guitar, a
national concert tour that includes a stop at Cal
Poly on Nov. 5.
Folk guitar virtuosos Eddie Pennington,
Johnny Bellar, John Cephas and Wayne
Henderson will play their own distinct styles at
8 p.m. in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
Pennington is known as the grand master of
"thumbpicking," an intricate technique made
popular by Merle Travis and Chet Atkins.
Bell ar plays the acoustic resophonic guitar
and its electric counterpart, the lap steel guitar.
Cephas plays the Piedmont blues- the
oldest form of the blues, with links dating back
to the black string bands of Colonial America.
Phil Wiggins, a world-class harmonica player,
will perform with Cephas.
Appalachian guitarist Henderson uses a
thumbpick and fingernails to achieve "amazing
speed and fluidity, transforming fiddle and
banjo pieces and even the occasional jazz stan
dards into stunning guitar solos."
The group will also give a free workshop at
2 p.m. Nov. 5 in Room 218 in the Davidson
Music Center.
Mu sic professor Craig Russell will give
a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. in Philips
Recital Hall.
Tickets to this Cal Po ly Arts event cost $9
to $24. 0
Tickets to the perform ances listed in today 's Cal Poly
R eport are on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office 10 a.m.
6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m . Saturdays. Call ext.
6-2787, or to order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088. 0
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
Correction
'School choice' advocate to
In last week's Cal Poly Report article
announcing David Rackley's Telly
award, he was credited as director of
the Mustang Marching Band. Music
professor William Johnson is director;
Rackley is associate conductor.
Our apologies for the error. D
talk at lov. 4 symposium
Oct. 28 talk to explore
size, life span link
A physicist from the Los Alamos
National Laboratory will discuss theories
that help explain why larger organisms
live longer, in a joint Biology-Physics
Colloquium 11 a.m.-noon Oct. 28.
Geoffrey West will present "The Tree
of Life: The Origin of Universal Scaling
Laws in Biology From Molecules and
Cells to Whales" in Room 286 in Fisher
Science Hall.
West, whose research recently appeared
in the journal Science, will explain the
"quarter-power scaling law," a principle
that correlates size and length of life for
both animals and plants.
While scientists can show the principle
is true, they don't know why it is.
"If you could understand the origin of
these scaling laws," West said, "you'd un
derstand something about aging and death."
In an attempt to explain the phenom
enon, West and his colleagues proposed that
the correlation stems from the physical
constraints of the systems that distribute
nutrients, whether the body's blood vessels
or the vascular network nourishing a plant.
In his talk, West will explain the
group's theory that the principle is based
mostly on geometry and the nature of
circulatory networks in particular.
West's talk is sponsored by the Bio
logical Sciences Department and Physics
Department. For more information, call
the Physics Department at ext. 6-2448. D
Julian's to celebrate
'old-time Halloween'
Julian's in the University Union will
celebrate an "old-time Hall oween" on
Friday with complimentary hot cider from
7;30 a.m. to noon and bobbing for apples
fro m 1:30 to 2 p.m.
Anyone who comes in costume will get
a special treat. D
'Vanishing' cultures
focus of photo exhibit
Phil Borges, an award-winning
photographer known for his riveting
portraits of indigenous cultures, will
give a free public talk at 4 p.m. Nov.
7 in the Rotunda (Room 213) of the
Business Building.
Borges will speak about his ex
hibit, "Enduring Spirit," which will
run Nov. 1-Dec. 5 in the University
Art Gallery in the Dexter Building.
After his talk, the artist will be
honored at a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
in the gallery.
Seattle-based Borges studies and
photographs the vanishing cultures of
the world. The "Enduring Spirit"
exhibit features 50 photographs of
endangered cultures and tribal people
from Indonesia, Kenya, Ethiopia,
Thailand, Peru and North America.
The Dalai Lama wrote the text to
accompany Borges' photographs in
the book "Tibetan Portrait: The
Power of Compassion." The book
provides a unique understanding of
the Tibetan people and the Buddhist
teaching of nonviolence.
Chilean author Isabel Allende
wrote in the book's introduction, "In
this beautiful book, Phil Borges cel
ebrates, with his images and stories,
life as it is lived and shared in so
many places on our fragile and beau
tiful planet."
Information about Borges and
images of his work can be fo und on
line at .
The University Art Gallery is
open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. daily; Wednesday,
7-9 p .m.
For information, call ext. 6-1571. D
Terry Moe, senior fellow at the Hoover
Institution and one of the country 's lead
ing advocates of "school choice," will
give the keynote address at an Education
Policy Symposium 5-6:30 p.m. Nov. 4.
Moe will speak on "Alternative
Approaches to Academic Excellence"
in Philips Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
After the talk, a panel of local educa
tors will comment on the issues presented.
The panelists will be Julian Crocker,
superintendent of the San Luis Obispo
Office of Education; Ted Wheeler, a
trustee of the San Luis Coastal Unified
School District; and Karen Gallas, teacher
and principal at Bellevue-Santa Fe School
in the Avila Valley.
The book "Politics, Markets, and
America's Schools," co-authored by Moe
and John E. Chubb, is considered among
the most influential and controversial
works on education to be published in the
last decade.
Moe, a professor of political science at
Stanford University, is an expert on edu
cational policy, U.S. political institutions
and organizational theory. His current
research projects deal with school choice,
public bureaucracy and the presidency.
Moe has served as senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution in Washington,
D.C., and is an elected member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Refreshments will be served at 6:30p.m.
The symposium is sponsored by the
University Center for Teacher Education
and Political Science Department.
For more information, call Carol
Barnes, director of advancement in the
UCTE, at ext. 6-5934. D
Central Coast chapter
of IEEE to meet on campus
George Westrom, founder and execu
tive director of the Future Scientists and
Engineers of America organization, will
present "Who Are the Engineers/Scien
tists/Technicians for the 21st Century?" at
the Nov. 2 meeting of the Central Coast
section of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
The meeting will be 7-8 p.m. in Room
206 in Engineering East. Refreshments
will be available at about 6:30p.m.
For detail s, call Ali Shaban in Electri
cal Engineering at ext. 6-2918. D
PAGE 4
Kathy Blackburn wins
'lame the Bug' contest
Kathy Blackburn of the Foundation's
Campus Catering office submitted the
winning entry for the "Name the Y2K
Bug" contest held in conjunction with
Y2K Day earlier this month.
"Raiders of the Lost Century," or
"Raiders" for short, earned Blackburn a
$25 Campus Express gift certificate.
"Raiders-alludes to the insecticide Raid.
It's the Y2K bug. Get it? D
Poet Boland to read works
Award-winning Irish poet Eavan
Boland will read from her work at the first
fall quarter WriterS peak event at 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Boland will also be the keynote poet
for the 16th annual San Luis Obispo Po
etry Festival Nov. 12-21.
Boland has published several volumes
of poetry, including her widely acclaimed
American debut, "Outside History." She is
also the author of "In a Time of Violence,"
"The Lost Land" and "Object Lessons."
The New York Review of Books said,
"Boland has emerged as one of the best
poets in Ireland."
Jan Garden Castro of The Nation states,
"Boland combines impeccable craft, resil
ient metaphors and, above all, moral au
thority to witness human difficulties."
Boland's awards include a Lannan
Foundation Award in Poetry and an
American Ireland Fund Literary Award.
After the reading, "Outside History"
and other Boland publications will be on
sale in Philips Hall.
The WriterSpeak reading is sponsored
by Cal Poly Arts, the College of Liberal
Arts, the Lyceum speaker series, and the
English Department.
For more information, call Adam Hill
of the English Department at ext. 6-1622. D
Send items by lov. 1
for fall Credit Report
Nov. I is the deadline to submit items
for the fall quarter edition of The Credit
Report, the news letter of faculty and staff
professional accompli shments.
E-mail items to ,
and please include a phone number in case
we have questions.
For information, call ext. 6-1511. D
FILE PHOTO
Former Bandfest trombonist James Gruver.
Bandfest '99 planned for lov. 20 at PAC
Bandfest '99 will bring together
170 musicians in two university en
sembles in a "wind instrument spec
tacular" set for 8 p.m. Nov. 20 in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
The 80-member Cal Poly Wind
Orchestra and the 90-member Mustang
Band will play original tunes and toe
tapping popular arrangements in the
15th annual Bandfest concert.
Under the direction of music profes
sor William Johnson, the Wind Or
chestra will open the concert with two
original works by James Curnow,
"Rejouissance" and the "Praetorius
Variations." The orchestra will also
perform Symphony No. 6 for Wind
Orchestra by Vincent Persichetti.
The Mustang Band, directed by
David Rackley of the Music Depart
ment faculty, will perform popular
arrangements that "will add a choreo
graphed upbeat brilliance to the con
cert," Johnson said.
The Wind Orchestra and the Mus
tang Band together will close the con-
cert with "Africa, Ceremony, Song
and Ritual " by Robert W. Smith
and "Russian Christmas Mu sic" by
Alfred Reed.
The Wind Orchestra is an en
semble of just the woodwind, brass
and percussion sections of a tradi
tional orchestra.
Tickets cost $7 to $15.
Patrons who buy tickets to three or
four Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and
University Jazz Band season events
will save 15 percent; those who buy
tickets to five or more events will save
25 percent.
Season events to come include
Bandfest '99, the Pops Concert Feb.
26, "Just Jazz" March 11 , two Festival
Concerts, April 15 and 16, Jazz
Night May 13, and the Spring Concert
June 3.
For a season brochure and more
information, call the Music Depart
ment at ext. 6-2607.
Bandfest '99 is sponsored by the
Coll ege of Liberal Arts, Music Depart
ment, and ASI. D
Only standby seating left for ftarine Band concert
All free tickets have been distributed to
"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band
concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Harman Hall in
the Performing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Doors to the auditorium will open at
7 p.m., and all ticket holders need to be
seated by 7:45 . At that time mu sic fans
who don't have tickets will be admitted to
fill any unclaimed seats.
For more information, call Cal Poly
Arts at ext. 6-6556. D
PAGE 5
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
Correction
'School choice' advocate to
In last week's Cal Poly Report article
announcing David Rackley's Telly
award, he was credited as director of
the Mustang Marching Band. Music
professor William Johnson is director;
Rackley is associate conductor.
Our apologies for the error. D
talk at lov. 4 symposium
Oct. 28 talk to explore
size, life span link
A physicist from the Los Alamos
National Laboratory will discuss theories
that help explain why larger organisms
live longer, in a joint Biology-Physics
Colloquium 11 a.m.-noon Oct. 28.
Geoffrey West will present "The Tree
of Life: The Origin of Universal Scaling
Laws in Biology From Molecules and
Cells to Whales" in Room 286 in Fisher
Science Hall.
West, whose research recently appeared
in the journal Science, will explain the
"quarter-power scaling law," a principle
that correlates size and length of life for
both animals and plants.
While scientists can show the principle
is true, they don't know why it is.
"If you could understand the origin of
these scaling laws," West said, "you'd un
derstand something about aging and death."
In an attempt to explain the phenom
enon, West and his colleagues proposed that
the correlation stems from the physical
constraints of the systems that distribute
nutrients, whether the body's blood vessels
or the vascular network nourishing a plant.
In his talk, West will explain the
group's theory that the principle is based
mostly on geometry and the nature of
circulatory networks in particular.
West's talk is sponsored by the Bio
logical Sciences Department and Physics
Department. For more information, call
the Physics Department at ext. 6-2448. D
Julian's to celebrate
'old-time Halloween'
Julian's in the University Union will
celebrate an "old-time Hall oween" on
Friday with complimentary hot cider from
7;30 a.m. to noon and bobbing for apples
fro m 1:30 to 2 p.m.
Anyone who comes in costume will get
a special treat. D
'Vanishing' cultures
focus of photo exhibit
Phil Borges, an award-winning
photographer known for his riveting
portraits of indigenous cultures, will
give a free public talk at 4 p.m. Nov.
7 in the Rotunda (Room 213) of the
Business Building.
Borges will speak about his ex
hibit, "Enduring Spirit," which will
run Nov. 1-Dec. 5 in the University
Art Gallery in the Dexter Building.
After his talk, the artist will be
honored at a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
in the gallery.
Seattle-based Borges studies and
photographs the vanishing cultures of
the world. The "Enduring Spirit"
exhibit features 50 photographs of
endangered cultures and tribal people
from Indonesia, Kenya, Ethiopia,
Thailand, Peru and North America.
The Dalai Lama wrote the text to
accompany Borges' photographs in
the book "Tibetan Portrait: The
Power of Compassion." The book
provides a unique understanding of
the Tibetan people and the Buddhist
teaching of nonviolence.
Chilean author Isabel Allende
wrote in the book's introduction, "In
this beautiful book, Phil Borges cel
ebrates, with his images and stories,
life as it is lived and shared in so
many places on our fragile and beau
tiful planet."
Information about Borges and
images of his work can be fo und on
line at .
The University Art Gallery is
open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. daily; Wednesday,
7-9 p .m.
For information, call ext. 6-1571. D
Terry Moe, senior fellow at the Hoover
Institution and one of the country 's lead
ing advocates of "school choice," will
give the keynote address at an Education
Policy Symposium 5-6:30 p.m. Nov. 4.
Moe will speak on "Alternative
Approaches to Academic Excellence"
in Philips Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
After the talk, a panel of local educa
tors will comment on the issues presented.
The panelists will be Julian Crocker,
superintendent of the San Luis Obispo
Office of Education; Ted Wheeler, a
trustee of the San Luis Coastal Unified
School District; and Karen Gallas, teacher
and principal at Bellevue-Santa Fe School
in the Avila Valley.
The book "Politics, Markets, and
America's Schools," co-authored by Moe
and John E. Chubb, is considered among
the most influential and controversial
works on education to be published in the
last decade.
Moe, a professor of political science at
Stanford University, is an expert on edu
cational policy, U.S. political institutions
and organizational theory. His current
research projects deal with school choice,
public bureaucracy and the presidency.
Moe has served as senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution in Washington,
D.C., and is an elected member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Refreshments will be served at 6:30p.m.
The symposium is sponsored by the
University Center for Teacher Education
and Political Science Department.
For more information, call Carol
Barnes, director of advancement in the
UCTE, at ext. 6-5934. D
Central Coast chapter
of IEEE to meet on campus
George Westrom, founder and execu
tive director of the Future Scientists and
Engineers of America organization, will
present "Who Are the Engineers/Scien
tists/Technicians for the 21st Century?" at
the Nov. 2 meeting of the Central Coast
section of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
The meeting will be 7-8 p.m. in Room
206 in Engineering East. Refreshments
will be available at about 6:30p.m.
For detail s, call Ali Shaban in Electri
cal Engineering at ext. 6-2918. D
PAGE 4
Kathy Blackburn wins
'lame the Bug' contest
Kathy Blackburn of the Foundation's
Campus Catering office submitted the
winning entry for the "Name the Y2K
Bug" contest held in conjunction with
Y2K Day earlier this month.
"Raiders of the Lost Century," or
"Raiders" for short, earned Blackburn a
$25 Campus Express gift certificate.
"Raiders-alludes to the insecticide Raid.
It's the Y2K bug. Get it? D
Poet Boland to read works
Award-winning Irish poet Eavan
Boland will read from her work at the first
fall quarter WriterS peak event at 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 in Philips Hall in the Performing
Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Boland will also be the keynote poet
for the 16th annual San Luis Obispo Po
etry Festival Nov. 12-21.
Boland has published several volumes
of poetry, including her widely acclaimed
American debut, "Outside History." She is
also the author of "In a Time of Violence,"
"The Lost Land" and "Object Lessons."
The New York Review of Books said,
"Boland has emerged as one of the best
poets in Ireland."
Jan Garden Castro of The Nation states,
"Boland combines impeccable craft, resil
ient metaphors and, above all, moral au
thority to witness human difficulties."
Boland's awards include a Lannan
Foundation Award in Poetry and an
American Ireland Fund Literary Award.
After the reading, "Outside History"
and other Boland publications will be on
sale in Philips Hall.
The WriterSpeak reading is sponsored
by Cal Poly Arts, the College of Liberal
Arts, the Lyceum speaker series, and the
English Department.
For more information, call Adam Hill
of the English Department at ext. 6-1622. D
Send items by lov. 1
for fall Credit Report
Nov. I is the deadline to submit items
for the fall quarter edition of The Credit
Report, the news letter of faculty and staff
professional accompli shments.
E-mail items to ,
and please include a phone number in case
we have questions.
For information, call ext. 6-1511. D
FILE PHOTO
Former Bandfest trombonist James Gruver.
Bandfest '99 planned for lov. 20 at PAC
Bandfest '99 will bring together
170 musicians in two university en
sembles in a "wind instrument spec
tacular" set for 8 p.m. Nov. 20 in
Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
The 80-member Cal Poly Wind
Orchestra and the 90-member Mustang
Band will play original tunes and toe
tapping popular arrangements in the
15th annual Bandfest concert.
Under the direction of music profes
sor William Johnson, the Wind Or
chestra will open the concert with two
original works by James Curnow,
"Rejouissance" and the "Praetorius
Variations." The orchestra will also
perform Symphony No. 6 for Wind
Orchestra by Vincent Persichetti.
The Mustang Band, directed by
David Rackley of the Music Depart
ment faculty, will perform popular
arrangements that "will add a choreo
graphed upbeat brilliance to the con
cert," Johnson said.
The Wind Orchestra and the Mus
tang Band together will close the con-
cert with "Africa, Ceremony, Song
and Ritual " by Robert W. Smith
and "Russian Christmas Mu sic" by
Alfred Reed.
The Wind Orchestra is an en
semble of just the woodwind, brass
and percussion sections of a tradi
tional orchestra.
Tickets cost $7 to $15.
Patrons who buy tickets to three or
four Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and
University Jazz Band season events
will save 15 percent; those who buy
tickets to five or more events will save
25 percent.
Season events to come include
Bandfest '99, the Pops Concert Feb.
26, "Just Jazz" March 11 , two Festival
Concerts, April 15 and 16, Jazz
Night May 13, and the Spring Concert
June 3.
For a season brochure and more
information, call the Music Depart
ment at ext. 6-2607.
Bandfest '99 is sponsored by the
Coll ege of Liberal Arts, Music Depart
ment, and ASI. D
Only standby seating left for ftarine Band concert
All free tickets have been distributed to
"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band
concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Harman Hall in
the Performing Arts Center's Cohan Center.
Doors to the auditorium will open at
7 p.m., and all ticket holders need to be
seated by 7:45 . At that time mu sic fans
who don't have tickets will be admitted to
fill any unclaimed seats.
For more information, call Cal Poly
Arts at ext. 6-6556. D
PAGE 5
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
League of Women Voters
honors two staff members
Campus Standing Committees Staff Interest Survey and Application
Please FAX (6-5483) or deliver the application to Human Resources and Employment Equity.
Name:
Department:
Position:
Department Extension:- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Supervisor:
Depattment/Division Head: - - -- - - - - - - - - - - --
Status:
0 State
0 Foundation
0 ASI
Please indicate the Campus Standing Committee you are interested in serving on:
0 Cal Poly Plan Steering Committee
Statement of Interest (Please state your reasons for wanting to serve on the committee selected above and any applicable experience or
background that may apply):
Johnny Bellar
Rosemary Bowker, information tech
nology consultant in the Biological Sci
ences Department, and Donna Davis,
Career Services counselor, received the
1999 Mary Rhodes Awards from the San
Luis Obispo League of Women Voters.
Bowker was honored for her community
efforts and volunteer work in Los Osos,
particularly for environmental causes.
Davis was selected for her educational
outreach and mentoring activities.
The awards are given annually to a
few community leaders who exemplify
in their professional and community
achievements the values of Mary Rhodes,
first woman president of the California
State Teachers Association and a founding
member of the San Luis Obispo League of
Women Voters. 0
Grants, other opportunities
to be discussed Nov. 5
An orientation for new and tenure
track faculty members, "Internal/External
Grant Programs and Other Professional
Development Opportunities," will be
held at noon Nov. 5 in Room 201 in the
Business Building.
Box lunches will be provided. Those
who plan to attend are asked to call the
Research and Graduate Programs Office
by Nov. 1 at ext. 6-1508, or e-mail
. 0
Endorsements:
Bhutan subject of talk
Supervisor's Signature:
Date: - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - -
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Date of Review:
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Committee Chair Signature:
Date:
PAGE 6
Architecture professor Christopher Yip
will present "Tradition and the Question
of Change in Bhutan" at noon Nov. 2 in
the Veranda Cafe Conference Room.
Bhutan, roughly the size of Switzer
land, sits on the southern slope of the
Himalayan mountains. The majority popu
lation is of Tibetan origins and is the last
survivi ng Buddhist theocratic state selec
tively introducing foreign technology
while limiting the impact of foreign
influences on its culture and religion.
Students as well as employees are in
vited to the talk, sponsored by Interna
tional Education and Programs (IEP).
Those attending can bring their own lunch
or buy one at the Veranda Cafe.
For details, call IEP at ext. 6-1477. 0
Eddie Pennington,
top, and Wayne
Henderson,
bottom.
Ticket
information
"Some of the sweetest guitar playing this
side of heaven .. . as good as a musical perfor
mance can get."
That's how Impact News Magazine de
scribed Masters of the Steel String Guitar, a
national concert tour that includes a stop at Cal
Poly on Nov. 5.
Folk guitar virtuosos Eddie Pennington,
Johnny Bellar, John Cephas and Wayne
Henderson will play their own distinct styles at
8 p.m. in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts
Center's Cohan Center.
Pennington is known as the grand master of
"thumbpicking," an intricate technique made
popular by Merle Travis and Chet Atkins.
Bell ar plays the acoustic resophonic guitar
and its electric counterpart, the lap steel guitar.
Cephas plays the Piedmont blues- the
oldest form of the blues, with links dating back
to the black string bands of Colonial America.
Phil Wiggins, a world-class harmonica player,
will perform with Cephas.
Appalachian guitarist Henderson uses a
thumbpick and fingernails to achieve "amazing
speed and fluidity, transforming fiddle and
banjo pieces and even the occasional jazz stan
dards into stunning guitar solos."
The group will also give a free workshop at
2 p.m. Nov. 5 in Room 218 in the Davidson
Music Center.
Mu sic professor Craig Russell will give
a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. in Philips
Recital Hall.
Tickets to this Cal Po ly Arts event cost $9
to $24. 0
Tickets to the perform ances listed in today 's Cal Poly
R eport are on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office 10 a.m.
6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m . Saturdays. Call ext.
6-2787, or to order by fax, dial ext. 6-6088. 0
PAGE 3
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CAL POLY REPORT, OCTOBER 27, 1999
CFA president "eisenhelder
to visit Cal Poly llov. 5
Susan Meisenhelder, president of the
California Faculty Association, will be on
campus 10 a.m.-8:30p.m. Nov. 3.
From 10 a.m. to noon she will meet
with members of the Academic Senate
and the Cal Poly Labor Council in UU 220.
The remainder of her schedule is:
• Noon-2 p.m.- Lecturers' Luncheon
in the Veranda Cafe.
• 2:30-4 p.m. -General Faculty Meet
ing, UU 220.
• 6-8 :30 p.m. -General Membership
Dinner, Alumni House.
All Unit 3 members, including faculty
members, counselors, librarians and
coaches, are urged to attend the lunch
or dinner.
For more information, contact Phil
Fetzer, CFA chapter president, at ext. 6-6147
or by e-mail at . D
"emorial scholarship
created for Don Floyd
A memorial scholarship has been
named for Don Floyd, a retired social
sciences professor and long-time sup
porter of the CSU's
International Programs
who died earlier
this year.
In honor of his com
mitment to international
education, his widow,
Yvonne, has set up a
scholarship fund in his
name at Mid-State
Don Floyd
Bank for an Interna
tional Programs applicant from Cal Poly.
Anyone wanting to contribute to the
scholarship or needing more information
should contact Marilyn York at ext. 6-5964
or . D
CPR schedule change
Because campus will be closed on Vet
erans ' Day, Nov. 11, and for Thanksgiv
ing, Nov. 25-26, we've had to move up
the deadlines to submit articles for two
issues of the Cal Poly Report.
For the Nov. 17 Cal Poly Report, we
need items by 10 a.m . Wednesay, Nov. 10,
and for the Dec. l editi on, by I 0 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 23. The e-mai l address is
.
PIECE
OF
MIND
'"ad Scientists' win volleyball tourney
Offer priority enrollment and free parking
and they will come
Dear Editor:
If thi s campus wants to get serious
about increasing summer enrollment,
it shou ld offer a package-deal prior
ity for summer/fall registration. Give
first priority to students who want to
sign up and pay for summer and fall
classes. Then give them free parking
in the summer. They will drive here
in droves.
A. J. Schuermann
Journalism Department
enrollment of both new and continu
ing students in summer. The Deans'
Enrollment Pl anning Advisory Com
mittee (DEPAC), which I chair, is
presently preparing recommendations
on how that goal might be attained.
We will be reporting to the provost in
a couple of weeks.
We welcome suggestions from
students, staff and faculty. They may
be mailed to me at Extended Education
or emailed to .
•••
•••
Harry Sharp, senior university associ
ate dean, Extended University Programs
and Services, responds:
Cal Poly's summ er quarter enroll
ment peaked in 1990 when 6,464
students took an average of 9.8 units
each. Beginning the next year the cam
pus deliberately reduced summer offer
ings and enrollment as one important
way of addressing the severe budget
cuts. Those cuts were made by the
Legislature as a result of the recession.
By 1994 summer enrollment had fallen
almost in half to 3,377 students taking,
on average, only 8.6 units.
The president and his management
team are committed to increasing the
(Editor's Note: At this time, an
offer offree parking is not possible.
The CSU is directed by the Legisla
ture to collect a fee for the use of cam
pus parking facilities to reimburse the
state for the costs of constructing and
operating parking facilities.)
"Piece of Mind" is for your letters
about campus issues. Questions, ex
planations, compliments, complaints
- we want them all. Keep them brief,
but keep them coming. Include name,
department, and phone number. E-mail
, fax to ext.
6-6533 or mail to Public Affairs,
Heron Hall. D
Learning, teaching topic of next FIDO talk Oct. 28
Professors Dan Waldorf of the Indus
trial and Manufacturing Engineering
Department and David Braun, Electrical
Engineering, will present "New Century
Scholars: Teaching, Learning, and Your
Academic Career" noon-1 p.m. Oct. 28 in
the San Luis Lounge in the UU.
Their talk will cover the highlights of
a one-week National Science Foundation
education workshop held at Stanford
University last summer to help new en
gineering faculty members from around
the country understand learning and
teaching practices that support effective
learning for all students .
Workshop participants learned to
integrate pedagogical knowledge
with other forms of scho lars hip while
recognizing the multiple demands for
faculty productivity.
Waldorf and Braun will explain how
participants redesigned courses and in
structional strategies, taking into con
sideration new information and research
concerning teaching , learning styles,
inclusive classroom learning, elements
of effective lecturing, project-based
learning, technology in teaching, time
and stress management, developing a
career strategy, and balance in personal
and professional lives.
Although the NSF workshop was
geared toward engineering professors,
the content of much of the workshop is
relevant to other facu lty members, par
ticularly those new to teaching.
The talk is sponsored by the Faculty
Instructional Development Office. For
more information, call Penny Ross at
ext. 6-5935. D
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From left: Pam and Ed Reuling (MarkS. Reuling's parents), Chance
Hoellwarth, Derek Gragson, Dave Keeling, Peggy Rice, Rod Schoonover,
Grace Ann Neff, and Theresa Bolanos. Hoellwarth is a member of the Physics
Department; the others are from Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Wilderness "edicine to be
taught at Cal Poly
Those looking to develop the confidence
and skills needed to handle backcountry
emergencies should plan to attend the
Wilderness First Responder training pro
gram to be offered at Cal Poly Dec. 11-20.
Taught by members of the Wilderness
Medicine Institute of the National Out
door Leadership School, the program is a
nationally recognized, 80-hour course that
trains participants to respond to emergen
cies in remote settings.
Attendees will learn how to monitor a
patient, manage wounds and fight infec
tion , realign fractures and dislocations,
and improvise splinting techniques.
Long-term management problems,
the latest information on environmental
emergencies, and drug therapies will
also be covered.
The curric ulum inc ludes standards
for urban and extended-care situations,
with an emphasis on prevention and
decision-making.
Upon completion of the course, in
cluding a practical exam and a written
exam, participants earn Wilderness
First Responder certification and two-year
American Red Cross Heartsaver CPR
certification.
The course costs $420 for students and
$475 for the public. For more information
or to register, call the Poly Escapes Busi
ness Office at ext. 6-2743. D
The Mad Scientists team from the Chemistry and
Biochemistry and Physics departments won the
championship in the staff and faculty category of the
2nd annual MarkS. Reuling Volleyball Challenge,
held earlier this month.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon won the student division.
Other teams came from ASI Recreational Sports,
the ASI Business Office, Career Services, Health and
Counseling Services, Housing and Residential Life,
the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs,
Statistics, Student Academic Services, Student Life,
and the University Center for Teacher Education.
Team fees added to an endowment named in
honor of former student Mark Reuling, who suffered
from depression and committed suicide.
The tournament, coordinated by Rec Sports, is
expected to expand in the future and continue to
raise funds for education and training about mental
illness and depression.
For more information on the endowment, call
Marty Bragg, director, Health and Psychological
Services, at ext. 6-5279. D
Position vacancies
Vacancy information and applications
for the following positions are available
from the appropriate Human Resources of
fice. Information is also available on the
Cal Poly home page (;
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 p.m. on the closing
date or be postmarked by the closing date.
(No faxes, please.) For positions marked
with an asterisk, qualified on-campus ap
plicants currently in Bargaining Units 2, 5,
7 and 9 will be given first consideration.
#07047: Billing Coordinator
(Administrative Support Coordinator I)
Information Technology Services-Com
munications and Computing Services
(Unit 7). *Closing date: Nov. 10. Salary:
$2 ,413 - $3 ,065/month. This position will
independently coordinate the production
and distribution of the campus telephone
bills and monitor and analyze carrier bills
and output reports; maintain circuit invento
ries and administrative reports .
#07048: Administrative Support Assis
tant I, Administration & Finance-Facilities
Planning (Unit 7) .* Closing date : Nov 10.
Salary: $897-$1157 .50/mo., temporary, half
time to June 30, 2000 with possible annual re
newal to June 30, 2002 ; w/ benefits. This po
sition serves as the office receptionist and pro
vides general clerical support to the director
and department staff. Must be wi lling to work
additional/varied hours on occasion.
#07051: Administrative Support Assis
tant I, Information Technology Services
(Unit 7). * Closing date: Nov. I 0. Salary:
$1,345 .50- $1 ,736.25/month, temporary,
three-quarter time (30 hrs/wk) to June 30,
2000 with possible renewal dependent on
funding. This position , under general super
vi sion , will perform a variety of administra
tive support functions for the office of the
vice provost/chief information officer.
#07052 Administrative Support Coordi
nator I, Office of the Associate Vice Presi
dent for University Advancement (Unit 7). *
Closing date: Nov. 10. Salary: $2,413
$3 ,065/month. This position will provide the
full range of administrative support on a vari
ety of complex projects for the associate vice
president. In addition , the incumbent will
oversee the functions of other office support
staff under the vice president's jurisdiction.
#07053: Administrative Support Assis
tant I, University Center for Teacher Edu
cation, Director's Office (Unit 7). * Closing
date: Nov. 10. Salary: $1 ,794- $2,315/month.
This position wi ll provide general office sup
port to the director, faculty, staff and students
in the University Center for Teacher Education.
#07058: Administrative Support Assis
tant I College of Liberal Arts, Graphic
Communication (Unit 7)* Closing date:
Nov. 10. Salary: $897 - $1157 .50/month,
temporary, half time to June 30, 2000 with
possible annua l renewal , w/benefits. This
position provides general clerical support to
the department head, staff and faculty. For
about six weeks in June and July (if assign
ment is renewed) the incumbent will provide
office support exclusively to the College of
Liberal Art's Summer Advising Program
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••• Position vacancies
Continued from page 7
(SAP) at a different location. May be required
to occasionally work additional/varied hours.
#OM041: Director of Advancement (Ad
ministrator II), College of Architecture
and Environmental Design. Closing date:
position is open until filled. For full consider
ation all application material s shou ld be sub
mitted by Oct. 13. Salary: $45,000- $65 ,000
annual hiring range commensurate with quali
fications and experience.
READVERTISEMENT:
#OM008: Nurse Practitioner, Head of
Nursing Services (Administrator II), Stu
dent Affairs, Health & Psychological Ser
vices. Closing date: position is open until
filled. For full consideration application mate
rials should be submitted by Nov 10. Salary:
$56,400 - $72,000 annual hiring range depen
dent on qualifications and experience. The
Health Services Department provides outpa
tient services and programs that address the
health and medical needs
of students. The focus of this position is to
provide full-range administrative leadership
to the Nursing Services unit of Health Services.
#OE033: Predoctoral Internship (Helper
Aide) Health and Counseling Services.
Closing date: positions open until filled. Ap
plication review will begin Dec. 1. Salary:
The annual compensation for full-time interns
is $15,000 ($1,250/month) and includes em
ployee benefits of vacation time, sick leave,
and health insurance. The Cal Poly Health and
Counseling Services Center is a member of
the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral
and Internship Centers (APPIC) and the Asso
ciation of Counseling Center Training Agen
cies (ACCTA). Participants in the Cal Poly
Predoctoral Internship Program receive two
hours of individual supervision, a weekly case
conference, seminars addressing professional
specialized training in such topics as eating
disorders, sexual abuse, trauma recovery,
ethics and the law, multi-cultural counseling,
stress management and organizational consul
tation. Additional training in the university's
Employee Assistance Program is also avail
able. The position: There are two temporary
12-month positions available beginning July
1, 2000. One position is in Counseling Ser
vices and one is in the Employee Assistance
Program. These positions receive supervised
clinical experience in individual and group
therapy, crisis intervention, outreach, health
psychology, consultation, and prevention
education. Direct specific inquiries about the
position to Elie Axelroth, training coordinator,
Health and Counseling Services, at ext. 6-2511.
FACULTY (Adm. 312, ext. 6-2844)
Candidates interested in faculty
positions are asked to contact the appro
priate department office at the phone
number listed for more information and an
application. Please submit all application
materials to the department head/chair
unless otherwise specified. Rank and salary
are commensurate with qualifications and
experience, and timebase where applicable,
unless otherwise stated.
#03017: Visiting Lecturer, Global Strat
egy & Law Area, College Of Business (756
5068). Closing date: Nov. 11. Visiting lecturer
position available full-time for winter and
spring quarters of the 1999-2000 academic
year. Appropriate doctoral level training with
primary teaching area in business policy/
strategy, and secondary area in international
management. Ph.D. preferred, but A.B.D. appli
cants may be considered. Applicants must dem
onstrate strong teaching ability. Apply to J.
Michael Geringer, Global Strategy and Law
Area, College of Business.
@3018: Full-Time Lecturer, Physical
Education & Kinesiology (756-2545) Clos
ing date: Dec. 15 . Full-time position available
for 2000-2001 academic year (salary $33 ,792
- $46,488). Teach classes in biomechanics,
advanced biomechanics, and professional
activities. Supervise undergraduate field expe
riences and research. Requires M.S. in appro
priate field; Ph.D. and college teaching
preferred. To be considered, applicants must
submit the following (referencing recruitment
code #03018 on all correspondence): 1) com
pleted faculty application form ; 2) profes
sional resume; 3) copies of official transcripts
from all colleges attended; and 4) three cur
rent letters of recommendation to Gerald
DeMers, head, P.E. & Kinesiology Depart
ment (fax 756-7273).
FOUNDATION (Foundation Adm. Building,
job line at ext. 6-7107). All Foundation
applications must be received (not just
postmarked) by 5 p.m. of the closing
date. (No faxes.)
READVERTISEMENT:
Baker, Bake Shop, $9.50- $12.35/hr.
Requirements: high school degree or equiva
lent. Minimum of one year experience as a
journey level baker, preferably in a large
scale, variety bake shop. Must be able to bake
from scratch, using ovens, mixers, dough
shapers, fryers, measuring devices, common
kitchen cutlery. Must develop and maintain
successful working relationships, possess a
valid California Driver 's license and be able
to lift and carry 50 lbs. Closing date: Position
is open until filled; review of applications
begins Nov. 5.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS INC. is accepting
applications for the following position(s).
Complete position descriptions and
applications are available at the ASI
Business Office, University Union, Room
212, M-F, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., ext. 6-1281. All
applications must be received by 5 pm of
the listed closing date. AA/ED.
Information Technology Manager Open
until filled, review of applications will begin
Nov. 1. Salary range: $3,771 - $5,145/month.
Full-time. Responsible for maintenance,
installation, and development of enterprise
network utilizing Novell4.11, Windows NT
4.0 and Unix. Manage Web server and its
content; maintain archival storage and
network security; develop and manage
operational procedures and IT budget;
supervise computer support staff. Requires
B.S. in computer science, business, or related
field; 3+ years' related experience. Complete
position descriptions and applications
available in ASI Business Office.
Coordinator of Aquatics & Summer
Programs, Recreational Sports. Open until
filled. Review of applications will begin Nov.
1. Salary range : $3,102 - $4, 188/month, full
time. Under the supervision of the director of
recreational sports, provides oversight and
supervision for a staff of lifeguards and water
safety instructors. Works directly with profes
sional and student staff to develop and imple
ment summer programs for children and
aquatics programming for the campus com
munity. Requires bachelor 's degree, two
years' progressively responsible student
services work experience, and current appli
cable American Red Cross certification.
Master's degree and two years' post master's
degree work experience preferred.
Coordinator of Fitness Programs, Rec
reational Sports. Open until filled. Review of
applications will begin Nov. 1. Salary range:
$3,420- $4,618/month, full-time. Under the
supervision of the director of recreational
sports, provides oversight and direct supervi
sion of instructional programs, personal
fitness, and exercise room management.
Works directly with professional and student
staff to plan and coordinate all fitness and
instructional activities. Requires master's
degree and two years' progressively respon
sible student services work experience;
experience in supervising and instructing
participants in a fitness environment; per
sonal training certification or degree in
kinesiology. Two years' post-master 's de
gree work experience preferred. 0
Ride sharers credits
to Express cards delayed
Commuter Services wants "registered"
ride sharers to know that stipends to Cam
pus Express cards for ridesharing in July,
August and September will not be avail
able until mid-November.
Ride sharers will be notified when
cards are credited. D
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California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Vol. 54, No. 8 • October 27, 1999
Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm
Baker, Zingg to talk
on accreditation
DATELINE
($) - Admission charged
President Baker and Provost Zingg
will hold an open forum on the current
reaccreditation process 11 am-noon today
in UU 220.
A special session of the Academic
Senate to address reaccreditation is also
planned 3-5 p.m. Nov. 9 in UU 220.
Every nine years Cal Poly undergoes
an accreditation review by the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges
(WASC). The next accreditation visit
will be in March 2000.
Toward this end, several committees
of faculty and staff members have been
working on a Cal Poly Self-Study. The
campus community is invited to review
and comment on the Self-Study on line at
. D
Exhibits
ASI Fine Arts Club 221 (formerly
UU Galerie): "A Journey of the
Warrior Spirit," through Dec. 10.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.
University Art Gallery (Dexter
Building) Photos by Phil Borges, Nov.
1-Dec. 5. Talk: Nov. 7, 4 p.m. , reception
follows, 6-8 p.m. Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
daily; Wednesday, 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday, October 27
Music: Skillman, Backstage
Pizza, noon.
Speaker: Edward Hasbrouck (author),
International Travel Lunch-Time Talk,
Veranda Cafe, noon.
Thursday, October 28
Biology-Physics Colloquium:
Geoffrey West (Los Alamos National
Laboratory), "The Tree of Life: The
Origin of Universal Scaling Laws in
Biology From Molecules and Cells to
Whales," Fisher Science 286, 11 a.m.
Women's Soccer: Cal State Bakers
field, Mustang Stadium, 7 p.m. ($)
Friday, October 29
Homecoming: Various activities
through Oct. 31. Call ext. 6-2586
for details .
Books at High Noon: Jo Rubba
(English), "Cold Mountain" by
Charles Frazier, Veranda Cafe, noon.
Mathematics Colloquium: Carol Day
(Thomas Aquinas College), "The
Eccentric Circle of Claudius Ptolemy,"
Fisher Science 289,4:10 p.m.
Men's Soccer: University of Washing
ton, Mustang Stadium, 7 p.m. ($)
Saturday, October 30
Football: Homecoming game vs.
Portland State, Mustang Stadium, 2
p.m.
Music: Cal Poly Choirs Fall Concert
with PolyPhonics and Cal Poly Vocal
Jazz, the University Singers, First
Baptist Church, San Luis Obispo,
8 p.m.($)
Tuesday, November 2
Speaker: Christopher Yip (Archi
tecture) , "Tradition and the Ques
tion of Change in Bhutan ," Veranda
Cal Poly Plan Steering
Committee needs members
Masters of the steel-string guitar Cephas &
Wiggins will play at the PAC (see page 3 ).
Only vacation credit
can be donated to Ramos
Only vacation credits may be donated
on behalf of Judy Ramos, administrative
support coordinator in Academic Records,
because her leave is for family illness.
Last week's Cal Poly Report solicitation
article incorrectly stated that both vacation
and sick leave credits could be donated.
To donate leave, contact Patty Wamick
Wait in Academic Records at ext. 6-2723
or by e-mail for the Catastrophic Leave
Donation form.
New this year: CSEA employees (Units
2, 5, 7 and 9) may donate up to 32 hours
total of sick leave and vacation credits
per fiscal year in increments of one hour
or more.
Other eligible state employees may
donate up to 16 hours. D
State, Foundation and ASI permanent
and probationary staff members are
invited to submit applications to fill
two vacancies on the Cal Poly Plan
Steering Committee.
The Appointment Committee, chaired
by Anna McDonald, director
of human resources and employment
equity, will screen the applications
and forward recommendations to
President Baker.
Candidates are asked to submit a brief
statement of interest, should have satis
factory performance evaluations, and
need endorsement from their supervisor.
Anyone interested in serving should
complete the form on page 6 in this edi
tion of the Cal Poly Report and fax
(ext. 6-5483) or deliver the application
to Mikie Steineke in Human Resources
and Employment Equity (Adm. 11 0) by
Nov. 2.
For more information on the selection
process, call Steineke at ext. 6-5427. D
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