CAL POLY REPORT, MARCH 29, 2000 Below are all the new, previously unadvertised employment openings at the university. You may access full information about these and other, previously advertised positions at www.cal poly.edu (scroll down and select "employment opportunities"). STATE: For a complete listing of employment opportunities for state staff and manage­ ment positions, you can: • Check the Human Resources and Employment Equity Web site at wwmcalpoly. edu, under Employment Opportunities; • Come to the HREE office, Adm. 110, and view the posted positions; • Call the HREE Job Line at ext. 6-1533. For a listing of new openings, check The Tribune's Sunday edition. If you have questions, please call HREE at ext. 6-2237. FACULTY Candidates are asked to contact the appropriate department office at the phone number listed for more information or to request an application. Additional information and qualifications for each position may also be obtained on line at http :llwww. academ ic-perso1111 el. ca/poly. edu. Please submit all application materials to the department head/chair unless otherwise specified in the ad. Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications and ex­ perience (and time base where applicable), unless otherwise stated. #03044: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Biological Sciences (ext. 6-2788). Clos­ ing date: April 15 . #03069: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Art & Design (ext. 6-1 149). Closing date : April 11. #03072: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, History (ext. 6-2670). Closing date : May I #03073: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, History - student teacher supervision (ext. 6-2670). Closing date : May l. #03079: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Political Science (ext. 6-2984). Closing date: April 15. #03086: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Accounting (ext. 6-2704). Closing date : April 15. #03087: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Economics (ext. 6-2704) . Closing date: April 15 . #03088: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Financial Management (ext. 6-2704). Closing date: April 15. #03089: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Global Strategy (ext. 6-2704). Closing date: Apri l 15. #03090: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Law (ext. 6-2704). Closing date: April 15. ort ••• Shival Position vacancies #03091: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Industrial Technology (ext. 6-2704). Closing date: April 15. #03092: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Management (ext. 6-2704). Closing date: April15. #03093: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Marketing Management (ext. 6-2704). Closing date: April 15. #03095: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, Architectural Engineering (ext. 6-1314). Closing date: April 21 . #03097: Full-Time Lecturer(s), His­ tory (ext. 6-2670). Closing date: May l. #03098: Part-Time Lecturer Pool, University Center for Teacher Educa­ tion (ext. 6-2126). Closing date: April 21. FOUIIDATIOII (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.) Project Director, Mesa Agricultural Initiative, $39,480- 46 ,422/year. Closing date: March 3 I . Catering Chef, Campus Dining, $36 ,400-47,294/year. Closing date: Open until filled; review of applications begins Aprill4. ASSOCIATED STUDENTS IIIC. 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. 6-5800. All applications must be received by 5 p.m. of the listed closing date. No faxes. AA/EOE. Associate Director, Recreational Sports, $45,024- 69,048/year. Closing date: Open until filled ; review of applica­ tions begins April 24. Anticipated starting date: July 3. 0 CPR schedule The Cal Poly Report is published every Wednesday during the academic year. Articles are due to Public Affairs by 10 am Wednesday for the following week's edition. Items can bee-mailed to poly news@ poly mail (add .calpoly.edu if needed), faxed to 6-6533, or mailed to Public Affairs, Heron Hall. For information, call ext. 6-1511. 0 Continued Fom page 7 powerful , spiritual and stimulating, with music influenced by Carlos Santana, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix. Led by singer-songwriter AI "Shival" Redwine , the five-member band will perform a variety of original works plus musical tributes to Santana, Marley and Hendrix . The fully choreographed concert will also include guest appearances by jazz saxophone player Kevin Yee , also known as Ram Das, and percussionist Steve Gastelum. Shival Experience has appeared with a variety of world-class musicians, includ­ ing Grammy-Award-wining Louie Ortega and Santana. The group has performed at the KCBX Wine Classic in San Luis Obispo, the Strawberry Festival in Arroyo Grande, the Grover Beach Ethnic Music Festival, the KCBX Live Oak Festival in Santa Ynez, and at Farmers' Market in Los Angeles. Tickets cost $16 and $18. For more information, call the group's manager, Mark Welch, at 534-0733. 0 Sports goes on line Cal Poly has a new sports Web site, http://www.gopoly.com, designed by graphics design senior Gina Cusano as part of her senior project. 0 ••• DATELINE ContinuedFom page I Tuesday, April 4 Baseball: Fresno State, SLO Stadium, 5 p.m . ($) Wednesday, AprilS Music: "Kiezmermania," Cal Poly Theatre, 8 p.m. ($) Thursday, April& Alcohol Awareness Screening Day: lnfonnation and self-tests available, UU Plaza, II a.m. Reception: Outstanding Student Employee ofthe Year, Club 221 (UU), II a.m. Physics Colloquium: Gregory Clark (Lawrcnce-Livennore National Laboratory), "Acoustic Signal and Imaging Processing at LLNL and Event Picking for Seismic Oil Exploration," Science E-45 , II a.m. Mathematics Colloquium: Don Sarason (UC Berkeley), "Zeros of Harmonic Poly­ nomials," Science North 20 l, 4: I 0 p.m. D PAGE 8 California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Vol. 54, No . 26 • March 29 , 2000 Published by Public Affairs • www.calpoly.edu/-communic/CPR/report.htm • WASC visiting team to be on campus until Friday DATELINE ($) - Admission charged A team of representatives from other institutions are on campus through Friday to discuss, with selected individuals, is­ sues arising from the campus's recently completed innovative Self-Study. Conducted over the past two years by the faculty, staff and students, the study is part of the process of reaffirming Cal Poly 's Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation. The visit will end with an exit session at which the WASC team will discuss their preliminary findings with President Baker, Provost Zingg and the campus community. The session, open to the cam­ pus community, is scheduled for II a.m. Friday (March 31) in UU 220. The campus community can review the Self-Study on line at http://www. Exhibits University Art Gallery (Dexter Building): "Four Sides to Every Circle," juried student exhibit. Friday (March 31 )-April 30. Artists ' reception: Friday, 7 p.m. Exhibit: Monday-Friday II a.m.-4 p.m. and Wednesday 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, ftarch 29 Music: Australian Chamber Orchestra, Harman Hall, 8 p.m. ($) Pre-concert lecture, ClifSwanson (Music), Philips Hall , 7 p.m. Thursday, ftarch 30 Physics Colloquium: Keith Stowe (Physics), "This year 's Nobel Prize in Physics: Making Infinity Respect­ able," Science E-45, ll a.m . Softball: San Jose State, Mustang Field (2 games), I and 3 p.m. Mathematics Colloquium: Ning Ju (California Institute of Technology), "Hyperbolic Saddle Trajectories for Non-Autonomous Differential Equa­ tions," Science North 20 l, 4: l 0 p.m. Lyceum Lecture: Philip Deloria (University of Colorado, Boulder), " I' ll Never Go Back to South Dakota Again: Three Tales of Crossed Culture," Business Rotunda (213), 7 p.m. Friday, ftarch 31 Speaker: David Headrick (Crop Science), "Ecology of Insect Pests in Commercial Citrus: The Fork-tailed Katydid," Veranda Cafe, noon. Baseball: UOP. Also Aprill-2. SLO Stadium, 7 p.m. ($) Saturday April 1 Baseball: UOP. Also April 2. SLO Stadium, I p.m. ($) Sunday, April 2 Baseball: UOP, SLO Stadium, l p.m.($) ftonday, April 3 Hunger, Homelessness Week: Hunger banquet, panel presentation, concert, a fast and a Walk to End Hunger. Call ext. 6-5834 for details. Continued on page 8 wasc.calpoly.edul innovative/ reports reports _index. htm. 0 Student employees to be feted at April 6 reception Full steam ahead S1 vanton Pacific Ranch will offer rides on its 1/3-scale steam-powered train in celebration ~fA/ Smith Day on April 9. See details on page 4. Inaugural award given for renewable energy project Cal Poly's Renewable Energy Institute has awarded almost $20,000 to fund a project to collect, organize and interpret climate information for 25 U.S. cities ­ information that will be especially useful to architectural designers. The award - the inaugural award of the Society of Building Science Educa­ tors/Evelyn and Harold Hay Fund (SBSE/ EHHF)- was given to Washington Uni­ versity Professor Mark Dekay for his project "Climatic Design Resources." Continued on page 2 Judy Ann Fetcho , the 1999-2000 Outstanding Student Emp loyee of the Year, and other students nominated for the award will be recognized at a reception in their honor 11 a.m.-noon April 6 in Club 221 in the UU. President Baker wi II present a certifi­ cate of appreciation to Fetcho at the event, which coincides with National Student Employment Week. All student employees and their supervisors are invited to attend. Fetcho, a mathematics graduate student, was cited for being a well-rounded student. She was nominated by her supervisors , Francesca Fairbrother and Sheryl O'Neill, both of the Mathematics Department. Fetcho was unanimously selected from among 22 student nominees. She has worked in the Mathematics Department since 1997, when she was a junior. She continues to work there whi le pursuing a master's degree. Continued on page 3 CAL POLY REPORT, MARCH 29, 2000 CAL POLY REPORT, MARCH 29, 2000 Nominations sought for student leader award T he fac ulty, staff and stud ents are enco uraged to no m inate student leaders for the 1999-2000 Jeffrey W. Land Out­ standing Service Award, created to recog­ nize leadership and service to Cal Poly and the community. Jeff Land, a 1980 Co ll ege of Business graduate and former AS! leader, and his wife, Carla, established the endowment in 1986. The 1999-2000 award of approxi­ mately $900 will be announced at the annual AS! end-of-the-year banquet. Eligible students must: • Have a cumulatjve Cal Poly GPA of 2.5 and no record of academic probation. • Have comp leted at least 45 units of course work at Cal Poly. • Have the equivalent of at least one academic year of course work still to com­ plete at Cal Poly and the intent to con­ tinue community service. • Function with distinction in one or more Cal Poly student leadership posi­ tions in, for example, ASI, college coun­ cils, the Interhall Council, or Student Community Services. • Demonstrate outstanding service as evidenced by peer, faculty or staff recog­ nition and community response. For an application, call Polly Harrigan at ext. 6-1521. Applications are due April 12. 0 Solicitation of sick leave, vacation Lynn Pinard, administrative support coordinator in the Admissions office, has qualified for personal catastrophic leave. Eligible state employees may donate vacation cred it and sick leave to help her remain in full-pay status during an extended absence. Those interested in donating leave may request the Catastrophic Leave Donation form from solicitation coordinator Vera Gee in Admissions at ext. 6-5994 or by e-mail. CSEA emp loyees (Units 2, 5, 7 and 9) may donate up to 32 hours, and all other eligible state employees may donate up to a tota l of I 6 hours sick leave and vacation credits per fiscal year in increments of one hour or more. 0 Library returns San Simeon architectural drawings The Kennedy Library, which houses a vast collection of works by renowned Hearst Castle architect Julia Morgan , has returned a collection of vintage San Simeon architectural drawings to the estate. The drawings , from Morgan's architec­ tural firm, were originally stored in La CasaGrande, the estate's main building, when the estate was given to the Califor­ nia Department of Parks and Recreation in the late 1950s. In 1981 , Hearst Castle staff members arranged for the materials to be taken to the Kennedy Library so they could be cared for in a professiona l archival setting and made avai lable to scholars. Advances in digital technology and the castle 's new commitment to bui lding an on-site archive have made it possible for the drawings to be returned to San Simeon. The Kennedy Library still owns the Julia Morgan Collection of papers, draw­ ings , plans, office records and photo­ graphs that was given to the university by her heirs. The collection includes informa­ tion on San Simeon and other Hearst com­ missions as well as 700 other buildings Morgan designed . A Web site devoted to the Morgan Collection is available at http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/spec_col!/ morgan/index. html. According to Kirk Sturm, Hearst Castle's director/superintendent, facilities to permanently house the draw­ ings and other archival records that docu­ ment the estate's history are in the planning stages. For information about Cal Poly 's Julia Morgan Collection, call the Kennedy Li­ brary at ext. 6-2305. 0 ltath Professor O'Neil receives teaching award • •• Award Mathematics Professor Thomas O 'Neil received the 2000 Distinguished Teaching of Mathematics at a College or University Award from the Southern California section of the Math­ ematics Association of America. O'Neil, who has been teaching at Cal Poly since 1973 , was selected from a Thomas O'Neil list of nominees representing the mathematics departments of California universities and colleges from San Luis Obispo to the Mexican border. His selection makes him the Southern California section's nominee for the MAA Natio nal Distinguished Teaching Award . 0 Retirement reception set for Eileen Pritchard The campus commun ity is invited to a retirement reception for Ei leen Pritchard from 2 to 4 p.m. April 5 in Room 511 of the Kennedy Library. Pri tchard has been a library facu lty member si nce 1973, work ing as a refer­ ence librarian and in the Collect ion Deve lopment Department. 0 Cal Poly to participate in Alcohol Screening Day Employees, students and family mem­ bers can participate in National Alcohol Screening Day from II a.m. to 3 p.m. April 6 in the UU Plaza. Alcohol Screening Day, conducted during National Alcoho l Awareness Month, is designed to educate people about the causes, signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, with the goal of reducing high-risk drink­ ing and changing the attitudes and cultural norms that en~ourage it. During the screening, representatives from Health and Counseling Services and the Employee Assistance Program will dis­ tribute material and administer confidential written self-tests for alcohol abuse and dependence. Those tested will have an op­ portunity to privately discuss their test results with a mental health professional. For more information, call the Em­ ployee Assistance Program at ext. 6-0327 or Counseling Services, ext. 6-2511. 0 Continued from page I Dekay 's proposal was selected from three submissions. After gathering the climate data on the 25 cities, he will sum­ marize the geographic variability of cli­ mates in formats useful to designers and make them available on the World Wide Web site Teaching Architecture + Energy, sponsored by the Washington University School of Architecture and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Edu­ cation of the U.S . Department of Educa­ tion. The address is http://ecodesign. arch. wustl.edu/. Washington University provided an additional $13,000 for Dekay's release time and salary plus some additional indirect costs not covered by the Cal Poly award. The SBSE/ EHHF program is supported by a donation from Los Ange les area chemist and inventor Harold Hay to the Renewal Energy Institute. Hay made the gift to advance applied research in the areas of passive solar energy and water conservation. Grants are made to indi­ viduals or teams of individuals who are members of the Society of Building Sci­ ence Educators. Cal Poly 's Renewable Energy Institute is a non-profit organization established to promote teach ing, research, deve lopment and community service in so lar and re­ newable energy techno logies. For more information, ca ll the Renew­ able Energy Institute at ext. 6-1298. 0 PAGE 2 'Friend' donates stock A longtime friend of the university who wishes to remain anonymous donated a gift of stock valued at $26,000 that will be used to buy equipment for the Child Development Studio Lab, a research and development facility for students. "The donation will enable students in the Psychology and Human Development Department to work with the latest state­ of-the-art equipment for capturing and processing digital video," said Psychology and Human Development Professor Bob Blodget. The department will buy digital video camcorders to replace analog camcorders, and older computers set up for working with ana log video will be rep laced with computers designed for digita l video editing. "The change from analog to digita l video provides a significant improvement in capability and quality for students," Blodget said. Students in the lab document their data on videotape, ana lyze and edit the resu lts on a computer, and then use the computer to produce a video-documented report. They use the information and equipment to deve lop, test and eva luate curriculum. The resu lts can then be used in internsh ips in loca l schoo ls. 0 Employees, others honored by DRC Marcia Friedman in Academic Records, Professor James Mueller, Mathematics, one community mem­ ber, and severa l vo lunteer readers were honored recently by the Disabil­ ity Resource Center for their excep­ tiona l efforts on behalf of students with disabilities. Friedman received the center's Staff of the Year Award, Mueller was the Faculty of the Year recipient, and Linda Benchman of the California Department of Rehabilitation was honored as the Community Person of the Year. In addition, 11 students with dis­ abi lities received a $300 honorarium , thanks to contributions from corpo­ rate sponsors and individual donors. Friedman was honored for her "friendly customer-Service and knowledgeable assistance in under­ standing the numerous policies and procedures for which students are responsible." Mueller was acknowledged for his ability to make math "fun." Benchman was recognized for her longstanding work as an advo­ cate for and liaison to students with disabilities. Also at the center's 12th annual Awards Banquet, more than 60 vol­ unteer readers who read textbooks for students with visual impairments and learning disabilities were recognized. During winter quarter, volunteers read more than Ill books, and many individuals accrued more than 50 hours of reading. 0 Shival Experience to play benefit concert April 14 Shiva l Experience, one of the Central Coast's premier rock ' n' roll reggae bands, wi ll kick off its U.S. tour with a benefit concert at 7 p.m. April 14 in the Cal Poly Theatre. Proceeds from the concert will he lp fund activities of YO PAC (Youth Out­ reach for the Performing Arts Center) and he lp buy new seats for the Theatre. The concert is being billed as a cu ltural "dreadadelic" experience, described as Commuter Services helps beat high gas prices Employees can beat the high price of gas by joining one of Commuter Services ' van pools. South County van poo ls have immedi­ ate openings and can accommodate state, Foundation and AS! employees from Santa Maria or the Five C ities area who work 7:30 a.m-4 p.m . or 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Because of the Cuesta Grade construc­ tion , North County residents who ride the bus are eligible for a special incentive program that allows them to earn points toward prizes. North County residents can also take advantage of reduced rates for van poo ls. Van pool members - and all "regis­ tered" employees who car pool , ride the bus, walk or ride a bike - can get a free ride home in an emergency. Everyone living outside San Luis Obispo city limits can buy a discounted bus pass valued at $36 for $15. And, Sao Luis Obispo city buses are still free with a Cal Poly I.D . For more information on van pools or how to become " registered ," call Com­ muter Services at ext. 6-6680. 0 Fifteen employees feted at •Apple Polysher' Fifteen faculty and staff members were honored recently at the 13th annual "Apple Polysher," an event hosted by the Poly Reps student organization to honor favorite employees. Those selected were invited by a Poly Rep as a way to say " thank you" to some­ one who has made a difference in his or her life. The honorees receive a certificate commemorating the event. This year's awardees were Christina Bai ley, Chemistry and Biochemistry; C liff Barber, Industrial Techno logy; Chris Carr, G loba l Strategy and Law ; Glen Casey, Agricu ltural Education, Bob Christenson, Psycho logy and Human Development; Bernard Duffy, Speech Communication; Barry Floyd , Management; Dennis Frey, Biological Sciences; Kay G lasgow, Management; B ill Hendricks , Natura l Resources Management; Jim How land, English; Alan Razee, Speech Commun ica­ tion; Kevin Sites, Journali sm; Brian Tietje, Marketing; and Bob Wa lters, Student Life. 0 Continued on page 8 PAGE 7 CAL POLY REPORT, MARCH 29, 2000 CAL POLY REPO RT, MARCH 29, 2000 . Friday talk part of Lyceum lecture series Physics Colloquia to continue Thursday Telecom networks to be topic at IEEE meeting Phi lip De loria, assistant professor of history at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will present "I 'II Never go Back to South Dakota Aga in: Three Tales of Crossed Cu lture" at 7 p.m. Thursday (March 30) in the Business Rotunda · (Room 213) . Deloria is author of "Playing Indian" and co-author of"The Native Americans." The talk is part of the Lyceum lecture series, sponsored by the Co ll ege of Lib­ era l Arts and Ethnic Studies Department. For more information, call ext. 6-2706. D The Physics Colloquia series will continue on Thursdays spring quarter with "This Year's Nobel Prize in Phys­ ics: Making Infinity Respectable" by Cal Poly Professor Keith Stowe on Thursday (March 30). All presentations will be II a.m.-noon in Room E-45 in the Science Bui lding. The dates, speakers and topics are: • April 6- Gregory Clark, senior scien­ tist at Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory, " Acoustic Signal and Imaging Processing at LLNL and Event Picking for Seismic Oil Exploration." • April 13 - President Baker, "Califor­ nia Science and Technology Workforce: Implications at Cal Poly." • April 20- Cal Poly Chemistry Assis­ tant Professor Derek Gragson, "Laser Studies of Surfaces." • April 27 - Cal Poly Physics Lecturer Nick Brown, "The Reality of Illusion." • May 4 - Cal Poly Physics Professor Gayle Cook, "CP Violation." • May II - Cal Poly Physics Lectur­ er Bennetta Schmidt, "Granites and Volcanoes." • May 18 - UCLA research associate Steve Vincena, "The Alfven Wave: From the Solar Corona to the Earth 's Aurora to Laboratory Plasmas." On May 25 and June I students will present their research findings . For details , call Cook at ext. 6-2814. D Eric Richardson , network deployment manager at Pacific Bell, will present "Engineering Telecommunications Net­ works" at the next meeting of the Central Coast Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 7-8 p.m. Tues­ day (Apri l 4) in Room 206 in the Engi­ neering East Building. The meeting is open to all. Refresh­ ments will be served at about 6:30p.m. For more information, call Ali Shaban of the Electrical Engineering Department at ext. 6-2918. D Appointment Phil Doub, formerly of the Agribusi­ ness Department, has been appointed in­ terim head of the Food Science and Nutrition Department. He will serve until a permanent department head is appointed. Doub came to Cal Poly in 1985. D ••• Fetcho Continued jinm page 1 ~ PAGE 6 The selection committee recognized Fetcho for " balancing a challenging job with the Mathematics Department and the Entry Level Mathematics (ELM) office and for remaining active in extra­ curricular activities." Fairbrother's nomination letter stated, "Judy has been, and continues to be, one of the great assets of the department. Her expertise and wonderful warm personality have made a favorable impression on visi­ tors, fellow students, faculty and staff." O'Neill, in referring to the Summer Ad­ vising Program, stated in her nomination, "Judy has been one of the best assistants to this program I have had. She is always posi­ tive, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and tire­ less in answering the same questions over and over again - and always with a won­ derful smile. Her patience is amazing." As Cal Poly 's Outstanding Student Employee of the Year, Fetcho is in the running for the regional competition, sponsored by the Western Association of Student Employment Administrators. For more information, call Luann McDonald, chair of the Selection Com­ mittee for Cal Poly 's Outstanding Student Employee of the Year and National Stu­ dent Employment Week Planning Com­ mittee , at ext. 6-5885. D First-line supervisors invited to April 6 program The Employee Assistance Program and Human Resources and Employment Equity invite first-line supervisors to hear trainer-consultant Connie Moxness talk on "Supervisors' Faux Pas" from II :30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 6 in the Veranda Cafe. The talk is the second in a series of First-Line Supervisors' Network pro­ grams, intended to provide a forum to discuss and form strategies to address a variety of supervisory problems. The final program will be May 4. Moxness will discuss common mistakes made by supervisors, how to recover from them , and how to prevent them. Attendees may bring a lunch or buy one. Reservations are not needed . For more infonnation, call Joan Lund, ext. 6-6563 , or Jean De Costa, ext. 6-5198. D Biannual night walk planned for April 5 Anyone concerned with campus light­ ing is invited to the next biannual campus night walk, designed to locate areas that need better lighting, set for 7 p.m. April 5. Those involved will meet in front of the Facility Services and Receiving Ware­ house building. For more information, call Ed Johnson at ext. 6-5227. D Two "ath Colloquia planned in "arch, April California Institute of Technology Professor Ning Ju will present ''Hyperbolic Saddle Trajectories for Non-Autonomous Differential Equations" as the first spring quarter Mathematics Colloquium on Thursday (March 30). UC Berkeley Professor Don Sarason will discuss "Zeros of Harmonic Polyno­ mials" on April 6. The talk will be rela­ tively elementary and accessib le, Sarason said, "to anyone who has studied basic complex analysis." Both talks will be from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in Room 20 I in the Science North Building. For more information , call the Math­ ematics Department at ext. 6-2206. D View academic calendar on the Web The academic calendar is available for viewing at www.calpoly.edu/- acadprog/ acad_ca/1 or by selecting "About Cal Poly" on the Cal Poly home page. D PAGE 3 CAL POLY REPORT, MARCH 29, 2000 CAL POLY REPORT, MARCH 29, 2000 April 9 is AI Smith Day at Swanton Pacific Ranch Train rides and an old-fashioned barbe­ cue will be on tap during AI Smith Day at the Swanton Pacific Ranch at Davenport, II miles north of Santa Cruz, on April 9. Guests can ride the ranch's I /3-scale steam-powered train from I 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. After lunch, ranch tours and demonstra­ tions of dogs herding sheep will be given. AI Smith Day is named in honor of College of Agriculture alumnus AI Smith, who left his 3,200-acre Swanton Pacific Ranch, valued at $20 million, to Cal Poly when he died in 1993 . Smith earned a bachelor's degree in crop science in 1944 and a master 's in agriculture edu­ cation in 1956. The ranch serves has an extension of Cal Poly's instructional programs in agri­ culture, forestry, and other disciplines. The barbecue costs $12 for adu Its and $6 for children 8 and younger. Res­ ervations for AI Smith Day are due April 5. Call Ed Carnegie at 995-3659 to make them. D Fiscal year-end deadlines approaching The Budget and Analytical Business Services office recently distributed to campus offices its annual memo outlining deadline dates for financial processes. The deadlines include purchase requi­ sitions, chargebacks, payroll, petty cash, travel and budget transfers. To see a com­ plete list of dates, visit the Contract and Procurement Services Web page at www. afd. calpoly. edu/Purchas ing/ c&pshome. htm or the Budget and Analyti­ cal Business Services Web page at http:www.afd. calpoly. edu/Budget. D Ticket information Tickets to the performances listed in today's Cal Poly Report are on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office I 0 a.m.­ 6 p.m. weekdays and I 0 a.m.-4 p.m . Saturdays . Call ext. 6-2787, or fax your order to ext. 6-6088. Information on Cal Poly Arts events, including audio and video samples of artists' work, can be found on the Web at www.calpolyarts.org. D Nomination for President's Diversity Award The President's Diversity Award is designed to recognize campus units that have exhibited commitment to the value of cultural diversity. Campus units are encouraged to participate. Kaila Flexer and her band, The Next Village, play traditional Eastern European folk music. 'Kiezmermania!' to play April 5 at the PAC A comedian-emcee and two klezmer bands - one traditional, the other con­ temporary - will appear in "Klezmer­ mania!" at 8 p.m. April 5 in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts Center. Touted as a cultural experience as well as a concert, "Klezmermania!" showcases the roots and the possibili­ ties of klezmer music, referred to as traditional Eastern European folk music or Yiddish music. This Cal Poly Arts show features Kaila Flexer and her band, The Next Village. The San Francisco Klezmer Experience will also perform. Flexer founded the four-member The Next Village in 1993. Their first compact disc garnered critical acclaim for "inventing an improvisational twist on traditional Eastern European folk music." The ensemble is known for combining elements of jazz, Latin, world and folk with Eastern European music . The San Francisco Klezmer Experi­ ence includes Yiddish singer Jeannete Lewicki and an all-star roster of nation­ ally recognized klezmer musicians . Tickets cost $23 and $28. Student discounts are available. D Second Hand Dance blends dance, theater, comedy New York-based Second Hand Dance, a company of three men whose act com­ bines acrobatics, modern dance and com­ edy, will perform at 7 p.m. April 9 in the Cal Poly Theatre. The early curtain time makes it pos­ sible for the entire family to attend this Cal Poly Arts Family Event. Second Hand Dance is described as a post-modern performance ensemble. The dancers intertwine to form what appears to be sculpture in motion. They use their bodies and an odd as­ sortment of costumes and props, such as cutting boards, popcorn poppers and veg­ etables, to create a blend of dance, theater, comedy, wit and musc le. The show is intended to appeal to the kid in everyone. The group uses improvi­ sational, pattern-breaking games that fo­ cus on trust and awareness of the group as a whole. Performances inc lude waltzing dogs, flashlight tangos, a human fly and Velcro hats. The company, founded in 1987, gets its name from its use of materials found in dumpsters, alleys and thrift shops to make their costumes and props The New York Times said Second Hand dancers have "superb, even spel l­ binding, physica l control." Tickets cost $10 and $12. Student discounts are avai lable. D PAGE 4 Nomination Criteria: In order to be considered for the Diversity Award, a campus unit must have exhib ited commitment to the value of cultural diversity in one or more of the following ways: ..!'Recruitment or retention e