California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Koob sets dates for open forums

Vice President Koob has sched­uled a series of open forums to discuss campus issues such as the budget. The forums will be from noon to 2 pm on Friday, Jan. 29, Feb. 26, and March 5 in Room 5B of the Science Building (1152).

The faculty and staff are invited. Topics will be whatever the people who go want to discuss.

Lexis-Nexis database available on campus

The Lexis-Nexis database, the largest full-text database in the world for business, law, medicine, current events, and trade informa­tion, is now available at Cal Poly.

Training sessions for students and faculty members are being of­fered by the library. For a schedule, stop by the Reference Desk or call ext. 2649.

Specialized workshops are avail­able for specific classes and senior project students. Faculty members should call Paul Adalian at ext . 2649 to schedule workshops.

Sessions include hands-on ex­perience in the library's computer lab and a five-day password. Once the password expires, users can search on the public Lexis-Nexis workstation in the Reference Department.

Appointments Dr. Paul Rainey has been selected

interim associate dean of cur­riculum and student affairs for the College of Engineering. A member of the Industrial Engineering Department since 1987, Rainey will serve through June. He will continue to teach half time in the Industrial Engineering and Materials Engineering Departments.

Richard Cavaletto of the Agricul­tural Education Department has been appointed director of Cal Poly's Agricultural Safety Institute. The two-year-old institute helps the faculty coordinate efforts and resources for conducting research, developing training materials, and conducting training in ag safety.

Virus protection software available

Information Systems is switching to a new PC virus protection soft­ware package, F-PROT.

Because Cal Poly is no longer licensed to use McAffee Viruscan, those who have it (scan.exe, clean.exe, and vshield.exe) must delete it from their computers and replace it with F-PROT. For copies, which cost $1, bring a disk and a charge-back account number to Academic Computing Services or End User Support.

The F-PROT virus scanner's cur­rent version is 2.06a. For the Macintosh, Information Systems supports Disinfectant; the current version is 2.9 and is available at no charge.

Correction noted for Fall '92 'Polyview'

An error appeared in the Fall 1992 issue of " Polyview" pub­lished by Institutional Studies.

In the "College Size" section, the percentages for the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Engineering were transposed. The correct figures are 16 percent for the College of Liberal Arts and 25 percent for the College of Engi­neering. The enrollment numbers are correct as printed.

Institutional Studies apologizes for any confusion this might have caused.

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Retirement planning workshops scheduled

A representative from the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) will be in San Luis Obispo to conduct retirement planning workshops for PERS members during the week of March 15.

Discussion topics will include retirement planning, the retire­ment process, post-retirement con­siderations, and the retirement allowance calculation with an em­phasis on selecting the best retire­ment date. The workshops last ap­proximately one hour.

Attendance is by reservation only. To reserve a space, call the PERS Los Angeles area office at (213) 897-0917 by Feb. 19.

Nominations sought for faculty award

Nominations are being accepted for the Distinguished Faculty Service-Learning Award, given an­nually to a faculty member who promotes student involvement in academic projects in the community.

Any faculty member may be nominated, and nominations may be made by a student or staff member. Applications are available in the Student Life and Activities Office, UU 217.

The deadline for nominations is Monday, Feb. 22. For more infor­mation call Michelle Kosko, vice president, Student Community Services at ext. 5834 or 543-4311.

Faculty/Staff Payday is January 30

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Students, professor to perform in concert

Cal Poly's Polyphonics will join the 90-voice Cuesta Master Chorale and members of the San Luis Obispo County Symphony in per­formances of Poulenc' s "Gloria" and Faure's "Requiem" at 8:15pm Saturday, Jan. 30.

The concert will be conducted by music professor Thomas Davies at the New Life Community Church of the Nazarene, 990 James Way, Pismo Beach.

Also appearing as guest soloists will be Cal Poly music faculty member Mary Rawcliffe and Hector Vasquez of the San Francisco Opera Company.

For reservations, call 546-3131.

Women and leisure topic of Feb. 1 talk

Lynn Jamieson of the Recreation Administration program will dis­cuss "Leisure: Basic Right Denied Women?" at noon Monday, Feb. 1, in the Staff Dining Room.

The talk, part of the Women's Studies Lunch-Time Seminar series, will explore the assumption that women have been denied leisure opportunities and the right to establish personal leisure habits. Roles, time demands, expectations and personal choices will be pre­sented from an historical perspective.

For more information on the program, call Carolyn Stefanco of the Women's Studies Program at ext. 2845.

Cal Poly authors to read work

Larry Inchausti, a professor of English, and Robert Gish, director of ethnic studies, will read their prose at 7 pm Wednesday, Feb . 3, in Fisher Science 286.

Inchausti ' s recently completed

manuscript, "Spitwad Sutras: Oassroom Teaching As Sublime Vocation," is a humorous com­mentary on his high-school teaching experience.

Known as a challenging and entertaining professor, Inchausti' s most recent publication is a book titled ''The Ignorant Perfection of Ordinary People."

Gish's most recent book, "Songs of My Hunter Heart: A Western Kinship, " is a lyrical evocation of growing up in a family of hunters in the modern West. An examina­tion of Gish' s native-American heritage, the book is an account of his relationship with place. It also deals with the ethics of hunting and the debate over hunting as sport and as a means of initiation.

The next WriterSpeak event will be Friday, Feb. 19, when Brenda Marie Osbey, an African-American poet from New Orleans, will read.

For more information, call Mary Kay Harrington at ext. 2067.

Chemistry Department receives donations

The Coatings Industry Education Fund of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology has awarded $7,400 to the Chemistry Department for the purchase of state-of-the-art dispersing equip­ment to be used in its polymers and coatings concentration.

In addition, the Pacific North­west Society for Coatings Technol­ogy donated $2,400 for unrestricted use by the concentration

The polymers and coatings con­centration began in 1990 as the first of its kind west of the Rockies. The program was developed to meet the need to train chemists to work in the polymers and coatings industry, to prepare students for graduate study in polymers and coating science, and to provide an ex­panded choice of polymers and coatings electives for a rapidly growing materials program in the Materials Engineering Department.

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Annual dance concert by Orchesis Feb. 4·6

Dance Portfolio '93, the 23rd Annual Dance Concert featuring members of the Orchesis Dance Company, will begin Thursday, Feb. 4, at 8 pm in the Theatre. Performances are also scheduled at 8 pm Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5-6, with a matinee at 1 pm Saturday.

The program features 26 Cal Poly students in a variety of numbers - ballet, jazz and modern ­choreographed by company members, dance faculty members, and guest artists under the direc­tion of dance faculty member Moon Ja Minn Suhr.

The show will open to the sounds of Michael Jackson's "Jam," featuring the entire com­pany. Additional dances will be performed to such diverse sounds as Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake, " Janet Jackson and Luther Van Dross' "The Best Things in Life Are Free," and the African­American spiritual "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."

Tickets - $9 for the public and $7 for students and senior citizens - are available at the Theatre Ticket Office, the ASI Ticket Office in the UU, and at the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce on Chorro Street.

For reservations, call the Anytime ArtsLine at ext. 1421.

CPR schedule Cal Poly Report is published by

the Communications and Special Events Department.

Typewritten, double-spaced copy must be submitted to JoAnn Lloyd, Heron Hall, by NOON on the Thursday a week before you' d like it to appear.

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Campus-wide Standing Committees Administrative Advisory Committee on Computing

K. Richard Zweifel Tom Zuur llene Rockman Euel Kennedy Harry Sharp Leigh Elfrink Ruth Hale Debbie Marple Diane Ryan Susan McCarthy Denise Mendonca Sandy Sidah Neal Feaver Jeff Williams Charles Crabb

Animal Welfare Committee Roger Gambs Dennis Frey Kris Morey Steven Daugherty Sandra Rakestraw Clifford Stokes

Athletic Advisory Commission Charles Crabb Bob Dignan Ken Barclay Larry Wolfert Brian Nosek Kristy Battaglia Charles Custodio Bill Hoehne Amy Stoddard Leland Endres Laura Dimmitt Marlin Vix Dwayne Head Mike Wenzl Carl Wallace Marilyn McNeil

Campus Planning Committee Warren Baker Robert Koob Charles Allen Hazel Scott Joseph Sabol Paul Neel Frank Lebens Robert Grant W. Mike Martin Pat Drohan Laura Joines Ed Naretto Francisco Canas Arnold Jonas David Blakely Patti Breckenridge

Child Care Advisory Committee Kimi Ikeda Susan Somppi Marilyn York Saeed Niku Joan Kennedy Marlie Schmidt Johanna Dewit Ron Gastelum Roger Conway Haila Hafley Bette Tryon

Commencement Committee Roger M. Swanson Justin Deanda Jodie Hardmeyer Art Duarte Roger Osbaldeston George Beardsley Linda Vanasupa Robert Hoover John Rogers Ellen Polinsky

Commencement Speaker Screening Committee Mark Shelton Laura Joines Phillip Fanchon Samuel Agbo Nancy Clark V. L. Holland Nikki Maddux Sharon Robertson John Palmer Caunsery Wagner Kelly Gregor Timna Berglund Roger Swanson

Coordinating Committee on AIDS and HIV Infection Burt Cochran Barbara Melvin David Ragsdale Joan Cirone Michael Selby Kathleen McBurney Pat Hosegood-Martin Robyn Cooke Wendy Giggy Kathy Headtke

Disabled Students Advisory Committee Diane Miller Ann Bernhardt Kelly Covert Carrie Larson Greg Patner MaryLud Baldwin Vijaya Narapareddy James Meagher Paul Wolff Jane Chamberlain Kris Jankovitz Mary Lou Brady Rex Wolf Kris Hiemstra

El Corral Bookstore Advisory Committee Court Warren Kirni Ikeda Jay Devore Johanna Brown Walt Lambert Lauri Shiffrar Dana Hemenez Dina Roenthal Melissa Claverie

Equal Opportunity Advisory Council JoAnn Wheatley Alice Loh Rebecca Ellis Lois Brady Don Ryujin Maria Ortiz Jackie Mcintosh Elaine Doyle Mike Suess Kirni Ikeda Donna Davis Shelley Alleshire Ritu Chhabra Jason Clark Anna McDonald Armando Pezo-Silva Carl Wallace Bob Gish

Extended Education Committee Howard Vollmer Bill Amspacher John Mouton David Peach Michael Fahs Paul Rainey John Van Eps Marcia Friedman Kimi Ikeda Sandra Shaw

Foundation Food Service Committee Nancy Williams Joan Cirone Vicki Stover Vanesa Strong Ken Barclay Cindy Morris Kathryn Johnson Julie Cornelius Mathias Stephan

Graduate Studies Committee Glenn Irvin Paul Adalian Del Dingus Matt Wall Joseph Biggs Douglas Keesey Daniel Walsh Mike Colvin Dave Kapic George Stanton Erland Dettloff

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Campus-wide Standing Committees Human Corps Advisory Committee

Bill Amspacher Donald Chivens Clarissa Hewitt Roxy Peck Kevin Rome Ellen Polinsky Luann McDonald Hoa Satterfield Natalie Bevaque Todd Templaski

(two individuals from CAED and Business to be an­nounced at later date)

Instructional Advisory Committee on Computing Wesley Mueller John Cotton Alan Weatherford Doug Smith Ed Sullivan Kent Morrison Wayne Montgomery Mark Edson Morgan Duncan Bob Clover

IRA Advisory Committee Shawn Reeves Melinda Boone Pauline Kiljian John Grinold Charles Crabb Roger Swanson Vickie Stover Polly Harrigan

Landscape Advisory Committee Dirk Walters Rhonda Riggins Dale Sutliff Brian Aviles Patti Hamer Breckenridge Steven Angley Ed Naretto Jason Stoddard

Liberal Studies Committee Marge Glaser Howard Drucker Robert Cichowski Angela Estes Keith Dills Daniel Krieger Margaret Berrio Denise Mehl

Public Safety Advisory Committee Membership to be announced at a later date

Radiation Safety Committee Royce Lambert Richard Strahl Jim McLaughlin John Goers Burt Cochran David Ragsdale

Registration and Scheduling Committee Diane Ryan Steve McGary Ellen Notermann Jack Robison Earl Huff Laura Freberg Ed Nowatzki Jim Daly Robert Dignan Euel Kennedy Susan Somppi Ethan Plotkin Janine Haake Jason Hardesty JoAnne Freeman Wally Mark Ken Burton

Resource Use Committee Richard Kranzdorf John Phillips Eileen Pritchard Carole Hansen Phil Philbin Elaine Simer Richard Kravan Ed Naretto Carissa Wright Jennifer Hernandez Peter Heald

Student Affairs Council Hazel Scott Gregory Roberts Carolyn Proctor Deirdre Flynn Roland Furnasi Courtney McLoud Pauline Kiligian Marc Peters Brent Hultquist Robb Gott Fernando de Alba Robyn Cooke Rona Lev V ararat Chaiyont Hoa Satterfield Max Galindo Robert Koob Ray Macias Donna Davis Richard Thompson

Substance Abuse Advisory Committee Bob Negranti Joan Graham Jim Aiken Laura King Lloyd Beecher Robert Griffin Kristin Burnett Julie Rego Paul Hyman Dodie Dunton

University Union Advisory Board Melinda Boone - Bassel Anber Juan Cepeda Shawn Jackman Mike Komadina Jennifer Percy Robert Cornell Mike Spackman David Peach Steven Shockley Sandra Diaz Bob Dignan Hazel Scott Nancy Williams Roger Conway

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Pre-career job fair scheduled Feb. 16

This year's Expo, a pre-career job fair, is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Chumash Auditorium from 9 am to 1 pm.

The job fair gives students in­terested in careers in business, agriculture, science, social service, recreation and leisure an oppor­tunity to learn about possible sum­mer jobs, co-ops, internships, volunteer work, and part-time jobs. Students can also learn about summer jobs with camps, ranches, and state and national parks.

Although the focus of the event is on non-technical careers, all in­terested students are invited to at­tend. More than 60 employers are expected to participate, represent­ing the retail industry, camps and ranches, hotels and casinos, amuse­ment parks, national and state parks and forests, social service agencies, and preschools .

An Expo Bulletin listing partici­pating companies and opportuni­ties will be available from Career Services the week before the event. For more information, stu­dents should contact Career Ser­vices at ext. 2501.

Expo is sponsored by Career Services, Student Community Ser­vices, the Liberal Arts Council, the departments of Natural Resources Management and Soil Science, and the Recreation Administration program.

'Snuff Out Tobacco' educators needed

Faculty members are encouraged to let students know that the Cal Poly Snuff Out Tobacco Project is accepting applications for educators.

After completing a one-day train­ing program, student educators will be paid to give 30-45 minute pre­sentations to school-age groups in San Luis Obispo County during 1993 and 1994.

For more information and appli­cations, students should contact Liz Cofer, project coordinator, at ext. 5251, or visit to Snuff Out Tobacco Project office in Room 148 of the Student Health Center.

American Indian poet, author to read

Ray Young Bear, nationally known American Indian author and poet, will read from his works and meet with students at 11 am, Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Room 213 of the Business Building.

His works include "Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives," "Winter of the Salamander," and "The Invisible Musician."

A lifetime resident of the Mes­quakie Tribal Settlement in central Iowa, Young Bear has taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Eastern Washington Univer­sity, and the University of Iowa.

He is now working on a non­fiction book, "Stories From the Woodland Region," and a book of poems, "The Rock Island Oub."

Young Bear's presentation is sponsored by the Ethnic Studies program. For more information, call ext. 1707.

Who, What, Where, When

Two articles by Victor Valle, journalism, were recently pub­lished: "A Chicano Reporter in 'Hispanic Hollywood' : Editorial Agendas and the Culture of Pro­fessional Journalism" in "Chicanos and Film: Essays on Chicano Representation and Resistance," University of Minnesota Press; and ''Enough of the Great Melo­drama of Race Relations in Los Angeles," one of four articles by Vaile published last year in the Los Angeles Times, Sunday Opinion section.

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Hany Khalil, Food Science and Nutrition, spent winter quarter break training technicians in food preservation and quality control in Kasese, Uganda, at a USAID­funded food processing facility. Khalil's trip was arranged by Volunteers in Overseas Coopera­tive Assistance, Washington, D.C.

Michael M. Cirovic, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, and seven students in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electronic Engineering, developed the first electronic database version of the 10-volume Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, a basic reference work used by research chemists. The software, titled Properties of Organic Compounds, is a Microsoft Windows applica­tion. The two-year project was conducted for CRC Press Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., a Time-Life com­pany, under contracts totalling more than $100,000.

Steve McDermott, Speech Com­munication, has been named an associate editor for "The Western Journal of Communication."

An article by Alexis Olds, Speech Communication, "Outcomes of Observed Other-Member's Message Responses on Credibility and Attractiveness of Individual Group Members, " appeared in the January 1993 issue of the New Jersey Journal of Communication.

A textbook by Raymond Zeuschner, Speech Communication, titled "Communicating Today," has been published by Allyn and Bacon, Boston.

Richard Cavaletto, Ag Engineer­ing, has been appointed by the California Farm Bureau to serve as an advisor to their state Commit­tee on Rural Health and Safety. Cavaletto gave a poster presen­taton on Cal Poly's Agricultural Safety Research and Training pro­gram at an American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Anaheim.

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Dateline. • • • ($) - Admission Charged

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 Recital: Hector Vasquez, a singer

with the San Francisco Opera Com­pany will perform. Music Bldg. 218, 11 am.

Women's Tennis: Westmont Col­lege, Tennis Courts, 2 pm.

Film: "The Soft Skin," by Francois Truffaut. Palm Theatre, 7 pm. ($)

Women's Basketball: Cal Poly Pomona, Mott Gym, 7:30 pm. ($)

Speaker: Jerry Verner (USFS Pacific Southwest Experiment Station) will discuss the "Status and Management of the California Spotted Owl." Staff Dining Room, 7:30pm.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 Men's Tennis: UC San Diego, Ten­

nis Courts, 2 pm. Men's & Women's Swimming: UC

Davis, Pool, 3 pm. Contest: "You Laugh, You Lose."

Chumash, 8 pm. ($)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 Baseball: Alumni game, SLO

Stadium, noon. ($) Men's Tennis: UC Santa Cruz,

Tennis Courts, 1 pm. Lecture-Performance: Steven Ritz­

Barr will present "Poe on Poe." Chumash, 8 pm. ($)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Speaker: Lynn Jamieson (Recreation

Administration) will discuss "Leisure: Basic Right Denied Women?" as part of the Women's Studies Lunch-Time Seminar series. Staff Dining Room, noon.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Speaker: Ray A. Young Bear (poet)

will read from his work. Business Bldg. 213, 11 am.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Books at High Noon: Linda Halisky

(English) will review "Women Who Run With the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Staff Dining Room, noon.

Softball: UC Santa Barbara, Softball Field, 1 pm.

WriterSpeak: Robert Gish (Ethnic Studies) and Larry Inchausti (English) will read from their works. Fisher Science 286, 7 pm.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Women's Basketball: Cal State Los

Angeles, Mott Gym, 7:30pm. ($) Film: " The Bride Wore Black" by

Francois Truffaut. Palm Theatre, 7 pm. ($)

Dance Concert: Annual Orchesis Dance Concert. Through Saturday, Feb. 6. Theatre, Feb. 4-6, 8 pm; Feb. 6, 1 pm. ($)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Women's Basketball: West Texas

State, Mott Gym, 12:30 pm. ($) Women's Tennis: San Jose State,

Tennis Courts, 2 pm. Wrestling: University of Oregon,

3 pm; Oklahoma State University, 7 pm, Mott Gym. ($)

Position Vacancies Vacant staff positions at Cal Poly

and the Cal Poly Foundation are an­nounced in this column and are posted outside the respective offices. Contact those offices (State: Adm. 110, ext. 2236 - Foundation Ad­ministration Building, ext. 1121) for applications and additional position details. Both Cal Poly and the Foun­dation are subject to all laws govern­ing affirmative action and equal employment opportunity. Cal Poly hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. All eligible and interested per­sons are encouraged to apply. Ap­plications must be received by 5 pm or postmarked by the closing date.

STATE

CLOSING DATE: Feb. 10, 1993 Clerical Assistant II, $1692-$1995;

temp. leave replacement through 6-30-93, ESS/Evaluations.

Power Keyboard Operator, $1822­$2146/month, College of Business/ Oerical Services.

Volunteers, Robert E. Kennedy Library. For futher information contact Lynda Alamo, ext. 5785.

Resident advisor positions available

The Residential Life and Education Department (the new name for Hous­ing) is recruiting resident advisors for the 1993-94 academic year, and faculty members are asked to let students know.

This one-year leadership opportuni­ty develops skills such as advising, public speaking, small-group com­munications, multicultural awareness, limit-setting, and programming. In­terested students should call ext. 1226 for more information.

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....wwww Doug Williams, Ag Engineering,

presenteo a paper he co-authored, "Commercial Scale Production of Fuel Ethanol From Food and Beverage In­dustry Waste," at an Alternative Energy Conference sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in Nashville, Tenn.

Margaret Berrio, Bob Blodget and Bette Tryon, Psychology and Human Development, discussed Cal Poly's new curriculum in human development at the Center for Collaboration for Children Systemwide Conference on Interprofessional Education in Fuller­ton. Bernie Troy, University Center for Teacher Education, described programs for community collaboration in teacher preparation.

A book by William Little, Foreign Languages and Literatures, "The Labors of the Very Brave Knight Esplandian," was published by MRTS at the State University of New York, Binghamton. The book deals with the .creation of the myth of California.

Michael L. Marlow, Economics, par­ticipated in a panel on "Cognitive Dissonance and Education Policy" at the annual meeting of the Southern Economic Association in Washington, D.C.

Mark Shelton and Travis Hill, Crop Science, co-authored a display poster "Comparative efficacy of three Bacillus thuringiensi&-based insecticides,'' at the national meeting of the Entomo­logical Society of America in Baltimore, Md.

An article by Mark Shelton, Crop Science, "Enterprise Projects: Ex­periential Learning in Applied En­tomology," was published in the winter issue of the journal American Entomologist.

Angie Estes and Peggy Lant, English, presented their paper " 'We don't mind the bumps': The Re/Presentation and Re/Formation of the Body in Louisa Alcott's 'Cupid and Chow-chow' " at the Modern Language Association Conference in New York City.

An essay by Robert Gish, Ethnic Studies, "Dancing Gods: Erna Fergusson's Travels Toward Ex­oticism," appears in the Summer '92 issue of the American Indian Quarterly.