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CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC U.N IVERSITY SAN LUIS OBISPO ustang aiiy M , D MARCH 7 1997 VOLUME LXI, No. 85 FRIDAY' Cowpies Linking art with technology ASI extends reincarnated, Visiting Stanford professor speaks on combining the two mediumsPoly Plan

By Megan Lang 4* fuel campus Doily Stoff Writer argument W “Our lives are dairy project becoming dominated by little men behind deadline By Brian Johnson Ethernet connections,” 3'-' Doily Staff Writer said Larry Friedlander, By Shona Pruitt profes.sor of English Doily Staff Writer Cow manure isn’t waste. Literature and Theater That’s what Cal Poly agriculture at Stanford University. - V . > « The deadline for submitting engineering professor Doug He called the situation pro and con statements regarding Williams is aiming to prove with a “the deceit of technolo­ the Cal Poly Plan was extended at new waste water treatment sys­ gy,” and likened it to the ASI Executive Board Meeting tem. the hoax of the Wizard Wednesday night. Williams, along with students of Oz. The deadline was extended from agriculture engineering, the P’riedlander spoke from March 3 to Tuesday, March Fhivironmental Pi-otection Agency yesterday to about 250 11. and farm and plant operations arepeople in a presenta­ All pro and con statements putting together a new system tion called “When submitted will be considered for that will trap gases generated Worlds Collide: The the pamphlet .scheduled to go out from cow manure and use them to Impressive Emerging to all students no later than help fuel the diary’s energy needs. Cooperation Between Doily photo by Moureen McDowellMarch 30. All statements submit­ The new system will also provide The Arts And Larry Friedlander ted will be available for viewing at more storage space for waste Technology,” sponsored the ASI Executive Office. water and clean it better, us well. by the Provost’s Office. organizing a symposium on Museums and ASI is seeking both pro and The system will begin the way “Twenty years ago I didn’t even like to type on a Technology for the San Francisco Museum of con statements to help inform stu-, it does now. Water will flush out computer,” Friedlander said, explaining that he was Modern Art. dents in their decision to support the cow manure from the dairy the “artsy” type who stayed away from high technol­ Friedlander’s familiarity with the arts is first­ or oppose this fee increase. barn floor and go through a sepa­ ogy. hand and comes from a long history of experience. Statements can be submitted to rator. The water will then sepa­ Since then, he has been involved in numerous He worked in professional theater as an actor ASI. They must not exceed 300 rate from most of the manure projects that link the arts with technology. He has and director, performed with repertory companies, words in length and all con state­ before going into a lagoon. But developed an interactive encyclopedia of 19th-centu­ and taught acting and directing at many academicments must show knowledge of .some manure will also manage to ry art for the Musee d’Qrsay in Paris, formed the institutions in the United States and Europe. petitioner’s goal and objectives. get through the separator and go Interactive Shakespeare Group with professors at “We all are art machines,” Friedlander said, “The referendum must go out into the lagoon. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explaining that we are spatial artists who absorb by April 30,” Harvey Greenwald, To take advantage of this, a develop tools for the study and presentation of and interpret our surroundings. He added that thisacademic senate chair, said. new lagcMm with a cover will he Shakespeare, and was recently been involved in See LINKING page 3 “Thirty days prior to that the built. The lagoon’s lid will trap the pamphlet must be in student’s methane gasses that bubble up hands.” from the decomposing manure. The Cal Poly Plan will be The gas will then be collected and placed on a ballot. Four things be used to power an engine gener­ Revised insurance policy denies will b«' on that ballot, Greenwald ator, supplying electricity to the said - a pro statement, a con state­ diary’s milking machines, refrig­ ment, a non-bias description of eration equipment, as well as to student use of ASI-owned vans facts concerning the plan and a the pumps that are u.sed to flush financial impact analysis. the manure from the barn floor. By StevM FoirchM The Fee Advisory Committee Williams said two thirds of the Daily Staff Writer has jurisdiction over all fees, dairy’s energy needs would be met Greenwald said. The Cal Poly with the new system. He estimat­ A recent ruling made by the executive Plan Steering Committee is ju.st a ed it would save alxnit $1,000 a staff of ASI is making it impossible for stu­ subcommittee with only one fee to month. dent groups to rent out a van for weekend decide. If the Fee Advisory Agribusine.ss professor Phillip getaways and field trips. Committee says no, then it won’t r T i Doub said another advantage ASI Facility Operations Coordinator happem, Greenwald .said. with the new system would lie Phil Philbin said student groups may no Members of ASI were con­ that the water would undergo fur­ longer rent ASI vans, and any student ofTi- cerned with getting students’ ther treatment and become clean­ cers that do drive a van must have their input. ASI Vice Chair Shane er before being used to irrigate the names submitted to an insurance agent for McGowan said, “Voicing student university’s crops. As it is now, clearance. interest and student opinion and there are three lagoons. Any solids Previously, students could rent out any getting that input from students that get into the first, sink to the of ASTs vans. It owns five vans, a truck, and is important.” bottom and break down there. The a bus. The vans were rented out on a prior­ Greenwald told ASI that at top water is then pumped into ity basis to student groups for 31 to 43 cents Tue.sday’s Fee Advi.sory Meeting another lagoon, and sometimes per mile, depending on the size of the vehi­ “we kind of hit a wall. No one felt the process continues to a third. cle. A class B driver’s license, with a pas­ comfortable as an advocate for the senger endorsement, was required for any By pumping the top water from ftSll Cal Poly Plan.” one lagoon to the next, and letting vans that carried 12 or more people. Without the support of the Fee the .solids settle each time, the ASI Executive Director Soncia Lilley Advi.sory Committee, ASI mem­ water becomes cleaner and clean­ said the van rental program was going well bers were concerned about the Cal er. Hence, the new lagoon will pro­ and the moratorium is strictly a result of a Poly Plan’s future.

vide yet another chance for the review of insurance coverage. Doily photo by Kelli« Kofhonen “It scares me that the (Fee water to become cleaner. “If students had been abusing it, and if Advisory) Committee can’t find an Another advantage will be the there were other issues, perhaps they could OFF LIMITS: ASI vans are no longer available for student clubs. advocate for the Cal Poly Plan. See POOP pKjge 5 See VANS page 2 See ASI page 6 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1997 MUSTANG DAILY Taking the work out Fire on the mountain of looking for a job

By Heidi Laurenzano Poly for on-site interviews. » Daily Staff Writer “I come here every Wednesday,” Nguyen said. “I 'is If your experience with the Cal learned this from my old friends \i1 T f r » Poly bureaucracy has been frus­ who graduated. My instructors % trating, discard those memories told me to check it out, too.” at the mention of Career Services. He said using the on-site inter­ Career Services is on campus view opportunity is a better way to help students, whether they’re to go than sending out your graduating seniors or students resume to random companies. who would like a summer job in “If you file your resume and their major. Many programs and interview here, you have a 70 to *• ''0 ' . i workshops await student use, 80 percent chance of getting a W H? * job,” Nguyen said. including on-site interviewing. iS?'' Located in the building across On top of that, he said the con­ ¥■ 4#* the street from Mustang Stadium, venience is second to none. ¡r*. the center has a row of small “When the interview takes rooms, each containing a desk place here, you can arrange a and two chairs facing each other. time and day,” he explained. “But In each room one could see the when it’s just you and the compa­ back of a well-dressed person, try­ ny and you have to cancel the ing very hard to be the best they interview, there goes your could be; a student interviewing chance.” for a job. Opposite the student sat Last year, Nguyen got two job a .semi well-dressed person, blazer offers. The companies wanted him removed, looking slightly weary: a to quit school and go to work with California Conservation prospective employer on the road, them. He declined. He just want­ •k',' looking for employees. ed the interviewing practice. Corp member Pablo In the hall stood well-dressed “My accent makes it hard to r Jimenez ignites fallen civil engineering .senior Maritoni understand,” he .«îaid. “I just came material on Cerro San Luis. Ustaris. She was waiting to inter­ from Vietnam five years ago and For fire management pur­ view for a state water project job knew no English. I write better poses, the crew burned with the California Department of than I’m talking.” Water Resources. To prepare, she Shel Burrell, an associate combustible material that took advantage of .some of Career director for Career Services, said could cause fire problems Services’ interview workshops. on-site interviewing does have a during summer months. “(The programs) made me 70 down side, though. She said it Daily photo by Joe Johnston percent better than I would’ve represents a limited part of the been before,” Ustaris said. “They employment market. made me not as worried, and Burrell offered some basic helped me know what to expect. interviewing tips. Caltrans gets go-ahead to open bidding Even just reading the handout She .said employers are now helped a lot.” looking at past behavior. Going The workshops go over every­ over general strengths such as for roadwork near Indian burial site thing from resume writing and being a quick learner and eager and proficient on Microsoft Excel interview skills to graduate Assofiated Press awarded this month with con­ years, according to Margaret .sch(M)l preparation. don’t cut it. One needs to be spe­ struction expected to begin in Buss, senior environmental plan­ cific. Tri Nguyen, an electrical engi­ SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - April, Caltrans spokesman Rick ner for Caltrans. Instead, she recommended neering .senior who’ll graduate in Caltrans opened biddingHolland said Wednesday. For the past two months, telling the interviewer how one’s 1998, was downstairs checking Thursday for a contractor to Last year in anticipation of the about a dozen archaeologists knowledge of Microsoft Excel out the weekly update of compa­ widen an accident-plagued widening, California Department searched for bone fragments and See CAREER page 5 of Transportation workers were nies who will Ih ‘ coming to Cal stretch of Highway 126 where other items left by people who surveying the dangerous roadway archaeologists recently finished roamed and traded along the when they discovered bones and foothills of the western Santa sifting through ancient American artifacts from the Chumash and ASI Student Directory Clarita Valley. Among their finds Indian burial grounds. Tataviam tribes buried beneath were milling stones, arrowheads Each year the Associated Students, The 6-mile .segment of the two- the road’s shoulder near Val lane east-west road known as Verde. and ancient bowls. Inc., produces a Student Directory “Blood Alley” had 11 deadly crash­ An excavation was ordered Their work near the communi­ es during a six-week period this and archaeologists found artifacts ty of Val Verde, including the which is made available to all students, winter. and remains from three time peri­ exhumation of the remains of 17 A contract will likely be ods, dating back several thousand See BIDDING page 6 faculty and staff at Cal Poly. Lilley discovered that Cal Poly be canceled due to increased costs The ASI Student Directory provides V A N S from /Mge / was the last CSU in the system to of gasoline. a listing for all students attending Cal lobby, perhaps they could write rent out ASI vans to students. “People aren’t interested in letters,” Lilley said. “It is not an Most CSU insurance companies paying high prices,” Williams stopped allowing van rentals to Poly.This listing includes Name, issue of student abuse, it is an said. issue of student safety.” student groups years ago. Lilley and other staff members Disappointed members of ASI Executives discovered they Address, Phone Number and Major are sorry that the program will no outings found out about the new would no longer be able to rent longer be offered. ruling when a Presidents Day out the vehicles during an insur­ for each student. Anyone who does “It was a great program, we weekend outing to Kern River ance renewal process. loved offering it. students loved it, required that a student represen­ not wish to have their personal infor­ “There has been some level of and advisers loved it,” sbe said. confusion of perception that the tative drive after students had Members of ASI Outings, the been denied tbe driving privilege. mation included in this Directory vehicles were primarily being largest van-renting group on cam­ ASI executives have started to used by ASI employees and by pus, are unhappy that the vans look for alternative forms of should submit a statement of that fact, student officers,” Lilley said. will no longer be available for “However, when we explained to rental. transportation for the student in writing, to the ASI Business Office, them, going thorough the renewal “We will be the first ones clubs. process, that we allow clubs to use affected because we use them “We are trying to explore rela­ University Union 212. the vehicles on a charge-back or every weekend,” said microbiolo­ tionships with the local rental car rental basis, it was confirmed gy senior Will Williams. “It may agencies to see if we can negotiate that our insurance does not cover not be an issue for other clubs, an agreement or student discount that type of usage.” but we rely on those (vans) heavi­ so that our students can use or This statement must be Lilley said the insurance cov­ ly.” rent vans,” Lilley said. erage assigned to ASI is high risk According to Williams, if stu­ submitted no later than insurance or “assigned risk,” that dents are required to use private However since most of the can not cover student usage. After vehicles, some future ASI trips, 16,000 students on campus are calling other California State including a visit to the Grand under 25 years old, rental agen­ Friday, March 7, 1997.University (CSU) executives. Canyon during spring break, may cies will not agree to a deal. MUSTANG DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 19973

Democrats raise concerns Open primary could overwhelm about GOP ‘local-control’ ballot capacity, officials say for Northwest logging bill By Doug Willis dozen offices last year with 10 or “A few counties are consider­ Associated Press more candidates running in theing limiting or prohibiting consol­ primary, topped by a list of 22 idation of local elections with the By Scott Sooner said the legislation could prove SACRAMENTO - The open candidates for president. primary,” Daniels-Meade said, Associated Press to be a model for management primary approved by California “It is likely some voting sys­ which could significantly increase plans nationwide, including the voters last year could produce tems would be overloaded,” Caren local government costs if separate WASHINGTON - The pending Interior Columbia candidate lists which are too long Daniels-Meade of the Secretary of elections are required for those Clinton administration and sev­Basin Ecosystem Management for the ballot in Los Angeles, and State’s candidates and electionsoffices. eral House Democrats raised Plan. possibly other counties, election division told an “Election She added that in addition to concerns Wednesday about a Clinton administration offi­ officials said Thursday. Summit” of about 350 state and the cost of purchasing new elec­ GOP-backed bill that calls for cials are concerned that the bill Proposition 198 of last March local election officials. tion systems to handle the longer “could be read as exempting pilot programs to test local con­ requires that all candidates for a “Los Angeles County indicates ballots, counties also face higher pilot-project activities from the trol of logging on national given office be listed on a single that had the open primary been in mailing costs for the bigger sam­ requirements of various envi­ forests. primary ballot, and it allows effect last year, they could not ple ballots and absentee ballots, a ronmental laws,” said The measure introduced by Californians to vote for anybody have handled the primary” on significant factor in a state with Agriculture Undersecretary Jim Reps. Wally Herger, R-Calif., their punch cards, she said, 14.6 million voters. Lyons, who oversees the Forest they choose, without regard to and Bob Smith, R-Ore., is mod­ either the voter’s or candidate’s adding that a survey of fewer Daniels-Meade said budgeting eled on a management scheme Service. party. than half of California’s 58 coun­ for those changes is complicated developed by residents of He said authors of the bill With eight officially recognized ties found that about 10 percent by the fact that a lawsuit chal­ Quincy, Calif., to reduce fuel are beginning to address those lenging the constitutionality of concerns. parties in California, that would would run out of capacity on loads in three fire-prone nation­ See PRIMARY page 5 al forests. The administration is com­ have resulted with more than a punch cards. The “landmark legislation” mitted to the “goals of the legis­ would set a precedent for coop­ lation,” Lyons told the subcom­ eration at the local and national mittee. Repairs continue on ruptured pipeline levels, Herger said Wednesday “However, more time is need­ before the House Resources sub­ ed to fully consider all of the committee on forest and forest issues raised by the bill before Workers in Tnickee, Calif, ue for a long time,” said Alexia Lake. health. the administration can fully Retallack of the state Department State officials said the leak, It would establish a pilot pro­ endorse it,” he said. are repairing a petroleum of Fish and Game. from a Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline gram fflfT the Lassen, Plumas Herger said he’d heard that pipeline that was leaking Retallack, speaking from the Co. line, was discovered Saturday and Tahoe national forests over before. site, said there is no estimate for at an elevation of about 7,000 feet five years, using the Quincy “It’s always, “Tbrnorrow we’re fuel into a nearby creek completion of repair, which is the after cross-country skiers smelled plan as a model for thinning going to be with you, we’re first phase. Then will come two the fuel and reported it to local dense stands and removing deadalmost there,”* he said. Associated Press other phases, centering on authorities. and dying timber. “I’m concerned there is a pat­ cleanup and restoration of the Company officials immediately tern here. I just hope the admin­ environment, she said. shut down the trans-Sierra “We now have a local consen­ TRUCKEE, Calif. - Crews con­ istration is more serious than Workers have identified a 100- pipeline, which carries fuel from sus group bringing local solu­ tinued digging Thursday in an tions to Washington instead of what we’ve heard the last five yard stretch where they expect to the San Francisco area to Reno. effort to find and repair a rup­ Washington forcing solutions on months.” find the break. There was no word on how much local communities,” Herger said. Rep. Helen Chenoweth, R- tured spot in a petroleum pipeline The 8-inch line is buried under fuel had spilled. Smith, chairman of the Idaho, chairman of the subcom- that leaked diesel fuel into a creek three feet of rock covered by 10 The spill reached Summit House Agriculture Committee, See CONCERNS page 6 near Donner Summit. feet of snow near Summit Creek, Creek, near the old U.S. Highway “This (effort) is going to contin- about 2 1/2 miles from Donner See SPILL page 5

programs. software writers must be bridged. LINKING fro m fM f> e l “Technology' helps us to inter­ The lecture was very well- Blah blah blah blah < spatial perception of our environ­ vene in an event not only by ana­ received by the crowd, and held ment has different meaning andlyzing it but simulating it also,” special interest for many that importance depending on our cul­ Friedlander said. attended. IM M E P IA TE CONTACT LENS REPLACEMENT ture. He explained that by incorpo­ “I’m interested in (the topic) He said incorporating the com­ rating interaction into a computer because it related to an architec­ 1/2 OFF bination of arts and technology is program for theater, one can ana­ ture project of mine,” said PRE6CRIFTI0N EYEWEAR & 6UNGLA66E6 very important, illu.strating this lyze complex events by controlling Kathryn Hidahl, an architecture (Selected Frames • Not ^ood with insurance or other belief by posing the situation of the spatial perception — the senior who added that she would offers - Through March 11th) seeing a rock simulated by a pro­ direction from which the action is hate to see technology replace IM(.UiDliMO Bada, Okie, Koh Sakai. Contact gram on the computer screen, viewed—and by creating an indi­books. vidual version. “I was curious to see what the Jean Paul Gaultier OptOmotriC Center then trying to move it using com­ and More puter controls. If the “Technology allows one to ‘in group’ had to say about merg­ Or. Pave 5chultz rock is difficult to move, ing humanities with 1001 HIQUERA • EXMtMJ • SAN LUIS CBISPO technology,” said Josh then an important, "Technology helps us to intervene Exclusive Eyewear “life-like” dimension to Oakes, an English the experience has bt>en in an event not only by analyzing sophomore it who is doing added. an interdisciplinary “The meaning of the but simulating it also/' project that combines experience doesn’t English and computers. reside in the object or Susan Currier, — Larry Friedlander the user’s comprehen- interim associate dean sion...but in the combi­ of the College of Liberal nation,” Friedlander said. understand the whole interpre­ Arts, said that Friedlander is a Friedlander showed various tive experience of theater,” said leader in the field of combining video tracks done on computers, Friedlander, who has developed humanities and technology and Earn a Master (»I Science in an educational application called that he has interesting ideas for and how the concept of spatial Nursing at Samuel Merritt Theater Game, an animation pro­ the college. j perception was at the root of the ('ollere in Oakland. “surrogate travel” programs that gram for staging plays. “His interests match Cal Poly’s began in the 1970s. Last spring Friedlander in a variety of ways,” Currier ^ Samuel Merntt Collc);e is now These programs showed pic­ taught a course at Stanford that said. “(Cal Poly) has a number of w accepting; applications for its tures of an environment and incorporated interaction in two faculty in the College of Liberal enir>’-level Master of Science in ways. Its objective was to develop Arts and Architecture working on Nursing Program. allowed the user to move through Q\ them as if one was walking the Hamlet Playbill, a production interesting new applications out­ If you have a bachehir's through an Aspen, Colo., street or of Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” side of scientific areas.” degree and have contpleted the flying over the Bay Area. Usually on the World Wide Web, in con­ Currier said that these faculty basic prerequisite courses, we encourage you to apply the movement was determined by junction with students at MIT. members are often working on the for admission to this e.uiting program. Forty students the user operating computer con­ Not only was the website interac­ high-technology applications will be admitted and classes start September 2. trols such as a joystick or mouse. tive, but the whole collaborative alone, and it would be helpful to The curriculum öfters excellent career preparation At a German museum, a surro­ process utilized video-conferenc­ have Friedlander’s advice on for today's dynamic managed health care environment. gate travel environment was cre­ ing on the computer allowing the bringing them together. For more information, or to schedule a counseling two groups of students to commu­ She said that there is a possi­ ated that allowed the user to appointment, call us ttnlav. become a trolley conductor, using nicate. bility of working with Stanford to foot pedals to control movement “There is an immense amount create a program for the combina­ 8004)07-()377 along street routes. of work to be done to see how dif­ tion of humanities and arts with a K'lani'nShuniiUiiicompuscrvc.ccm Friedlander said that this type ferent cultures can come together re.search, entrepreneurial and of technology allowed for an to create this experience,” curriculum component at Cal S B n II E L n [ II II I I I C 0 L l E t E intense, immersive experience Friedlander said, meaning thatPoly. 170 Hawthorne Avenue, Oakland, C.\ 946(19 and provided a base for future differences between artists and Friday, March 7, 1 9 9 7 '

O pinion Page 4 Letters to the E ditor Dont blame the UtilidorThe Plan: keeping us ahead of Stanislaus Editor, Forty million dol­ your own darn messlars, no problem? Don King promoting the plan? Whoa, there, Mr. Hippie! First off, let’s talk about the 1 Performing Arts Center. The total tab ended up being right around $31 million, not $40 (yes, it’s a big difference). We took the money from the state and capitalized y on that by soliciting extra funds from the city of San Luis Obispo and from pri­ vate donors. Not one student cent went to the construction of the PAC. The PAC is a per­ members. With additional funding. fect example of Cal Poly ingenuity. Cal Poly will hire 14 more in the It was a very difficult, very involved very near future. Nobody is trying process to raise the funds necessary to pull a fast one on the students. to fund the construction of this cen­ One of the central features of the ter. The administrators of this uni­ Cal Poly Plan is the purchasing of 0 versity were instrumental in bring­ state-of-the-art equipment that will ing an auditorium to us that is keep us on the cutting edge of tech­ ranked number two in the nation nology. for acoustic quality. So how does Just to give you an idea of how that make us look? Pretty damn powerful this plan is, the College of L enna Ch a v d a r ia n ------Glancing up, I met eyes with one of four stu­ good, I would say. The only student Science and Math requested Okay, ‘fess up. How many times have you dents sitting at a nearby table, laughing. It money that has ever gone to the $250,000 in Cal Poly Plan funding done it? How many times have you expressed took me a second to realize they were laugh­ PAC was through ticket purchases. for studio lab classrooms for chem­ adoringly how much you love Utilidor? ing at me. Now, let’s talk about the Cal Poly istry and physics cla.sses. Becau.se Don’t worry, this isn’t another piece com­ They very well could have been laughing Plan. If this was a perfect world, we of that funding, they have received plaining about Utilidor. (Although I must because I looked ridiculous scrambling could go to the state and say “Hey, over $400,000 in additional funding admit at least once a day I whine about retro around on the ground, but didn’t they notice guys, we need more money!” and and grants to make these laborato­ making a comeback in the form of bright why I was on the ground? they would give it to us. I’m gonna ries top of the line. orange fences flopping in the breeze.) I try not to care what people think, but this let you in on a secret: THERE IS When private donators, founda­ Utilidor has swallowed our campus whole, disturbing incident forced me to stop and NO MORE MONEY! We have an tions and companies see the stu­ and every day I overhear students and pro­ reflect. Hmmm... I was being looked down on extremely limited budget from the dents of a university .starting pro­ fessors complaining exhaustingly about how for trying to keep our campus clean. TVpical, state. The concept of the Cal Poly jects with money out of their own ugly our beautiful school has become. The I thought. Cal Poly students never cease to Plan is simple: We do not receive pockets, it motivates them to help steaming cesspools and life-size Tbnka trucks amaze me. enough money from the state to those .students. I have only illu.s- maintain the academic reputation are everywhere. But so is something else. So, fellow students, what’s the problem? On trated one example, but this sce­ a daily basis, I pick up to 10 papers up on my we have earned over the last 20 nario can be repeated for projects Take a look around next time you’re walk­ years. We are ranked as a best buy way to classes. I must give credit to the small across the university that help us ing through campus. It’s not hard to miss. On by US News and World Report. We a daily basis one can spot numerous copies of but thoughtful percent who actually care and all. are considered one of the best We raised $1.8 million from the Mustang Daily blowing in the wind, and scat­pick up papers too (you guys are bad-ass), but regional universities in the nation. tered on the grass, walkways, in the U.U., what about the larger percent? Don’t you care students last year, we now have Want to know something scary? We $3.7 million. We have more than etc. what your school looks like? I try to be posi­ get the same amount of money per doubled our money in less than a tive and not get frustrated, but I just don’t How ironic. People complain readily about student that Cal State Stanislaus year. Try that on Wall Street. how unsightly the Utilidor is making our understand anymore. Is it so hard to place a does. Something’s gotta give. Fellow students, I ask you to put campus, but they could care less about the paper back in the dispenser, recycling bin or The Cal Poly Plan is a group aside your cynicism and truly edu­ newspapers and garbage littering the ground.garbage can when you’re done with it? Oops, effort by students, faculty, staff and cate yourselves on the concept and Join me on a flashback. sorry! Wouldn't want you to strain your back! administration to preserve and pro­ implementation of this plan. It is One afternoon last quarter, I was walking I’m really tired of people not caring. How mote Cal Poly’s incredible reputa­ designed to help all of us, but it toward the Dexter building. Students were can people whine and cry about Utilidor tion. Never, in the history of higher takes money to make money. It rushing about as usual. And, as usual, news­ when it’s the student body who is doing some­ education, have the students been takes a pro-active stance to make papers were getting caught under their feet. thing similar? taken so seriously when it comes to things happtm. With uninformed, As I reached the cement tables in front of the Wake up! We have a beautiful campus. funding. In the past, money would uneducated people like David Cellar and Lucy’s Too, I counted 14 - yes 14 - Take pride in it. We can’t control Utilidor’s basically go to deans and adminis­ Hippie, there will always those who copies of Mustang Daily strewn about the mess, but we can control our own actions. trators who would decide where the refuse to acknowledge success. I am tables, benches and ground. Students contin­ The next time you’re walking through cam­ money belonged. asking you to be better than that. I ued to pass me by as I stood awestruck. pus and spot a paper or any litter on the Now, with every cent that comes believe in the students, I believe in Nobody bothered to pick up the papers that ground, pick it up! It doesn’t hurt to take two from this plan, students are inti­ this sch(X)l, got caught between their feet. People sitting minutes out of your busy day to find a mately consulted concerning the and I believe at the tables pushed the papers aside and let garbage can or recycling bin for the paper, projects which are funded. The in the Plan. the wind take care of them. your Pepsi can or Styrofoam coffee cup. administration is not using this It wasn’t anger, but disappointment that I guarantee you’ll get this warm, fuzzy feel­ money to fund pet projects. In fact, Justin when students stated last year that filled my heart. In a noble eflfort to do my ing inside that will make it all worth it. Penza, they wanted more teachers and bet­ Beside, who wouldn’t want good karma for Biochem­ part to help save the earth, I went around ter availability of classes, that’s and picked up 13 papers and put them back that upcoming astrophysics final worth 95 istry exactly what the Steering junior in the dispenser. As I sprawled on my hands percent of your grade? Committee made priority. and knees reaching for the last one stuck Lenna Chavdarian is a journalism We are now in the process of hir­ under a table, I heard some snickering. junior and Dailystaff writer. ing 16 new tenure-track faculty

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Students can also find job to go to trial until July, and that national regional primaries is for “If that stay is granted, we are Also, finding a need within thepostings for summer by searching counties won’t know if they have California to do something dra­ probably talking 2 1/2 to three to change anything until that suit matic, like California moving up years in the 9th Circuit Court,” company and explaining how the under their respective college. is resolved. right behind New Hampshire,” he for its ruling, and another year if interviewee can fill it scores big One summer position open to “The open primary will also said. it goes to the U.S. Supreme Court, points. many majors is with the Academy make the vote count more com­ Among other subjects, Jones Sweeney added. “The bottom line “Use careful self-analysis and of Television Arts and Sciences. It plex and harder to perform,” she and an advisory panel heard that is nothing definitive is likely to explain your strengths,” Burrell wants art, graphic communica­ added, predicting that could fur­a ruling is expected soon from happen soon.” said. “It’s like preparing for a tion, liberal studies, music, ther slow down the semi-official U.S. District Judge Claudia A separate suit challenging class presentation. You can’t do it count on election night. speech, business, electrical engi­ Wilken on a lawsuit attempting to the constitutionality of cold. Interviewing is a learned The conference, which was neering, English and mechanical overturn the term limits on Proposition 208 of last year is technique.” convened by Secretary of State engineering majors. Each of those California legislators imposed by going to trial in October. In order to learn more about Bill Jones to discuss the impact of Proposition 140 in 1990. But while the same judge majors can go into one of 26 dif­ recent ballot measures on interviewing and what to do once Most court observers expect overturned a similar measure on ferent areas of the television California elections and to solicit the Cal Poly journey ends, stop by she will overturn term limits, said constitutional grounds six years industry. It’s a full-time, eight- suggestions for changes in the Jim Sweeney, general counsel to ago, he refused to issue a prelimi­ Career Services or visit their web­ week paid internship in Los law or election procedures. the Secretary of State. But he nary injunction to stay the latest site at Another participant in the said that was far from certain proposal to limit campaign contri­ http://www.calpoly.edu/~cservice/ . Angeles. Go to Career Services for summit, state Sen. Jim Costa, D- because many appellate judges butions and spending, including The website includes informa­ more information and entry Fresno, who authored the law play devil’s advocate, seeking the the ban on contributions until six- tion about upcoming events such forms. moving California’s presidential best arguments against the rul­ to-12 months before each election primary from June to March last ings they are considering. said John Keplinger, assistant year, said he is leaning toward a “The judge was troubled by chief of the political reform divi­ from the U.S. Department of proposal for an even earlier pri­ the lifetime ban particularly,” sion of the Secretary of State’s POOP from page I Agriculture as well as from mary in 2000 - possibly right after Sweeney said. “If she were to find office. greater holding capacity. matching funds by Cal Poly. New Hampshire. the lifetime ban unconstitutional, “That means we’re facing at “We definitely need the stor­ Williams said the project, Costa said that would apply it would mean Proposition 140 as least seven months of uncertain­ age,” said Gary Ketchum, farm which he hopes to have designed pressure on other states to join in a whole would go down, because ty, but seven months in which supervisor in the College of by early summer and running by a system of rotating regional Proposition 140 is not easily sev­ Proposition 208 will be in effect,” Agriculture. presidential primaries, which he erable,” Sweeney said. Keplinger said. Ketchum said the new lagoon fall, would be a demonstration to would help prevent the present the state of what could be done ones from overflowing. 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(1.38 ERA) allowing only three hits and striking out says her team’s split with the U.C. “We played well and showed a • Baseball Santa Barbara Gauchos yesterday lot of fortitude to come back like The Mustangs, 17-2, have won seven straight six. was a sign of the times. that,” Boyer said. games. They have the best overall record of any of Zirelli will start Friday’s game. Chad Snowden, Cal Poly won the first game, 3- The first game could have gone the eight teams in the Big West and they begin con­2-1 (3.51 ERA) will start on Saturday and Ken 2, and it took the visiting Gauchos the same way. With the Mustangs ference play this weekend when they host U.C. Dolan (3-0, 5.04 ERA) will start on Sunday. eight innings to beat Cal Poly 4-3 ahead 1-0 going into sixth, a Santa Barbara. in the second. Gaucho home run with one runner The Gauchos ^ ■■ #■ In a conference with many of on base, put Santa Barbara ahead stand 10-9 after • < the nation’s top-ranked teams, 2-1 before winning pitcher Desarie defeating No. 1 0 0 ^ Boyer said that the loss doesn’t dis­ V"'X ^ Knipfer struck out two to end the ranked UCLA on courage her. inning. Tuesday, 9-6. Five “I’m not disappointed at all The Gauchos failed to score in members of the because we played well,” she said. the seventh and final inning, Gaucho pitching «» I 4 “The winner of this year’s confer­ putting the Mustangs hitters in a staff were put to ence will probably have .seven to “clutch” situation. the test, but they eight losses.” With two Mustangs on, Gina handed UCLA The .series brings the Mustangs Doglione walked to load the bases their third loss of to 19-3 on the season and 3-1 in the for Anna Bauer. With the the season. Big West Conference. This week’s Mustangs down by two and a full The Mustangs national ranking put Cal Poly at count, Bauer doubled bringing in will have to watch No. 13, up six spots from last week Ogas and center fielder Kelly out for David and their highest since joining Sacks. Willis, a first Division I three years ago. Bauer wasn’t worried during team all-confer­ What did di.sappoint Boyer was the at-bat. ence pick last the fact that they were in a position “1 had .a lot of confidence in year, and Michael to win but couldn’t clo.se it out. Young, who was The score remained tied at 1-1 my.self,” she said. “I felt the same seventh in the until the top of the sixth inning as 1 would have for any of my league with a .373 when Santa Barbara’s Kendra teammates in the same situation.” average. Mustang Dally fila photo W(H)d hit a double, driving in two C'al Poly ended the first game offense will also Gaucho runners bringing the score with nine hits and three RBI. be watching pitch- Mustangs are hoping to catch the Gauchos 'a little off base' in this weekend's three- to 3-1. Knipfer ended the game with two er Seth Bean, who game series against UCSB in the first Big West matchup of the season. It wasn’t until the .seventh earned runs and 14 strikeouts. She inning when Mu.stang shortstop improves her overall record to 11-2. Cindy Sims who was 0-6 on the The Mustangs face sixth- day, connected with a hit to center ranked Long Beach State this Tennis ready to pick it up in league playfield, driving in Sarah Stockton Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at noon with By Kellie Korhonen ent. But Magyary feels Cal Poly the teams goals. and Kelly Smith, tying the score at the .second game at 2 p.m. They will has great depth, too. “Go undefeated in league and three* and forcing the game into Daily Staff Writer also host Santa Clara on Sunday Piccuta said he thinks they will to make it to We.st Regionals,” extra innings. with game times at 12 and 2 p.m. Imagine yourself standing win both matches, but he wants to Masi .said simply. A couple of defensive errors for Cal Poly put two Gauchos in .scor­ Cal Poly defeated Santa Clara ear­ about 15 feet behind a net armed improve on winning the big points Magyary agreed that those ing position whenW ihk I dnive in lier this sea.son 3-1 and 2-1, respec­ only with a racket against your in his matches and making good were common goals and were rea- Tlmya Dias with a base hit putting tively. opponent. The Cal Poly men’s ten­ returns in his doubles matches. .sonable to attain. nis team takes that .scenario and He added “It’s the halfway No. 4 singles player Jason hits the ball with vigor. mark of the .season and it’s time to .Meyers and Piccuta agreed that • IVIen*s tennis______turn it up and play better.” the team is very close and gets CP diver qualifies for Zones The team has been practicing along well, so eveiwone supports Tennis may be an individual hard and has al.so worked on itseach other during matches. Daily StaK Report plea.sed with her three-meter sport, but it takes a team effort to doubles game more since the Meyers said he liked the team ele­ dives. win the match and the Mustangs She added that she is excited to match against Hampton College ment of the sport becau.se winning Cal Poly diver Dana Semonsen are ready to host Loyola has qualified for the Western bt* going and hop«*s her trip will Marymount at 1 p.m. Friday and when they lost the doubles point. for the team is important, but the Individually, the team has been players al.so want to do well indi­ Zones with her third and fourth make more pt*ople aware that Cal University of Nevada, Reno Poly has a women’s diving U*am. Sunday at 10 a.m. working on areas from serving to vidually. • Diving ______Semonsen has been to the The team is liMiking forward to playing more aggressively. He added that even if you lose, place finishes in the one-meter WesU‘m Zones b«‘fore during her both matches because it Freshman Brett Masi staU‘d the team can still win. will be its first game in two and three-meter springboard com­freshman year at U.C. Santa weeks. Chris .Magyary, No. petitions la.st wt*ekend at the Big Barbara, but took a three year 1 singles player, and No. 2 West Championships. The break before coming back to the singles player Tony Piccuta lx. ^ .è Western Zones competition is the sport her senior year at Cal Poly. agreed that the break has step between the Big West The Western Zones is March 13 given the team a nice rest. Championships and the NCAAs. and 14 at the Air Force Academy in “But we haven’t lost our Semon.sen said she was happy Colorado Springs, (’olo. About 30 to competitive edge," Magyary with her one-meter performance 35 divers will compete and only six said. at the champion.ships, but wasn’t will continue on to the NCAAs. Head coach Chris If • Track and Field NCAA Indoor Eppright said the teams this weekend are on the Championships @ Indianapolis. A" SCHEDULE same level in regards to • Men’s volleyball vs. U.C. Berkeley @ compi'tition. He said their TODAY’S GAMES Berkeley, 6:30,9 p.m. (Club) No. 1 players are good, and '«iû» • Baseball vs. U.C. Santa Barbara @ • Women’s water polo vs. Occidental @ Mag>’ary will have tough Sinsheimer Park, 2 p.m. * Occidental, 10;30, 2:30 p.m. (Club) matches both days. • Men’s tennis vs. Loyola Marymount The match against SUNDAY’S GAMES @ Cal Poly, 1 p.m. University of Nevada is a V • Baseball vs. U.C. Santa Barbara @ Big We.st Conference game • Men’s Volleyball vs. Sonoma State @ Sinsheimer Park, 7 p.m. * and the team is anxious to Sonoma, 7 p.m. (Club) • Softball vs. Santa Clara University ® play, after Nevada failed to j SATURDAY’S GAMES Cal Poly, 1/3 p.m, * show up for the match last • Baseball vs. U.C. Santa Barbara @ • Men’s tennis vs. Univ. of Nevada, year. The Mustangs beat Sinsheimer Park, 7 p.m. * Reno @ Cal Poly, 10 a.m. * Loyola Marymount easily • Softball vs. Long Beach State @ Cal *Big W«it Conttrenct Game la.st year, but they have a Daily hie ptioto Poly, 12/2 p.m. * C A L POLY new team. Eppright said Jbe men's tennis team takes its 6-5 record into this weekend's play and hopes that SPORTS HOTLINE •Rugby vs. UCLA @ Cal Poly, 1 p.m. both teams are deep in tal- No. 6 singles player Nadare Izadi (above) can volley his way to victory. 7 5 6 -S C O R