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Dr. J. Michael OrtizPresident, Cal Poly Pomona

Ronald R. SimonsAdministrator in Charge, University Advancement

Dr. Edwin A. Barnes IIIAssociate Vice President for Executive Affairs

Dr. Ronald H. FremontAssociate Vice President for University Relations

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CP on Kellogg Hill Slated to Get Another P for Pomona

THE UNIVERSITY’S LANDMARK CP ON THE HILL WILL

soon receive an additional letter — another P. The historic CP concrete letters have

adorned the hillside since 1959, when agroup of nearly 50 students worked togetherto draw and lay out the plans, form a foun-dation and haul cement and rock up thesteep incline to create the signage. Today,student clubs continue the tradition bytrekking up the hill to paint the CP.

The Cal Poly Pomona Alumni Associa-tion has taken on the project of adding theP for Pomona in honor of former universitypresident Bob H. Suzuki, who wasconcerned throughout his tenure about theuniversity having an identity separate fromCal Poly San Luis Obispo.

University Ranks Fifth in West, Engineering Program Ninth in Nation by U.S. News & World Report

CAL POLY POMONA IS RANKED FIFTH ON THE WESTERN REGIONAL LIST OF “TOP PUBLIC

Universities,”and the College of Engineering is ranked ninth in the nation for“Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs,” according to the U.S. News &World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2004 Edition.” These designations arebased on schools where the highest degree awarded is a bachelor’s or master’s.

Rankings are calculated by surveying deans and senior faculty fromschools nationwide, who rate each program they are familiar with on a scalefrom 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished). Cal Poly Pomona received a peerassessment score of 3.3.

The engineering program is also tied for fifth ranking in the Specialties— Industrial / Manufacturing category.

“I’m elated. This demonstrates the hard work of the engineering facultyand staff over the last decade,” says Ed Hohmann, dean of the College ofEngineering.

“It’s good for the students, both in terms of attracting them and ensuringthe steady stream of employers that we already enjoy,” he says.

Hohmann attributes the college’s success to a longstanding engineeringprogram that produces a large number of high-quality engineers each year.

Established in 1957, the College of Engineering has been a leader in theeducation of exemplary engineers for more than 45 years. With an activeenrollment of 4,300 students, the college graduates one out of every 14engineers in the state and features one of the largest undergraduate engi-neering enrollments west of the Rockies.

Art major Katie Sullivan created thedesign of the additional P. Engineeringtechnology professor Tom Tice will lead agroup of Construction Engineering Clubstudents in the adding of the concrete Pand refurbishing of the existing CP. Thenew CPP design is scheduled for comple-tion during this academic year.

To support the Alumni Association in its efforts to add another P on the hill, contactproject coordinator Rachiel Lucero at (909) 869-4799.

Students Move into New Residential Suites

This fall, students began moving into the newlyconstructed residential suites. The $26.5 millionproject consists of 111 units in two buildings, whichwill eventually house up to 410 students.

Construction of the residential suites began inMay 2002.

Each suite includes a living room, kitchenette,bedrooms, full-size bathrooms, storage space andprivate patios/balconies. Buildings are also equippedwith general classrooms and conference rooms.

Uniquely designed to meet the needs of today’sbusy college students, the suites are a modelproject in today’s hi-tech world, each wired withhigh-speed Ethernet, telephone and satellite televi-sion hookup.

STORIES BY Jennifer ParsonsPHOTOS BY Tom Zasadzinski

UNIVERSITYNEWS

Grant Partnership toAddress InformationSecurity Needs Cal Poly Pomona and Mt. San AntonioCollege have been awarded a three-year$900,000 grant funded through theNational Science Foundation to developnew courses and degree programs thatwill train information security profes-sionals to guard againstcomputer crime.

Named the RegionalInformation Systems Secu-rity Center project, thegrant helps forge a partner-ship between Mt. SAC andCal Poly Pomona that willoffer new certificate, asso-ciate’s, bachelor’s andmaster’s degree programsin information systemssecurity. This will be thefirst information systemssecurity program of its kindin Southern California.

“The NSF grant will

enable Mt. San Antonio College and Cal Poly Pomona to develop a model of collaborationthat addresses the information assurance curriculum needs of our schools and thesurrounding community, providing a foundation for a regional center in informationsystems security,” says Daniel Manson, a Computer Information Systems (CIS) professorwho is assisting Mt. SAC CIS professor John Blyzka with the coordination of the project.

The project responds to the need for information security at businesses and agen-cies to combat the growing threat of breaches and computer crime. Everything fromcomputer viruses to hackers to credit card fraud represents a potential threat.

The educational collaboration calls for creating new classes and enhancing exist-ing ones. Beginning this fall, information systems classes were infused with elementsof information security such as personal Web server security, user and group security

and auditing andmonitoring.

Twelve newcourses will bedeveloped in areasincluding accesscontrol systems andmethodology, busi-ness continuity anddisaster recoveryplanning, cyberlawand telecommunica-tions and networksecurity. (Seerelated PolyTrendsarticle on page 11.)

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2003. Taking full advantage of the software donation, thecourse emphasizes scientific concepts and positioning techniques as they apply to geology,geography, archaeology, agriculture, oceanography and other disciplines, integratingphotogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, global positioning systems (GPS) and 3-D modeling inmapping, observation and study of natural events.

“This grant will allow us to move forward in teaching students photogrammetry-supported GIS,” says Howard Turner, professor of surveying and civil engineering. “In addi-tion, we are working with Intergraph to extend geographical information systems into lowerdivision civil engineering courses. This will expose at least 200 civil engineering studentsper year to GIS, which is expected to be a $21 billion per year industry by 2005.”

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Cretser ReceivesRespected Hart Award

Gary Cretser, professor and chair ofsociology & psychology, received theGeorge P. Hart Award for OutstandingFaculty Leadership for 2003-04.

Now in its eighth year, the HartAward recognizes faculty members whoare regarded as role models and leaders,both on campus and in the community.The award was established in 1996following the death of George P. Hart, awell-respected 30-year member of thepolitical science department and anassociate dean.

“My colleagues agree that Gary iscompassionate, fair-minded, intellectu-ally stimulating, a solid scholar and anable administrator,” says ProfessorWayne Wooden. “He’s the kind of profes-sor that years after graduation, studentswill remember with fondness.”

Cretser has been a faculty member atCal Poly Pomona since 1966, serving inmany different capacities on campus andwithin the CSU. He has served as senatorin the Academic Senate as a professionalmember of the American SociologicalAssociation and Phi Beta Delta, where heis vice president for the western region.

Cretser has volunteered for manycommunity organizations, such as residen-tial care facilities, fire departments and theCalifornia Institution for Men in Chino.

He has published numerous profes-sional articles in publications such as“African American Encyclopedia” and“The Journal of Marriage and FamilyReview.”

“It’s really an honor that my modestcontributions have been construed asworthy of this recognition,” he says.

www.csupomona.eduGets New Look

Focused on creating a new anddynamic Web presence, the universityhas launched a redesigned and restruc-tured home page. President J. MichaelOrtiz officially unveiled the new homepage at Fall Convocation.

The new Web site offers a consistentdesign, easier navigation, campus head-lines and more.

“This is a great step forward for CalPoly Pomona,” says Ortiz. “Our Web siteplays an incredible role in communicat-ing with a worldwide audience whilealso serving the day-to-day needs of ourfaculty, staff, students and alumni. Thisnew home page provides the types ofservices that our constituents haverequested and should serve the universitywell into the future.”

THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING HAS BEEN

awarded a software grant by long-timetechnology partner Intergraph Mapping andGeospatial Solutions. Valued at more than$3.4 million, this grant will allow thecollege to expand its geospatial engineer-ing laboratory, research and GeographicalInformation Systems (GIS) curriculum.

The grant includes more than 20 prod-ucts from Intergraph and one of its compa-nies, Z/I Imaging. These products will beintegrated into Cal Poly Pomona’s geospa-tial engineering laboratory and facilitatecomplete global positioning systems (GPS),total station and softcopy photogrammetricdata acquisition processing, GIS andremote sensing analysis, visualization andanimation scene development.

Photogrammetry and GIS are two of thecourses that will use the laboratory for amore hands-on study of the geosciences. Inaddition, a new course elective, Elementsof Spatial Positioning, was offered Spring

Engineering StudentsBenefit from Intergraph Grant

Chemistry Professor Contributes to Study in Leading Scientific Journal

WHILE BREAD MOLD MIGHT NOT SEEM IMPORTANT, A STUDY IN A RECENT ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL NATURE

unveils the genome sequence of bread mold, which could provide insight into organismsimportant to agriculture, the environment, medicine and business.

Lisa A. Alex, an assistant professor of chemistry, worked with UC Riverside scientists incontributing to a study that was published in the April 24, 2003, issue. In the article, thescientists present the entire list of genes found in the Neurospora crassa genome. (Agenome is all of the genetic material of an organism.)

Neurospora, commonly known as the orange bread mold, is typically found close to theequator. Variations of this mold can be found in burnt forest areas throughout North Amer-ica. The fungus grows on decaying materials and helps to recycle carbon and nitrogen intothe environment.

“Although Neurospora is not dangerous, there are other filamentous fungi that do causedisease,” says Alex. “Our study will allow us to compare the genes of Neurospora crassa tothose disease-causing fungi to help to discriminate genes that are specific to pathogens.”

Bob’s Barnacle BandCatch the 56th Cal Poly Universities’ Tournament of Roses Parade entry as it

swims its way down Colorado Blvd. The float depicts a sea creature band, led bya skeleton conductor, playing on a sunken pirate ship.

Once a mighty vessel, the pirate ship is now broken in two and provides theperfect stage for a band of eccentric creatures and their instruments. As thestarfish singer makes its entrance crooning from a large clamshell, the band’saudience of fish and crustaceans frolic among treasure chests, barrels, coral andseaweed. While the skeleton lookout watches from the crow’s nest and the helms-man steers the ship along the sea floor, “Bob’s Barnacle Band” continues to makemusic somewhere beyond the sea.

The theme of this year’s paradeis “Music, Music, Music.”

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COVERSTORY

Men’s Basketball Team Places Second in Preseason Rankings

The 2003 NCAA Division II West Region champions have been ranked second in thenation in Street & Smith’s preseason Top 10. This is the highest preseason ranking inthe history of the program.

Cal Poly Pomona is coming off a 23-7 season that was capped by the second-everappearance in the national quarterfinals. The Broncos beat CCAA champion Cal StateSan Bernardino, 91-84, in double overtime to win the West Regional championshipand advanced to the Elite Eight, where they lost to Kentucky Wesleyan. The Panthers

University Names New DeansTHE CAMPUS COMMUNITY WELCOMED TWO NEW DEANS THIS SUMMER AND

said goodbye to a third dean who was named provost at another Cali-fornia college.

JOAN BISSELL began Aug. 1 as dean of the College of Education &Integrative Studies (CEIS), which was recently granted a five-year accredita-tion from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. She joins CalPoly Pomona after a 16-year tenure at the University of California, Irvine,where she most recently served as the co-director of its joint Ed.D. programin Educational Leadership with the University of California, Los Angeles.

Bissell earned an Ed.D. and an Ed.M. from Harvard University’s GraduateSchool of Education and a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from Harvard.

KAREN C. HANNA also took over on Aug. 1 as dean of the College ofEnvironmental Design. She is a former professor and department head oflandscape architecture and environmental planning at Utah State University.

Hanna is working toward a doctorate in landscape architecture fromWageningen University in the Netherlands. She earned a master of arts ingeography from the University of Arkansas and a bachelor’s degree inlandscape architecture from the University of Michigan.

She serves as vice president for education at the American Society ofLandscape Architects and immediate past president of the Council ofEducators in Landscape Architecture.

EDUARDO OCHOA, who servedas dean of the College of BusinessAdministration (CBA) since 1997,took over as provost and vice presi-dent of academic affairs at SonomaState University in July.

Ochoa led the CBA through thelaunching of a new interdisciplinaryundergraduate program in e-busi-ness, instituted a major emphasis onthe cutting-edge use of IT andhelped raise nearly $8 million incash and gifts-in-kind.

LYNN TURNER, who served asthe associate dean of the CBA since1993, has been named interim deanuntil a national search for thepermanent position is complete.

A member of the Cal Poly Pomonafaculty since 1979, Turner earned hisdoctorate from Indiana University ininstructional systems technology, amaster of science degree fromBoston University and a bachelor’sdegree in diplomacy and world affairsfrom Occidental College.

JOAN BISSELL

KAREN C. HANNA

LYNN TURNER

later had to forfeit their victories in2002-03 because of the use of ineligi-ble players.

The Broncos will return all fivestarters and their top six scorers from ayear ago. Jeff Bonds, the MostOutstanding Player of the West Regionallast year, is listed by Street & Smith’s asa preseason honorable mention All-American. Bonds will become the fifthAll-American in the program’s history.

“It’s a reflection of what happenedwith last year’s team and what theyaccomplished,” Cal Poly Pomona headcoach Greg Kamansky says. “The real-ity is it has nothing to do with thisyear’s performance because we haven’tplayed a game yet. It just shows thatthis program is coming along to wherewe want it to be, as one that deservesnational recognition.”

To find out more about the Broncobasketball program, seewww.csupomona.edu/~athletic.

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EARLY MORNINGS ARE A FAVORITE TIME FOR

J. Michael Ortiz. They afford a chance toorganize his thoughts and get in a quickexercise session, preparing both mind andbody for the day’s work ahead.

It’s also when reality regularly comesto call.

“I get up each morning about 4:30 andgo work out,” says Ortiz. “And every time,as I come down the hill, it hits me.”

Just a few months into his tenure asthe fifth president in Cal Poly Pomonahistory (he began August 2003), Ortiz is stillbecoming accustomed to the job and every-thing that goes with it.

“It really does just take my breathaway,” he admits. “It is an enormousresponsibility and really quite humbling.”

Being named a university presidentdidn’t come as a complete surprise. Formuch of his 55 years, he’s been preparingfor this assignment.

Ortiz’s love for education started early,during a childhood spent learning in athree-room schoolhouse in Carrizozo, N.M.By his own admission, few in that smalltown gave much thought to attendingcollege, particularly those from the Latinocommunity. All of which makes it remark-able that the five children in his family—he, three brothers and one sister—earnedcollege degrees.

“All five of us graduated from theUniversity of New Mexico,” says Ortiz.“That’s quite a legacy.”

As the middle sibling, he had plenty ofrole models. First and foremost was hisfather who, according to Ortiz, might havebecome a millionaire had he livedanywhere but Carrizozo, where he was

forced to “chase every penny and nickel he earned just to survive.” One Sunday morning, his father made a comment that remains a fundamental belief for Ortiz.“He told me ‘You can work a lifetime to make your name something people will respect,

yet it only takes one night to tear it all down.’ It’s still the foundation for a lot of what I do,”insists Ortiz.

An all-state football player and member of three state championship teams while in highschool, Ortiz earned his bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education from NewMexico in 1970. His plans were to go into teaching and coaching until a friend convincedhim to take an elective class in adaptive physical education.

Assigned to work with a three-year-old with Down syndrome, Ortiz changed his careerplans by the end of the course.

“I entered graduate school. You’d have to say that class proved a life-changing event,”says Ortiz, who in 1971 earned a master’s degree in special education from New Mexico.

A year later, he accepted a position at Appalachian State in Boone, N.C.“It was an interesting move because at that time there just weren’t that many people

like me—Latino—in North Carolina,” says Ortiz. “It helped broaden my cultural literacy tosee an environment where you don’t have a label. But it also made me realize the value ofmy culture and my heritage.”

Much happened during his years inNorth Carolina. He met his future wife,Betty Faye, and earned a Ph.D. in earlychildhood special education from theUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in1981. He also got his start in academicadministration while at Appalachian State,first as chair of the special educationdepartment and later as director of theoffice of extension instruction.

There was, however, a desire in him tobe more involved in the education ofstudents of color. While working as anadministrator proved challenging, Ortiz justcouldn’t envision finding fulfillment inNorth Carolina.

The next move took Ortiz and family toPueblo, Colo., where he spent six years atthe University of Southern Colorado (nowColorado State University, Pueblo). There hebecame more involved with universityadministration, going from dean of continu-ing education to interim provost. He alsobecame active in the community.

“I used to call it the Communiversityof Southern Colorado because we wereso involved with the community there,”says Ortiz.

Next came Cal State Fresno, where innearly seven years he went from beingassociate provost to provost and vice presi-dent for academic affairs. Ortiz found Presi-dent John Welty’s vision, that Fresnoshould be a premier interactive university, agood match for his own beliefs.

Ortiz’s decision to apply for the Cal PolyPomona presidency was the result of thought-ful consideration. Ultimately, what made theposition so attractive was the university itself,and his present goals rely on the views ofthose more familiar with the campus.

“I have a vision, but I don’t think I can just come in and impose it. Cal Poly Pomona hasalways been about being student-centered, something I believe is critical,” he says. “In myfirst few months, I’m trying to get a real sense of the culture here.”

One of his first big challenges involves dealing with the state’s current financial crisis.While some see this as the toughest time to become a CSU president, he disagrees.

“It provides us an opportunity to rethink how and what we do and how to be more effi-cient,” says Ortiz. “By creating a primed, lean machine, this university will be prepared torace forward once the economic situation turns around.”

OTHER AREAS HE SEES AS ESSENTIAL IN THE DAYS AHEAD INCLUDE

✹ University involvement in the community: “Unless we reach out into the surroundingarea and demonstrate what we do has value—not only to the community but also to thestudents after they leave us—we are the ivory tower that sits on top of the hill. That’s notwhat I see us being.”

✹ Academic research: “When I did a survey at Fresno, 95 percent of the faculty said theydidn’t feel they could be the best faculty member they were capable of being unless theywere involved in their own research. I think we’ll find very similar numbers at Cal PolyPomona. It comes down to saying that if this is something we want to do, we need to puttogether the team and the resources necessary to get us there.”

President Ortiz gathers withstudents in front of the historicKellogg stables.

The Ortizes host a reception forfaculty and staff during the

first week of Fall Quarter.

Congresswoman Grace Napolitanoenjoys a recent tour of theuniversity with Mike Ortiz.

“It really does just take my breath away,” he admits.

“It is an enormous responsibility and

really quite humbling.”

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✹ Technology: “We have the reputation of being at the forefront of technology, whichbrings greater challenges than the technology itself. Part of it is looking at how we’re struc-tured, what we need and how we can reallocate resources to stay there. It comes down tothe level of expectation that people have for our graduates.”

✹ Fund raising: “People give because they want to give, not simplybecause you ask. It takes identifying a program that a person wouldhave interest in or wish to associate with. It’s going to be my respon-sibility and that of the staff and faculty of this university that wehave such opportunities and that we present them.”

✹ Public / private partnerships: “We must develop part-nerships that really will be mutually beneficial. Private part-ners must see there is value to what they’re getting, andwe have to make sure what we’re getting is good for thestudents. My measuring stick is always ‘What impact willthis have on our students?’”

Ortiz knew Cal Poly Pomona before he became its pres-ident, having served on the Western Association ofSchools & Colleges accreditation team during its last visitin 2000. He recalls being impressed with the people he met:

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tremendously dedicated faculty and staffmembers who shared a common affinity forthe university. He is convinced such excite-ment and commitment are responsible fordeveloping the outstanding institution it isnow his honor to lead—traits he sees asthe foundation for what it will become inthe decades ahead.

“For Cal Poly Pomona to have done somuch in the past 12 years is remarkable,”says Ortiz. “I believe this university ispoised so that, if the faculty and adminis-tration can come together, there’s no end towhat we can accomplish.” ■

By Dan Manson

PROFESSOR SMITH ENJOYED THE POWER OF THE INTERNET. HE LIKED BEING ABLE TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION

to keep his classes up-to-date, support his research, distribute course material over the Weband e-mail colleagues and students.

What he did not like was spending time on computer security. He considered securitysoftware to be a nuisance. He didn’t take the time to check for software patches andthought his anti-virus software slowed down his computer and Internet connection. Smithalso ignored an e-mail from the university’s information technology division about theBugbear virus and had not updated his anti-virus software for weeks.

On June 6, Professor Smith received an e-mail from an unusual campus address sayinghis account would become inactive if he did not respond immediately. Since he was in themiddle of completing a paper to submit to an important conference, he did not want hisservice interrupted. Without giving it a second thought, Smith responded to the e-mail, notrealizing the ramifications of this simple action.

His computer was now infected with the Bugbear virus, a particularly dangerous problemthat disabled his anti-virus software and installed a “backdoor” program allowing remote usersto view Smith’s files. It installed a “keystroke logger” that recorded Smith’s passwords and otherconfidential information and e-mailed copies of arbitrarily selected files from Smith’s hard drive,including sensitive information, to recipients in his address book, as well as others at random.

The next morning, Smith’s Internet connection was not working, and his computer wasrebooting every few minutes. Smith waited two days to have his computer checked, fivemore to have his computer rebuilt, then several weeks explaining to students, colleaguesand total strangers why he unintentionally sent them the Bugbear virus, pleading with themnot to read the sensitive material.

It comes as no surprise that Smith failed to submit his conference paper on time andlearned a lesson the hard way.

(Please see page 19)

Professor Dedicated toHarnessing the Powerand Responsibility ofthe Internet

Although Professor Smith is a fictionalcharacter, his tragic experience with theBugbear virus is based on an actual crisisthat hit Stanford University hard this pastsummer, disabling the university’s networkand compromising confidential data. Severalequally damaging viruses also attackedhundreds of Cal Poly Pomona computersrecently, but fortunately, they did not havethe same overall effect as the Bugbear.Nevertheless, hard drives had to be refor-matted and software reinstalled, requiringmany hours detecting and reacting to thesesecurity problems and taking time awayfrom working, teaching and learning.

Without question, an Internet-connected computer provides great power,but to quote a popular line from Spider-Man, “with great power comes greatresponsibility.” Much stronger than anySpider-Man web, the World Wide Web andelectronic communication are arguably themost powerful teaching and research tools

“We must develop partnerships that really will be

mutually beneficial. Private partners must see there is

value to what they’re getting, and we have to make

sure what we’re getting is good for the students.

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President's Council member WenChang meets President and Mrs. Ortizat a function for university supporters.

PERSPECTIVECAMPUS

Photo by Tom Zasadzinski

President Ortiz meets with the campus community, includingVoorhis grad Art Leatherman, at the Veterans Day ceremony.

Ironically, as the California State University braced itself for

Tidal Wave II, the second largest influx of students to the system, it

was also hit by the largest budget reduction in its history

When the California budget was signed earlier this year, it trans-

lated into deep cuts for schools, colleges and universities, both

public and private. Across the state, programs were scaled back,

and teaching and administrative positions were frozen, while fees

were increased.

But rather than mourning what has been lost, the university is

doing more with less and finding creative ways to balance an

emaciated budget while continuing to provide the same quality

level of education for an increased number of students.

The CSU S i t ua t i onAS A CONSEQUENCE OF CALIFORNIA’S CONSTRICTED FISCAL ENVIRONMENT, THE 23-CAMPUS

California State University system began the new academic year with a netbudget reduction of $304 million and a 30 percent fee increase for students(added to a separate 10 percent increase last year) with enrollment esti-mated at a record 414,000 students.

The state’s 2003-04 budget imposed an 11-percent reduction in the CSU’s$2.6 billion general fund budget. In addition, system administrators wereforced to limit this year’s growth from a projected 7 percent to 4.3 percent.

Despite facing the largest budget reduction in its history, through carefulpreparation, the CSU was able to preserve most of its fall classes. In antici-pation of deep cuts, system administrators had been planning for manymonths by eliminating or freezing 2,300 vacant positions, halting salaryincreases for management employees and executives, reducing the Chan-cellor’s Office budget by $4.5 million, increasing class sizes and raisingstudent fees.

But even with the measures implementedto cope with cutbacks, there were still somedramatic effects on the largest system ofsenior higher education in the country, when11 of the 23 campuses, including Cal PolyPomona, were forced to close admissions forSpring Quarter 2004. The situation is onlyexpected to become more grim with nextyear’s budget as state legislators deal with anestimated deficit of $8 billion to $12 billion.All state agencies, including the CSU and UC,had been warned that they must reduce fiscalyear 2004-05 budgets by 20 percent and planfor zero enrollment growth.

“Legislators have told us that the nextbudget will only provide funds to replacethe students who graduate and that therewill be no funding for enrollment growth,”says CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed.

“This budget language, along with thesevere budget cuts, put limits for the firsttime on the CSU’s long-standing promise ofproviding unlimited educational opportunityto California students,” Reed says. “Thispresents a new challenge for the CSU andthe state because higher education is vitalto California’s economic prosperity.”

Cal Poly Pomona

Continues to Provide

Top-notch Education

Despite Tight

Budgetary Times

By Jennifer Parsons

T r i c k l e D o w nAFTER THE EFFECTS OF THE CSU’S PARED BUDGET TRICKLED DOWN, THE CAL POLY POMONA CAMPUS WAS

faced with a $25 million cut from last year’s state allocation. To offset the cut and mitigate anysevere loss of services for students, the university made up the difference through the following:$8 million in revenue from increased student fees, $5 million in special funding from the state tofund new student growth and more than $12 million that was set aside by prudent universityplanning and budget reductions over the past two years in anticipation of the severe cut.

“We tried to plan as carefully as possible and anticipate what sorts of things we couldreduce with as little impact to the students as possible,” says Patricia Farris, the university’svice president of administrative affairs and chief financial officer. “We kept select staff posi-tions vacant, restructured and cut down on payroll expenses.”

Based on the serious budget shortfall, enrollment growth at Cal Poly Pomona was cutfrom 3.2 percent to 2.7 percent this year, and enrollment was limited to 20,000 students.(The total number of students for Fall Quarter 2003 was 19,804.)

“On my first day as president of this institution, I had to make the decision not to admitany more students for Spring Quarter,” says President J. Michael Ortiz, who took office inAugust. “It was a tough decision, but we didn’t feel it would be fair to admit more studentsand then not have the funding or resources to provide our current students with the coursesand services needed to graduate.”

The university trimmed 34 percent off its operating expenses, which include officesupplies, equipment, consultants, maintenance and computer upgrades. In addition, Cal PolyPomona reduced student assistant expenditures by 28 percent.

“Anybody who runs a business knows that’s tough,” says Farris. “We are down to thebare bones — that means bring your own paper and take out your own trash.”

Class sizes, fees and parking costs all increased. On the plus side, one-third of therevenue from the fee increase will go toward financial aid for students hardest hit.

In the midst of a surge in studentgrowth, the CSU increased fees for its414,000 students by 30 percent andexperienced a net budget reductionof $304 million.

The budget crisis came to a head when Cal PolyPomona and 10 other CSU campuses were forcedto close admissions for Spring Quarter 2004 even

before to the scheduled filing period.

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Since the economic downturn of theearly 1990s, the university has taken agreater responsibility for its own fiscalfuture, becoming simply state-assistedand no longer state-funded. Thisrequired raising approximately 10percent of the campus budget from non-state resources.

In this new budget climate, Cal PolyPomona is relying more than ever onpartnering with the private sector andother public agencies to generateneeded resources for scholarships,programs and facilities.

“The key to the success at Cal PolyPomona has been the ability to identifyopportunities to form partnerships and findthe common ground that allows for allparties to benefit,” says Ed Barnes, associ-ate vice president for executive affairs.

Examples of these types ofpartnerships include

The College of Engineering raisedfunds to construct an 117,900-square-footEngineering Building. Alumni and corporatepartners funded one-third of the new facil-ity, which cost $39 million.

A partnership with the Los AngelesCounty Sanitation Districts providedland for expanding the Spadra Landfill andresulted in construction of AGRIscapes, a$5.6 million project dedicated to promotingagriculture and environmental awareness.

The Center for Training, Technology& Incubation, a $9.8 million facility featur-ing business incubation programs to helpgenerate internship and employment oppor-tunities for students, was made possiblethrough partnerships with various entitiesincluding NASA, the Economic DevelopmentAdministration and the California Technol-ogy, Trade and Commerce Agency.

A long-term ground lease with theAmerican Red Cross will result in a new$41 million blood center and Southern Cali-fornia headquarters at Innovation Village onthe university campus. Other benefitsinclude opportunities for collaborative

research, work-study for university students, employment opportunities for graduatesand new curriculum and training programs.

These types of flourishing partnerships are paramount to the prosperity of boththe university and commerce. As businesses open doors to internships and careeropportunities for students, in return, the university is able to provide the workforcewith well-educated and better-prepared graduates.

During this challenging budget time, it is also becoming more essential for facultymembers to increase their involvement in obtaining grants and nurturing partnerships.

Donald Straney, dean of the College of Science, believes that “the faculty plays acentral role in identifying the purpose and direction we go in to secure outside funding.”

Straney received a 2003 Bautzer University Faculty Advancement Award for hisefforts in support of advancement programs.

“To maintain the high level of instructional quality we offer, it is essential for usto turn to outside sources and industry partnerships to make up for the difference inwhat the state provides and what the faculty believe is needed for a first-classscience education,” he says.

Strong supporters of Cal Poly Pomona identify the university’s current financialstrain and the importance of investing in this valued institution.

“Recognizing the fiscal constraints of the state, this is absolutely the best time in thehistory of Cal Poly Pomona to support the university. It is a valuable resource for thecommunity, and we need to ensure its quality,” says Jim Collins, one of the university’sleading individual donors.

Collins is a food-service entrepreneur who donated $10 million in 1999 to helpsupport The Collins School of Hospitality Management, a state-of-the-art facility.

“It’s important, if you have the ability, to give back to something that has reallybenefited you,” he says. “I’ve been lucky enough to make a buck or two, and I’mgiving back to a program that I believe in.”

In spite of the severe budget cuts and fee increases, Cal Poly Pomona remains aleader in high-quality, affordable higher education when compared with similar publicinstitutions across the country.

“Even though fees have increased significantly, our students are still getting thebest bang for their buck at an excellent institution and that’s because of the privatefunds and outside sources we continue to receive,” says Ron Simons, associate vicepresident for university development. ■

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“This is absolutely the best time in the history ofCal Poly Pomona to support the university,” says

Jim Collins, who with his wife, Carol, are some ofthe university’s leading donors.

“It is essential for us to turn to outside sources and industrypartnerships to make up for the difference in what the stateprovides and what the faculty believe is needed for a first-class science education,” says Donald Straney, dean of theCollege of Science.

Cal Poly Pomona and CSU officials concur that even as funds are diminished, the focusremains on preserving quality instruction and ensuring that enrolled students get thecourses needed to graduate.

“The campus leadership set two high priorities in planning the 2003-04 budget: Tofund the delivery of instruction and services to students and to protect jobs as much aspossible, and so far we’ve been able to do both,” says Farris.

The university’s efforts to sustain its high-quality educational programs and facilitieshave not gone unnoticed by students.

“Of course most students are having a harder time trying to pay higher tuition andparking fees,” says Rudy Chan, ajunior electrical and computer engi-neering technology major andstudent assistant in the university’sannual fund office. “My parents arehelping me out with my tuition, andI’m just trying to spend less. Manyof my friends are also trying to workmore hours.

“But Cal Poly Pomona is known forits hands-on learning, so there is defi-nitely a much higher quality of educa-tion offered here,” says Chan. “CalPoly Pomona is still much cheaper thanother engineering schools.”

Due to the budget shortfall, enrollmentgrowth at Cal Poly Pomona was cut from3.2 percent to 2.7 percent, and enroll-ment was limited to 20,000 students.

The $39 million College of Engineering complex,which received one-third of its funding fromindividual and corporate partners, illustrates CalPoly Pomona reliance on partnerships to generateneeded resources.

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DR. FAROUK DARWEESH WAS PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD,an institution that was a high place of learning and culture. This was in the days before theBaathist party imposed its brutal regime, before he was driven away from his homeland andinto exile.

When the Cal Poly Pomona professor returned to Iraq in March of this year as part of ateam on a six-month mission to help rebuild his shattered homeland, Darweesh knew hewould encounter a changed place and thought he was prepared for it.

“We assumed the worst, but it turned out the damage, what we needed to take care of,was greater than what was anticipated,” he says. “Literally the whole infrastructure wastotally collapsed. Not just electricity and water, the entire social infrastructure. This was acountry that when I left it was really in very good shape. Now you walk on campuses as ifyou’re walking in a place that is frozen in time. Total neglect, mismanagement.”

The sheer viciousness of the destruction was heartbreaking, he says. Not only weremany faculty and others corrupted by unqualified political appointees, but it was also veryobvious that an orchestrated campaign to deprive the universities of physical resources hadbegun in the weeks before the team’s arrival.

“All the universities lost their entire computer systems, all their communications, all thoselabs, well-equipped and ready for research and advanced studies,” Darweesh says. “When Isay all, I mean burned down. They burned the computer center. They burned the records. Theyburned the research labs. It’s really cruel to think about it. In these circumstances, we askedstudents to come back to school; we asked faculty members to attend to their duties.”

It was Darweesh’s duty, as deputy director of the Iraqi Reconstruction and DevelopmentCouncil, to rebuild the lost infrastructure, from buildings to human resources. The council isan independent collective of Iraqi exiles tapped by the Pentagon to serve as a temporarygovernment replacing the Baathist regime of ousted President Saddam Hussein. Economists,physicians, engineers and other professionals comprise its ranks, and the council works inpartnership with the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Office of Reconstruction andHumanitarian Assistance.

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It was an honor to be recruited for thetask, Darweesh says.

“All ex-pats are desperately required,”he says. “And all people of goodwill shouldgive the Iraqis a helping hand. They deservethat. They have suffered so much over thelast 35 years. The truth is we liberatedpeople who were literally enslaved.”

Ed Hohmann, dean of Cal PolyPomona’s College of Engineering, says thatlosing Darweesh for two quarters wasworth it when considering the importanceof what he was doing. He says Darweeshhas “a real passion” for rebuilding hiscountry and has had experiences that willbenefit Cal Poly Pomona students.

“He worked on all parts of the infra-structure. He has a renewed understanding

"This was a country that when I left it was really in

very good shape. Now you walk on campuses as if

you’re walking in a place that is frozen in time. Total

neglect, mismanagement.”

of what it takes to build a university up from nothing,” Hohmann says. “And the interna-tional experience and the multicultural aspects of it are always helpful. His reaching out toanother community to help is something we support. It’s something engineers do a lot, but itdoesn’t get a lot of press.”

Darweesh’s mission was vast and encompassed the entire country. He did everythingfrom working on security issues and filling vacancies on various government agencies, toaddressing the housing issue and creating basic democratic institutions.

But his primary focus was restoring Iraq’s system of higher education. It was a dauntingtask that involved reopening 17 of 20 state universities and 37 postbaccalaureate schools,which are similar to community colleges. A new curriculum had to be created to replace thecompulsory courses based on party ideology. And tens of thousands of people within theeducation system had to be dealt with. Baghdad University alone had 73,000 students, whilethe Ministry of Higher Education had about 49,000 faculty and staff.

Conditions were very difficult. Cell phones usually didn’t work, even in Baghdad, and e-mail was sporadic. When traveling in the provinces, Darweesh was completely cut off fromall forms of modern communication. Lodging consisted of bunking down in the dust and fly-infested corridors of a blasted presidential palace, with broken glass strewn everywhere.Power was out more often than not, so there was no air conditioning to combat the 110-

Cal Poly Pomona engineering professor Farouk Darweeshserved as deputy director of the Iraqi Reconstruction andDevelopment Council, a group of Iraqi exiles working with thePentagon to help create a temporary government.

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the student body to return in the firstmonth, that would be a success, he says.

“The day the school started, those whohad transportation jammed the roads to theschools. People were walking from everydirection. It was so moving,” he says. “By theend of the second day, we were averagingbetter than 80 percent. By the end of thesecond week, it was 95 percent. It showedhow people trusted the new leadership, andthey wanted to work with the new order.”

It wasn’t easy for the students. Besidestransportation issues, they had no black-boards and almost no books. Sciencecourses had to be taught without the bene-fit of hands-on experiments because therewas no equipment. Early on, the studentbody was overwhelmingly male, asfemales did not feel it was safe enough totravel to and from school. But the studentbody and university community figured outways to bring women back. Female-onlydorms were set up, so women from outly-ing areas could stay on campus, and volun-teers provided security. Men volunteeredto rent vehicles and drive the women toschool and back.

The new curriculum requires studentsto take courses in human rights, women’srights, childhood and senior issues andconflict resolution. Darweesh says he’sproud of that curriculum and all of thework done to bring back education in Iraq.

“We’re opening the doors to peoplefrom all nationalities, people with differentviews to come participate in theseprograms. We really plan to turn thingsaround,” he says.

Though he’s returned to his classes forFall Quarter at Cal Poly Pomona, Darweeshhasn’t left his work in Iraq behind. He’s indaily contact with team members still incountry doing work with various ministriesand provinces. There is much work thatremains to be done, he says.

“I anticipate I will be going back manytimes,” he says. ■

available. However, to use this power wisely, everyone must be concerned about computersecurity. On an Internet-connected campus such as Cal Poly Pomona’s, security is only asgood as the weakest link. If a Cal Poly Pomona computer is infected by a computer virus orworm, secure passwords, e-mail, confidential data and a good reputation are at stake.

To address the university’s need for increased information security, I went on sabbati-cal last fall to work on several initiatives. One of them resulted in a three-year, $900,000National Science Foundation grant awarded to Cal Poly Pomona and Mt. San AntonioCollege, effective July 1, 2003. The grant supports the development of informationsystems security curriculum, programs, certifications and articulation agreements. Asecond initiative involved Cal Poly Pomona receiving formal certification from the NationalSecurity Agency and the Committee on National Security Systems acknowledging that theuniversity’s information assurance curriculum meets strict national security standards. CalPoly Pomona is currently the only university in the California State University system and inSouthern California to receive this award. I also developed a new course, Internet Security,which I began teaching in Winter Quarter 2003.

There are a number of new information security laws that will have a direct effect onthe university, including California Senate Bill 1386 and the Gramm Leach Bliley (GLB)Financial Modernization Act. In April 2002, hackers broke into computer systems at theTeale Data Center, which maintains personal information on 265,000 California stateemployees. As a result of this security breach, California state legislators passed SB 1386.The law, which took effect this past July, requires notification to California residents forany breach to the security of a system (including the CSU’s) where there is a reasonablebelief that an unauthorized person has acquired their unencrypted personal information.Likewise, GLB requires financial institutions to take steps to ensure the security and confi-dentiality of customer records such as names, addresses, phone numbers, bank and creditcard account numbers, income and credit histories and Social Security numbers.

Cal Poly Pomona takes its responsibility of protecting personal information very seri-ously. However, all signs indicate that more damaging computer viruses and worms willoccur in the future. The university’s division of instructional & information technology isresponsible for not only the availability of our campus network but also the privacy andintegrity of information on our central campus servers. By partnering with the campuscommunity to support greater network and desktop security, risk assessment, incidentresponse and security awareness education and training, I hope that stories such asProfessor Smith’s will remain fiction. I look forward to working with all members of the CalPoly Pomona community to help promote the power and responsibility of the Internet. ■

Dan Manson ’85, MSBA, IS Auditing, has been a Cal Poly Pomona faculty member

since 1987 and a professor in the computer information systems department since

1992. In addition to teaching, Manson is the campus information security officer.

degree heat. (Then again, air conditionersand fans had largely been stolen ordestroyed by defeated Baathists.) Theteam didn’t get to stay in a hotel untilnearly the end of their time in Iraq; theypiled three to a room and consideredshowers a welcome luxury.

Additionally, the potential of harm waseverywhere. There was no formal security:the army had dissolved, and the policeforce was in its bare infancy. Remnants ofthe ousted regime were always ready tostrike in some way. Darweesh remembersthe day when four different bombs werefound planted in university student centers.If gone unnoticed, they would have“caused maximum carnage,” he says. Healso remembers the day multiple bombswere found at the central bus station, justbefore rush hour.

“For people to go from having lifecontrolled to the finest details to literallynothing to secure them now, withremnants of the old regime armed to theteeth and attacking, it’s that kind of terrorthey are being exposed to,” Darweeshsays. “We worried, what if they attackedany of these educational centers? Werelied on volunteers who were not armedbut kept an eye on things.”

About 3 percent of the country’s existingfaculty and staff at university level weresummarily dismissed from their positions as

part of a process of “debaathification,” Darweesh says. Largely political appointees, none wasqualified for the position held. Since then, elections helped fill top university posts.

“These are not academics as you are accustomed to. These people kidnapped andtortured others,” he says. “They served the regime and were granted Ph.D.s and given highranks in the party.”

Some of those people can apply for amnesty. There are plans to eventually set up a truthand reconciliation commission similar to the South Africa program that ran in the years afterapartheid. But to qualify, the dismissed people will have to turn in arms and admit their rolesin any human rights violations.

“We still have about 300,000 missing, and somebody has to tell us who the 300,000are,” Darweesh says. “We have a huge number of mass graves all over the place. People areentitled to know what happened to their loved ones.”

When the elections for university leadership were held in early May, Darweesh was atBaghdad University to watch the proceedings. The Baathists tried to work the system to theiradvantage, bringing in busloads of academics to the polls. But to their surprise, when thesecret ballots were tallied, the Baathists were defeated, winning less than 5 percent of lead-ership positions among university faculty.

“The leadership was very upset with its rank and file breaking away,” Darweesh says.“Overnight there was a sea change.”

The next step was bringing back the students, and Darweesh’s team didn’t know whatwas going to happen when doors were opened May 17. If they could get half of

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Darweesh has been teaching in theindustrial & manufacturing engineeringdepartment for nearly 20 years.

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and night. You have to get out there andtalk to people, and you hope you’ll get theright message out to them.”

Carona was born and raised in SantaMonica. He made his way to OrangeCounty in 1976 with his first law enforce-ment job in the marshal’s office where heworked in detention, jail operations and

By Jessica Durkin

ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE CARONA OPTED TO STAY OUT OF THIS YEAR’S CALIFORNIA RECALL ELECTION

despite his wave of regional popularity and close talks with California Governor-elect ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

“You know, I am already a politician,” says Carona, a ’92 management & humanresources graduate. “I got elected to this job, and I’m really proud to represent citizens.There will be something after sheriff; I don’t know what that’s going to be. There was arumor that I was going to run for the U.S. Senate — I’ve dispelled that rumor, and now,because of the recall, there was a rumor that I was going to run for governor.”

The Republican Party began courting the sheriff after hiscollaborative work two years ago with Schwarzenegger onProposition 49, the state’s after-school program. After the twomade public appearances together, a buzz soon developedabout Schwarzenegger running for governor, with Caronarunning for lieutenant governor.

“You just get partnered up with people, so that’s where therumors start,” he says. “We developed a great friendship, andour families get along well with each other. The relationshipworked, but I’ve got a couple more years of this term before Ican make any decisions about what I’m going to do.”

Carona, who is sheriff of the second-largest county in thestate and fourth largest in the United States, has completednearly two years of his second 4-year term. Although he sayshe has been enjoying his public service, getting there hasbeen a long road through many facets of law enforcement. In2002, Carona was inadvertently thrust into the limelight forhis department’s swift handling of 4-year-old SamanthaRunnion’s abduction and murder in Orange County.

The sheriff headed the largest manhunt in the county’shistory and found the perpetrator in just a few days. The casegalvanized the nation, bringing widespread publicity to thedepartment and the sheriff.

He was appointed to his former positions of countybailiff and then marshal, but Carona had to be elected to hiscurrent post. In his first campaign for sheriff, Carona raisedabout $700,000 and won with 54 percent of the vote. His re-election was the most expensive sheriff’s campaign in thehistory of Orange County, where he raised $1 million despiterunning uncontested.

“Campaigning is a full-contact sport,” Carona says of thehuge undertaking. “Running statewide is obviously morecomplicated, but I don’t know that it really changes much. Thecore components of campaigning are the same. You have toraise money to get your message out there, you have to havea great campaign team and then you just have to work day

court lock-up, among other assign-ments. He eventually was promoted tomarshal, a job he held for 10 years,and in 1998, Carona became sheriff.

He now leads an organization ofmore than 4,000 employees andmanages a half-billion-dollar budget.Some of the department’s current prior-ities are working on a terrorism taskforce with the FBI and Homeland Secu-rity, determining the security needs ofnewly developed cities within thecounty and aggressively cracking downon gangs.

“I get a real thrill out of watchinghow people’s lives change,” he says oflaw enforcement. “We do a lot of workwith kids and that’s incredibly reward-ing for me. Law enforcement is serviceoriented, no matter what you are doing,and you will be doing something thatbenefits the community. Also, it’s aquasi-military role — your objective isto take care of the community: to makesure things are safe. You get a chanceto do it in a variety of ways. I find it tobe really exciting.”

When Carona’s term expires in2006, he will be just 51 years old withoptions that might include pursuingthe road to Sacramento or stayingcloser to home.

“This concept of lieutenant gover-nor isn’t out of the realm of possibil-ity,” he says. “A lot of things canhappen between now and when thenext election cycle comes up forstatewide office.” ■

Orange County Sheriff MIKE CARONA ’92 Envisions a Political Future for Himself

ANA MARTINEZ-HOLLER ‘85Helps Immortalize Celebritiesin Hollywood Walk of FameBy Jessica Durkin

On a hot summer day in front of the Kodak Theatre, communica-tion alumna Ana Martinez-Holler was overseeing the 2,236th starembedded in the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame. This particular

day belonged to Robert Duvall.Camera shutters clicked, and video rolled in hopes of capturing the star’s gaze. The

media crowd itself was a good cross section of entertainment journalism: Access Holly-wood, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, CBS and E! were among those allowed within thecordoned event area. Holler watched every moment of the event carefully as she stood nextto Duvall’s entourage under a VIP awning.

This was all a typical workday for Holler, who graduated in 1985 with a bachelor’s incommunication. Holler is director of public relations for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce,the organization behind the Walk of Fame, a five-acre area of sidewalks that is a popular touristattraction dedicated to luminaries in various entertainment categories.

She is involved in every stage of a Walk ceremony, from helping choose which “talent”will be immortalized in terrazzo and bronze, to coordinating the publicity and ensuring thededication goes smoothly.

Holler’s career in the entertainment industry began with an internship at KNBC as ajunior during the 1984 Summer Olympics. After graduation, she took a position at CBS Tele-vision City as a page working on game shows.

“I didn’t really know where I was going to go to work until I got the KNBC internship, sothat’s what pretty much pushed me toward Hollywood. I knew there would be variety.”

Although she was looking for something that would lead to contacts with the majorstudios, Holler answered an ad in The Hollywood Reporter for a receptionist position at theHollywood Chamber. She was soon promoted to publicist, a job she has held for 16 years.

“In publicity, every day is different. With two or three ceremonies a month, I’m dealingwith people on a constant basis,” Holler says.

In addition to the event planning and media work, Holler scouts suitable locations forstar placement. She also works with a committee to choose those who will be invited tohave a star dedicated the following year.

Holler says that while most celebrities enjoy the honor, some well-known names haveturned down a Hollywood star, while others get nominated more than once.

“The most difficult part of my job is being the one to say ‘I’m sorry, but your person didn’tget selected,’” she says. “People keep trying for years to get this person in, and every year, Ihave to tell them the bad news.”

The stars run the stretch of sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard between Gower and La Breaand along both sides of Vine from Yucca to Sunset. Oscar winners sometimes get placed in frontof the Kodak Theatre, while other celebrity locations get chosen differently.

“I put Farrah Fawcett in front of a hair salon because she is so famous for her hair. Weput the Rugrats in front of a toy store,” she says.

Holler’s first ceremony event as Chamber publicist was for rock and roll singer Bob Seger.Now, 300 stars later, she says she doesn’t get star struck, although she admits that “SophiaLoren was great, but I think because I’ve done it for so long, I don’t get fazed.”

She credits the university for preparing her well for her career.“I think Cal Poly Pomona and my PR studies have helped me,” she says. “There are lots of

personalities you have to deal with, and I think I have learned to deal with people well.” ■

An Officer and a POLITICIAN

“I get a real thrill out ofwatching how people’s liveschange. Law enforcement isservice oriented.”

Among the STARS

“There are lots of personalities you have to deal with,and I think I have learned to deal with people well.”

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LORI DICARLO REMEMBERS THE DAY SHE MADE HER

first career decision.“I’ll never forget it. At 21, I told my

parents that I wanted to become a correc-tions officer. They replied, “Are you sure?”

But after 28 years in the system, there isno doubt that she made the right decision.The ’78 behavioral science alumna nowsupervises more than 1,800 employees asthe warden of the California Institution for

Men (CIM) in Chino. One of the state’s largest penitentiaries, this multi-level prison coversabout 10 square miles and houses 6,500 inmates.

“I had no idea what the Department of Corrections was all about — no idea,” says DiCarlo. As she explored professional options, DiCarlo began looking at internships. A sergeant

named Rochester Jackson made a presentation to a behavioral science class about theDepartment of Corrections, inspiring her to tour the Norco Rehabilitation Center.

“I started talking to him more and more about the system and found it very interesting,”DiCarlo says.

In her tenure, she has served at almost every level from correction officer for four yearsto counselor, supervising counselor, labor relations analyst, captain, associate warden andfinally to chief deputy warden. DiCarlo assumed her current title in November 2000, thesecond female warden in the history of CIM Chino.

As professionals, wardens and other members of the correctional system face stereo-types perpetuated by films and television. DiCarlo points out that these stereotypes arecompletely the opposite of reality.

“I like to bring folks in to visit on tours, as well as speak with community groups, todemonstrate that there are extraordinary people working in these settings, both men andwomen. They are very talented and well educated. It is good to dispel those myths. A chal-lenging environment — sure enough. But it is not like [television’s] Oz or The Castle.”

For DiCarlo, life is anything but routine. “This job is flat-out interesting,” she says.

“You may come to work thinking you will haveone kind of day but that will change in aheartbeat. Throughout the year, we havehundreds of incidents.”

Those incidents can range from a cellextraction (where an inmate needs to be forciblyremoved from his cell) to a full-fledged meleeinvolving hundreds of inmates. That was thecase in April 2002, when 160 inmates were

involved in a large riot involving mutualcombat. As a result of the efforts in control-ling an extraordinary situation without anyloss of life or serious injury, 72 members ofthe correctional and medical team wereawarded a state unit citation.

DiCarlo’s professional challenges gobeyond supervising the inmates. The statebudget crisis has created the unenviableposition of supporting a facility in declininghealth. The original prison was built in 1941and designed to house 285 inmates with 50staff in a minimum-security environment.New buildings have been added to managea burgeoning population, but funds to main-tain the infrastructure have been scarce.

“I would love to get these folks somemore equipment,” says DiCarlo. “We havephysical plant issues that are phenomenal.The toughest part of this job is managingthe resources to support the team.”

Working day-to-day in an extremelyvolatile environment has created a bondbetween DiCarlo and her coworkers.

“I am most proud of the staff andwhat they are able to accomplish withthe challenging resources and the envi-ronment in which we work. It neverceases to amaze me.” ■

By Jessica Durkin

Walter Allen III lives by a simpleedict: he believes that people are inher-ently good, and he just wants to makesure they are taken care of.

“The thing that I’ve always attemptedto do throughout my career is serve thepeople,” says Allen, mayor of Covina andassistant chief in California’s Depart-ment of Justice, Bureau of NarcoticsEnforcement.

Serving communities is secondnature to him. After working on cityplanning commissions as a student atCal Poly Pomona, the urban & regionalplanning alumnus found his job wasmore about zoning codes and less aboutdirect involvement with the people hewas building communities for.

“As urban planners, we wanted to siton Mt. Olympus and make the worldbetter by using that paint brush to buildall these beautiful communities andmake everybody get along, with allthose idealistic thoughts anddreams,” Allen says.

To Serve and PROTECTAlthough his dreams as a student are still intact, the way he approaches them have

changed.Allen grew up in Oakland with boyhood aspirations of a military career, however a

medical discharge kept him from the Air Force Academy so instead, he joined the CivilAir Patrol, rising to cadet lieutenant colonel. He also pursued higher education, andwhile at Cal Poly Pomona, he became the university’s first black student body presidentin 1973.

“When I came to the university, the atmosphere was highly charged,” he says. “Wehad everything from war protests to streakers running across campus. I mainly dealt withgetting the university union built and maintaining the best possible student services.”

After graduating, Allen worked in several law enforcement capacities including astint in the Chino Police Department, becoming a patrol corporal, a SWAT teammember and field training officer. In 1981, he joined the state’s justice department as aspecial agent. Originally assigned to crack white-collar crime cases, Allen was trans-ferred to narcotics fieldwork, a job that entailed selling drugs undercover in the LosAngeles area to both petty criminals and big traffickers alike.

Allen was asked in 1996 by Covina’s police chief to address the city council on themethamphetamine drug trend starting in L.A. county. At that time, about 8-10 meth labshad been taken down in the city of Covina, and the police chief called on Allen to helpthe city establish proactive drug enforcement.

Impressed with what they saw, members of the city council suggested he run for office.Allen ended up being the third top vote-getter in 1997 and getting elected for a second term

in 2001. Since then, Allen has become mayor.“Every city council I’ve ever worked with, it’s been

the good, the bad and the ugly. But this council, it’sbeen 100 percent good,” he says. “The financialdilemma that we are in is the biggest challenge, andwe are going to use the learn-by-doing method towork our way through it.”

Allen stays grounded with all the challenges hefaces in his two high-profile jobs through strong reli-gious beliefs and unwavering support from his wife,Patricia, herself a Cal Poly Pomona graduate.

As a student, Allen says he was taught to “adapt,improvise and overcome.” Those actions have helpedthe mayor and assistant chief take what comes alonggracefully.

“Cal Poly Pomona taught me how to get throughevents, critical areas of concern and have the attitudethat no matter how adverse the situation is, you canalways figure out a way to deal with it,” he says. ■

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Warden LORI DICARLO ’78 Accepts Challenges of Working Behind Bars

By Ron Fremont

“The thing that I’ve always attempted to dothroughout my career is serve the people.”

WALTER ALLEN III ’75Builds CommunitiesOne Person at a Time

“There are extraordinary people workingin these settings, both men and women.They are very talented and well educated.It is good to dispel those myths.”

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Scholarly PURSUITS

ADVANCING THEUNIVERSITY

By Matthew Chin

CAL POLY POMONA SENIOR LASHANNA JONES WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THIS PAST JUNE AFTER

hearing she was one of two inaugural winners of the Chief Kimberly A. Plater Scholarship.“I was in shock for two days,” Jones says. “I kind of had to repeat to myself, ‘you are

a recipient.’”Jones, a sociology major with a minor in women’s studies, had received a few scholar-

ships starting with $200 from the Black Faculty and Staff Association as a freshman in 1999.Throughout her time at Cal Poly Pomona, scholarships have helped Jones pay fees, books,school supplies and rent.

But the exhilaration of being awarded one has not grown old. And even more importantthan the $500 that she was awarded this year, Jones felt particularly proud of the publicservice emphasis required for the scholarship, which the recently retired university policechief established.

“It makes you feel good about beinga student — it’s the fruit of your labor,”she says of a scholarship.

Jones works as an educator in thecampus’s Stop Violence grant office,teaches her peers about sexual assaultand domestic violence issues and wantsto use her work to springboard into asocial services career.

After graduation, she plans to earn amaster’s degree in social work then enter aPh.D. program in clinical psychology.Following the completion of her education,Jones wants to open her own clinic to offercounseling, community resources and courtadvocacy for low-income minority women.

For Plater, the idea of starting ascholarship began about a year beforeshe retired in October 2002 after 12 yearsof service.

“She didn’t want a big party or a lotof presents, she wanted something moremeaningful, and funding a scholarship toassist students was a fitting way to exitthe university after being here for such along time,” says Debbi McFall, the campus emergency servicescoordinator and chair of the scholarship selection committee.

Plater wanted students headed into public service careers tobe recognized while at Cal Poly Pomona, and she wanted thescholarship to emphasize active community service.

Jones was one awardee. Melissa McDermott, a seniorbehavioral sciences major, was the other.

“I think what we saw in all the top contenders is a really deepcommitment to making a positive impact once they graduate,”McFall says. “It’s very inspiring to see.”

Pomona, believes his well-rounded achieve-ments helped him earn scholarships. Thisyear, Quick received the California RetiredTeachers Scholarship, Pomona Valley.

Quick played soccer for the Broncoswhile working toward his computer sciencedegree. He kept high grades and helpeddesign Web sites on campus. As a side job,he now freelances as a Web site designer.Quick wants to teach elementary school inthe Inland Empire.

Quick says the biggest step in getting ascholarship was the first one — going inand filling out the paperwork. It was a stepthat was well worth the effort.

“It reduces any financial burden, I don’thave to work, and I can do my school work,”Quick says of his scholarship. “I think that’show I’ve kept my GPA pretty high.”

It’s goal-minded students like Quick andJones who remind university supporterswhy they’ve decided to contribute to schol-arship programs.

“There are always brilliant people orhard-working people who pay their owntuition, and they need to be recognized,”says Jim Jones, a retired U.S. Air Forcelieutenant colonel who has helped set upseveral scholarships at the university.

Some notable Cal Poly Pomonascholarships include the following:■ Edison CSU Scholarship is availableto teaching credential majors. The award is$5,000 for the year.■ Los Angles Times Scholarship isopen to students of any major who are inter-ested in a career in newspapers or a relatedfield. The award is $2,500 for the year.■ Graduate Equity Scholarship is aneed-based scholarship open to graduatestudents only and awards $3,000 for theacademic year.■ University Scholars Program recog-nizes some of Cal Poly Pomona’s highest-achieving incoming freshmen. Renewable forfour years, this award pays for fees andoffers a price reduction on campus housing.

To find out how you can help support

university scholarships, call Ron Simons,

associate vice president for university

development, at (909) 869-4996.

The Plater scholarship is just one ofmore than 200 scholarships available exclu-sively for Cal Poly Pomona students.

Some emphasize leadership and campusinvolvement while others seek high acade-mics. Still others are more specific, such asthose for certain majors or that give priority toCal Poly Pomona alumni family members.

Scholarship coordinator Peggy Campbellnotes that a few scholarships were notawarded this year due to a lack of funds. Alagging economy kept some scholarshipendowments from earning enough moneyto award to students.

But that hasn’t stopped students fromcoming to the scholarship office and apply-ing. After all, annual CSU fees were raisedover the summer by $474 for undergradu-ates and $522 for graduate students due tothe state’s budget woes.

Campbell notes that across the board,all successful scholarship applicants haveone thing in common.

“They’re achievers,” she says withouthesitation. “They’re willing to go aftersomething.”

Jeff Quick, a 2002 graduate now workingon his teaching credential at Cal Poly

Virtual VisitBioTrek Web Site Endowment Ensures WorldwideAccess to Gardens and ResearchBy Jennifer Parsons

The College of Science has received a generous $270,000 gift from the Ernest PreteJr. Foundation that will open the BioTrek educational experience to the world — ormore precisely, the World Wide Web.

“Now students anywhere in the world will have a chance to share in the experi-ence of visiting a rainforest without having to actually be in one or even be here oncampus,” says Richard Pumerantz, director of development for the College of Science.“It’s all here on our Web site, without the need for any special software.”

BioTrek and its three Rain Bird Learning Centers provide hands-on and electroniclearning experiences of the world’s tropical rainforests, native gardens and aquaticenvironments of California and the tropics. The on-campus project, which opened inOctober 2002, is managed by the university’s Biological Sciences department and andis named for the Rain Bird Corporation, a leading manufacturer of irrigation equipment.

The Ernest Prete Jr. Foundation has endowed in perpetuity the BioTrek Web site(www.csupomona.edu/~biotrek). This is the first time a Web site has been endowedwithin the 23-campus California State University system, and coordinators believe itmay also be the first in the history of the Internet.

The endowment also provides for the creation of the Ernest Prete Jr. Global AccessProject, which will allow online visitors an opportunity to use video cameras, teleme-try and Internet resources to explore BioTrek’s indoor rainforest, ethnobotany gardensand aquatic research laboratories. Through live webcams, visitors will be able to scanthe rainforest to view various plants in their environments or watch a SpectacledCaiman feed on small fish and mice. From the university’s site, they may link to otherrainforests in Venezuela or Malaysia. In the near future, short video clips will be incor-porated that will allow visitors to learn, for example, about the California Poppy,through a virtual classroom experience with Cal Poly Pomona faculty.

“BioTrek struck me as being a great cause and a great project,” says MohammadVirani, president of the Ernest Prete Jr. Foundation. “It’s a really proactive approach tothe environment rather than reactive. It’s great that we’ll be able to provide help increating awareness of rainforests and their effects on the planet.”

"It makes you feel goodabout being a student,"says scholarship recipientLaShanna Jones.

Teaching credentialstudent Jeff Quick creditshis scholarship withhelping him focus onschool work.

Mike Brown checks one of the webcamsat the Rain Bird BioTrek Rainforest thatfeatures assorted examples of tropicallife, such as this dragonfly.

Academic AwardsHelp DeservingStudents Focus onStudying and Excelling

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Northridge after the earthquake, the Friend-mobile is about saving children from failure.

The program emerged from a growingneed in the community, and Cal PolyPomona and its professors were considereda resource.

“There were parents calling saying ‘I havea child who has a learning problem.’ Orfrom other professionals saying ‘I have afamily that needs services, but they can‘tafford them. Do you have anything at theuniversity that the family can utilize?’” saysFriendly Thomas.

University members got to work creat-ing such a program. Friendly Thomas incor-porated a lab component into her psycho-logical assessment course that wouldprovide a family with free or low-costaccess to a battery of tests that could costup to $1,000. Participation for Cal PolyPomona students was built into theprogram from the start, allowing them toobserve a real-world diagnostic processand use data collected for research.

Not long after its 1986 founding, theDiagnostic and Screening Clinic for Infantsand Children, as it was known then, had awaiting list. Although it lacked formal fund-ing, the program used university facilities,and through a rotational system, at leastone of the founding professors was able todevote a quarter fulltime to the clinic.Support staff absorbed the associated extracalls and paperwork.

After the Rodney King riots in 1992created a flood of federal funds designatedto serve economically disadvantaged urban

REACHING OUTLife Estate Funds Distinguished Lectureship

The university recently received a private resi-dence, along with other related estate assets, madepossible through a charitable gift vehicle called the“Life Estate Reserved.” Through a provision in thisgiving program, the late Mrs. June Dale had contin-ued to live in her home even after she gifted herpersonal residence to the university. Mrs. Dale’sproperty was to be liquidated upon her death andproceeds to be used in establishing an endoweddistinguished lectureship in urban & regional plan-ning named after her late husband, Bill Dale, whofounded the program.

Mrs. Dale received a sizable tax credit formaking this gift even though she did not have togive up her home or make any changes in herlifestyle for as long as she lived.

Once the home became available, it was sold ata special faculty / staff housing sale programthrough the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation whereby aqualified buyer was able to purchase the home forconsiderably less than the market price. Eventually,the new faculty / staff buyer can sell the house butonly under certain conditions that include a sale toanother qualified faculty / staff buyer.

Through the generosity of Mrs. Dale, thisendowment will last in perpetuity. The principle,amounting to more than $500,000, will continue toproduce significant annual earnings to fund thislectureship.

For more information on this unique form ofgiving, or to make a gift that can return guar-anteed income for your life and the life ofyour spouse, please contact:

RON SIMONS Associate Vice President for

University Development

CALL(800) 722-5765 or (909) 869-4996

E-MAIL rrsimons@csupomona.edu

MAILCal Poly Pomona,

3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, CA 91768

areas, a consortium of projects from the California State University cametogether to vie for such funds. Matching funding criteria, the Mobile Unitwas part of the three-year Department of Education grant.

“We were already looking for community resources,” Friendly Thomassays. “For us, we didn’t have to develop anything, but we had the problem ofthe physical space.”

In stepped Ronald McDonald Corp. Children’s Charities, providing $40,000for the purchase and conversion of an RV into a fully functional mobile office.

What became known casually as the Mobile Unit finally hit the road in1994. The federal grant limited coverage to certain areas within the city ofLos Angeles, but the McDonald’s money had no such limits. When educationauthorities in Los Angeles County awarded a grant to provide services tohomeless families in Pomona, the Mobile Unit was on the scene.

“We would operate on one grant one day a week and another grantanother day a week,” Friendly Thomas says. “We didn’t know how muchmoney we would get and when that money would arrive,” she says.

The program staff had difficulties setting a schedule and informingcommunities about available services because of the piecemeal fundingsources. Ultimately, this also reduced effectiveness.

“People have come, and people have gone, dedicating themselves to theMobile Unit. I want this to continue comfortably after we’re all gone,” saysFriendly Thomas, who adds that the program has helped nearly 1,000students and estimates it will serve about 600 more children and familiesover the next two years.

Thanks to a $100,000 gift raised at Founders’ Celebration 2002, theMobile Unit will be able to reach more youth in need. It was renamed in trib-ute to Ennis Cosby, the late son of comedian Bill Cosby, the featuredperformer at the university’s fund-raising gala. Ennis Cosby had devoted histime to children’s causes before he was murdered in 1997.

For the first time in a long time, the program was able to set an advanceschedule to help the community.

Another grant of $50,000 was recently received from the Weingart Foun-dation. Of those funds, $25,000 was realized immediately, with the remaining$25,000 to be considered a challenge match that must be raised by June 2004.

For information on how you can support the Ennis W. Cosby Child &Family Service Program and Friendmobile, contact Lisa Nashua, directorof development for the College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences, at(909) 869-6848.

By Pam Noles

THE LITTLE GIRL WAS 11 YEARS OLD, A FOSTER CARE SYSTEM SURVIVOR WHO HAD BEEN ADOPTED INTO A

home. She was brought to the Friendmobile by her mother, who had heard that this recre-ational vehicle, staffed by professors and students from Cal Poly Pomona, offered help tochildren struggling in school.

“Nicole” had problems in math. At the Friendmobile, she was assigned a mentor and atutor. One day, six weeks after she arrived, Nicole handed a note to the woman in charge.She asked her to read it, smiled and then darted out the door.

Dr. Felicia Friendly Thomas, a professor in Cal Poly Pomona’s department of psychologyand sociology, was brought to tears by the child’s words. The story was about a little girlwho was lost in the forest and could not find a way out. Along came a person who took herby the hand and led her out of the woods.

Although Nicole gave herself a fictional name in the story, she used the real name of hertutor for the rescuer. Because somebody cared, she went back to school, started answeringquestions and realized she was the smartest kid in the class.

What’s more, this wasn’t the first time Friendly Thomas had experienced such a heartfeltexpression of gratitude.

“We hear stories like that from kids we see who risk being held back,” says FriendlyThomas, clinical director and founder of the program. “At the end of the year, the student isable to move forward with the class. They are happy, and the parents are so grateful.”

This is the mission of the Ennis W. Cosby Child & Family Service Program and Friendmo-bile — to help students and families in crisis. The program provides free diagnostic servicesfor youths up to age 18 with emotional and behavioral problems, along with counseling,tutoring, parenting classes, youth mentors and learning disability support.

Although it has undergone several name changes since its 1986 launch, its core missionhas remained steadfast. Whether working with Pomona-area schoolchildren in their neighbor-hoods, cruising into South Central in the aftermath of the Rodney King riots or heading to

Diagnostic and CounselingCenter Makes House Calls

to Kids in Crisis

Have Lab,Will Travel

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Professor Felicia Friendly Thomas estimatesthe Friendmobile will help 600 families and children likebrothers Andrew and Gabriel over the next two years.

Psychology senior and Friendmobilevolunteer Mark Smith helps Stephenwith a school project.

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Hospitality Career Expo 2004Feb. 19 — More than 50 of the industry’sleading hospitality and service companieswill be on hand to talk with jobseekersabout full-time, part-time and internshipopportunities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.(909) 869-2341.

Being EarnestFeb. 20 to 29 — The Theatre Departmentpresents its Winter Quarter production ofOscar Wilde’s “The Importance of BeingEarnest,” a sophisticated satire often pass-ing as a comedy of manners. Ticket prices

are $14 for general admission and $8for seniors and those with Cal PolyPomona identification. Advance tick-ets are $2 off. (909) 869-3800.

Engineering Open HouseFeb. 28 — Held on the last day ofNational Engineers Week, this annualevent features lab tours, departmentsessions, student projects and morefrom 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the newEngineering Complex.www.csupomona.edu/~engineering.

Home for the Holidays Dec. 18 to 21 — Enjoy a holiday openhouse at Kellogg House Pomona, once theWest Coast home of university benefactorW.K. Kellogg. Visitors will enjoy the historiclandmark in holiday decorations from 11 a.m.to 7 p.m. (909) 869-2272.

Rose Float Deco WeekDec. 26 to 31 — Help the award-winningCal Poly Pomona and San Luis Obispo teamdecorate their 2004 Tournament of RosesParade float entry, “Bob’s Barnacle Band.”For information, call Janetta McDowell at (909) 869-3642.

Ink & Clay 30Jan. 8 to Feb. 14 — Ink &

Clay 30 will representthe best of printmaking

and ceramic art from anational juried exhibition at

the W. Keith and JanetKellogg University ArtGallery. The juror is HollisGoodman, associate curatorof Japanese Art at the LosAngeles County Museum ofArt. (909) 869-4301.

Engineering / Hi-Tech Job FairJan. 29 — Bring your resumes to theBronco Student Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.and meet potential employers in the hi-techindustry. (909) 869-2341.

An Evening With The

Meet Cal Poly Pomona’s Fifth PresidentSpring 2004 — From Sacramento inMarch, Pasadena in April to VenturaCounty in May, President Ortiz and hiswife, Betty, will meet alumni and universityfriends at a series of regional receptions.For confirmed dates and more information,see www.calpolypomonaalumni.com or call(909) 869-2963.

Found Space FestivalMay 13 to 23 — During Spring Quarter, theTheatre Department presents a series of one-act plays held outdoors including “Mud” and“Speak Spanish for Me,” as well as severalother one-acts written and directed bystudents. Each performance is on location atCal Poly Pomona. (909) 869-3800.

BRONCO ATHLETICS

Below is a select listing of upcoming events. For information onthese or other home games, call (909) 869-2812.

W / Men’s Basketball vs. Cal State San Bernardino —Conference OpenersSat., Dec. 13 5:30 / 7:30

W / Men’s Basketball vs. Cal State L.A. Fri., Jan. 23 5:30 / 7:30

Pack The Gym Night — W / Men’s Basketball vs. Cal State StanislausFri., Feb. 6 5:30 / 7:30

National Girls and Women inSports Day — Women’sBasketball vs. CS BakersfieldSat., Feb. 7 5:30

Baseball Doubleheader vs. CS San BernardinoSat., Feb. 14 Noon

Cal Poly Pomona Presents

Kellogg House Pomona is all deckedout for a holiday open house.

Founders’ Celebration

EVENTSCALENDAR

Calendar events are open to the public. Campus parking costs $4. For more information, visit http://polycentric.csupomona.edu and click on

“What’s happening at Cal Poly Pomona.”

Performing at Founders’ Celebration, Cal Poly Pomona’s premier social and support gala

Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004

Pacific Palms Resort, City of Industry

Private table of 10 starting at $3,500 Individual seats $375IRS regulations require the deduction of $85 from your

donation for each individual seat.

For more information or to make reservations, call (909) 869-4852 or visit

www.founderscelebration.comReservations will be accepted through Feb. 6, 2004, or until filled.

NOTEWORTHYAll concerts are in the Music RecitalHall at 8 p.m., and admission is $7 unlessotherwise noted. For more informationor a complete list of performances, call(909) 869-3554 or visitwww.class.csupomona.edu/mu/Jan. 24 — Janine Riveire presents “OldFavorites,” a fund raiser for string andorchestra scholarshipsJan. 31 — Charles Lindsley MemorialVocal Scholarship Fund raiserFeb. 5 — “Winter Showcase,” a free noonconcert featuring music majors in vocal andinstrumental performances

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