1996_10 The Daily Collegian October 1996

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Wednesday, October 16,1996
News
News Editor: Jim Ward
Telephone: (209) 278-2486
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"Alan Rea and the Sierra Cham¬
ber Opera perform short 25 to 40
minute pocket operas that are like
one act plays," he said. "While at¬
tending one of these performances,
Rea told me he was having trouble
and asked me to help. I gave a criti¬
cal opinion of what was wrong with
it. Rea asked if I'd like to take a
crack at writing the next libretto he
was working on."
Monson has since written eleven
librettos, the latest one being "Cof¬
fee House Cantata" with music by
Bach.
"The original libretto was about
a girl who would rather drink cof¬
fee than get married," Monson said.
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"I wrote it about a girl whose fa¬
ther runs a coffee house in San
Francisco who prefers to drink her
father's coffee and read romance
novels rather than go out with
men."
Monson said while writing his
early librettos he wrote the words
and story first and they were then
set to music by Rea. Then he began
to rewrite librettos for music writ¬
ten by Bach, Mozart and Rossini.
"It is a little easier to do the* lyr¬
ics first." he said. "You have to go
with what is there."
Monson said after giving up
screenwriting he began writing
plays again. He wrote his first plays
in high school.
"I wanted to be the next Arthur
Miller," Monson said. He has had
15 plays produced from 1970 to
1993.
Monson's play "The Nihilist,"
was read by the Center Theatre
Group in Los Angeles in 1970.
"Readings [of plays] are fairly
common. A playwright can hear
interpretations of them,'* Monson
said. "Burt Ward and Martin Sheen
were actors in the reading."
After Monson did a rewrite of
"The Nihilist," a director at Univer¬
sity of California, Davis did a full
production of the play.
Monson said he gets ideas for
plays from everywhere and some of
his ideas require research.
Monson tentatively plans to re¬
tire as a professor at the end of
1997. He wants to travel with his
wife and write.
Subject in possession
of a gun in Lot G
Police log
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will be concerned with is the phone
registration system, which runs off
this mainframe," Michael said.
"Students should have found it
easier and faster to register for
classes this fall compared to Janu¬
ary. Also, any time that a student is
utilizing the services of one of our
offices on campus, they will hope¬
fully be serviced in a faster and
more efficient manner."
The word "mainframe" is actu¬
ally misleading in this case. While
the old 3090 was a true mainframe
computer, the newer 9672 is actu¬
ally an "enterprise" server. While a
mainframe stores and processes in¬
formation at the central computer,
the enterprise server leans more to¬
ward storing data and allowing the
actual processing to be done at in¬
dividual work stations.
"The enterprise server actually
helps us move away from a main¬
frame environment and more to¬
ward a client-server working envi¬
ronment," said associate vice presi¬
dent of Information Systems and
Technology Jim Morris. "So this is
actually a transition machine for
us."
The CCMS established a five-
year lease agreement with IBM for
the new server. According to
Morris, the lease payments total
near $400,000 annually for the new
machine, slightly less than the pay¬
ments on the old server.
Also, because the lease had run
out on the old server, the university
would have been responsible for all
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nents should be equal, but he feels
that the government is too big and
intrusive compared to the other
parts, and that's what he is trying
to change.
"A person can have an idea and
act on it by getting elected into of¬
fice — a position of power, a posi¬
tion to really make a difference,"
Radanovich said.
"The valley itself is conserva¬
tive; if Dole can win the Central
Valley, he will carry California,"
said Leetch. "And 54 votes give
him the election."
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maintenance costs. But along with
the' new lease agreement comes free
maintenance for the next five years.
Another advantage of taking on
a new lease was that it left the uni¬
versity with several options at the
end of the five year period. The
server can be purchased outright at
that time at a minimal cost because
computers, unlike automobiles,
have next/to no value after five
years because of rapid changes in
technology.
Or, the server can be returned at
no cost if CCMS decides to go in
another direction.
"By that time, there could be a
whole new technology that we
know nothing about at this point,"
Michael said. "So this agreement
gives us some flexibility."
The following information was
taken out of the California State
University, Fresno police log,
book. The book is open to the
public. For further information
call 278-2132,
Monday, Oct U— Theft of laptop
computer.
— Subject with dislocated toe.
transported to Health Center.
— Door damaged at Graves
Hall.
—Parking decal taken in Lot A..
—Bike taken from Student
Union.
Sunday, Oct 13 — Theft of ve¬
hicle in red lot.
— Burglary at San Ramon
building room 49.
Saturday, Oct. 12 — Vehicle
towed from 9th and Bulldog for il¬
legal parking.
— Theft of backpack from li¬
brary.
— Subject cited and released for
minor in possession of alcohol.
— Subject cited and released for
minor in possession of alcohol.
— Subject fell and injured ribs
at Bulldog stadium.
— Assault at Bulldog stadium
— Subject cited for exhibition
of speed.
— Subject cited and released for
minor in possession of alcohol.
— Subject cited for open con¬
tainer.
— Subject cited and released for
battery that occurred outside
Graves Hall.
Friday, Oct 11— Subject cited and
released for minor in possession of
alcohol
— Subject in possession of a gun
in Lot G.
— Driver^arrested for driving
while intoxicated.
Thursday, Oct 10 — Subject re¬
ceived annoying phone calls and
letters.
— Subject smoking in Ag Me¬
chanical restrooms.
— Subject is vehicle backed into
vehicle in Lot D.
— Report of bike theft.*
— Smoke from defective light
ballast in University Courtyard
— Subject cited and released for
minor in possession of alcohol.
Wednesday, Oct 9 — Theft-ot
bike at Ag laboratory.
— Letter mailed with disturbing
information.
— Possible harassment at work¬
place.
— Subject removed from I i bran
—Theft of backpack from Resi¬
dence Dining Hall.
— Unknown subject harassing
people in Free Speech Area.
Tuesday, Oct 8—Subject arrested
for outstanding warrants.
— Subject handing out unautho¬
rized fliers. ^
— Student had asthma attack,
transported to hospital by EMS.
— Arson occurred at Cedar and
Sierra.
— Stolen Vehicle from Lot Q.
— Found property in computer
lab at dorms.
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