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Wednesday, March 13,1996,
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Lecture: Lewitzky lecture
mixes in performance
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work/dance major, was impressed
by the dancers' strength.
"It was interesting to see a lec¬
ture and a performance because you
get to see what she's talking about,"
Land said.
"I thought she was incredibly
inspiring," said Boiling, who is try¬
ing to find ways to work with chil¬
dren in the arts.
"She speaks for all the arts," said
Ruth Griffin, professor of theater
arts and coordinator of the dance
• program.
Griffin said she liked Lewitzky's
statement that it is important to
convince the convinced, referring
to her lecture on the importance of
the NEA to an audience that con¬
sisted of many people who were
already sympathetic to the arts.
Lewitzky founded the Lewitzky
Dance Company in 1966, and be¬
fore that worked as a dancer with
the famed Lester Horton.
"The body can charge itself like
a motor force," Lewitzky said. "It
can create energy."
Lewitzky said dance is a special
art because the body is the sole in¬
strument.
"Therefore it celebrates the hu¬
man body as no other art can,"
Lewitzky said.
Moysis Nicolaou — The Daily Collegian
Bella Lewitzky's talk also included performances from her Lewitzky Dance Company.
Data: Deadline for system upgrade Fall 1998
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According to Welty, there are
several plans on how to pay for the
database, since there are no funds
currently available. One of these is
a possible student technology fee.
The amount of such a fee could not
be foreseen at this point.
Other options include redirect¬
ing auxiliary services revenue, pri¬
vate fundraising, sharing equipment
and people with other campuses,
licensing of SIMS-R software or the
use of possible state fee increases.
Whatever the case, funding does
need to be found so that the data¬
base can be installed and the pro¬
cess of upgrading faculty worksta¬
tions can begin. According to
Welty's welcome report, only
$400,000 of the $3 million is de¬
voted to installing the database,
while the rest is for the individual
workstations.
"If we don't have the funding
and commitment by July 1, we
won't make the October 1998 dead¬
line," Jim Morris said, associate
vice president for Information Sys¬
tems and Technology.
Morris said if the database was
nof up by Fall 1998, it would.be
difficult if not impossible to get stu¬
dents enrolled.
"We have to stay focused and
stay on the track we have estab¬
lished," Melanie Bloom said, chair
of the Academic Senate.
Bloom said funding for the
project would probably be a com¬
bination ofseveral ofthe ideas, and
that she did not see anything else
as being adequate.
Welty said the date management
problems are not limited to Califor¬
nia State University, Fresno.
"It's a common problem across
the country," Welty said.
According to Morris, there are
just under 800 faculty workstations
that deal with student records which
will need to be upgraded. These
upgrades include a switch to a
Ethernet system, which enables us¬
ers to transfer data much faster than
the current system.
Morris said workstations which
need little upgrading would cost
between $300 to $900. If the work¬
station needs a wnole new hard
drive, then that cost could climb to
between $1,500 and $2,000, and if
the whole workstation needs to be
redone, then the cost could climb
to as high as $3,500..
John Cagle, chair of the Aca¬
demic Senate Academic Computer
Planning Subcommittee, said that
when the original database was in¬
stalled, the system took so much
hardware to operate, the two-digit
92 would be used instead of 1992.
This was the reason for the date
limitations, but that those who in¬
stalled it looked at the system as
meeting the needs they had at the
time.
"In terms of computing, it's
much Wetter to get a system that
meets your needs right now," Cagle
said.
Morris said that the three main
problems with installing the new
system are: the cost of the Ethernet
extensions, training the users and
financing the system.
Some of the projects that can be
done without the definite funding
are being done right now, such as
training some of the people who
will be involved.
"We're involved in the process
as cheaply as we can," Morris said.
One recommendation made has
been to create a database adminis¬
trator to handle the structure and
security of the new SIMS-R system.
Because the new system will al¬
low students and others to access
their own records, Morris said safe¬
guards and security measures were
seen as important.
Morris said Computing, Com¬
munications and Media Services
personnel will be involved in the
installation of the database, while
admissions and records people will
handle the interface.
One aspect of the changing tech¬
nology needs already taken care of
is the purchase of a new mainframe,
which was installed late last De¬
cember. The new mainframe is dra¬
matically smaller than the old one
and, according to Welty, the utili¬
ties savings alone will pay the cost
of the new equipment.
The new mainframe was in¬
stalled not only to keep up with in¬
creasing technological advances
such as STAR enrollment, but to
facilitate the switch to SIMS-R.
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