Calendar of Coming Events - 04/08/94

NOTE TO REPORTERS AND EDITORS:  Throughout the spring the Office
of University Communications will distribute this weekly list of
upcoming events.  The person listed at the end of each entry will
have the most direct information about the event.  However, feel
free to call on any member of our news services staff for
assistance with these or other Ohio State news stories: Steve
Sterrett, director, 292-8472; Ruth Gerstner, 292-8424; Tom
Spring, 292-8309; Amy Murray, 292-8385.

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS CAMPUS
     All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise
stated.  There is a longer news release for the items marked with
an asterisk.  Call Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-
8424, if you need a copy of the news release.

April 7-11
*NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at the Ohio Union
Ballrooms, 1739 N. High St.  Opening ceremony is 7 to 10 p.m.,
Thursday, April 7.  Display hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April
8, 9, 10; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 11.  Ruth Gerstner,
University Communications, 292-8424.

April 10-May 6
Watercolor Art Display by Deborah Edwards, 1974 Ohio State
graduate.  Second floor gallery, Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St.
Mylayna Albright, 292-0074.

April 12
*Lecture -- Robert N. Bellah, sociologist and co-author of the
best-selling book Habits of the Heart, will speak on "The Role of
the University in Building Community" at 8 p.m. in the Ohio Union
Conference Theatre.  Sponsored by the Office of the President and
the Campus Ministry Association.  Richard Bausman, United
Christian Center, 294-5195.

Colloquim -- "From Playing the Orpharion to Avoiding the Plague:
The Press and Profitability in 16th Century London" by Professor
Judith Rogers of the Department of English.  3:30 p.m., 156
University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall.  Joan Lorenz, 292-7495.

Poetry Reading -- Jim Barnes, professor at Northeast Missouri
State University and winner of an NEA arts fellowship, will read
from his works.  3 p.m., Denney Hall Commons Room, 164 W. 17th
Ave.  Christopher Griffin, 292-2242.

April 13
Faculty Lecture by Mary Beckman, professor of linguistics, on
"Charting the Rhythms and Melodies of Speech.  7:30 p.m., Faculty
Club, 181 S. Oval Drive.  Registration requested.  Call the
College of Humanities office at 292-1882.

Lecture -- "The Heraion at Argos: Results of Recent Work" by
Chris Pfaff, Department of History of Art.  Professor Pfaff will
present results of his architectural survey and analysis of
earlier excavation at the classical temple.  8 p.m., 170 Math
Annex, 209 W. 18th Ave.  Diane Terry, 292-2744.

April 14
News Conference to announce a major corporate donation.  9:30
a.m., President E. Gordon Gee's office, 205 Bricker Hall, 190 N.
Oval Mall.  Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-8424.

April 16
*Television Program -- "Beneath the Surface," 7 p.m., WCMH-TV
(Channel 4).  This program, a joint effort of WCMH 4 and Ohio
State, will take a look at violence and its effects on youth in
central Ohio.  Hosts are Reggie Anglen of University
Communications and Kelly Jackson and Jim Scott of WCMH.
Interviews with young people who have committed or witnessed
violent crimes and with Judge Yvette McGee-Brown, Urban League
President Sam Gresham and others.  Reggie Anglen, 292-8424.

April 18
*Lecture -- Thomas E. Lovejoy of the Smithsonian Institution, a
world renowned conservation biologist, will speak on the
importance of biodiversity at 8 p.m. in the Ohio Union Conference
Theatre, 1739 N. High St.  Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; first come,
first seated.  Sponsored by the seven class honoraries at Ohio
State.  Amy Combs, 291-6651.

April 18-19
*39th annual Ohio Pharmaceutical Seminar -- "Managed Competition
and Pharmaceutical Care: A Challenge for the Profession."  At the
Marriott North, 6500 Doubletree Ave.  Members of the news media
are welcome at all sessions; others must register and pay fees to
attend the sessions.  Alan Escovitz, director of pharmacy
extension, 292-5380.

April 20
Faculty Author Series presents William Allen of the Department of
English, 7:30 p.m. at the Little Professor bookstore in the
Worthington Mall.  Allen will discuss his book Walking Distance:
An Ohio Odyssey, an exploration of the layers of meaning of a
cosmic order.  Shari Lorbach, College of Humanities, 292-1882.
April 23
*State Science Olympiad, 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at various campus
locations.  Headquarters are in the Ohio Union, Buckeye Suites A-
G (third floor).  About 1,200 students in grades 6 to 12,
representing 40 junior high schools and 40 senior schools from
around the state will compete in fun science events.  Sondra Kay
Rhodes or Sarah Sieling, Office of Continuing Education, 292-
8571.

Sports Vision Symposium, noon to 5 p.m., Rhodes Hall Auditorium,
450 W. 10th Ave.  Sponsored by the College of Optometry. Geared
toward sports enthusiasts at all fitness levels and the
professionals who work with them.  Lectures on contact lenses,
eye injuries, protective eyewear, and visual skills in sports.
Demonstrations of state-of-the-art vision equipment.  Terri
Kyser, College of Optometry, 292-1113.

April 24
College of Optometry Career Day, 1-4 p.m., College of Optometry,
352 W. 10th Ave.  Prospective students and others are invited to
tour the college's clinics, laboratories and classrooms; talk
informally with faculty and students; and obtain information on
admission and financial aid.  Melinda McDonald or Annie Pagura,
academic counselors, 292-2647.

May 5
Lecture -- "Get Outa' My Face: Everyday Uses of Writing Among
African American Teenage Girls," by Associate Professor Amy
Shuman of the Department of English and the Center for Folklore
Studies.  Shuman will discuss the ways adolescent moral systems
determine who has the right to talk about whom and where that can
lead.  7:30 p.m., The Ohio State University Black Studies
Community Extension Center, 905 Mt. Vernon Ave.  Gail Summerhill,
College of Humanities, 292-1882.

May 6-8
Parents Weekend.  Friday events include Sphinx senior honor
society's Linking ceremony, campus tours and an evening out in
German Village or at the Short North Gallery Hop.  Saturday's
schedule has an academic information fair, brunch, the Medieval
and Renaissance Festiveal, tours of Greek houses, an open forum
with representatives of university departments, and a family
buffet, and concludes with evening entertainment by Bo Diddley
and his band.  Sunday morning there is a 3-mile fund-raising walk
to support the Parent Association Scholarship Fund and a
concluding brunches at 9 a.m. and noon.  Bill Wahl, Parent
Association, 292-9153.

May 7
Medieval and Renaissance Festival, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the
South Oval and Mirror Lake Hollow.  Musicians, magicians,
jugglers, jesters, dancing troupes, craft vendors and drama.
Sponsored by the Honors Community Association and the Student
Events Committee.  Katie Vulic, Honors Center, 292-3135.


[Submitted by: GERSTNER  (gerstner@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
Fri, 08 Apr 1994 15:00:11 -0500 (EST)]
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