Story Tips for Local Media - 01/17/97

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CAMPUS AREA IMPROVEMENTS DISCUSSED--Jan 17 and 24.  Improvements 
to the neighborhoods around Ohio State will be discussed during 
two public forums this month sponsored by the United Christian 
Center  (UCC). Mike Casto, director of the Campus Collaborative, 
will speak on Friday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. on the topic, "Hands 
Across High Street: Students and Their Neighbors."  The Campus 
Collaborative is composed of more than 30 colleges, departments 
and offices at Ohio State working with Campus Partners to improve 
the University District.  Terry D. Foegler, president of Campus 
Partners, will speak on Friday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. on the topic, 
"The Vision for Ohio State's Neighborhood." Both forum programs 
are free and open to the public and will be held at the United 
Christian Center, 1985 Waldeck Ave. at East 18th Avenue (one 
block  east of High Street).
CONTACT: Steve Sterrett, community relations director for Campus 
Partners, 294-7300.

NEW YEAR-NEW YOU IS TOPIC OF WEIGHT LOSS TALK--Jan. 18.  Deborah 
Waterhouse, author and dietitian, will present the keynote 
address at the program New Year-New You, 8: 30 a.m.-1 p.m., Jan. 
18 at the Center for Wellness and Prevention, 2050 Kenny Rd.  
Waterhouse, author of Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell and Why 
Women Need Chocolate, will discuss how men and women differ in 
their ability to lose weight and she will suggest a healthier 
weight loss approach.  She will present at 9 a.m. and again at 
11:30 a.m.  The program, which is free and open to the public, 
features sessions on fitness, cancer-prevention nutrition, 
psychology of eating, and a discussion with OSU and CompuServe 
employees who have followed Waterhouse's six-step plan for the 
last 12 weeks.  WATERHOUSE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK WITH 
REPORTERS FROM 10:45 A.M. TO 11:15 A.M.
CONTACT: Jennifer Reimer, University Medical Center 
Communications, 293-3737.

PLAY PAYS TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING AND MALCOLM X -- Jan. 20. 
A play dramatizing a fictional meeting between Martin Luther King 
and Malcolm X will be presented at 2 p.m. in the Ohio Union 
Conference Theater, 1739 N. High St.  The play, written by Jeff 
Stetson, examines the similarities  and differences of King and 
Malcolm X on the issues of civil rights and non-violent 
resistance.  A community dialogue with a five-member panel will 
directly follow the performance. 
CONTACT: Cynthia Devese, African American Student Services,
292-6584.

WORKSHOP PROMOTES ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN -- 
Jan. 21. A workshop designed to promote academic excellence, 
student success and out-of-the-classroom contacts between 
undergraduate women, faculty and professional women at Ohio State 
will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Drake Union River Den, 
1849 Cannon Dr.  The workshop, a first in a series of workshops 
designed to integrate the academic and extracurricular experience 
for undergraduate women, is sponsored by the Council on Academic 
Excellence for Women.  
CONTACT: Willa Young, Women Student Services, 292-8473.

JAZZ FEST ON TAP AT WEXNER CENTER--Jan. 21.  The Verve Jazz Fest 
makes a one-night stop at (newly renovated) Mershon Auditorium on 
Tuesday, January 21, at 7:30.  The festival features jazz giants 
from the Charlie Haden Quartet West, the Joe Henderson Trio, and 
the Kansas City All-Stars Band featuring James Carter, Christian 
McBride, and Nicholas Payton.  
CONTACT: Darnell Lautt, Wexner Center for the Arts, 292-0330. 

OHIO STATE TO COMPLETE TRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH COLUMBUS STATE--
Jan. 22.  Ohio State President Gordon Gee and Columbus State 
Community College President Valeriana Moeller will sign a 
transfer articulation agreement at a ceremony at 1:30 p.m. at 
Columbus State.  The new agreement replaces and enhances a 1989 
agreement.  The articulation agreement spells out which courses 
at Columbus State will be accepted for credit and will apply to 
degree requirements at Ohio State.  It contains two new options 
for transfer students: an admissions guarantee and a dual degree 
provision.
CONTACT: Tom Schriner, Office of Admissions, 292-5995.

ARCHITECTURE CLASSES TO DISPLAY NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNS--Jan 22. 
Four architecture classes which have been focusing on 
neighborhood-related issues will hold an open house/working 
display of designs from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in 100 Ives Hall, 2073 
Neil Ave.  A panel will discuss the display and efforts to 
improve the University District from about 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.  
Included on the panel are Pasquale Grado, director of the 
University Community Business Association; Terry Foegler, 
president of Campus Partners, and Ben Brace, special assistant to 
the vice president for business and administration. Mike Casto, 
director of the Campus Collaborative, will be the moderator.  The 
topics addressed by the classes are:  a co-housing facility for 
Ohio State students who are single mothers with children;  ideas 
to improve Iuka Ravine;  how a theoretical mixed-use development 
at the corner of North High Street and East 13th Avenue might be 
designed for student housing, retail and commercial needs; and 
how a theoretical mixed-use development at the corner of Neil  
Avenue and West 11th Street might be designed to include graduate 
student housing and first-floor retail and commercial space.
CONTACT: Kay Bea  Jones, Knowlton School of  Architecture, 
292-9449.

POLITICAL HUMORIST VISITS CAMPUS--Jan. 28.  Political satirist 
P.J. O'Rourke, author of Age and Guile, which gathers uncollected 
materials spanning his 25 years in journalism, will kick off  the 
1997 Student Events Committee Lecture Series with a 7 p.m. 
lecture in the Ohio Union Ballrooms, 1739 N. High St.  Accused of 
being 'the funniest writer in America' by Time and The New York 
Times, his books Give War a Chance, Parliament of Whores, and All 
the Trouble in the World, are best sellers. O'Rourke loves to 
bash all politicians--liberal or conservative--and explains, 
"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and 
car keys to teenage boys."  O'Rourke will allow media to record 
and photograph the first ten minutes of his speech (using 
existing lighting in the ballrooms).  He also will take questions 
from the media during his Q & A at the end of his talk.
CONTACT: Rick Gardner, Student Events Committee,  292-8597

OHIO STATE OFFICE HOLDS LESBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL AWARENESS 
CELEBRATION--Jan. 12-Feb. 2.  A celebration of culture, faith and 
spirit is the focus of a series of programs designed to promote 
awareness of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community. Sponsored 
by the office of Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Student Services,  the 
celebration includes "Celestial Hair," a photo exhibit by Lori 
Nix, in the Ohio Union Exposures Gallery, 1739 N, High St., with 
a  reception Jan. 25 at 8 p.m.; "On Being an Ally," information 
on supporting the lesbian, gay and bisexual community, Jan. 27 at 
6:30 p.m. in the Ohio Union Buckeye Suites A&B; "Out for a 
change: Homophobia in Women's Sports," Jan. 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 
1 p.m. in the Ohio Union Buckeye Suites A&B; and "This Ain't 
Gonna Be Pretty: An evening with Harvey Fierstein," Jan. 30 at 8 
p.m. in the Drake Union Thurber Theater 1849 Cannon Drive.  
CONTACT: Don Stenta, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Student Services, 
292-6200. 

The person listed as the contact for each item will have the best 
information about the story.  However, feel free to call on our 
news services staff for assistance with these or other Ohio State 
news stories.  Amy Murray, 292-8385; Ruth Gerstner, 292-8424; and 
Tracy Turner, 688-3682.
-Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-
Goedde.1@osu.edu).


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:17:51 -0500 (EST)]
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