Story Tips for Local News Media - 02/02/96

                             STORY TIPS

University Communication offers a listing of potential news stories 
on the Columbus campus.  We'll update this listing every week.

This and every University Communications news release is available 
on the Internet and World Wide Web.  To access by Internet, you may 
reach us through either OASIS (Ohio State Information System), the 
Columbus Freenet or World Wide Gophers.  Select News and Weather, 
then Ohio State University News Releases, then News Releases from 
University Communications.  Our Web address is http://www.acs.ohio-
state.edu/  Choose News Releases from The Ohio State University, 
then News Releases from University Communications.

LEARNING AT A DISTANCE--Tuesdays through Mar. 5.  Distance learning 
is already a reality at Ohio State University.  Designing such 
courses is the focus of a course that links students and faculty via 
video and audio on the Columbus and Marion campuses.  In Columbus, 
the class meets Tuesdays, 1:30-4 p.m., in the distance learning lab 
of the Center for the Advanced Study of Telecommunication (CAST), 
3136 Derby Hall, 154 North Oval Mall.  In Marion, the class meets at 
GTE's distance learning lab.  After the interactive class, students 
continue communicating via e-mail and home pages.  The class is 
taught this quarter by Marge Cambre (Columbus) and Marv Bratt 
(Marion), faculty in the College of Education.
CONTACT: Marge Cambre, 292-4872 or Marv Bratt, 389-6786.

HUMANITIES HOOPLA--Feb. 3.  The College of Humanities hosts the 
second of four events featuring a faculty presentation and meal 
before selected basketball games.  Dan Farrell, professor of 
philosophy, will make a case for Jealousy: The Green-eyed Monster in 
Fact and Fiction.  Farrell will explain what jealousy is, how it 
differs from other emotions, and why it's not as unattractive an 
emotion as we may believe.  The event begins at 5:30 p.m. at the 
Holiday Inn on the Lane, 328 W. Lane Ave., and precedes the men's 
game versus Michigan.
CONTACT: Shari Lorbach, College of Humanities, 292-1882.

DANCE CONCERT-Feb. 2-3.  The nation's finest Department of Dance 
presents its Winter Dance Concert at 8 p.m. in Sullivant Theater, 
1813 N. High St.  The concert will feature work by visiting artist 
Andrew Harwood as well as choreography and videography by students 
in the department.  Call 292-7977 for tickets and times.
CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835.

JAZZ CONCERT--Feb. 9.  Former Count Basie bandleader Frank Foster 
will be guest saxophonist and conductor for a special performance 
with the OSU Jazz Ensemble at 8 p.m. in Weigel Auditorium, 1866 
College Rd.  The ensemble will perform under the direction of Ted 
McDaniel for the first half of the program, and Foster will join the 
group for the second half.  Foster has personally received Grammy 
Awards for his arrangements written for George Benson and Diane 
Schuur, and with the Count Basie Orchestra he has won an additional 
13.  Call 292-2354 for tickets and times.
CONTACT: Ted McDaniel, 292-4657, or Lois Foreman Wernet, College of 
the Arts, 292-8835.

UNITED BLACK WORLD MONTH--through-Feb. 29.  Ohio State commemorates 
Black heritage in February with a variety of programs designed to 
celebrate the history and achievements of African Americans.  Among 
the activities: No Laughing Matter, The Images of Minorities in 
Comic Books, a lecture by Denys Cowan, creator of ICON for DC 
Comics, that deals with the identity and portrayal of African 
Americans in comic books, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Ohio Union 
Conference Theater, 1739 N. High St.  
    Events at the Hale Center include Voices from the Village on 
Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26; Children's Cultural Hour, Feb. 6, 13, 20, and 
27; a brown bag lunch with Carlyle Brown, author of Yellow Moon 
Rising, Feb. 14 from noon to 2 p.m.: Black Miseducation, a workshop 
that examines the education of African people in America, Feb. 20, 
7-8:30 p.m.; and Media Assassination, a workshop to address 
contemporary media images of Black people, Feb. 27, 7-8:30 p.m.
CONTACT: Joyce Vaughan, director, African American Student Services, 
292-6584. 

WETLAND BOARDWALK CONSTRUCTION--Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 
25.  Volunteers with carpentry and construction experience are 
needed to help construct a boardwalk at the Ohio State University 
Wetland Research Park, 352 Dodridge Rd.  Volunteers will work 9 
a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Saturdays or 1-4 p.m. Sundays.  Owens-Corning 
Corp. has donated recycled plastic lumber to the School of Natural 
Resources for the project; the Seabees will help with construction; 
and several Ohio building companies will provide supervision.
CONTACT:  Molly Bean, Natural Resources, 292-9773.

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; Tom Spring, 
292-8309, and Tracy Turner, 688-3682.
-Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-
Goedde.1@osu.edu).


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Mon, 5 Feb 1996 08:20:06 -0500]
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