Story Tips for Local News Media - 03/01/96

                           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.

THE OSU "SMOKIN' BUCKEYE" ELECTRIC CAR RACES AGAIN--Mar. 1-3.  It's 
the start of a new season for experimental electric vehicles.  The 
Ohio State team will compete against 10 other university entries, 
including cars from Bowling Green and Case Western at the 1.1 mile 
course at Firebird International Raceway near Phoenix, Arizona.  The 
"Smokin' Buckeye," designed, built and maintained by university 
engineering students, is powered by twin battery packs.  Battery-
powered cars usually exceed speeds of 100 mph. The car is one of 
several experimental vehicles being constructed and raced by 
students and faculty at the OSU Center for Automotive Research.
CONTACT: Giorgio Rizzoni, Center for Automotive Research and College 
of Engineering, 292-3331.

UNIVERSITY SENATE MEETS--Mar. 2  The University Senate, the 
university's internal governing body, holds its regular monthly 
meeting at 9 a.m. in room 103 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd.  The 
agenda includes proposals to rename two departments.
CONTACT: Gerald Reagan, Secretary of the University Senate, 292-
2423.

LECTURE ON PHOTOGRAPHER ALFRED STIEGLITZ--Mar. 5.  Weston Naef, 
curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles 
and alumnus of the OSU Department of Art History, will present 
Alfred Stieglitz: Seeing the Unseen, at 8 p.m., Wexner Center 
Film/Video Theatre, 1891 N. High St. 
CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835.

HUMANITIES HOOPLA--Mar. 6.  The College of Humanities hosts the 
fourth and final event in this series that features a faculty 
presentation and meal before selected basketball games.  Susan 
Williams, assistant professor of English, will talk about Prophetic 
Pictures: American Writers and the Advent of Photography.  Williams 
will examine the early history of photography in the U.S. by looking 
at how wriiters responded to and were influenced by the invention of 
the Daguerreotype.  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 vs. 
Indiana.
CONTACT: Shari Lorbach, College of Humanities, 292-1882.

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)
               
Fri, 1 Mar 1996 16:39:03 -0500]
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