Story Tips for Local News Media - 04/03/98

                          STORY TIPS

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STUDENTS CHALLENGE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS IN SOCCER--April 4.  About 
50 students, faculty, trustees and student affairs administrators will 
take to the field at Ohio Stadium on Saturday at 6 p.m. to see who can 
claim soccer dominance.  The game will be followed by the 7:30 p.m. 
home opener of the Columbus Crew as the team begins its season against 
Washington D.C. United.  The game is part of an ongoing series of 
sporting events pitting students against administrators.
CONTACT: Tracy Stuck or Jason Graves, Office of Student Activities, 
292-8763.

STUDENTS PREPARE FOR MASSIVE TREE-PLANTING--April 4.  With shovels and 
muscle, students will help in the Chadwick Arboretum's plan to plant 
1,000 trees this spring.  Members of Tau Beta Pi, the national 
engineering honorary society, will meet at 8:30 a.m. on the east steps 
of the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St. 
CONTACT: Tau Beta Pi's Matthew Chidley, 421-9826, or Gene Sirca, 486-
1975.

NATIVE AMERICAN SINGER ENTERTAINS--April 9.  Jack Gladstone, a singer, 
songwriter and storyteller who is Blackfeet Indian will perform Native 
Reflections at 7 p.m. in the Thurber Theater, Drake Union, 1849 Cannon 
Drive.  His appearance, part of American Indian Awareness at Ohio 
State, includes tales of Blackfeet mythology as well as stories that 
convey the history and culture of American Indians.
CONTACT: Marti Chaatsmith or Dawn Johnson, American Indian Student 
Services, 292-7521.

SEMINAR INVESTIGATES EXERCISE AND HIV--April 10.  Thanks to new 
treatments, people with HIV are living longer.  As part of a 15-part 
HIV/AIDS Research Seminar Series looking at all aspects of research and 
treatment, Barbara Smith, a professor of nursing at the University of 
Alabama, and Judy Neidig, research coordinator in Ohio State's AIDS 
Clinical Trials Unit, will discuss Health Promotion in Persons with HIV 
through Exercise, 10 a.m.-noon, 244 Newton Hall, 1585 Neil Ave.
CONTACT: Martha Shortland, College of Nursing, 292-8222.

STUDENTS PUTTER WITH REDESIGN OF GOLF CLUB--Building a better golf club 
is the goal of an Ohio State class this quarter.  Working in 
conjunction with Dynacraft, the Newark, Ohio-based golf club maker, 
industrial design students will create new models for a set of golf 
drivers.  Lorraine Justice, acting chair of the Department of 
Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design, says students' 
ideas for helping golfers will likely include new materials, new shapes 
for the club head, and new grips.
CONTACT: Lorraine Justice, Industrial, Interior and Visual 
Communication Design, 292-5836.

STUDENTS PREPARE FOR NEW SPECIALIZATION IN AGING--By 2030, adults over 
the age of 65 will make up 21 percent of our population, up from 12 
percent today.  To build expertise in the care of older adults, Ohio 
State now offers graduate students a special curriculum that will earn 
them the designation "specialization in aging."  Bonnie Kantor, 
director of the office of geriatrics and gerontology, says students may 
choose from nearly 100 courses aimed at understanding how the aging 
population will impact their respective fields and society in general.
CONTACT: Bonnie Kantor, Geriatrics and Gerontology, 293-4815.

The person listed as the contact for each item will have the best 
information about the story.  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; Tracy Turner, 688-3682; and 
Emily Caldwell, 292-8309.
**Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-
Goedde.1@osu.edu).