Story Tips for Local News Media - 05/24/96

                             STORY TIPS

University Communication offers this list 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.

NINA TOTENBERG SPEAKS AT HUMANITIES BACCALAUREATE-- May 30.  Nina 
Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio, 
will be the keynote speaker at The Ohio State University College of 
Humanities' Baccalaureate on May 30.  The baccalaureate, which 
honors the college's 300 graduating seniors, will be from 4 to 5:30 
p.m. in Weigel Hall Auditorium, 1866 College Road.  There will be 
vocal music by The Statesmen, beginning at 3:45 p.m., while students 
check in and guests are seated.  The program opens with a processional of
graduates, followed by brief remarks by Dean Kermit Hall and President E.
Gordon Gee.  A short video will be shown, and Totenberg will be introduced
at about 4:30 p.m. and speak for approximately 30 minutes.  Totenberg will
be available to talk with reporters from 3-3:30 p.m. in room 316, Weigel Hall.  
CONTACT: Cheryl Smoot or Julie Carpenter-Hubin,  College of Humanities, 
(614) 292-1882.

RESEARCHER STUDIES MENTAL HEALTH DAYS--Workers are not using 'mental 
health days' as a way of coping with work-related stress.  That's 
what an Ohio State University researcher found while studying whether 
stressed employees who took short-term absences--one or two day 
'mental health days'--to regroup and recharge could reduce long term 
absences down the road.  Catherine Heaney, an associate professor of 
public health, says highly stressed workers at the Midwest 
manufacturing plant she studied were likely to have more long-term 
work absences requiring a physician's care than their less stressed 
counterparts.  She says since stress is known to cause illness and 
absences, perhaps taking 'mental health days' could reduce long term 
absences.
CONTACT: Catherine Heaney, School of Public Health, 293-3908.

TWILIGHT OUTDOOR CONCERT IN AMPITHEATRE--May 30.  The School of Music 
presents the last of a series of seven  free outdoor concerts in the 
Browning Amphitheatre next to Mirror Lake on campus.  These highly 
popular events provide an informal setting and great music that 
people of all ages can enjoy. The Jazz Combos and Steel Band will 
perform on May 30 beginning at 7:00 p.m.   
CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835.

SPRING QUARTER COMMENCEMENT FEATURES JOHN JAKES--June 7.  
Commencement exercises for some 5,300 spring quarter graduates of The 
Ohio State University will be held June 7 in Ohio Stadium beginning 
at 9:30 a.m.  The commencement speaker iwll be author John Jakes.  A 
1954 Master of Arts graduate of Ohio State in American literature, 
Jakes has published 200 short stories and some 60 books, including 
the Kent Family Chronicles, Civil War, North and South, Love and War, 
and Heaven and Hell, which was made into a TV mini-series.
CONTACT: Tracy Turner, University Communications, 688-3682.

STUDENTS FACE EXAMS, FINAL WEEK OF CLASSES--May 28-31.  Following the 
three-day Memorial Day weekend, Ohio State students face the final 
week of classes before final exams and (for some) commencement.  In a 
break from the usual vendors and preachers on the Oval, students are 
invited to learn to relax at a Stress Oasis, sponsored by Cool from 
Nestea, on the Oval from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, May 
29 and 30.  The Stress Oasis features massage therapists, free 
bottles of Cool from Nestea, and a brochure listing stress-reducing tips.
CONTACT: Kobi Carlson, Shandwick USA (advertising agency), 612-832-5000.

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)
               
Tue, 28 May 1996 16:19:11 -0400]
All documents are the responsibility of their originator.