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Story Tips for Local News Media - 10/18/96
STORY TIPS
University Communication offers this list of potential news
stories on the Columbus campus next week. We'll update this
listing every Friday.
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.
GEE RIDES STREET SWEEPER IN CAMPUS CLEANUP --Oct. 19. About 2,000
Ohio State University students, faculty and staff will join
neighborhood residents in the fifth "High on Pride" University
Community Cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Volunteers will pick up litter, remove bulk trash, sweep streets
and sidewalks, and collect recyclables in the neighborhood
just east of campus. The area, bounded by Lane Avenue, Ninth
Avenue, the Conrail tracks and North High Street, covers some 250
city blocks with 30 miles of sidewalk and more than 65 miles of
roadway.. President Gee will arrive at the registration area at
the Wexner Center plaza at 15th Avenue and High Street around
9:30 a.m. to ride a street sweeper to the 16th Avenue cul-de-sac.
He will then speak with participants at the registration area,
and start in the cleanup at 10 a.m.
CONTACT: Tracy Turner, University Communications, 688-3682.
PARENTS EXPLORE OHIO STATE DURING PARENTS' WEEKEND--Oct. 18-20.
Sunday brunch with President Gee and campus tours are part of the
schedule for 2,000 parents and guardians of Ohio State students
who explore Ohio State during Parents' Weekend. Parents will
take part in a number of activities throughout the weekend
designed to familiarize them with their children's educational
experiences on campus. A scarlet and gray tailgate party will be
held Saturday 10/19 at 1:30 p.m. at the French Field House. On
Sunday, parents may join President Gee for brunch at 8 a.m., 10
a.m. or noon in the Ohio Union Ballrooms; during which time the
1996 Parent of the Year Award will be presented
CONTACT: Bill Wahl, Ohio State Parent Association, 292-9153.
MUSSEL-ENCRUSTED VW PULLED FROM LAKE ERIE --Oct. 21. A zebra
mussel-encrusted VW Beetle will be pulled from Lake Erie near
Ohio State's Stone Lab on Gibraltar Island, Put-in-Bay. The car
was placed in the Lake on June 26 to collect mussels. It will be
shipped to the American Museum of Natural History to become part
of a major exhibition on endangered and introduced species.
Since zebra mussels were introduced in the mid 1980's, they have
spread wildly and clogged waterways in North America. Ohio State
Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory scientists have photographed
changes in the appearance of the VW as it rested on the bottom of
the lake. Reporters interested in covering the story should
travel to Stone Lab from Catawba Island by the 11 a.m. Miller's
ferry (800-500-2421). The car will be pulled about 12:30. The
ferry runs hourly.
CONTACT: Maran Hilgendorf, Ohio Sea Grant, 292-8949.
INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT OFFERS PRIZES IN CYBERSPACE--Oct. 22-Nov.
22. The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) at Ohio State is
featured as one of more than 100 outposts on CyberSurfari '96,
the World Wide Web's largest interactive treasure hunt. This
one-month trek through cyberspace is designed to introduce kids
and adults to the vast resources of the Internet. During this
time, individuals and school teams hunt for clues by navigating
through the linked outpost sites. More than $100,000 in cash and
prizes are being awarded. This event is co-sponsored by the
Software Publishers Association and Yahoo.
CONTACT: Peg Hanley, ENC, 292-9984, or visit ENC's Web site at
http://www.enc.org
HOW TO BECOME RICHER AND WISER-Oct. 24. Many students graduate
from college with debts, credit problems or other financial
predicaments. Helping students manage their money and recognize
investment opportunities is the goal of Richer and Wiser:
Investment Opportunities, a workshop presented by the Hale Black
Cultural Center. Rodney Washington, an investment executive from
Paine Webber, will speak from 6-8 p.m. at the Center at 153 W.
12th Ave.
CONTACT: Michelle Cushnie, Hale Center, 292-0074.
CONFERENCE EXAMINES YOUTH VIOLENCE--Oct. 30-31. Local and
national experts on youth violence and gangs will discuss Gangs,
Threat Groups and Youth Violence at a two-day conference at the
University Ramada Inn, 3110 Olentangy River Road. "We have kids
sleeping in bathtubs because they're afraid of being killed in a
drive-by shooting," according to conference organizer Ron Huff,
director of the Criminal Justice Research Center and the School
of Public Policy and Management at Ohio State. Huff has done
considerable field research on youth gangs and has interviewed
gang members in Columbus and Cleveland as well as Colorado and
Florida. The agenda includes:
Gangs, Threat Groups and Youth Violence (10/30) 9:10 a.m. Ron
Huff, Ohio State, will discuss his research.
Law Enforcement Strategies, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Kent Shafer,
threat group coordinator for the Columbus Division of Police, on
gangs, threat groups, and law enforcement/community
collaboration.
Prosecutorial Strategies, 1:15-2:45 p.m. U.S. District Judge
Edmund Sargus; former U.S. Attorney, will discuss prosecution of
gang related crime--specifically the Short North Posse.
Strategies for Correctional Institutions. 3:00-4:30 p.m. Matthew
Meyer, threat group coordinator, Ohio Department of
Rehabilitation and Correction, on prison gangs and other threat
groups.
Strategies for Schools (10/31) 8:30-10:00 a.m. Kenneth Trump, a
school safety and security expert, on what schools can do about
gangs, drugs and youth violence.
Strategies for Communities. 10:15-11:45 a.m. Michael Walker and
Linda Schmidt, Partnership for a Safer Cleveland, on outreach,
networking and responses to gangs and youth violence.
CONTACT: Ron Huff, School of Public Policy and Management, 292-
4544.
CARTOONIST EXHIBITS WORKS --Oct. 27-Jan 24. Paul Palnik: The
Fine Art of the Cartoon from Generation to Generation, an
exhibition of original drawings by the well-known Columbus
cartoonist, will be displayed in the Cartoon Research Library
Reading Room, underground at 27 W. 17th Avenue Mall. Palnik is
a native of Cleveland and an alumnus of Ohio State, where he
studied with Sidney Chafetz. His distinctive style often
features crowds of tiny people, and many of his poster-size
cartoons deal with life's most profound issues. A special
opening event featuring a presentation by Palnik, God, Man and
Cartoons, will be held at 3 p.m., October. 27 in the Grand
Ballroom of the Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Dr.
CONTACT: Lucy Caswell, Cartoon Research Library, 292-0538.
LECTURE EXAMINES COMMUNICATION IN SOUTH AFRICA--Nov. 1
Telecommunication Reforms in the New South Africa is the title of
a lecture by Robert Horwitz, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Room 162
Hopkins Hall, 128 N. Oval Mall. Horwitz, of the University of
California at San Diego, is author of The Irony of Regulatory
Reform: The Deregulation of American Telecommunications and
several articles on South African Communication. His lecture is
sponsored by five Ohio State departments.
CONTACT: Rohan Samarajiva, School of Communication-Journalism,
292-3713.
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 Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
Fri, 18 Oct 1996 15:59:32 -0400]
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