Story Tips for Local News Media - 11/01/96

                          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.

COURSE EXAMINES 1996 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION--Tuesday nights 
through autumn quarter.  Students in Columbus, Marion, Mansfield 
and Newark are learning about the upcoming election in a special 
8-week political science course titled The 1996 Presidential 
Election.   The course is taught in  distance learning classrooms 
at the four campuses which are equipped with cameras and 
monitors.  The instructor (Political Science Professor Herb 
Asher) lectures in person to 15 students in Columbus.  His 
lecture is transmitted to his students at each of the other 
regional campuses.  In the discussion that follows, students talk 
with Asher and each other by means of a voice-activated camera 
which turns to students as they ask questions and shows it to 
students at the other three sites.  Students are required to 
watch various TV programs as part of their course material.  The 
class does NOT meet on Election night.  
CONTACT: Herb Asher, Political Science, 292-0803.  

COLLEGE SENIORS INVITED TO GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS--
Nov. 3-5.  The 26th Annual Graduate and Professional Schools 
Visitation Days offers seniors from 54 colleges and universities 
a look at programs at Ohio State.  Students arrive on campus with 
a completed application for admission to one of Ohio State's 
graduate or professional units, plus an application for 
fellowship or scholarship consideration. Sponsored by the Office 
of Minority Affairs, the event features a concert at 7:30 p.m. on 
Nov. 3 in the Ohio Union West Ballroom, 1739 N. High St.  On Nov. 
4, Students meet with academic unit representatives throughout 
the day.  Also on Nov. 4, President Gee will speak to students at 
a 1:30 p.m. luncheon, and the students will be applauded at a 
Community Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Keynote speaker for the banquet is 
Julian Earls, deputy director of operations, NASA Lewis Research 
Center.  Both meal events are at Holiday Inn on the Lane.
CONTACT:  Rose Wilson Hill, Office of Minority Affairs, 292-0964.

MY BROTHER, WHO ARE WE?--Nov. 6.  Local artist Florestine Jones 
will speak at the Frank W. Hale, Jr. Black Cultural Center, 153 
W. 12th Ave, on the need to know the history and accomplishments 
of Black people, as well as the origins of slaves and their 
different destinations.  Jones' presentation, 7-9 p.m., is titled 
My Brother, Who Are We?
CONTACT: Michelle Cushnie, Hale Center, 292-0074.

THEATRE DEPARTMENT OFFERS GOD'S COUNTRY--Through Nov. 16.  The 
Department of Theatre kicks off its new season with a play by 
Steven Diets entitled God's Country.  The play is based on the 
true story of the Denver murder of radio talk-show host Alan Berg 
in 1984 and chronicles the rise of the white-supremacist group 
The Order.  The production will be staged at the Stadium II 
Theatre, Drake Union, 1849 Cannon Dr.  
CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835.

SPIRIT OF WOMEN ADDRESSES WOMEN'S HEALTH--Nov. 9.  Spirit of 
Women, a day filled with entertainment and information for women 
of all ages, will focus on issues that affect women most--family, 
work and health.  Sponsored by The Ohio State University Medical 
Center, Spirit of Women will be held at the Fawcett Center, 2400 
Olentangy River Rd, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.  The Medical Center 
was recently designated as one of only six National Center of 
Excellence in Women's Health by the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services to act as a national model for improving the 
health of American Women.  Among the day's highlights: Attitudes 
with Wings, a play about the many facets of  women's friendships.  
Following the play, three discussion groups will focus on 
balancing roles within the family; evaluating a career and 
managing stress; and proper body perception, nutrition and weight 
management.  After the discussion, women may sign up for classes 
and health screenings.
CONTACT: Betsy Samuels, Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.

WRITERS READ TO FIGHT HUNGER--Nov. 13.  Writers from Ohio State's 
Creating Writing program will join a national effort to fight 
hunger by reading from their works along with 2,000 authors at 
other locations across the country in Share Our Strength's fifth 
annual Writers Harvest: The National Reading.  Readings will be 
held beginning at 8 p.m. in Sullivant Hall Theatre, 1813 North 
High St.
CONTACT: Tom Moss, Writers Guild, 291-7358; or 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; 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 Nov 1996 14:36:29 -0500]
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