04-29-94 Calendar of Upcoming Events NOTE TO REPORTERS AND EDITORS: Throughout the spring the Office of University Communications will distribute this weekly list highlighting some of the upcoming events at the Columbus campus. The person listed at the end of each entry will have the most direct information about the event. However, feel free to call on any member of our news services staff for assistance with these or other Ohio State news stories: Steve Sterrett, director, 292-8472; Ruth Gerstner, 292-8424; Tom Spring, 292-8309; Amy Murray, 292-8385. A full calendar of College of the Arts events is available on OASIS (Ohio State's gopher server) under "OSU Colleges and Departments" or by calling 292-8835. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS CAMPUS All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise stated. There is a longer news release for the items marked with an asterisk. Call Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292- 8424, if you need a copy of the news release. April 30-May 1 *Native American Pow Wow, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the west lawn of the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St. Admission is $3 for Ohio State Students, $5 for other adults. Music, dancing, food. Student Events Committee, 292-2324. May 4 *Young Scholars Program -- Recognition ceremony for incoming 6th grade Scholars and graduating 12th grade Scholars from Columbus. 6 p.m., King Arts Complex, 867 Mount Vernon Ave. Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-8424. Lecture -- "A Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women, Citizenship and Military Obligation," by Professor Linda Kerber of the University of Iowa, 3:30 p.m. 014 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall. Carla Pestana, 292-6216. *Anxiety Screenings -- Ohio State's Outpatient Psychiatric Center at Stoneridge in Dublin will offer free, confidential screenings for anxiety disorders at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m. Mental health professionals will talk with individuals about the types of anxiety disorders, their symptoms and treatments. Call 798-0091 for more information or to make an appointment. Lecture -- "Margins as Mainstream: Asians in American History" by Gary Okihiro of Cornell University, 3:30 p.m., Stecker Lounge of the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St. Asian American Student Services, 292-0625. May 4-21 Theatre -- "Mad Forest" by Caryl Churchill, presented by the OSU Theatre Company at Stadium II Theatre, 1849 Cannon Drive. Tickets are $9.50 and $10.50 (discounts for OSU students, faculty and staff). Call the box office at 292-2295 for performance dates and times. May 5-6-7 Opera -- "Street Scene" by Kurt Weill, presented by the School of Music. Tickets are $5 to $10. Call the Wexner Center Ticket Office at 292-2354 for details. May 5 Lecture -- "Get Outa' My Face: Everyday Uses of Writing Among African American Teenage Girls," by Associate Professor Amy Shuman of the Department of English and the Center for Folklore Studies. Shuman will discuss the ways adolescent moral systems determine who has the right to talk about whom and where that can lead. 7:30 p.m., The Ohio State University Black Studies Community Extension Center, 905 Mt. Vernon Ave. Gail Summerhill, College of Humanities, 292-1882. Lecture -- "Homeric Friendship," by Professor David Konstan of Brown University, 8 p.m. 014 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall. This is the first annual Carl Schlam Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Classics. Mary Cole, 292-2744. May 6 *Board of Trustees Meeting, at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow, 2400 Olentangy River Road. Educational Affairs and Investments committees meet at 9 a.m.; Student Affairs and Fiscal Affairs committees meet at 10 a.m.; full board meeting begins at 10:45 a.m. Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-8424. University Senate Steering Committee Meeting, 1:30 p.m., 202 Bricker Hall, 190 N. Oval Mall. Senate office, 292-2423. Lecture -- "Text and World: Roland Barthes' Dilemma," by Professor David Bell of Duke University, 3:30 p.m. 260 Cunz Hall, 1841 Millikin Road. Annette Lendacki, 292-4938. May 6-7 Plant Sale -- Spring plant sale, featuring scented geraniums, to benefit the Chadwick Arboretum. 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at the corner of Lane Avenue and Fyffe Road. 292-3136. May 6-8 Parents Weekend. Friday events include Sphinx senior honor society's Linking ceremony, campus tours and an evening out in German Village or at the Short North Gallery Hop. Saturday's schedule has an academic information fair, brunch, the Medieval and Renaissance Festival, tours of Greek houses, an open forum with representatives of university departments, and a family buffet, and concludes with evening entertainment by Bo Diddley and his band. Sunday morning there is a 3-mile fund-raising walk to support the Parent Association Scholarship Fund and brunches at 9 a.m. and noon. Bill Wahl, Parent Association, 292-9153. May 7 Medieval and Renaissance Festival, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the South Oval and Mirror Lake Hollow. Musicians, magicians, jugglers, jesters, dancing troupes, craft vendors and drama. Sponsored by the Honors Community Association and the Student Events Committee. Katie Vulic, Honors Center, 292-3135. Spring Arts Fair, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Wexner Center for the Arts Plaza, 15th Avenue and North High Street. Ohio State undergraduate and graduate students will present art, music, poetry and dance. Sponsored by the Wexner Center Student Association and Coyle Music. Krista Bower, 292-3096. University Senate Meeting, 9 a.m., 103 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road. Senate office, 292-2423. 5th Annual Buckeye 5K Fun Run and Roll. Begins at 9 a.m. in Ohio Stadium. Admission charge, registration required. Sponsored by The Ohio State University Medical Center and WCMH-TV. 293-3659. May 9 *Lecture -- Jeremy Rifkin, noted author, activist and social critic, will speak on "The Biotech Revolution" at 8 p.m. in the Ohio Union East Ballroom, 1739 N. High St. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Amy Combs, 291-6651. Lecture -- Dale Spender, feminist scholar and educator, will speak on "Nattering on the Nets: Women, Power, and Cyberspace" at 3:30 p.m., 31 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Ave. She is the author of Man Made Language, Women of Ideas and What Men Have Done to Them, and other books. Sonja Foss, 292-6342. May 11 Poetry Reading by Robert Hess, professor of English at Berkeley, winner of a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Book Critics Circle Award. 3 p.m., Wexner Center film-video theater. Christopher Griffin, 292-2242. Outdoor Concert -- University Band, conducted by Paul Doerksen, and the OSU Trombone Ensemble, directed by Joe Duchi, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Browning Amphitheater at Mirror Lake. 292-2300 or 292-3007. May 12 Outdoor Concert -- Jazz Lab Ensemble, directed by Pharez Whitted, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Browning Amphitheater at Mirror Lake. 292-2300 or 292-3007. May 13 Lecture -- "Flaneurs modernes et postmodernes: Baudelaire, Breton, Reda," by Professor Elisabeth Cardonne-Arlyck of Vassar College, 3:30 p.m., 260 Cunz Hall, 1841 Millikin Road. Annette Lendacki, 292-4938. May 19 Outdoor Concert -- Jazz Combos, directed by Hank Marr, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Browning Amphitheater at Mirror Lake. 292-2300 or 292-3007. May 23 Lecture -- "Walter Benjamin's Essay on Goethe's 'Elective Affinities,'" by Professor Stanley Corngold of Princeton University. 3:30 p.m., Grand Lounge of the Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Drive. This is the fourth annual Carolyn Engel Luebeck Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. Barbara Becker-Cantarino, 292-8639 or 292-6985. May 25 Outdoor Concert -- University, Symphonic and Concert bands will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Browning Amphitheater at Mirror Lake. 292-2300 or 292-3007. Medical Panel -- Health professionals from The Ohio State University Medical Center will present the latest information about Crohn's disease, colitis and other inflammatory bowel disorders at 6 p.m. in Rhodes Hall Auditorium, 450 W. 10th Ave. Free parking available. To register or for further information, call 293-8784. May 26 Outdoor Concert -- Jazz Ensemble, directed by Ted McDaniel, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Browning Amphitheater at Mirror Lake. 292-2300 or 292-3007. [Submitted by: GERSTNER (gerstner@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu) Fri, 29 Apr 1994 14:28:19 -0500 (EST)] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.