96-02-02 Story Tips for Local News Media STORY TIPS University Communication offers a listing 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. LEARNING AT A DISTANCE--Tuesdays through Mar. 5. Distance learning is already a reality at Ohio State University. Designing such courses is the focus of a course that links students and faculty via video and audio on the Columbus and Marion campuses. In Columbus, the class meets Tuesdays, 1:30-4 p.m., in the distance learning lab of the Center for the Advanced Study of Telecommunication (CAST), 3136 Derby Hall, 154 North Oval Mall. In Marion, the class meets at GTE's distance learning lab. After the interactive class, students continue communicating via e-mail and home pages. The class is taught this quarter by Marge Cambre (Columbus) and Marv Bratt (Marion), faculty in the College of Education. CONTACT: Marge Cambre, 292-4872 or Marv Bratt, 389-6786. HUMANITIES HOOPLA--Feb. 3. The College of Humanities hosts the second of four events featuring a faculty presentation and meal before selected basketball games. Dan Farrell, professor of philosophy, will make a case for Jealousy: The Green-eyed Monster in Fact and Fiction. Farrell will explain what jealousy is, how it differs from other emotions, and why it's not as unattractive an emotion as we may believe. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on the Lane, 328 W. Lane Ave., and precedes the men's game versus Michigan. CONTACT: Shari Lorbach, College of Humanities, 292-1882. DANCE CONCERT-Feb. 2-3. The nation's finest Department of Dance presents its Winter Dance Concert at 8 p.m. in Sullivant Theater, 1813 N. High St. The concert will feature work by visiting artist Andrew Harwood as well as choreography and videography by students in the department. Call 292-7977 for tickets and times. CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835. JAZZ CONCERT--Feb. 9. Former Count Basie bandleader Frank Foster will be guest saxophonist and conductor for a special performance with the OSU Jazz Ensemble at 8 p.m. in Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Rd. The ensemble will perform under the direction of Ted McDaniel for the first half of the program, and Foster will join the group for the second half. Foster has personally received Grammy Awards for his arrangements written for George Benson and Diane Schuur, and with the Count Basie Orchestra he has won an additional 13. Call 292-2354 for tickets and times. CONTACT: Ted McDaniel, 292-4657, or Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835. UNITED BLACK WORLD MONTH--through-Feb. 29. Ohio State commemorates Black heritage in February with a variety of programs designed to celebrate the history and achievements of African Americans. Among the activities: No Laughing Matter, The Images of Minorities in Comic Books, a lecture by Denys Cowan, creator of ICON for DC Comics, that deals with the identity and portrayal of African Americans in comic books, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Ohio Union Conference Theater, 1739 N. High St. Events at the Hale Center include Voices from the Village on Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26; Children's Cultural Hour, Feb. 6, 13, 20, and 27; a brown bag lunch with Carlyle Brown, author of Yellow Moon Rising, Feb. 14 from noon to 2 p.m.: Black Miseducation, a workshop that examines the education of African people in America, Feb. 20, 7-8:30 p.m.; and Media Assassination, a workshop to address contemporary media images of Black people, Feb. 27, 7-8:30 p.m. CONTACT: Joyce Vaughan, director, African American Student Services, 292-6584. WETLAND BOARDWALK CONSTRUCTION--Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 25. Volunteers with carpentry and construction experience are needed to help construct a boardwalk at the Ohio State University Wetland Research Park, 352 Dodridge Rd. Volunteers will work 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Saturdays or 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Owens-Corning Corp. has donated recycled plastic lumber to the School of Natural Resources for the project; the Seabees will help with construction; and several Ohio building companies will provide supervision. CONTACT: Molly Bean, Natural Resources, 292-9773. 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) Mon, 5 Feb 1996 08:20:06 -0500] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.