96-02-26 News Tips for Local Media TORY 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. SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION--Feb. 16-17, 23-24.-Approximately 860 of the most academically gifted students in the country who have applied for freshman admission to Ohio State will be on campus to compete for 10 four-year "full ride"scholarships and 90 partial scholarships. The sixth annual University Scholar Maximus competition (formerly called the Presidential and Medalist Scholarship Competition) will take place at the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St. from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. About one-fourth of the contestants will take part each of the four days. Students will take a two-hour essay examination and attend information sessions with their parents. Reporters may attend any event except the examination. CONTACT: Amy Murray, University Communications, 292-8385, for schedule and more information. MEN'S GLEE CLUBS JOIN VOICES--Feb. 24. The University Men's Glee Club and the Notre Dame Glee Club will perform together in a special concert at 8 p.m. in Weigel Hall Auditorium, 1866 College Rd. Founded in 1873, the OSU Men's Glee Club is the oldest musical group on campus. After performing several songs individually, the clubs will join together to perform Ave Maria by Franz Biebl and Brothers Sing On! by Edvard Grieg. CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835. HUMANITIES HOOPLA--Feb. 25. The College of Humanities hosts the third of four events featuring a faculty presentation and meal before selected basketball games. Mark Grimsley, assistant professor of history, will take look at a kinder, gentler General Sherman in his talk The Myth of the All-Destructive Fury of Sherman's March. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn on the Lane, 328 W. Lane Ave., and precedes the women's (final home date of the year) game versus Penn State. CONTACT: Shari Lorbach, College of Humanities, 292-1882. LONG-TIME EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZED--Feb. 26. Can you imagine working for the same employer for 40 years? 360 faculty and staff who have worked for Ohio State for 25, 30, 35 and 40 years will be honored at the Faculty and Staff Service Recognition Brunch beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road. President Gee will offer comments following brunch, and each employee will receive a pin to mark their years of service to the university. CONTACT: Ned Cullom, Office of Human Resources, 292-8993. FREE RADICALS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE--Feb. 27. Scientists believe free radicals play an important role in cancers and other diseases; and that antioxidants found in foods or supplements might help neutralize the unattached molecules. Dr. Ronald Mason of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences will give the first of a series of seminars on Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine at 4:30, 1184 Postle Hall (College of Dentistry), 305 W. 12th Ave. Mason, an expert in the characterization and identification of free radicals in pathological processes and from the environment, will speak on Detection And Identification of Free Radicals in Biological Systems. The series is sponsored by the Ohio State Biochemistry Program and the Office of Research. Mason is available for interviews Feb. 26 and 27. CONTACT: Lawrence Berliner, Professor of Chemistry, 292-0134. THEATER TROUPE DEPICTS ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE--Mar. 1. The Here and Now Acting Troupe offers the story of Asian American life from and through the eyes of a younger generation, at 7:30 p.m. at Hughes Hall, 1899 College Road. Here and Now performs a series of independent vignettes with stories, songs and experiences relating to the Asian Pacific heritage. The event is sponsored by the Office of Asian American Student Services and the Asian American Association. CONTACT: Office of Asian American Student Services, 292-0625. THE OSU "SMOKIN' BUCKEYE" ELECTRIC CAR RACES AGAIN--Mar. 1-3. It's the start of a new season for experimental electric vehicles. The Ohio State team will compete against 10 other university entries, including cars from Bowling Green and Case Western at the 1.1 mile course at Firebird International Raceway near Phoenix, Arizona. The "Smokin' Buckeye," designed, built and maintained by university engineering students, is powered by twin battery packs. Battery- powered cars usually exceed speeds of 100 mph. The car is one of several experimental vehicles being constructed and raced by students and faculty at the OSU Center for Automotive Research. CONTACT: Giorgio Rizzoni, Center for Automotive Research and College of Engineering, 292-3331. EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE NETWORK-- Parents who suspect or know their young child is developmentally delayed can get help from the Early Childhood Resource Network (ECRN). Located in Ohio State's McCampbell Hall, 1581 Dodd Drive, ECRN offers screenings, referrals, and early intervention services. ECRN is a coalition of more than 40 Franklin County agencies whose aim is to improve the early identification of developmental delays or problems with vision and hearing, and then to help families find the resources to remedy the problems. CONTACT: Robin Schleppi, ECRN Early Identification Specialist/Service Coordinator, 292-7714. UNITED BLACK WORLD MONTH--through Feb. 29. Ohio State commemorates Black heritage with programs designed to celebrate the history and achievements of African Americans. Events at the Hale Center include Voices from the Village on Feb. 26; Children's Cultural Hour, Feb. 27;: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. 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, 1:30-4:00 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. 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: Ruth Gerstner (rgerstne@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Mon, 26 Feb 1996 14:18:38 -0500] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.